Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION
CONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 58 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,412,495 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($4,000,000). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 58
- Grants received
- $18M
- Net assets
- $692k
What Convergence Center for Policy Resolution does
Mission
Convergence is the leading organization bridging divides to solve critical issues. With our time-tested collaborative problem-solving methodology, we bring people together across ideological, political, & identity lines to improve the lives of americans&strengthen democracy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Convergence leaders mariah levison (current ceo) and robert fersh (founder and first ceo) published their book on collaborative problem-solving in july 2024 titled, from conflict to convergence: coming together to solve tough problems. The book goes hand-in-hand with the purpose of the convergence learning lab, so in 2024, we started thinking through ways in which to incorporate the book into our learning lab work. We have started to recommend the book as part of some trainings.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Learning lab: learning lab inspires and equips leaders to use and apply our collaborative problem-solving methodology through a series of customized workshops, trainings, and online learning. Through the lab, we empower leaders from various sectors, including government, academia and business, with tools and approaches to address complex issues in their communities and organizations. These offerings leverage lessons learned from our 15+ years of convening collaboratives by helping learners understand what drives division, begin cultivating a problem-solving mindset, and teaching evidence-based strategies for effective dialogue and collaborative problem-solving on even the toughest issues. In 2024, we:- conducted several workshops to bring our tools and approaches to leaders across these sectors.- began building a new online learning curriculum called convergence compass.- started a new partnership with the national association of counties to bring the convergence approach to local leaders.- cohosted bridging divides in corporate america, a leadership development series.- released from conflict to convergence: coming together to solve tough problems, a book co-authored by…
$277,903 spent$73,500 earned by the program22% of program spendingSocial factors of health (sfoh): convergence has long been focused on the challenges of health and wellbeing that are faced by americans, which includes questions around disparities in our health care systems, declining mental health, and inadequate systems of care for families and aging populations who need them. Our collaborative on social factors of health is working to create the best policy environment for local efforts and partnerships to improve household and community health by addressing social factors of health. In 2024, we:- completed the discovery and design phase with a report summarizing key findings to guide the collaborative.- publicly released its blueprint for action alongside a virtual webinar and identified specific calls to action tailored by sectors: federal government, states, local governments and communities, and the private sector.- released two individual papers by collaborative members: support health plan investments to improve social factors of health and strengthening the data ecosystem.
$204,776 spent$25,000 earned by the program16% of program spendingEconomic opportunity: the u.s. Economy's inability to support conditions in which americans can thrive and achieve upward mobility threatens the foundations of our society. Building off past successes in this area, convergence is committed to making a strong impact on this fundamental crisis and a whole host of related ones, including unemployment, housing, financial insecurity, racial disparities, and more.
$185,798 spent15% of program spendingCitizen solutions
$143,059 spent$218,607 earned by the program11% of program spendingTrust in elections
$93,539 spent7% of program spendingDemocracy 250
$90,836 spent$95,000 earned by the program7% of program spendingCommunication
$70,505 spent6% of program spendingKentucky families
$69,127 spent5% of program spendingClimate
$49,920 spent4% of program spendingDigital discourse
$5,654 spent0% of program spendingOther programs
$85,376 spent7% of program spending
The 11 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,276,493.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.3M to $5.2M (+291%).
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 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of CONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Mariah Levison
President and CEO
Board chair
Herman Art Taylor
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 23 funders, grant income fell $1.5M → $966k.
13 of 58 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 CONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 58 funders by total. 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
CONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 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 CONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 28% · 2019 68% · 2020 38% · 2021 75% · 2022 31% · 2023 23% — 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
40% of CONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
53% of CONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION'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 $8.6M that is directly attributable, 85% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 17 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
CONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,761 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION
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
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 25 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION?
- CONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 58 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,412,495 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($4,000,000). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION have?
- IRS filings report 58 organizations giving $18,412,495 in grants to CONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION, 36 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $4,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 58 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing