Colorado · Nonprofit
CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH
CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH (Colorado) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,700,668 to it, the largest being TEMPLE UNIVERSITY - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION ($1,682,834). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $4.7M
What Center for Policy Research does
Mission
To conduct, support, assist and contribute to education, training and research in public policy issues.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Colorado pathways to success - youth at risk of homelessness phase iii summative evaluation:2020-2025 - contract with mathematica policy research pursuant to the youth at risk of homelessness grant from the department of human services, administration of children and families, childrens bureau to conduct a summative evaluation of the colorado pathways to success (pathways) intervention. Pathways is an innovative service model developed alongside the colorado department of human services, office of children, youth, and families, designed to prevent and address homelessness for at- risk youth who have a history of child welfare and foster care involvement. The summative evaluation is actively being implemented statewide in colorado, with both treatment and comparison outcomes recorded in a centralized database administered by cpr. Study enrollment began in september 2021 and is anticipated to span 27 months.
$1,468,346 spentof which $199,614 as grants100% of program spendingSafe access for victims' economic security (saves) center - colorado department of human services, division of child support services, 2022-2024 - cpr's contract with the colorado department of human services (cdhs), division of child support services (dcss) is pursuant to a 5-year, 11.2 million cooperative agreement between cdhs and the federal office of child support services (ocss). Under this contract, cpr is assisting cdhs with the creation and operation of the safe access for victims' economic security (saves) center which aims to enhance the safe delivery of child support, paternity, and parenting time services to survivors of domestic violence. Cpr will provide technical assistance and evaluation services to 13 saves demonstration projects funded by ocse (12 states and one tribe), conduct research on the experiences of domestic violence survivors in the child support program, make policy recommendations, and create resources and training for child support professionals nationwide to promote safety and economic security for survivors. The full press release for this project is available on the acf website.
Lco good life - bright futures for ojibwe youth 2022-2025 -contract with lac courte oreilles (lco) tribal child support program to evaluate a federal demonstration project entitled charting a course for economic mobility and responsible parenting. The lco will implement a variety of educational and outreach activities that align with ojibwe culture to encourage tribal youth to plan for their future by completing their education and engaging in a committed relationship prior to having children. The project will engage a curriculum developer and tribal elders to translate cultural values into relevant content. It will be distributed via ojibwe college students, a social media campaign, a web-based game, an ojibwe culture camp. Cpr will produce three briefs that describe the project, report on implementation patterns, and present evaluation outcomes.
Us housing and urban development (hud) 2020-2024 - this three-year contract with hud involved generating and linking administrative data from multiple sources about homeless youth in colorado. The goal of the effort is to generate a sustainable and replicable approach to estimating homelessness among youth, ages 14-24, in colorado. Another major goal is to describe the child welfare and public assistance program participation of younger (k- 12), and the police involvement characteristics and histories of older (18 -24) homeless youth. As part of the project, cpr made a major subaward to the university of denver's colorado evaluation and action lab. Impacs 2020-2024 - cpr's contract with co department of human services, division of child support services (dcss) is to provide evaluation services for an employment initiative funded by the colorado legislature using funding from federal tanf and state moe monies. The improved payment and child success (impacs) project offers employment services to unemployed and under-employed noncustodial parents in the child support program in interested counties. To date, county participants have included denver, weld, jefferson, delta, larimer,…
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,468,346.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $3.0M to $4.1M (+38%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 5% · 2022 98% · 2023 98% · 2024 95%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Jessica Pearson Phd
Exec dir/boa
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $314k → $345k.
From the IRS filings of CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,003 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,003 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $897k on record — $681k federal, $217k state.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$681k
- VT$72k
- OR$62k
- CT$50k
- OK$33k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH?
- CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH (Colorado) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,700,668 to it, the largest being TEMPLE UNIVERSITY - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION ($1,682,834). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,700,668 in grants to CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH?
- TEMPLE UNIVERSITY - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,682,834 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing