California · Nonprofit
The Panetta Institute for Public Policy
The Panetta Institute for Public Policy (California) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,358,650 to it, the largest being KORET FOUNDATION ($690,000). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.3M
- Funders on record
- 41
- Grants received
- $3.4M
- Net assets
- $18M
What The Panetta Institute for Public Policy does
Mission
To operate a bipartisan center of studies to support the advancement of public policy and to promote public service.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Form 990, part iii, line 4a:leon panetta lecture series - each spring the panetta institute brings together nationally known government and policy leaders to discuss current issues with central coast students and members of the community. The programs are broadcast throughout california. By the end of the 2024 season, more than 289 speakers had participated in the twenty-seven years of this program. All four lectures were held in person in 2024.
$1,266,218 spent$912,742 earned by the program55% of program spendingForm 990, part iii, line 4b:congressional internship program - this program has developed a reputation as the premier intern program in the nation and provides an opportunity for qualified students from all economic backgrounds to work in washington, d.c., and participate in the democratic process first hand. By 2024,637 students had been placed in the offices of members of the california congressional delegation through this program. In 2024,21 students were placed in congressional offices.
$653,907 spentof which $438,508 as grants$295,999 earned by the program29% of program spendingForm 990, part iii, line 4c:youth civic engagement research:every spring,the institute conducts a nationwide survey of college students to help guide the curriculum and programs, this study explores the attitudes and opinions of college students on many topics, including current national and international issues, social, political and economic trends, level of political involvement and career expectations. For twenty-five years, the institute's nationwide poll has become a highly respected source of information for academics, researchers, political scientists, and policy makers and journalists interested in analyzing two decades of collected data.see schedule o for additonal program service activities.
$239,205 spent$11,172 earned by the program10% of program spendingDescription of other program services: education for leadership in public service seminar: in june, elected student body leaders from throughout the california state university system, along with three private schools, spend a week at the panetta institute to sharpen their leadership skills, improve their understanding of government and consider a career in public life. In its twenty-five year history, 615 students have enrolled in this program. The program had 22 student participants in 2024. Leon e panetta archive - the personal papers of secretary panetta's fifty years in public service have been archived at the panetta institute to preserve a historical record for study. Monterey county reads - this literacy initiative trains and places volunteers in public elementary schools throughout monterey county to help children read at grade level by the end of third grade. Due to covid-19 restrictions, this program was placed on hold since 2020. Since its inception in 1997, to the end of march 2020, mcr has recruited and trained more than 3,950 volunteers who have logged more than 135,210 hours reading one to one with more than 20,200 students.
$126,003 spentof which $48,054 as grants$343,293 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,285,333.
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. 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 $15M to $18M (+19%).
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 18% · 2018 18% · 2019 14% · 2020 20% · 2021 22% · 2022 21% · 2023 18% · 2024 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of The Panetta Institute for Public Policy’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Sylvia M Panetta
Co-Chair & CEO & Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $167k → $381k.
11 of 41 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 Panetta Institute for Public Policy’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 41 funders by total. 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 Panetta Institute for Public Policy has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
58% 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 Panetta Institute for Public Policy.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 20% · 2018 26% · 2019 24% · 2020 29% · 2021 36% · 2022 22% · 2023 25% — 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
47% of The Panetta Institute for Public Policy's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% 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
65% of The Panetta Institute for Public Policy's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.
Against its field
The Panetta Institute for Public Policy runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,761 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like The Panetta Institute for Public Policy
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Panetta Institute for Public Policy: 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 Panetta Institute for Public Policy?
- The Panetta Institute for Public Policy (California) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,358,650 to it, the largest being KORET FOUNDATION ($690,000). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Panetta Institute for Public Policy have?
- IRS filings report 41 organizations giving $3,358,650 in grants to The Panetta Institute for Public Policy, 29 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Panetta Institute for Public Policy?
- KORET FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $690,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Panetta Institute for Public Policy find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 41 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing