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INSTITUTE FOR STATE POLICY LEADERS

INSTITUTE FOR STATE POLICY LEADERS (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $126,500 to it, the largest being CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION ($60,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$751k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$127k
Net assets
$-177256
1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What Institute for State Policy Leaders does

Mission

The Institute for State Policy Leaders was created to assist state policymakers in making informed policy decisions by conducting nonpartisan educational programming. Continued on sch o

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Cable broadband academy this policy seminar in denver, co from october 16-18 provides a balanced program across a broad range of topics and features the most important voices in the cable and broadband world. The two-and-a-half-day program equips policymakers with the knowledge to tackle important developing communications and technology challenges and provides attendees a forum to share best practices with their colleagues from across the country for how to enhance access to these services for their constituents.

    $136,692 spent$200,000 earned by the program
    21% of program spending
  2. Auto innovation academy, electric vehicle seminar the seminar was a two-and-a-half-day policy academy in columbus, ohio from september 17-20, 2023 exclusively for state legislative leaders to learn about the fundamentals of electric vehicle policy and how to build a comprehensive state ecosystem for an electrified future. The ev seminar provided a balanced program covering a broad range of issues and featured some of the most important voices in the electrification arena. This face-to-face seminar enabled legislators to equip themselves with the information needed to tackle important developing policy issues, empower policymakers to share best practices and provide a forum for officials to ask all the important questions - including perhaps where do I even begin

    $227,056 spent$250,071 earned by the program
    34% of program spending
  3. Tax academy policy seminars in 2023, the institute held two tax academy policy seminars june 22-23, 2023 and november 17-18, 2023 in arlington, va and amelia island, fl, respectively as part of the institutes new initiative to educate state legislators about the intricacies of tax policy. As tax policy is an integral part of government because they not only influence behavior, they fund the government itself. And just as the 21st century has posed the challenges in other areas of government, states are now grappling with how to adapt their tax systems in the ever connected national and global economies. While much debate remains on what to tax and how to tax it, policymakers agree that our tax systems should not serve as an impediment to economic growth and the remittance and collection of taxes should be seamless for taxpayers. Cont. On sch. O

    $300,273 spent$301,000 earned by the program
    45% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $664,021.

02The organization over time

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

Neal Osten

Executive director

As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $20k → $30k.

Funder
'22
'23
'24*
total
$57k
$10k
funders
1
2
2

From the IRS filings of INSTITUTE FOR STATE POLICY LEADERS’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 STATE POLICY LEADERS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% 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

100% 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 STATE POLICY LEADERS.

47%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 67% — 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.

Where its funders are

INSTITUTE FOR STATE POLICY LEADERS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 2 states in all.

CA
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’22
’23
Virginia out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

INSTITUTE FOR STATE POLICY LEADERS's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−14% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.5mo · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 288 social science nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023

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In Virginia

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

78% of spending goes to programs.

Program 78%Management 21%Fundraising 1%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

0%

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 STATE POLICY LEADERS?
INSTITUTE FOR STATE POLICY LEADERS (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $126,500 to it, the largest being CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION ($60,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does INSTITUTE FOR STATE POLICY LEADERS have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $126,500 in grants to INSTITUTE FOR STATE POLICY LEADERS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTE FOR STATE POLICY LEADERS?
CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like INSTITUTE FOR STATE POLICY LEADERS find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), 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