Utah · Nonprofit
THE POLICY PROJECT
THE POLICY PROJECT (Utah) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,604,259 to it, the largest being Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation ($1,425,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $5.6M
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What The Policy Project does
Mission
The Policy Project's mission is to remove barriers to opportunity through solution-based policy at all levels in society, including policies of governments, businesses, families and individuals. We work toward healthy, equitable policy for the future of our children, our community, and our world, knowing that when every individual has access to opportunity, communities flourish.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The period project through efforts led by The Policy Project in 2022, utah code 53g-4-413 requires period products to be available in k-12 school restrooms at no cost. The Policy Project continues to support successful implementation of this policy statewide as well as expand access to period products for other populations. In 2024 our team worked with usbe to assess compliance, developed resource toolkits for schools, and examined access in state buildings, higher ed & more. According to the 2023-24 school health workload school nurse survey, 93% of schools are compliant in providing free period products.
$131,096 spent6% of program spendingThe teen center project through partnership with The Policy Project, in 2023 the utah legislature appropriated 15 million in grants for teen centers, and The Policy Project raised an additional 2.7 million from private donors to create a private matching grant. Teen centers are an innovative, space-based solution for students in crisis that centralizes school services and resources such as food and clothing pantries, laundry facilities, hygiene resources and showers, mental health supports, academic supports, and post-graduation planning. In 2024, we awarded 72 schools from 32 different leas across utah funding to create teen centers. The Policy Project continues to support teen centers statewide through multiple initiatives including forming an alliance to connect teen centers, gathering resources for schools, and collecting data about teen center services & use.
$1,770,888 spentof which $1,729,964 as grants$1,266 earned by the program83% of program spendingThe safe child project in 2024, we successfully advocated for the unanimous passage of sb 205 which paves the way for all 347,000 utah elementary students to receive child sexual abuse prevention education every other year by allocating 1.5 million in ongoing funding and creating a structure for statewide reach. To create grassroots support and change the culture in utah around child sexual abuse, we held 24 events across the state with more than 1,600 attendees. We partnered closely with existing prevention stakeholders in utah to ensure our solution was supported by experts and to expand the network of organizations working for maximum impact of prevention education in utah. The Policy Project is working to support successful implementation of this policy statewide by supporting usbe systems creation, gathering resources for schools & parents, coordinating community outreach efforts.
$89,116 spent4% of program spendingThe focused student project we are currently working to successfully pass two bills during the 2025 utah legislative session. The focused student project, tackles food insecurity by expanding access to no-cost school meals and increasing summer nutrition support. It also promotes healthier learning environments through a proposed policy limiting smartphone use in classrooms, addressing factors that impact academic success and mental well-being. Student ambassador program The Policy Project works with students ages 12 to 18 to develop leadership skills and make a difference in their community via service and advocacy. Each month, we focused on one of our three pillars of leadership, service, and advocacy, and offered remote training and tasks for student ambassadors to engage in. Our monthly speaker series gave our student ambassadors an exclusive chance to learn from all-star leaders from across utah. We also invited our student ambassadors to attend an in-person service or advocacy event each quarter. Community development program we believe in the power of policy to make lasting change, and we know that civic and community engagement are instrumental to our work. We are…
$144,719 spentof which $603 as grants7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,135,819.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $516k to $2.7M (+427%).
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.
97% of THE POLICY PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Board chair
Robin Ritch
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $1.5M → $2.0M.
8 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 POLICY PROJECT’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 POLICY PROJECT has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
28% 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 POLICY PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 68% · 2023 28% — 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.
Where its funders are
97% of THE POLICY PROJECT's grant income comes from Utah funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 POLICY PROJECT has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,003 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,003 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE POLICY PROJECT
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 Utah
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE POLICY PROJECT: 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 POLICY PROJECT?
- THE POLICY PROJECT (Utah) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,604,259 to it, the largest being Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation ($1,425,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE POLICY PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $5,604,259 in grants to THE POLICY PROJECT, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE POLICY PROJECT?
- Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,425,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE POLICY PROJECT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Utah. 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 28 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