New York · Nonprofit
CIVICPULSE INC
CIVICPULSE INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $328,000 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' SERVICE FDN DBA BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA FDN ($300,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $328k
- Net assets
- $552k
What Civicpulse Inc does
Mission
To improve public knowledge of the opinions and policies of elected and unelected government officials from around the united states and educate government officials about the views of their counterparts around the country.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Research: civicpulse generates data-driven insights about local government through a range of research initiatives. Civicpulse also produces research reports and benchmarks on critical issues facing local governments, and works diligently to deliver these insights back to local government officials and their communities through our website as well as through our monthly newsletters.
$674,842 spent$994,531 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $674,842.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2021 to 2022, from $57k to $379k (+568%).
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 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of CIVICPULSE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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.
Board chair
Nathan Lee
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3k → $25k.
From the IRS filings of CIVICPULSE 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
CIVICPULSE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 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
CIVICPULSE INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 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
CIVICPULSE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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
Organizations like CIVICPULSE 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
60%
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 CIVICPULSE 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 CIVICPULSE INC?
- CIVICPULSE INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $328,000 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' SERVICE FDN DBA BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA FDN ($300,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CIVICPULSE INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $328,000 in grants to CIVICPULSE INC.
- Who is the largest funder of CIVICPULSE INC?
- CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' SERVICE FDN DBA BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA FDN is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CIVICPULSE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 3 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