New York · Nonprofit
ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT INC
ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT INC (New York) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,415,947 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($8,612,086). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 52
- Grants received
- $40M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Economic Security Project Inc does
Mission
Economic security project advocates for ideas that build economic power for all americans. We aim to build fair and healthy markets, advocate for tax credits, and champion a guaranteed income. See schedule oto support these fights, we work with academics, organizers, practitioners, donors, and culture makers to create change and help them get mobilized through grants, collaborations, research, and campaigns.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Campaigns - this past year, we helped secure new or expanded child tax credits in states, putting money back in people's pockets. We also championed the successful expansion of irs direct file, a free, public, tax filing option, to save americans billions in filing fees and put cash in their pockets by delivering billions in missed tax credits annually. Additionally, we launched economic security california (esca) to rehape california's economic landscape by championing cash policies and challenging corporate consolidation.
$2,483,686 spentof which $691,000 as grants$200 earned by the program30% of program spendingBtf cash - we lead the movement championing guaranteed income to provide basic security for all americans. This includes leading the national coalition, holding the flagship guaranteed income now conference, and undertaking the largest research initiative on direct cash to date. We launched esp president natalie foster's book, the guarantee: inside the fight for america's next economy, sparking a nationwide conversation about what's possible when we put people at the center of our economic policy and held dozens of events across the country to convene stakeholders around the ideas in the book.
$1,807,707 spentof which $81,500 as grants22% of program spendingBtf shaping markets - we seed big ideas to shape markets to work for people. Our public options for america fund explores accessible and affordable options in markets such as housing, healthcare, and childcare. In the food sector, our work on public grocery stores in illinois inspired local leaders in other states, proving that good ideas can take root and grow across the country. We also convened a series of conversations with experts nation-wide on ai, understanding that how we shape ai and the digital economy in the years ahead will be foundational for people's economic future. We led national earned and digital media across these sectors, highlighting the affordability crisis and economic precarity millions of families experience today.
$1,599,013 spentof which $804,764 as grants20% of program spendingThis was a year of big momentum, with huge wins on cash policies, expansion of the national movement for a guaranteed income, and the launch of new public options work as the next phase of our antimonopoly portfolio. Over the course of this year, our events, workshops, and communities of practice convened more than 5,000 people, engaging frontline advocates, top officials in the white house and congress, and movement partners. We also expanded our footprint in both california and illinois, investing in them as the vanguard states in advancing bold economic policies, and building the policy playbook for what's possible on a national level. Media and narrative investments were key to successful policy agendas in these affiliate states.
$2,286,014 spentof which $92,499 as grants28% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,176,420.
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 $839k to $8.6M (+921%).
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.
99% of ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (96% 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.
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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 23 funders, grant income rose $25k → $7.8M.
14 of 52 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $482k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Economic Security Project Action Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT INC raised.
From the IRS filings of ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 52 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
ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% 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
41% 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 INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2021 31% · 2022 22% · 2023 20% — 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
43% of ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 48% 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
ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT INC draws 67% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 152 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 152 civil rights nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like ECONOMIC SECURITY 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% 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 Action Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT INC?
- ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT INC (New York) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,415,947 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($8,612,086). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 52 organizations giving $40,415,947 in grants to ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT INC, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $8,612,086 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 52 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