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Women's Congressional Policy Institute
Women's Congressional Policy Institute (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,818,850 to it, the largest being Democracy Fund Inc ($760,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $873k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $265k
What Women's Congressional Policy Institute does
Mission
WCPI's mission is to bring together a community of bipartisan women policymakers and trusted partners to advance issues of importance to women, develop the next generation of women leaders, and foster a more effective and representative democracy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Fellowship Program - The Congressional Fellowships on Women and Public Policy are extended to a select number of students pursuing or having recently completed a graduate degree and who display a proven commitment to equity for women. Fellows work in congressional offices as legislative assistants for seven months. Formerly the WREI Fellows program, WCPI became the home of the fellowships in late 2013.
$81,209 spent14% of program spendingLegislative Education - Women Members of Congress Program: WCPI sponsors briefings, meetings, and receptions open only to the women Members of Congress both to educate policymakers and to strengthen relationships across party lines. WCPI also sponsors similar meetings open only to the staff of the women Members of Congress.Women Chiefs of Staff Program (Joint Session): Established in 2015, the program's mission is to foster bicameral personal relationships across party lines, build a support network for women chiefs of staff, committee staff directors, and senior leadership staff, and develop bipartisan women's leadership. In addition, WCPI serves as a resource to Congress, women's organizations, academia, the media, and the public, answering inquiries and providing information on women's issues and the history of the Bipartisan Women's Caucus (formerly known as the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues).
$191,120 spent32% of program spendingCongressional Briefings - WCPI organizes educational policy briefings on a range of timely and relevant issues and sponsors three briefing series: 21st century workforce issues, women's health, and international issues.
$179,619 spent30% of program spendingAnnual Gala Reception - WCPI holds an event each year to celebrate the achievements of women in Congress.
$123,047 spent20% of program spendingPublications - WCPI publishes the Weekly Legislative Update, an online weekly news report that provides information about current legislative actions affecting women and families. This report includes the congressional schedule on a range of issues related to women and their families, a list of relevant legislation introduced, and a searchable database of articles.
$6,812 spent1% of program spendingMeet and Greets - WCPI holds several breakfast discussions each year, bringing women Members of Congress and/or chiefs of staff together with representatives from the corporate, labor, foundation, and nonprofit sectors.
$19,626 spent3% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $601,433.
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 2021 to 2022, from $582k to $358k (−39%).
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: 2020 13% · 2021 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of Women's Congressional Policy Institute’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (76% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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
Mary-Lacey Reuther
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income fell $162k → $43k.
From the IRS filings of Women's Congressional Policy Institute’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
Women's Congressional Policy Institute leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 87% · 2019 34% · 2020 29% · 2021 35% · 2022 22% · 2023 59% — 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
55% of Women's Congressional Policy Institute's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 79% 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
54% of Women's Congressional Policy Institute's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
Women's Congressional Policy Institute receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1.8M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 297 social science nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Women's Congressional Policy Institute: 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 Women's Congressional Policy Institute?
- Women's Congressional Policy Institute (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,818,850 to it, the largest being Democracy Fund Inc ($760,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Women's Congressional Policy Institute have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $1,818,850 in grants to Women's Congressional Policy Institute, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Women's Congressional Policy Institute?
- Democracy Fund Inc is the largest funder on record, with $760,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Women's Congressional Policy Institute 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 14 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