Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE COALITION FOR SENSIBLE SAFEGUARDS INC
THE COALITION FOR SENSIBLE SAFEGUARDS INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $825,900 to it, the largest being PUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC ($490,900). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $401k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $826k
- Net assets
- $331k
What The Coalition for Sensible Safeguards Inc does
Mission
The Coalition for Sensible Safeguards is an alliance of more than 220 consumer, labor, scientific, research, faith, community, environmental, small business, good government, public health and public interest groups - representing millions of Americans. We are joined in the belief that our country's system of regulatory safeguards should secure our quality of life, pave the way for a sound economy, and benefit us all.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Coalition for Sensible Safeguards is an alliance of more than 220 consumer, labor, scientific, research, faith, community, environmental, small business, good government, public health and public interest groups - representing millions of Americans joined in the belief that our country's system of regulatory safeguards should secure our quality of life, pave the way for a sound economy, and benefit us all. CSS was formed to empower and educate public interest organizations about the rulemaking process and how to engage in it effectively. CSS will be operated exclusively for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes. CSS's activities include but are not limited to: offering sustained responses to attacks on public protections while promoting ways to strengthen public protections and encourage sound enforcement, holding convenings to educate organizations about current issues impacting regulations, and issuing research about rulemaking progress.
$278,324 spent100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $278,324.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $212k to $301k (+42%).
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 THE COALITION FOR SENSIBLE SAFEGUARDS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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
Rachel Weintraub
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of THE COALITION FOR SENSIBLE SAFEGUARDS 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 COALITION FOR SENSIBLE SAFEGUARDS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% 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
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 THE COALITION FOR SENSIBLE SAFEGUARDS INC.
“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
62% of THE COALITION FOR SENSIBLE SAFEGUARDS INC's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
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
THE COALITION FOR SENSIBLE SAFEGUARDS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 904 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 904 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE COALITION FOR SENSIBLE SAFEGUARDS 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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE COALITION FOR SENSIBLE SAFEGUARDS 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 COALITION FOR SENSIBLE SAFEGUARDS INC?
- THE COALITION FOR SENSIBLE SAFEGUARDS INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $825,900 to it, the largest being PUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC ($490,900). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE COALITION FOR SENSIBLE SAFEGUARDS INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $825,900 in grants to THE COALITION FOR SENSIBLE SAFEGUARDS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE COALITION FOR SENSIBLE SAFEGUARDS INC?
- PUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $490,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE COALITION FOR SENSIBLE SAFEGUARDS 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 FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), 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