Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC
ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 104 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,444,026 to it, the largest being THE 85 FUND ($5,818,000). 65 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.0M
- Funders on record
- 104
- Grants received
- $28M
- Net assets
- $11M
What Ethics and Public Policy Center Inc does
Mission
Eppc is dedicated to applying the judeo-christian moral tradition to critical issues of public policy. Eppc and its scholars work to influence policymakers and transform the culture through the world of ideas.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The organization ceased operations of the 'faith angle forum' program as of may 2024.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
The david networkthe david network is established exclusively to further charitable and educational activities, including for the purpose of promoting ideas towards societal renewal, human flourishing, and supporting free-speech principles.
$907,234 spentof which $317,473 as grants16% of program spendingAdministrative state accountability projectthe administrative state accountability project advocates for an authentic understanding of the human person in the drafting, implementation, and rollback of government regulations. Emphasizing a sound understanding of the legal protections americans are entitled to, including religious freedom, health care rights of conscience, and the right to life, project scholars engage in the agency rulemaking process by providing legal and policy expertise on proposed regulations, submitting public comments, meeting with government officials, and equipping others to participate.
$742,206 spent13% of program spendingThe constitution, the courts, and the culture the constitution, the courts, and the culture explores the proper role of the courts and promotes principles of constitutional originalism and judicial restraint. It focuses on what is at stake for american culture writ large-for the ability of the american people to engage in responsible self-government and to maintain the "indispensable supports" of "political prosperity" that george washington (and other founders) understood "religion and morality" to be.
$567,268 spent10% of program spendingOther programs
$3,450,901 spent61% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,667,609.
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 2022 to 2023, from $7.2M to $10M (+44%).
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.
93% of ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER 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 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.
Board chair
Rob Hays
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 24 funders to 50 funders, grant income rose $1.5M → $5.9M.
22 of 104 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 104 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
ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
67% 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 ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 19% · 2018 32% · 2019 20% · 2020 24% · 2021 31% · 2022 29% · 2023 22% — 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.
How long its funders stay
38% of ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 26 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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
ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 543 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 543 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 38 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC: 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 ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC?
- ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 104 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,444,026 to it, the largest being THE 85 FUND ($5,818,000). 65 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 104 organizations giving $28,444,026 in grants to ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC, 65 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC?
- THE 85 FUND is the largest funder on record, with $5,818,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC 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.
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 104 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