California · Nonprofit
Engine Research Foundation
Engine Research Foundation (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $131,000 to it, the largest being EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION ($62,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2018
- $127k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $131k
- Net assets
- $0
What Engine Research Foundation does
Mission
Support the growth of technology entrepreneurship through economic research and policy analysis. ERF conducts original research on high- tech See Schedule O
As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.
Program
The Organization made a grant to an organization with goals similar to its own. There were no other activities in 2018.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $33k → $99k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $96k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Engine Advocacy). These are real filings, and they are not money Engine Research Foundation raised.
From the IRS filings of Engine Research Foundation’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
Engine Research Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 63% — 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
Engine Research Foundation draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Organizations like Engine Research Foundation
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
13%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Engine Advocacy · exempt
- Engine Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Engine Research Foundation: 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 Engine Research Foundation?
- Engine Research Foundation (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $131,000 to it, the largest being EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION ($62,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Engine Research Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $131,000 in grants to Engine Research Foundation, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Engine Research Foundation?
- EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $62,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Engine Research Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2018 (financials across 2018–2018), and the filings of 3 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