Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
JOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES INC
JOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,829,884 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($3,885,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 46
- Grants received
- $21M
- Net assets
- $11M
What Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Inc does
Mission
The joint center for political and economic studies, america's black think tank, provides compelling and actionable policy solutions to eradicate persistent and evolving barriers to the full freedom of black people in america. (see schedule o)we are the trusted forum for leading experts and scholars to participate in major public policy debates and promote ideas that advance black communities. We use evidence-based research, analysis, convenings, and strategic communications to support black communities and a network of allies.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Economic studies: the joint center's economic studies program conducts survey research, produces policy research and analysis, writes and publishes reports and fact sheets, organizes events, and disseminates information on black communities and the future of work, entrepreneurship, technology, and programs that provide pathways to economic opportunity and security. The economic studies program also explores and incubates new research issue areas.
$2,026,422 spent79% of program spendingPolitical studies: the joint center's political studies program collects and analyzes data, conducts survey research, produces policy research and analysis, writes and publishes reports and fact sheets, organizes events, and disseminates information on congressional staff diversity, and other issues related to the civic engagement and participation of black communities.
$554,855 spent21% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,581,277.
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 2019 to 2020, from $1.7M to $6.8M (+294%).
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 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of JOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Paul Thornell
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $480k → $2.5M.
12 of 46 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 JOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 46 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
JOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 38% · 2019 38% · 2020 24% · 2021 23% · 2022 17% · 2023 22% — 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
42% of JOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
JOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES INC draws 90% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
JOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 174 social science nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 174 social science nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like JOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES 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
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
56%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 6 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES INC?
- JOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,829,884 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($3,885,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 46 organizations giving $20,829,884 in grants to JOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES INC?
- THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,885,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES 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.
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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 46 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