Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS POLITICAL EDU CATION AND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS POLITICAL EDU CATION AND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,989,775 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($442,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $6.1M
What Congressional Black Caucus Political Edu Cation and Leadership Institute does
Mission
The congressional black caucus political education leadership institute's mission is to provide political education and training to the next generation of african american leadership.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Tunica policy conference -cbcpelis tunica policy conference is representative of the organizations ongoing commitment to meeting its overall mission of educating todays voters and training tomorrows leaders.
$996,043 spent$806,884 earned by the program60% of program spendingTwenty first century council - the twenty first century council program enables the institute to provide unique and innovative services that involve 1 social policy-public and private - analysis, 2 strategic types of program research, and 3 identification of critical policy issues and creative options for addressing such issues.
$283,399 spent$1,946,665 earned by the program17% of program spendingBoot camp - the institutes political candidate training program, boot camp provides a complete training curriculum for african american candidates and campaign workers. This program instructs participants in the expertise and techniques required for conducting a successful campaign for elective office. In addition to training candidates for elective office, this program also trains tacticians and key staff who will conduct such campaigns. Instruction is aslo provided to launch effective voter participation and education initiatives, including get out the vote efforts.
$205,071 spent$45,000 earned by the program12% of program spendingFELLOWSHIP PROGRAM - The Congressional Black Caucus Institute CBCI launched the first of its kind, Government Relations Fellowship, answering the call by Congressional Black Caucus Members to diversify lobbying firms and corporate government relations offices. The program is designed to create a pipeline of Government Relations and Public Policy professionals.
$106,326 spent$20,000 earned by the program6% of program spendingUN-ECOSOC/GADI -CBCI has been granted consultative status in United Nations Economic and Social Council, our mission and focus includes:Platform for the African Diaspora at the UN Increase the awareness and the importance of the UN in the African-American community Increase the number of African-Americans in foreign affairs careers Promote UN 17 SDGS Sustainable Development Goals Highlight and support he UN High Commission on Human Rights 4-point agenda towards transformative change for racial justice and equality
$48,556 spent3% of program spendingCongressional Black Caucus Institute's Democracy: FOR THE PEOPLE, a summer of action. During the Democracy: FOR THE PEOPLE project, CBC Members and CBCI alumni will work in partnership with city mayors, leaders of the Divine 9 organizations, civil rights groups, HBCUs and other community organizers to hold messaging and mobilization events on democracy and race in America.
$19,043 spent$10,000 earned by the program1% of program spendingPresidential debate
$1,029 spent0% of program spendingACT/WFF - Our Advocacy and Campaign Training ACT Workshops are supported by a generous grant from the Walton Family Foundation. ACT is an abbreviated version of the boot camp with an added component focused on education equity and advocacy. For two days in cities across the country, ACT targets future leaders who are passionate about civic engagement and advocacy, and those interested in education policy and improving access to high quality educational opportunities for all Americans.
$429 spent0% of program spendingOther programs
$136,488 earned by the program
The 9 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,659,896.
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 2020 to 2021, from $5.5M to $7.6M (+37%).
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 CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS POLITICAL EDU CATION AND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% 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
Representative Bennie Thompson
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $95k → $265k.
From the IRS filings of CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS POLITICAL EDU CATION AND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE’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
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS POLITICAL EDU CATION AND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
78% 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 CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS POLITICAL EDU CATION AND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 37% · 2019 24% · 2020 37% · 2021 55% · 2022 24% · 2023 19% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS POLITICAL EDU CATION AND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS POLITICAL EDU CATION AND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE draws 51% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 6 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
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS POLITICAL EDU CATION AND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 976 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 976 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS POLITICAL EDU CATION AND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS POLITICAL EDU CATION AND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE?
- CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS POLITICAL EDU CATION AND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,989,775 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($442,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS POLITICAL EDU CATION AND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $1,989,775 in grants to CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS POLITICAL EDU CATION AND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS POLITICAL EDU CATION AND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE?
- Walton Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $442,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS POLITICAL EDU CATION AND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE 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.
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 28 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