Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
EMPLOY AMERICA
EMPLOY AMERICA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,963,200 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1,500,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $5.0M
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Employ America does
Mission
To promote macroeconomic policies that ensure the sustained advancement of labor market outcomes for all american workers, I.e. Tight labor markets, higher wages and better quality employment.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Policy, advocacy, and education: ea develops and educates the public about policies that promote sustainably tight labor markets, including anti-inflationary policies that avoid negative effects on employment and wages. Ea guides public understanding of macroeconomic policy by conducting research, publishing reports, and engaging with economic policy press. In 2024, ea shaped the public understanding of inflation dynamics & the macroeconomy though historical & data analysis, researched and educated the public on the relationship between higher interest rates and long-term inflationary risk, launched our exploration of healthcare inflation, developed and advanced policy proposals to make the us economy more resilient to geopolitical shocks and supply chain interruptions, and advocated for full employment as a path to both wage and productivity growth.
$605,860 spent$181,929 earned by the program99% of program spendingFed nominations: Employ America conducts extensive background research on potential nominees for roles that heavily influence the american economy, such as federal reserve board seats and treasury department personnel. We also educate the public about nominees through media outreach.
$8,020 spent1% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $613,880.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2023 to 2024, from $590k to $1.5M (+156%).
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.
91% of EMPLOY AMERICA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (16% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
Skanda Amarnath
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $300k → $200k.
3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 EMPLOY AMERICA’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
EMPLOY AMERICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
42% 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 EMPLOY AMERICA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 50% · 2020 100% · 2021 68% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
EMPLOY AMERICA draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
EMPLOY AMERICA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,551 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,551 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like EMPLOY AMERICA
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
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
51%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EMPLOY AMERICA: 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 EMPLOY AMERICA?
- EMPLOY AMERICA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,963,200 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1,500,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EMPLOY AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $4,963,200 in grants to EMPLOY AMERICA, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EMPLOY AMERICA?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EMPLOY AMERICA 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.
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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 2019–2024), and the filings of 11 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