Virginia · Nonprofit
EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE FOUNDATION dba EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE
EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE FOUNDATION dba EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE (Virginia) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $862,000 to it, the largest being THE SEARLE FREEDOM TRUST ($300,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $723k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $862k
- Net assets
- $668k
What EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE FOUNDATION dba EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE does
Mission
Employment policies institute foundation's mission is to educate policymakers and the general public with respect to the economic and social effects of employment, financial, and government spending policies, and to conduct research with respect to employment, financial, and goverment spending policies and disseminate the results of such research.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Continued to maintain epionline.org, minimumwage.com, tippedwage.com. And facesof15.com websites. Released economic impact studies or commentary on the consequences of employer mandates. Provided information about the economic consequences of employer mandates to the media and policymakers in selected states and localities. Promoted epif research and messages by producing advertisements for placements in various media outlets
$672,457 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $672,457.
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 2018 to 2019, from $1.1M to $717k (−32%).
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.
98% of EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE FOUNDATION dba EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (76% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $104k → $116k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE FOUNDATION dba EMPLOYMENT POLICIES 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
EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE FOUNDATION dba EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
65% 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 EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE FOUNDATION dba EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 55% · 2019 57% · 2020 87% · 2021 62% · 2022 44% — 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.
Where its funders are
EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE FOUNDATION dba EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $382k 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
EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE FOUNDATION dba EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE is better cushioned than half of the 179 social science nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 179 social science nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE FOUNDATION dba EMPLOYMENT POLICIES 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 24 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE FOUNDATION dba EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE?
- EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE FOUNDATION dba EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE (Virginia) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $862,000 to it, the largest being THE SEARLE FREEDOM TRUST ($300,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE FOUNDATION dba EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $862,000 in grants to EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE FOUNDATION dba EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE FOUNDATION dba EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE?
- THE SEARLE FREEDOM TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE FOUNDATION dba EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 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