Massachusetts · Nonprofit
CIVIC ACTION PROJECT INC
CIVIC ACTION PROJECT INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $524,500 to it, the largest being Boston Foundation Inc ($171,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $802k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $525k
- Net assets
- $193k
What Civic Action Project Inc does
Mission
The organization's mission is to promote better policymaking and to diversify policymakers. Civic action project, inc. Trains the next generation of civic leaders and builds bridges for new strategic, public-private partnerships for innovative policies for the future.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Cap collaborative: the cap collaborative brings together senior-level corporate and government leaders to foster cross-sector collaboration on public policy. Twice a year, the cap collaborative brings 20 public and private sector leaders together for 8 consecutive weeks to produce better working relationships between these leadership groups and promote the development of good public policy.
$117,372 spent$221,750 earned by the program19% of program spendingCap fellows: each summer the cap fellows program trains graduate students in real-world public policy making strategies. Fellows are supported to complete internships where they gain practical experience in policy making and participate in weekly roundtables learning from one another as well as from public and private sector practitioners.
$328,191 spentof which $105,500 as grants$71,000 earned by the program54% of program spendingCap in action: cap in action organizes convenings to catalyze change through public-private cooperation. In 2024 the focus of strategic initiatives was increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the private real estate sector.
$163,906 spentof which $57,500 as grants$30,000 earned by the program27% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $609,469.
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 2023 to 2024, from $114k to $214k (+88%).
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.
59% of CIVIC ACTION PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
Rebecca Gordan
Executive director
Board chair
Stephen Crosby
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $25k → $100k.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CIVIC ACTION PROJECT INC’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
CIVIC ACTION PROJECT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
58% 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 CIVIC ACTION PROJECT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 50% · 2022 50% · 2023 35% — diversifying over time.
“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
58% of CIVIC ACTION PROJECT INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $220k that is directly attributable, 77% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $305k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
CIVIC ACTION PROJECT INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding CIVIC ACTION PROJECT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record.
- (EE) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES$10k
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 CIVIC ACTION PROJECT INC
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
60%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CIVIC ACTION PROJECT INC: 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 CIVIC ACTION PROJECT INC?
- CIVIC ACTION PROJECT INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $524,500 to it, the largest being Boston Foundation Inc ($171,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CIVIC ACTION PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $524,500 in grants to CIVIC ACTION PROJECT INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CIVIC ACTION PROJECT INC?
- Boston Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $171,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CIVIC ACTION PROJECT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 7 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