New York · Nonprofit
ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT ACTION INC
ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT ACTION INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,628,000 to it, the largest being CHILDREN'S EQUITY FUND ($1,800,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.6M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $3.6M
- Net assets
- $4.7M
What Economic Security Project Action Inc does
Mission
Economic security project action advocates for ideas that build economic power for all americans. We aim to check corporate power, campion guaranteed income, and advocate for cash tax credits. To achieve this, our team disburses grants, runs issue campaigns, develops creative interventions and research products, and convenes the field to advance our issues and turn bold ideas into reality.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
A campaigns - our organization works to win cash tax credits at the federal and state level to deliver more money to people. This past year, we helped secure new or expanded child tax credits in states, putting money back in people's pockets. We also launched an affiliate in california, economic security california action (escaa) to reshape california's economic landscape by championing cash policies and challenging corporate consolidation. Escaa led the leading public campaign around ai legislation, co-sponsoring sb 1047, which would create a public option for computing power and put common sense safety guardrails in place.
$1,817,466 spentof which $497,700 as grants59% of program spendingBuild the field (btf) shaping markets - we advance fair and healthy markets by championing competition and public options to build economic power back for families.
$656,663 spentof which $477,279 as grants21% of program spendingBuild the field (btf) cash - we developed the blueprint for a guaranteed income, the ten-year vision to winning a guaranteed income, to the members of the guaranteed income community of practice. This led to the establishment of a cash coalition and strategic policy goals for achieving a guaranteed income. Building on our research around cash, we developed a strategy to educate and engage persuadable audiences around cash ideas.
$8,829 spentof which $5,000 as grants0% of program spendingThis was a year of big wins and big momentum, with huge wins on cash policies, expansion of the national movement for a guaranteed income, and antimonopoly action to shape markets to work for families. Over the course of this year, our events, workshops, and communities of practice have convened over 1,000 people, engaging frontline advocates, top officials in the white house, and long-time collaborators. We also expanded our footprint in both california and illinois, investing in them as the vanguard states in advancing bold economic policies.
$590,425 spentof which $5,000 as grants19% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,073,383.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2018 to 2019, from $971k to $3.4M (+254%).
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.
95% of ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT ACTION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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
Taylor Jo Isenberg
Executive director
Board chair
Christopher Hughes
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $190k → $175k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT ACTION 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
ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT ACTION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT ACTION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 78% · 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
ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT ACTION INC draws 60% 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. $418k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT ACTION INC has grown faster 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 ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT ACTION 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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Economic Security Project Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT ACTION INC?
- ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT ACTION INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,628,000 to it, the largest being CHILDREN'S EQUITY FUND ($1,800,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT ACTION INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $3,628,000 in grants to ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT ACTION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT ACTION INC?
- CHILDREN'S EQUITY FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,800,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT ACTION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 6 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