Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
INSTITUTE FOR SOUND PUBLIC POLICY FKA PROGRESSIVES FOR IMMIGRATION RE
INSTITUTE FOR SOUND PUBLIC POLICY FKA PROGRESSIVES FOR IMMIGRATION RE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $955,000 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($625,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $493k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $955k
- Net assets
- $25k
What Institute for Sound Public Policy Fka Progressives for Immigration Re does
Mission
Progressives for immigration reform's mission is to protect low wage american workers from unemployment and wage suppression caused by unfair labor and trade practices, including importation of large numbers of low wage foreign workers who are subject to exploitation by foreign and domestic corporations working in the united states. It also seeks to enhance the working conditions of working people worldwide through enhancing economic, health, social and environmental conditions in the developing countries.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The mission of progressives for immigration reform is to enact policies that consider and mitigate the impact of immigration on overall u.s. Population and population growth, domestic water and energy supplies, open space and biodiversity, and the emission of greenhouse gasses from the united states. Progressives for immigration reform seeks to enhance the working conditions and wages of both immigrants and native born workers, and to limit and mitigate the unemployment and wage suppression caused by unfair labor and trade practices, including the importation of large numbers of low-wage foreign workers who are subject to exploitation by foreign and domestic corporations working within the united states. Progressives for immigration reform furthermore seeks to improve the wages and working conditions of low-wage americans and working people worldwide, by supporting policies that enhance the economic health, social and environmental conditions in developing countries.
$478,175 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $478,175.
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 $714k to $164k (−77%).
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: 2020 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of INSTITUTE FOR SOUND PUBLIC POLICY FKA PROGRESSIVES FOR IMMIGRATION RE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Steven Lamb
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $300k → $100k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 SOUND PUBLIC POLICY FKA PROGRESSIVES FOR IMMIGRATION RE’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 SOUND PUBLIC POLICY FKA PROGRESSIVES FOR IMMIGRATION RE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 SOUND PUBLIC POLICY FKA PROGRESSIVES FOR IMMIGRATION RE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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
97% of INSTITUTE FOR SOUND PUBLIC POLICY FKA PROGRESSIVES FOR IMMIGRATION RE'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 $30k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $925k 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 SOUND PUBLIC POLICY FKA PROGRESSIVES FOR IMMIGRATION RE's revenue grew 39% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,798 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like INSTITUTE FOR SOUND PUBLIC POLICY FKA PROGRESSIVES FOR IMMIGRATION RE
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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR SOUND PUBLIC POLICY FKA PROGRESSIVES FOR IMMIGRATION RE?
- INSTITUTE FOR SOUND PUBLIC POLICY FKA PROGRESSIVES FOR IMMIGRATION RE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $955,000 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($625,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does INSTITUTE FOR SOUND PUBLIC POLICY FKA PROGRESSIVES FOR IMMIGRATION RE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $955,000 in grants to INSTITUTE FOR SOUND PUBLIC POLICY FKA PROGRESSIVES FOR IMMIGRATION RE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTE FOR SOUND PUBLIC POLICY FKA PROGRESSIVES FOR IMMIGRATION RE?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $625,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSTITUTE FOR SOUND PUBLIC POLICY FKA PROGRESSIVES FOR IMMIGRATION RE 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.
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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 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