Virginia · Nonprofit
THE CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
THE CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (Virginia) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,036,515 to it, the largest being Donors Trust Inc ($800,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $195k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $0
What The Center for Organizational Research and Education does
Mission
To educate the public on consumer issues, including those related to government regulations, especially those related to product choices; to educate the public about organizations that work on issues related to public policies, especially those working to increase (continued) government regulation and eliminate consumer choice; to educate the public about organizations, their funding sources and their program activities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The organization ceased all activities and officially dissolved september 9, 2024.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Maintained programs that educated the public, organizations and the media on issues relating to activist communities and agendas. Produced research and content for various campaign websites aimed at the media and the giving public.
$141,721 spentof which $120,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $141,721.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.5M to $539k (−79%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $106k → $56k.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 THE CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION’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 CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
83% 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 CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 94% · 2018 80% · 2019 76% · 2020 80% · 2021 77% · 2022 47% · 2023 89% — 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
33% of THE CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
53% of THE CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION'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 $956k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 7 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Organizations like THE CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
42%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 27 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION: 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 CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION?
- THE CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (Virginia) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,036,515 to it, the largest being Donors Trust Inc ($800,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $2,036,515 in grants to THE CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION?
- Donors Trust Inc is the largest funder on record, with $800,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 11 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