Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
STATE GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION
STATE GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,235,000 to it, the largest being CONFLUENCE ADVOCACY INC ($2,100,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $9.2M
- Net assets
- $534k
What State Government Leadership Foundation does
Mission
To conduct research and educational programs on public issues for the benefit of the general public, industry, and state government leaders. To support other non-profit organizations that further the exempt purpose of the organization.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Issues & media: the organization created media programs to educate the public on issues. The organization maintained its website tools to educate state leaders and the public on ballot initiatives, redistricting, economic prosperity, education reform, energy and environment, federal overreach, healthcare, labor reform, technology, and tort reform. Several media programs were conducted across multiple states to educate the public on various issues of public policy. They included both paid advertisements and communications outreach. Amounts include allocable staff and consultant time.
$134,078 spent8% of program spendingGrants: the organization made general purpose grants to other non-profit organizations whose exempt purpose is to educate the public on issues of voter id, economic development, fiscal policy, and general prosperity.
$860,000 spentof which $860,000 as grants51% of program spendingPolicy meetings & conferences: the organization sponsored policy briefings around the country to update elected officials and members of the public on a wide range of issues. Amounts include allocable staff and consultant time.
$686,638 spent41% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,680,716.
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 $2.9M to $20k (−99%).
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.
100% of STATE GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $200k → $700k.
From the IRS filings of STATE GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION’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
STATE GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 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 STATE GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 37% · 2019 43% · 2020 36% · 2021 78% · 2022 36% · 2023 39% — 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
21% of STATE GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
STATE GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION draws 88% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 12 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
STATE GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION has grown faster than half of the 1,003 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,003 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like STATE GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION
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
35% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Republican State Leadership Committee · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds STATE GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION?
- STATE GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,235,000 to it, the largest being CONFLUENCE ADVOCACY INC ($2,100,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STATE GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $9,235,000 in grants to STATE GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STATE GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION?
- CONFLUENCE ADVOCACY INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STATE GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION 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.
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 30 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing