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LONDON CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC

LONDON CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $297,500 to it, the largest being Donors Trust Inc ($115,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2021
$611k
Funders on record
12
Grants received
$298k
Net assets
$-71936
2/12 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 59%
01What it does

What London Center for Policy Research Inc does

Mission

Challenge conventional wisdom where appropriate, add texture to the current deliberations on national security and foreign policy issues and build support for positions that further the national interest and the interest of key allies.

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.

Program

  1. Created project sentinel a new effort focused on the bill of rights and a return of us governance to a form more in line with the founding fathers2nd amendment support continued work with sig sauer on safe and effective gun ownership as protected by the 2nd amendmentexpanded covid discussions and education, to include engagement on vaccine and military readiness issues, as well as academic papers to educate parents regarding covid 19 vaccination of children and the detrimental effects of vaccine mandates on members of the us military and federal bureaucracyexpansion of the thought to action podcast a series of programs where we discussed current and critical issues as they relate to national security and economic development regarding the united states and the world hosted by lcpr president tony shaffer and lcpr senior fellow tim wilson. The scope of subjects increased to include the world economic forum, environmental studies issues, national security issues and special guests that highlighted their academic works on key policy issues. Continued national security educational programs regarding terrorism threat, emp, resilience/survival and internal security, to include engagement…

    $679,840 spentof which $450,000 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2021 Form 990. Program spending in total: $679,840.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($444k) Expenses 100 ($485k) Net assets 100 ($190k)2018 Revenue 73 ($326k) Expenses 97 ($470k) Net assets 24 ($46k)2019 Revenue 52 ($233k) Expenses 40 ($194k) Net assets 45 ($85k)2020 Revenue 48 ($213k) Expenses 64 ($312k) Net assets -8 ($-15050)2021 Revenue 138 ($611k) Expenses 143 ($695k) Net assets -38 ($-71936)
20172018201920202021
Revenue (138)Expenses (143)Net assets (-38)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $190k to $46k (−76%).

$190k
$46k
$85k
$60k
$4k
20172018201920202021
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$41k
’17
−$144k
’18
$39k
’19
−$100k
’20
−$84k
’21
0.1
months of
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.

20172018201920202021
Listed19151099
Joined·+0+4+0+0
No longer listed·4910
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2021: the base narrowed from 6 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $64k → $1k.

5 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 78% 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 LONDON CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH 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

LONDON CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

88% 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 LONDON CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC.

39%
largest funder
69%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 65% · 2019 67% · 2020 92% · 2021 100% — growing more concentrated.

“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

0% of LONDON CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 17% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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 FY2021, 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

78% of LONDON CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH 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 $65k that is directly attributable, 68% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 4 states.

NY
NJ
DC
FL

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

’17
’18
’21
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $233k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like LONDON CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH 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 New York

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
88%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

84%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds LONDON CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC?
LONDON CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $297,500 to it, the largest being Donors Trust Inc ($115,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does LONDON CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC have?
IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $297,500 in grants to LONDON CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LONDON CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC?
Donors Trust Inc is the largest funder on record, with $115,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LONDON CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), and the filings of 12 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