Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAS FUTURE INC
INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAS FUTURE INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,608,590 to it, the largest being THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION ($2,998,645). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $203k
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $5.6M
- Net assets
- $299k
What Institute for Americas Future Inc does
Mission
Iaf's purpose is to conduct research and publicize findings concerning citizen's attitudes about economic options confronting america. Iaf is devoted to fostering a robust and democratic debate about ideas that will shape our country's future. The institute for america's future
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
FOREIGN AFFAIRS:WORK BY ROBERT BOROSAGE +OTHER PROGRAMSRobert Borosage is writing regularly on economics and politics at The Nation and is reprinted in many other places. He is also involved in regular work with key leaders of progressive organizations. He also acts as an advisor to the non-profit Congressional Progressive Caucus Center.
$53,205 spent49% of program spendingEconomy pledge:roger hickey has continued to work to build support for our solidarity agenda pledge to fight for jobs, sustainability and economic justice, which has been signed by more than 20,000 activists as well as the original 100 prominent signers. Over recent years, the national debate over rebuilding the economy after the covid-triggered economy has been influenced by the solidarity agenda pledge and it's five-point program.in recent months, hickey and other original signers have distributed articles by those signers via the solidarity agenda blog.the major principles of the solidarity agenda remain the same, with the addition of two additional principles, vi and vii:I. Invest in economic recovery, sustainable growth and green jobsii. Fight inequalityiii. A new social contractiv. Transform corporate power institute for america's future, inc. 52-1971942v. A global economic strategy for working americansvi. Guarantee the constitutional right of women to control their reproductive decisions.vii. All americans have a right to a democracy for all people - and in every part of the country.hickey and other signers have been working with groups and coalitions that have been…
$42,705 spent39% of program spendingProgressive leadership institute:progressive leadership institute operates as a consortium of researchers and practitioners who seek to identify effective interventions to address ways in which social identity differences result in systematic and individual inequity. We rely heavily on social science social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and sociology to understand the mechanisms underlying inequity resulting from human behavior and institutional outcomes. We assess how interventions from a wide array of contexts indigenous practices, mediation, restorative justice frameworks, cognitive psychology can be employed to change institutional dynamics. We also engage in original research.
$12,711 spent12% of program spendingPublic leadership institute:the public leadership institute (pli) project conducted training for policymakers, including understanding how public policy can be designed to address social and economic problems, how to analyze and design public policy, effective governance and decision-making, and how to develop public messaging and communicate effectively with the public. Pli developed model legislation that is publicly available on itswebsite and compiled model bills in the progress agenda guide, which it distrusted to policymakers in all 50 states and published on its website. Pli also conducted virtual and in-person skills-building training on public speaking, media relations, and coalition building.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $108,621.
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 $1.0M to $2.0M (+100%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 10% · 2022 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAS FUTURE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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
Robert Borosage
Chair/pres/co-d
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 6 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $1.7M → $67k.
8 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAS FUTURE INC’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
INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAS FUTURE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
34% 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 INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAS FUTURE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 89% · 2019 97% · 2020 80% · 2021 54% · 2022 50% · 2023 56% — 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
14% of INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAS FUTURE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 32% 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
INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAS FUTURE INC draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAS FUTURE INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAS FUTURE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3k on record.
- TRAINING SERVICES - GENERAL $3k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAS FUTURE 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
55% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAS FUTURE 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAS FUTURE INC?
- INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAS FUTURE INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,608,590 to it, the largest being THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION ($2,998,645). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAS FUTURE INC have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $5,608,590 in grants to INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAS FUTURE INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAS FUTURE INC?
- THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,998,645 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAS FUTURE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 19 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