NonprofitsInstitute For Policy Studies

International Affairs

Institute For Policy Studies

SUITE, DC

Total revenue

$5.7M

Total expenses

$5.2M

Net assets

$11.0M

Grants received

$20.0M

236 grants

EIN

520788947

Tax year

2024

Mission

Strengthen social movements with independent research and visionary thinking.

Programs

5 programs

Common security - this project works to combat economic inequality, achieve climate justice, and build peace. It's focused on foreign policy based on human rights, international law, and diplomacy over military intervention.

Expenses: $850K

Affiliates - the national priorities project (npp) carries out research and advocacy that helps the public understand national priorities through the lens of the federal budget.

Expenses: $572KGrants: $250K

Communications - inequality.org - inequality.org is the premier portalfor the public at large, journalists, teachers, students, academics, activists, and any others seeking information and analysis on wealthand income inequality. Ultimately, the institute's mission is to createand curate high-quality research and information, along with compellingstories, with the goal of ending economic inequality in the u.s. Andabroad. Otherwords - otherwords is a free, non-profit editorial servicethat distributes progressive commentaries to heartland newspapersacross the united states. Foreign policy in focus - foreign policy infocus (fpif) is a "think tank without walls" connecting the researchand action of more than 600 scholars, advocates, and activists seekingto make the united states a more responsible global partner. Fpifprovides timely analysis of u.s. Foreign policy and internationalaffairs and recommends policy alternatives.

Expenses: $614K

Next leaders - the next leaders program brings in 10-15 next leader interns each year for 10 week paid internships, with an emphasis on low-income students and people of color.

Expenses: $190K

Special projects - the institute nurtured the development of severalprojects working to build a more just, peaceful, and sustainable worldin the u.s. And around the globe.

Expenses: $211K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$5.2M
Program service revenue
Investment income$426K
Other revenue$45K
Total revenue$5.7M

Expenses

Grants paid$259K
Salaries & benefits$3.2M
Fundraising$368K
Other expenses$1.8M
Total expenses$5.2M
Total assets$12.3M
Net assets$11.0M

People

16 listed

NameRoleCompensation

TOPE FOLARIN

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Board

$161K

37.5 hrs/wk

JOHN CAVANAGH

SENIOR ADVISOR

Board

$73K

37.5 hrs/wk

HEIDI PELTIER

SECRETARY

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

JAMES EARLY

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

NOURA ERAKAT

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

JODIE EVANS

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

SARITA GUPTA

CHAIR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

ANDY SHALLAL

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

KHURY PETERSEN-SMITH

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

ROBERT BOROSAGE

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

SULMA ARIAS

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

DANNY GLOVER

TRUSTEE THRU NOV 2024

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

JOHN POMERANZ

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

BURKE STANSBURY

TREASURER

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

KATHLEEN GASPARD

DEPUTY DIRECTOR

Staff

$129K

37.5 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

MDB STRATEGIES LLC

CONSULTING

$270K

BDO USA PC

ACCOUNTING

$146K

J GANG CONSULTING

CONSULTING

$108K

Grants received

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FromAmountPurposeYear
$700K
IPS PROGRAM TO REDUCE POVERTY BY WORKING WITH MOVEMENTS AND SHIFTING NARRATIVES; ECONOMIC HARDSHIP REPORTING PROJECT
2024
$350K
SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS OR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
2024
$340K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES AND THE NEW INTERNATIONALISM PROJECTS, TO BUILD SOLIDARITY TO ADDRESS THE INTERCONNECTED INJUSTICES OF POVERTY AND INEQUALITY, CLIMATE CHANGE, SYSTEMIC RACISM AND MILITARISM WITH A FOCUS ON US FOREIGN POLICY
2024
$200K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE WORKER JUSTICE PROGRAM TO SUPPORT ORGANIZING OF LOW-WAGE WORKERS AND IMPROVED PUBLIC- AND PRIVATE-SECTOR POLICIES THAT PROTECT THEM AND ENSURE LIVING WAGES AND BENEFITS
2024
$166K
EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
2024
$150K
BUILDING A MORE EQUITABLE, ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE, AND PEACEFUL SOCIETY BY TURNING IDEAS INTO ACTION.
2024
$80K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$75K
INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE COOPERATION
2024
$50K
CORE SUPPORT FOR OTHERWORDS, AN OP-ED SERVICE THAT REACHES READERS IN AMERICAS HEARTLAND WITH COMMENTARY ON CLIMATE, INEQUALITY, WAR AND PEACE, THE MOVEMENTS FOR RACE AND GENDER JUSTICE, AND BEYOND
2024
$50K
general support
2024
$45K
FOR ITS WORK IN CENTRAL AMERICA
2024
$36K
FOR ITS GLOBAL JUST TRANSITION PROJECT
2024
$30K
CAPACITY BUILDING
2024
$30K
General support
2024
$27K
General operating support and project support
2024
$20K
SAGE Fund Subgrant
2024
$12K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$10K
Unrestricted
2024
$5K
General Purpose of Organization
2024
$5K
MATCHING GIFT
2024
$3K
CHARITABLE
2024
$3K
MATCHING GIFT
2024
$2K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2024
$2K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2024
$1K
GENERAL OPERATING
2024
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$500K
IPS PROGRAM TO REDUCE POVERTY BY WORKING WITH MOVEMENTS AND SHIFTING NARRATIVES; ECONOMIC HARDSHIP REPORTING PROJECT
2023
$383K
General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
2023
$300K
HENRY WALLACE INITIATIVE
2023
$250K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$200K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES AND THE NEW INTERNATIONALISM PROJECTS, TO BUILD SOLIDARITY TO ADDRESS THE INTERCONNECTED INJUSTICES OF POVERTY AND INEQUALITY, CLIMATE CHANGE, SYSTEMIC RACISM AND MILITARISM WITH A FOCUS ON US FOREIGN POLICY
2023
$200K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE WORKER JUSTICE PROGRAM TO SUPPORT ORGANIZING OF LOW-WAGE WORKERS AND IMPROVED PUBLIC- AND PRIVATE-SECTOR POLICIES THAT PROTECT THEM AND ENSURE LIVING WAGES AND BENEFITS
2023
$180K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$165K
EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
2023
$150K
FOR ITS GLOBAL JUST TRANSITION PROJECT
2023
$150K
BUILDING A MORE EQUITABLE, ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE, AND PEACEFUL SOCIETY BY TURNING IDEAS INTO ACTION.
2023
$100K
Promise of an Equitable Future
2023
$95K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$88K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$69K
INTERNATIONAL, FOREIGN AFFAIRS
2023
$50K
CORE SUPPORT FOR OTHER WORDS, AN OP-ED SERVICE THAT REACHES READERS IN AMERICAS HEARTLAND WITH COMMENTARY ON CLIMATE, INEQUALITY, WAR AND PEACE, THE MOVEMENTS FOR RACE AND GENDER JUSTICE, AND BEYOND
2023
$50K
project support
2023
$41K
GENERAL SUPPORT-PEACE
2023
$25K
General support
2023
$20K
Climate Research
2023
$16K
HONDURAS PROJECT
2023
$15K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$15K
PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH & ADVOCACY
2023
$15K
MEDIA - PROJECT SUPPORT
2023
$11K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$10K
UNRESTRICTED (DAF RECOMMENDATION)
2023
$9K
Operating Support/Annual Fund
2023
$6K
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
2023
$5K
General Purpose of Organization
2023
$3K
MATCHING GIFT
2023
$3K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2023
$3K
CHARITABLE
2023
$1K
inequality.org fund
2023
$1K
Operations budget assistance
2023
$250
CHARITABLE
2023
$500K
IPS PROGRAM TO REDUCE POVERTY BY WORKING WITH MOVEMENTS AND SHIFTING NARRATIVE; ECONOMIC HARDSHIP REPORTING PROJECT
2022
$500K
General operating support
2022
$500K
IPS PROGRAM TO REDUCE POVERTY BY WORKING WITH MOVEMENTS AND SHIFTING NARRATIVE; ECONOMIC HARDSHIP REPORTING PROJECT
2022
$250K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$250K
FOR ITS CLIMATE AND CARE RESEARCH PROJECT
2022
$200K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES AND THE NEW INTERNATIONALISM PROJECTS, TO BUILD SOLIDARITY TO ADDRESS THE INTERCONNECTED INJUSTICES OF POVERTY AND INEQUALITY, CLIMATE CHANGE, SYSTEMIC RACISM AND MILITARISM WITH A FOCUS ON US FOREIGN POLICY
2022
$200K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE WORKER JUSTICE PROGRAM TO ORGANIZE LOW-WAGE WORKERS FOR IMPROVED PUBLIC- AND PRIVATE-SECTOR POLICIES THAT PROTECT THEM AND ENSURE LIVING WAGES AND BENEFITS
2022
$180K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$175K
advocate for solutions to protect jobs and promote quality employment for workers in the supply chain by engaging in high-impact public education and corporate campaigns
2022
$175K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP REPORTING PROJECT, WHICH AIMS TO CHANGE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT INEQUALITY AND ECONOMIC STRUGGLE IN AMERICA THROUGH REPORTING AND PHOTOJOURNALISM.
2022
$165K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2022
$150K
ENDOWMENT OF THE FELLOWSHIP FOR NEW AMERICAN INTERNATIONALISM
2022
$150K
SUPPORT POLICY ADVOCACY
2022
$137K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$115K
EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
2022
$115K
EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
2022
$111K
train and mentor leaders of color by strengthening their skill set and network so they can effectively work toward equitable and effective policy solutions in New Mexico that benefit families and vulnerable children
2022
$110K
NEW INTERNATIONALISM PROJECT
2022
$90K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$75K
General Support
2022
$75K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2022
$62K
INTERNATIONAL, FOREIGN AFFAIRS
2022
$50K
BUILDING A MORE EQUITABLE, ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE, AND PEACEFUL SOCIETY BY TURNING IDEAS INTO ACTION.
2022
$50K
general support
2022
$40K
GENERAL SUPPORT-PEACE
2022
$30K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$29K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$25K
SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS OR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
2022
$20K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2022
$18K
TO AID IN THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
2022
$16K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$15K
OTHERWORDS
2022
$15K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$10K
PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH & ADVOCACY
2022
$10K
77488 WORKING WITH THE POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN TO CHANGE THE PERVASIVE NARRATIVE THAT BLAMES POOR PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY FOR THEIR OWN POVERTY
2022
$8K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$5K
CHARITABLE
2022
$5K
General Purpose of Organization
2022
$4K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2022
$4K
CHARITABLE
2022
$3K
MATCHING GIFT
2022
$2K
MATCHING GIFT
2022
$1K
GENERAL OPERATING
2022
$1K
inequality.org fund
2022
$250
DONOR ADVISED DISTRIBUTION
2022
$100
UNRESTRICTED
2022
$500K
General operating support
2021
$500K
General operating support
2021
$175K
advocate for solutions to protect jobs and promote quality employment for workers in the supply chain by engaging in high-impact public education and corporate campaigns
2021
$158K
train and mentor leaders of color by strengthening their skill set and network so they can effectively work toward equitable and effective policy solutions in New Mexico that benefit families and vulnerable children
2021
$150K
SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS OR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
2021
$150K
ADVISED - TO SUPPORT THE CHARITY REFORM PROJECT, A PROGRAM OF THE INSTITUTE OF POLICY STUDIES.
2021
$145K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$145K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$68K
INTERNATIONAL, FOREIGN AFFAIRS
2021
$60K
NEXT LEADERS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
2021
$50K
NEW INTERNATIONALISM PROJECT
2021
$48K
UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
2021
$25K
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
2021
$18K
GENERAL SUPPORT-PEACE
2021
$15K
General & Unrestricted
2021
$12K
CHARITABLE
2021
$10K
UNRESTRICTED (DAF RECOMMENDATION)
2021
$8K
General & Unrestricted
2021
$5K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2021
$5K
General Purpose of Organization
2021
$3K
COMMUNITY/CULTURAL
2021
$2K
General Support
2021
$1K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$1K
GENERAL OPERATING
2021
$100
UNRESTRICTED
2021
$386K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$350K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP REPORTING PROJECT
2020
$200K
Core support for the Worker Justice Program to organize low wage workers for improved public and private sector policies that protect them and ensure living wages and benefits
2020
$200K
PROJECT SUPPORT: PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING BLACK DOMESTIC WORKERS
2020
$195K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2020
$175K
Core support for the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, which aims to change the conversation about inequality and economic struggle in America through reporting and photojournalism, and includes a fellowship and network program for disabled writers
2020
$160K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$150K
NEW AMERICAN INTERNATIONALISM FELLOWSHIP ENDOWMENT
2020
$125K
SUPPORT POLICY ADVOCACY
2020
$106K
train and mentor leaders of color by strengthening their skill set and network so they can effectively work toward equitable and effective policy solutions in New Mexico that benefit families and vulnerable children
2020
$100K
FOR THE EHRP EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND
2020
$100K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2020
$100K
GRANT TO SUPPORT ADVANCING BLACK STRATEGISTS INITIATIVE
2020
$94K
INTERNATIONAL, FOREIGN AFFAIRS
2020
$90K
77488 Working with the Poor People's Campaign to c
2020
$90K
77488 Working with the Poor People's Campaign to c
2020
$85K
To support journalism capacity
2020
$75K
General Support
2020
$62K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$55K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$50K
SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
2020
$50K
NEW INTERNATIONALISM PROJECT AND FOR PHYLIS BENIS
2020
$31K
HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
2020
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
2020
$25K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2020
$20K
Project Support
2020
$20K
Project Support
2020
$20K
SUPPORT FOR BALTIMORE BROTHERS PROGRAMMING AND OUTREACH
2020
$17K
GENERAL SUPPORT-PEACE
2020
$15K
OTHER WORDS
2020
$15K
General & Unrestricted
2020
$14K
ONE TIME DONATION TOWARDS ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN.
2020
$12K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$10K
General & Unrestricted
2020
$7K
TO AID IN THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
2020
$7K
NATIONAL PRIORITIES PROJECT/LETELIER MOFFITT AWARD EVENT
2020
$5K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2020
$5K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2020
$5K
General Purpose of Organization
2020
$5K
CHARITABLE
2020
$3K
Matching Gift
2020
$2K
COMMUNITY/CULTURAL
2020
$1K
General & Unrestricted
2020
$250
Operations budget assistance
2020

Funded by

$20.0M from 84 funders · 236 grants · 2017–2024

Freedom Together Foundation

$2.5M · 5 grants · 2020–2024

The Ford Foundation

$2.0M · 17 grants · 2020–2024

The Chicago Community Trust

$1.9M · 4 grants · 2021–2023

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$1.8M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

The Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund

$1.6M · 4 grants · 2019–2024

WK Kellogg Foundation

$1.0M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

Wallace Global Fund Ii

$820K · 4 grants · 2020–2023

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$634K · 7 grants · 2017–2023

Details

EIN520788947
NTEE codeQ055
Subsection03
Ruling date1965-02
Formed1962
Employees47
Volunteers66
INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES — Mission, Financials & Grants Received | Grantivo