Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CENTER FOR US POLICY
CENTER FOR US POLICY (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $46,000 to it, the largest being ULRICH & RUTH FRANK FOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH ($46,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $43k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $46k
- Net assets
- $7k
What Center for US Policy does
Mission
The Center for U.S. Policy (CUSP) is a non-partisan research and education organization dedicated to enhancing the health, safety, and economic opportunity of all Americans. In 2024, the organization focused heavily on supporting lawful patient access to controlled medications and substance use disorder prevention, interventions, treatment, harm reduction, and recovery support. For more information, read our Program Service Accomplishments in this 990 and view our work products at www.centerforuspolicy.org and warmhandoff.org.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Research and analysis: CUSP's 2024 research and analysis advanced the public interest by 1) providing support to the not-for-profit National Recovery Friendly Workplace (RFW) Institute's inaugural national RFW employer certification program 2) helping shape the Institute's consensus on RFW definitions and certification standards, and 3) and collaborating in the development of several substance use disorder prevention resources, such as fact sheets on psilocybin, ketamine, and MDMA.
$62,466 spent84% of program spendingEducation and outreach: CUSP's 2024 educational initiatives delivered public benefit by 1) convening accomplished drug policy professionals from across the nation to foster networking, creativity, and collaboration; 2) contributing subject matter knowledge and experience to curriculum development for the Rx & Illicit Drug Summit; 3) moderating a congressional briefing on the use of AI in health care; and 4) educating professionals and raising public awareness about the national RFW certification program. CUSP's representation on the advisory board of the Rx & Illicit Drug Summit, the board of directors of the Legislative Analysis and Public Policy Association, and the editorial board of the Journal of Opioid Management enabled the organization to 5) share educational insights with legislatures, attorneys, other policy professionals, health care practitioners, academics, students, and service providers in the substance use disorder prevention, intervention, treatment, harm reduction, and recovery support fields.
$9,046 spent12% of program spendingAwareness: CUSP's 2024 awareness activities included 1) publishing educational content and public awareness resources on centerforuspolicy.org and warmhandoff.org; 2) tracking and reporting on state warm handoff legislation and executive actions; and 3) participating in a RealPharma podcast to discuss the substance use disorder (SUD) crisis and related topics, such as the lack of parity in health insurance plans, the role of prescribers, the need for treatment and recovery support, the potential for decriminalization, the economic impact of SUDs, and the US-centric nature of the problem.
$2,779 spent4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $74,291.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2020 to 2021, from $108k to $29k (−73%).
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.
0% of CENTER FOR US POLICY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Michael C Barnes Esq
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of CENTER FOR US POLICY’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.
Where its funders are
CENTER FOR US POLICY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.
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 US POLICY's revenue fell 65% between 2019 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,898 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 US POLICY: 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 US POLICY?
- CENTER FOR US POLICY (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $46,000 to it, the largest being ULRICH & RUTH FRANK FOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH ($46,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTER FOR US POLICY have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $46,000 in grants to CENTER FOR US POLICY.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR US POLICY?
- ULRICH & RUTH FRANK FOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH is the largest funder on record, with $46,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER FOR US POLICY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 1 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