Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE ALBERT SHANKER INSTITUTE
THE ALBERT SHANKER INSTITUTE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $539,057 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($279,057). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $539k
- Net assets
- $9.3M
What The Albert Shanker Institute does
Mission
The Albert Shanker Institute was formed to carry on, conduct, and sponsor study and research in education and related fields, with the objective of informing employers, unions, educators, labor and others of its findings.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Democracy - promotes discussions and sponsors research on new challenges facing the world's democracies, with an emphasis on the role of freedom of association, unions and other civic institutions, and universal education in a democratic society.
$150,458 spent13% of program spendingEducation - promotes discussions and sponsoring research on new and workable approaches to improving public education in america.
$686,374 spent60% of program spendingLabor - professionals face issues such as desires to improve quality of work, keep pace with technology and the globalization of the economy and workplace flexibility. The institute promotes discussion and sponsors research to explore new structures and roles for unions with regard to these challenges.
$105,393 spentof which $2,500 as grants9% of program spendingCross themed programs - designed to give the institute the flexibility to respond to program opportunities that arise during the course of the fiscal year. These programs usually fall within board-approved themes and program directions.
$198,626 spent17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,140,851.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $6.7M to $8.9M (+33%).
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: 2017 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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
Mary Ricker
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $100k → $150k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $7.8M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest American Federation of Teachers Afl-Cio Parent Organization). These are real filings, and they are not money THE ALBERT SHANKER INSTITUTE raised.
From the IRS filings of THE ALBERT SHANKER 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
THE ALBERT SHANKER 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
37% 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 THE ALBERT SHANKER INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 67% · 2022 54% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
THE ALBERT SHANKER INSTITUTE draws 63% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 3 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.
Organizations like THE ALBERT SHANKER INSTITUTE
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- American Federation of Teachers Afl-Cio · exempt
- American Federation of Teachers Educational Foundation · exempt
- American Federation of Teachers Benefit Trust · exempt
- Aft Disaster Relief Fund · exempt
- 555 New Jersey Avenue Nw Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE ALBERT SHANKER INSTITUTE: 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 THE ALBERT SHANKER INSTITUTE?
- THE ALBERT SHANKER INSTITUTE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $539,057 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($279,057). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ALBERT SHANKER INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $539,057 in grants to THE ALBERT SHANKER INSTITUTE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ALBERT SHANKER INSTITUTE?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $279,057 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ALBERT SHANKER INSTITUTE 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 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