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ROBERT SCHALKENBACH FOUNDATION INC DBA PROGRESS AND POVERTY INSTITUTE
ROBERT SCHALKENBACH FOUNDATION INC DBA PROGRESS AND POVERTY INSTITUTE (New Jersey) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,819,142 to it, the largest being FRANCIS NEILSON TR FUND B XXXXX8008 ($941,177). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $947k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $22M
What Robert Schalkenbach Foundation Inc Dba Progress and Poverty Institute does
Programs
The foundation conducts education and outreach activities to promote the social and economic theory of henry george and other related economists.
$178,525 spentThe foundation promotes the social and economic philosophy of henry george and other related economists by contracting the services of scholars, writers and others for publishing, research and outreach projects. The foundation also undertakes independent research for this mission.
$112,587 spentThe foundation maintains a library of publications related to its mission.
$104,135 spentThe foundation offers scholarships to selected undergraduate college, and graduate school, students in fields of study related to the foundation's mission.
$80,423 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
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 2021 to 2022, from $22M to $18M (−16%).
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
Josephine Faass
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-PF.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $250 → $328k.
From the IRS filings of ROBERT SCHALKENBACH FOUNDATION INC DBA PROGRESS AND POVERTY INSTITUTE’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
ROBERT SCHALKENBACH FOUNDATION INC DBA PROGRESS AND POVERTY INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 99% · 2020 55% · 2021 57% · 2022 58% · 2023 48% — 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
ROBERT SCHALKENBACH FOUNDATION INC DBA PROGRESS AND POVERTY INSTITUTE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
ROBERT SCHALKENBACH FOUNDATION INC DBA PROGRESS AND POVERTY INSTITUTE's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ROBERT SCHALKENBACH FOUNDATION INC DBA PROGRESS AND POVERTY INSTITUTE
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In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ROBERT SCHALKENBACH FOUNDATION INC DBA PROGRESS AND POVERTY INSTITUTE?
- ROBERT SCHALKENBACH FOUNDATION INC DBA PROGRESS AND POVERTY INSTITUTE (New Jersey) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,819,142 to it, the largest being FRANCIS NEILSON TR FUND B XXXXX8008 ($941,177). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ROBERT SCHALKENBACH FOUNDATION INC DBA PROGRESS AND POVERTY INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,819,142 in grants to ROBERT SCHALKENBACH FOUNDATION INC DBA PROGRESS AND POVERTY INSTITUTE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROBERT SCHALKENBACH FOUNDATION INC DBA PROGRESS AND POVERTY INSTITUTE?
- FRANCIS NEILSON TR FUND B XXXXX8008 is the largest funder on record, with $941,177 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROBERT SCHALKENBACH FOUNDATION INC DBA PROGRESS AND POVERTY INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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