Illinois · Nonprofit
INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT INC
INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT INC (Illinois) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,290,000 to it, the largest being SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND ($8,000,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $20M
- Net assets
- $5.5M
What Institute for Responsive Government Inc does
Mission
The institute for responsive government, inc. Develops solutions that make government more efficient, accessible, and responsive to the needs of real human beings.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The institute for responsive government made a series of grants to nonpartisan nonprofit organizations that worked to support the smooth administration of the 2024 election
$4,132,750 spentof which $4,132,750 as grants30% of program spendingA more responsive government grant program was a nonpartisan program offering direct, flexible support to local election offices in the seven states that have led the way in modernizing elections. Grant award amounts were based exclusively upon the 2022 citizen voting age population of the local election office jurisdiction, as measured by the u.s. Census bureau. Grant funds were used to cover expenditures for planning and operationalizing secure, efficient, and accessible election administration. Local election officials decided how to allocate grant funds among the particular nonpartisan election administration needs in their jurisdiction.
$6,526,194 spentof which $6,526,194 as grants48% of program spendingBuilding on experience modernizing election administration, the institute for responsive government launched another pillar of work making democracy deliver for everyday americans. In 2024, the institute for responsive government engaged in research and developed policy models to transform slow, opaque government processes into more efficient, customer-centric operations, and supported organizations working to build government capacity
$123,500 spentof which $50,000 as grants1% of program spendingProgram Service Expenses 2,837,623, Grants and allocations 35,884, Revenue 0 MISCELLANEOUS ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS
$2,837,623 spentof which $35,884 as grants21% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,620,067.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $2.0M to $6.4M (+219%).
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.
100% of INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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
Samuel Gil Oliker Friedland
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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 RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT 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 RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
94% 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 RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT INC.
“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
75% of INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $5.0M that is directly attributable, 66% of it comes from Illinois funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15M arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 270 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 270 public benefit nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT 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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Responsive Gov Action Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT 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 INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT INC?
- INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT INC (Illinois) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,290,000 to it, the largest being SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND ($8,000,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $20,290,000 in grants to INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT INC?
- SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND is the largest funder on record, with $8,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2023–2024), and the filings of 10 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