Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE CENTER FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXCELLENCE INC
THE CENTER FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXCELLENCE INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,044,658 to it, the largest being International City Management Association Retirement Corporation ($4,815,355). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2020
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $5.0M
- Net assets
- $0
What The Center for State and Local Government Excellence Inc does
Mission
The center for state and local government excellence helps state and local governments become knowledgeable and competitive employers so they can attract and retain talented, committed, and well-prepared individuals to public service.
As stated on its FY2020 Form 990.
Program
Research -a nationally recognized research center serving the information needs of state and local government officials, the media, the academic community, and other stakeholders with research on retirement, health & wellness, and public workforce topics:1. Published 19 research reports and infographics: - retirement: - an introduction to police and fire pensions (feb 2020), with the support of icma-rc. - have localities shifted away from traditional defined benefit plans? (apr 2020), with the support of icma-rc. - 2020 update: market decline worsens the outlook for public plans (may 2020), with the support of icma-rc. - the status of local government pension plans in the midst of covid-19 (aug 2020), with the support of icma-rc. - health and wellness benefits: - use of individual medicare marketplaces for public sector retiree health care: a guide for elected officials (mar 2020) and webinar (3/16/20), with the support of willis towers watson. - survey results - a focus on public sector financial wellness programs: employee needs and preferences (apr 2020) and webinar (4/22/20), with the support of the wells fargo foundation. - case studies of successful local government…
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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 2019 to 2020, from $1.6M to $0 (−100%).
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: 2018 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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 → 2020: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $1.3M → $1.2M.
From the IRS filings of THE CENTER FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXCELLENCE INC’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 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXCELLENCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% 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
96% 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 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXCELLENCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 100% · 2019 91% · 2020 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
96% of THE CENTER FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXCELLENCE INC's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
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 CENTER FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXCELLENCE 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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
15%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 24 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE CENTER FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXCELLENCE 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 THE CENTER FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXCELLENCE INC?
- THE CENTER FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXCELLENCE INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,044,658 to it, the largest being International City Management Association Retirement Corporation ($4,815,355). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CENTER FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXCELLENCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $5,044,658 in grants to THE CENTER FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXCELLENCE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CENTER FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXCELLENCE INC?
- International City Management Association Retirement Corporation is the largest funder on record, with $4,815,355 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CENTER FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXCELLENCE 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2020 (financials across 2017–2020), and the filings of 5 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