Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
TRUMAN CENTER FOR NATIONAL POLICY
TRUMAN CENTER FOR NATIONAL POLICY (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,503,224 to it, the largest being SANDLER FOUNDATION ($2,250,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $581k
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $9.5M
- Net assets
- $606k
What Truman Center for National Policy does
Mission
We offer timely, principled, and innovative solutions to pressing national security challenges. We envision an inclusive us national security policy that makes american lives better because it advances democracy, human rights, prosperity, and security at home and abroad.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
City and state diplomacy: this project seeks to deepen the links between washington, dc and states and cities across the country so that foreign policy can better deliver for the american people. This subnational diplomacy effort builds upon truman's city & state diplomacy task force that informed the creation of a unit for subnational diplomacy at the us department of state. Truman produced a first of its kind map of subnational diplomatic activity that is continually updated. We are increasingly focused on sharing lessons globally about the functioning of democracy at the subnational level.
$560,235 spent33% of program spendingResearch and education: tcnp engages in public education, conferences and roundtable discussions, speaking events, media, and related programming to affect policies seen as essential to our country's national security. These advocacy activities are nonpartisan, and take place across the united states. Issues are chosen for their salience to america's security in the 21st century - from the importance of american leadership globally, to involving subnational leaders in national security, and other policy choices that affect whether america can remain a strong country whose policies are based in our founding values. Issues may involve working with a number of other organizations who share our policy views, and may be engaged in under a project title such as "operation free" that denotes activities across a group of organizations.
$403,326 spent24% of program spendingGeneral programs: identification and training of leaders across america to deliver concrete solutions to pressing global challenges and need for policy changes.
$352,265 spent21% of program spendingImmigration: the current national conversation around immigration demands new voices and new ideas. Truman is undertaking a series of timely projects focused on how to address challenges at the us-mexico border and how subnational leaders can have their voices heard on immigration issues.
$161,158 spent9% of program spending4d nuclear non-proliferation: the conversation around nuclear nonproliferation has frequently been a washington insider's game. Truman is working with partners across the country to expand conversations about nuclear security and the impact of nuclear policy on a range of communities.
$142,350 spent8% of program spendingCrisis prepardness initiative: this initiative is to improve and systematize rapid public-private coordnation during times of crisis by developing a crisis response playbook and utilizing it to convene and coordinate between the us government and the private setor during crises as necessary. This will allow quicker, more nimble and effective response to futrue crises, resulting in saved lives, money and resources.
$28,836 spent2% of program spendingTraining
$50,095 spent3% of program spendingElevating new voices: america is at its best when it makes it a point to be representative and leverage the skills of our entire nation. Truman mobilizes new voices from many backgrounds to engage on a wide range of national security issues, including on subnational diplomacy and the utility that cities and states bring to the national security conversation.
$589 spent0% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,698,854.
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 $2.4M to $653k (−73%).
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: 2021 6% · 2022 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of TRUMAN CENTER FOR NATIONAL POLICY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
Stephen Bailey
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $116k → $1.2M.
13 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 TRUMAN CENTER FOR NATIONAL POLICY’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
TRUMAN CENTER FOR NATIONAL POLICY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% 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
45% 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 TRUMAN CENTER FOR NATIONAL POLICY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 50% · 2019 42% · 2020 36% · 2021 27% · 2022 32% · 2023 41% — 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.
How long its funders stay
60% of TRUMAN CENTER FOR NATIONAL POLICY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
TRUMAN CENTER FOR NATIONAL POLICY draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M 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
TRUMAN CENTER FOR NATIONAL POLICY's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 12 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,130 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like TRUMAN CENTER FOR NATIONAL 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 5 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Truman National Security Project · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TRUMAN CENTER FOR NATIONAL POLICY?
- TRUMAN CENTER FOR NATIONAL POLICY (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,503,224 to it, the largest being SANDLER FOUNDATION ($2,250,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TRUMAN CENTER FOR NATIONAL POLICY have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $9,503,224 in grants to TRUMAN CENTER FOR NATIONAL POLICY, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TRUMAN CENTER FOR NATIONAL POLICY?
- SANDLER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TRUMAN CENTER FOR NATIONAL POLICY 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.
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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 27 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