Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC
PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 79 organizations whose IRS filings report $68,126,722 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($13,466,325). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $28M
- Funders on record
- 79
- Grants received
- $68M
- Net assets
- $33M
What Partnership for Public Service Inc does
Mission
Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public safety, health, and welfare. To maximize impact, the partnership for public service leverages our educational programming, research and advocacy work to focus on challenges that have a disproportionate effect on government's capacity and performance.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
New programs: when the new administration took over in early 2025 we had to change our program structure as many federal government contracts canceled.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Ceased programs: when the new administration took over in early 2025 we had to change our program structure as many federal government contracts canceled.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
The partnership: our support for a well-functioning government requires the partnership to effectively meet our double bottom line of mission impact and financial stewardship and sustainability. We must be an employer of choice to attract and retain top talent based on investments in our organizational culture, talent, leadership and systems, structures and networks.
$6,132,299 spent$2,235,984 earned by the program32% of program spendingCommunications and public engagement: many members of the public do not believe in our government to listen to them or act in transparent, accountable ways. Sustained stewardship of our institutions is not possible without a receptive and engaged public that understands the role government plays in their lives. The partnership focuses on promoting the achievements and stories of public servants across government via the service to america medals and broader capacity-building efforts for government to more capably communicate with, deliver for and engage the public. We also regularly assess public views of government performance, transparency and accountability and conduct research on the impact of federal cuts.
$4,396,696 spent$1,603,141 earned by the program23% of program spendingPublic service leadership: many political and career leaders in federal, state and local government are not equipped to understand and engage a public and guide agencies in fulfilling their potential to address increasingly complex problems facing our nation and their states and communities. The partnership views leadership as the most crucial factor influencing government performance and effectiveness. By developing the skills and abilities of government leaders at all levels, including career civil servants as well as political appointees, and providing forums for them to discuss shared challenges and solutions, the partnership helps leaders become agents of change within their own agencies and across government. Our approach to developing leaders is grounded in our public service leadership model, which outlines core values government leaders must embody - stewardship of public trust and commitment to the public good - and outlines the competencies they need in a modern government and at each stage of their leadership careers.
$4,027,517 spent$1,468,529 earned by the program21% of program spendingPublic policy and stakeholder engagement: to build the government that the public demands, we must think beyond the "the way things have always been done," develop a roadmap of constructive solutions, and bring experts, new voices and policymakers to the table. The public policy and stakeholder engagement team leads the partnership's government for a new era initiative to advance policy proposals to remodel the operations of the executive branch, drives policy and congressional engagement efforts, develops and offers resources to current and former federal employees, and responds to executive orders and regulations.
$2,034,370 spent$1,573,477 earned by the program11% of program spendingWorkforce
$2,030,475 spentof which $239,313 as grants11% of program spendingAi center for government
$565,689 spent3% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $19,187,046.
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 2023 to 2024, from $45M to $60M (+34%).
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 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
55% of PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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
Max Stier
President & CEO
Board chair
Tom A Bernstein
Chairman of the board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 31 funders, grant income rose $1.8M → $10M.
19 of 79 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 79 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
PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
45% 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 PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 21% · 2019 23% · 2020 17% · 2021 17% · 2022 20% · 2023 31% — 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
49% of PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC draws 89% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 16 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 274 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 274 employment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $24.1M on record — $24.1M federal, $18 state.
- Department of Labor$5.1M
- Department of Veterans Affairs$3.1M
- Department of Health and Human Services$2.8M
- Department of Agriculture$2.3M
- Department of Transportation$1.6M
- Department of Education$1.3M
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $18
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE 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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
55%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 4 states
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE 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 PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC?
- PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 79 organizations whose IRS filings report $68,126,722 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($13,466,325). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC have?
- IRS filings report 79 organizations giving $68,126,722 in grants to PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC, 47 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $13,466,325 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 79 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