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THE CONGRESSIONAL INSTITUTE INC

THE CONGRESSIONAL INSTITUTE INC (Virginia) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,813,416 to it, the largest being Democracy Fund Voice Inc ($550,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$4.7M
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$1.8M
Net assets
$4.4M
12/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 14%
01What it does

What The Congressional Institute Inc does

Mission

The congressional institute is dedicated to helping members of congress better serve the public. The congressional institute accomplishes this purpose through various means, including the organization, promotion, and presentation of educational conferences.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Congress of tomorrow house conference: sponsored since the institute's founding in 1987. This issue and planning program is attended by members of the house of representatives and senior staff.

    $2,200,877 spent$829,147 earned by the program
    69% of program spending

  2. Leadership conferences: the congressional institute sponsors annual conferences for the elected leadership of the u.s. House of representatives. At this meeting, congressional leaders have an opportunity away from washington to discuss in depth and expand their knowledge of the critical issues facing congress and the nation.

    $292,941 spent$117,472 earned by the program
    9% of program spending

  3. Staff conferences: a unique 2-day forum where house personal office chiefs of staff, committee staff directors, and key staff from leadership offices gather to learn, communicate, and network on the challenges and rewards of managing congressional offices.

    $240,140 spent$111,627 earned by the program
    7% of program spending

  4. Congressional art competition: provides an opportunity for members of congress to encourage and recognize the artistic talents of their young constituents. The institute sponsors the art competition and reception honoring a student from each congressional district whose artwork was selected and displayed in the u.s. Capitol.

    $123,681 spent$25,812 earned by the program
    4% of program spending

  5. Other programs include research and other programs.

    $353,148 spent
    11% of program spending

The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,210,787.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($3.1M) Expenses 100 ($3.0M) Net assets 100 ($3.2M)2018 Revenue 103 ($3.2M) Expenses 104 ($3.1M) Net assets 104 ($3.3M)2019 Revenue 103 ($3.2M) Expenses 75 ($2.2M) Net assets 136 ($4.3M)2020 Revenue 109 ($3.4M) Expenses 90 ($2.7M) Net assets 158 ($5.1M)2021 Revenue 107 ($3.3M) Expenses 107 ($3.2M) Net assets 168 ($5.4M)2022 Revenue 113 ($3.5M) Expenses 145 ($4.3M) Net assets 134 ($4.3M)2023 Revenue 121 ($3.7M) Expenses 138 ($4.1M) Net assets 129 ($4.1M)2024 Revenue 155 ($4.8M) Expenses 186 ($5.5M) Net assets 111 ($3.6M)2025 Revenue 153 ($4.7M) Expenses 136 ($4.0M) Net assets 137 ($4.4M)
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Revenue (153)Expenses (136)Net assets (137)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $6.0M to $7.3M (+21%).

$4.6M
$5.0M
$6.0M
$6.2M
$6.7M
$6.9M
$6.7M
$6.0M
$7.3M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$109k
’17
$86k
’18
$946k
’19
$681k
’20
$126k
’21
−$839k
’22
−$383k
’23
−$747k
’24
$668k
’25
11
months of
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.

Board chair

Becker Brenda

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed141518141515161919
Joined·+1+17+1+1+2+3+5+11
No longer listed·0145022211
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $131k → $107k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
Democracy Fund Voice Incunclassified
$550k
AARPunclassified
$15k
funders
5
5
9
9
8
6
4
3
2

From the IRS filings of THE CONGRESSIONAL INSTITUTE 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 CONGRESSIONAL INSTITUTE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left

92% 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 CONGRESSIONAL INSTITUTE INC.

30%
largest funder
49%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 21% · 2018 22% · 2019 33% · 2020 49% · 2021 46% · 2022 44% · 2023 28% — 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.

How long its funders stay

54% of THE CONGRESSIONAL INSTITUTE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 80% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

THE CONGRESSIONAL INSTITUTE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 3 states in all.

IL
CA
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Virginia out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like THE CONGRESSIONAL INSTITUTE 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 Virginia

National Institute for Labor Relations Research80%National Institute for Public Policy Inc79%American Inns of Court Foundation79%The Justice Management Institute79%Charles Koch Institute78%American Press Institute Inc78%National Center for State Courts78%Institute for Spending Reform Inc78%

Nationally

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Inc82%The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy82%Intercollegiate Studies Institute Inc81%Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc81%The Aspen Institute Inc81%Congressional Education Foundation81%Competitive Enterprise Institute80%The Conference Board Inc80%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

80% of spending goes to programs.

Program 80%Management 20%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
board members
93%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 2 states

VA
DC

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE CONGRESSIONAL INSTITUTE INC?
THE CONGRESSIONAL INSTITUTE INC (Virginia) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,813,416 to it, the largest being Democracy Fund Voice Inc ($550,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE CONGRESSIONAL INSTITUTE INC have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $1,813,416 in grants to THE CONGRESSIONAL INSTITUTE INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE CONGRESSIONAL INSTITUTE INC?
Democracy Fund Voice Inc is the largest funder on record, with $550,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE CONGRESSIONAL INSTITUTE INC 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.

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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 15 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