NonprofitsPublic Policy Institute Of California

Public Policy Institute Of California

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Total revenue

$19.4M

Total expenses

$23.6M

Net assets

$334.5M

Grants received

$19.8M

154 grants

EIN

943207299

Tax year

2023

Mission

Inform and improve public policy in california through independent, objective, nonpartisan research

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$5.4M
Program service revenue
Investment income$15.7M
Other revenue
Total revenue$19.4M

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$15.7M
Fundraising$580K
Other expenses$7.8M
Total expenses$23.6M
Total assets$371.0M
Net assets$334.5M

People

31 listed

NameRoleCompensation

TANI CANTIL-SAKAUYE

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Board

$499K

40 hrs/wk

MARTIN HOSHINO

INTERIM TREASURER AND CFO/COO

Board

$371K

40 hrs/wk

CYNTHIA SCHERER

TREASURER AND CFO (THRU 12/1/23)

Board

$361K

40 hrs/wk

DEBORAH GONZALEZ

SECRETARY

Board

$245K

40 hrs/wk

HELEN IRIS TORRES

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

GADDI H VASQUEZ

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

PHILLIP ISENBERG

DIRECTOR (THRU 9/23/23)

Board

1 hrs/wk

DAVID MAS MASUMOTO

DIRECTOR (THRU 9/23/23)

Board

1 hrs/wk

DAVE PUGLIA

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

KIM POLESE

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

GERALD L PARSKY

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

LEON E PANETTA

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

STEVE OLSEN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

STEVEN A MERKSAMER

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

A MARISA CHUN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JOHN CHIANG

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

SANDRA CELEDON

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

LOUISE HENRY BRYSON

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

OPHELA BASGAL

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

CASSANDRA WALKER PYE

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

CHET HEWITT

BOARD CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ELLEN ELIZABETH HANAK VALLETTA

SENIOR FELLOW II

Staff

$356K

40 hrs/wk

HANS JOHNSON

SENIOR FELLOW II

Staff

$323K

40 hrs/wk

SARAH BOHN

CENTER DIRECTOR & SENIOR FELLOW I

Staff

$317K

40 hrs/wk

MARK BALDASSARE

PPIC STATEWIDE SURVEY DIRECTOR

Staff

$312K

40 hrs/wk

ABIGAIL COOK

VP OF COMMS/CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

Staff

$306K

40 hrs/wk

SANDRA RUIZ

VP OF PEOPLE AND CULTURE

Staff

$257K

40 hrs/wk

CAROLINE DANIELSON

VP OF RESEARCH (INTERIM)

Staff

$232K

40 hrs/wk

MAGNUS LOFSTROM

POLICY DIRECTOR & SENIOR FELLOW I

Staff

$220K

40 hrs/wk

LYNETTE UBOIS

DIRECTOR OF CONTENT STRATEGY

Staff

$214K

40 hrs/wk

OLGA RODRIGUEZ

DIR PPIC HIGHER ED CENTER & SENIOR FELLOW

Staff

$212K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

IPSOS PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC

SURVEY

$504K

REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF CA SAN DIEGO

RESEARCH

$292K

SHERATON GRAND HOTEL

EVENTS

$290K

REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF CA BERKELEY

RESEARCH

$260K

REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF CA IRVINE

RESEARCH

$165K

Grants received

Showing 154 of 154

FromAmountPurposeYear
$250K
GENERAL PURPOSE GRANT
2024
$225K
TO SUPPORT RESEARCH ON COLLEGE ACCESS AND SUCCESS BY THE CENTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AT PPIC. TO SUPPORT RESEARCH ON VOTE CENTERS AND DROP BOXES IN VOTERS CHOICE ACT COUNTIES.
2024
$211K
General Nonprofit Support
2024
$200K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$135K
TO CONDUCT TIMELY ENGLISH LEARNER RESEARCH AND ENGAGE POLICYMAKERS ABOUT CRITICAL EDUCATION POLICY ISSUES AFFECTING ALL ENGLISH LEARNERS IN CALIFORNIA.
2024
$120K
Grant Sub-Award
2024
$100K
SUPPORT FOR CIVIC EDUCATION
2024
$50K
ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY THROUGH STATE POLICY ANALYSIS
2024
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$30K
FOR SUPPORT OF THE SPEAKER SERIES ON CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE
2024
$30K
SUPPORT FOR THE WATER POLICY CENTER
2024
$25K
THIS PROJECT WILL HELP PPIC DEVELOP ITS RESEARCH AGENDA FOCUSED ON CALIFORNIA'S AGING POPULATION AND THE STATE POLICY SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT CALIFORNIA'S OLDER ADULTS, THOSE WHO CARE FOR THEM, AND OTHER CONSEQUENCES OF THIS MAJOR DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFT.
2024
$20K
MATCHING GIFT
2024
$12K
WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION
2024
$10K
FOR SUPPORT OF THE SPEAKER SERIES ON CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE
2024
$6K
PRIORITIES FOR CALINIAS WATER INITIATIVE
2024
$5K
GENERAL FUND
2024
$2M
For general operating support
2023
$800K
K-12 EDUCATION; POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2023
$500K
PROGRAM GRANT
2023
$400K
K-12 EDUCATION; POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION; PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ANALYSIS
2023
$250K
GENERAL PURPOSE GRANT
2023
$215K
For economic mobility research
2023
$160K
General Nonprofit Support
2023
$150K
TO CONDUCT TIMELY ENGLISH LEARNER RESEARCH AND ENGAGE POLICYMAKERS ABOUT CRITICAL EDUCATION POLICY ISSUES AFFECTING ALL ENGLISH LEARNERS IN CALIFORNIA.
2023
$150K
MEDICAL / PUBLIC SERVICES
2023
$105K
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
2023
$100K
TO SUPPORT RESEARCH ON TRANSFER PATHWAYS AND FAFSA COMPLETION.
2023
$100K
TO STUDY THE IMPLICATIONS OF CALIFORNIAS NEW MANDATORY FAFSA COMPLETION REQUIREMENT.
2023
$100K
Families and Communities
2023
$75K
ENVIRONMENTAL
2023
$50K
TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION IN ITS MISSION TO IMPROVE CIVIC EDUCATION.
2023
$50K
Public Policy Research
2023
$50K
To support PPIC's research on higher education finance in California.
2023
$50K
ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY THROUGH STATE POLICY ANALYSIS: TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS THAT INFORMS AND IMPROVES STATEWIDE AND REGIONAL CONVERSATIONS TO IMPROVE HEALTH POLICY IN CALIFORNIA.
2023
$48K
TO EXAMINE AND IMPROVE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
2023
$30K
TO SUPPORT THE WATER POLICY CENTER FOR WORK RELATED TO WATER POLICY.
2023
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$20K
WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION
2023
$20K
SPEAKER SERIES 2024-25
2023
$20K
TO SUPPORT THE WATER POLICY CENTER'S STUDY ON REPLENISHING GROUNDWATER IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY.
2023
$12K
CONTRIBUTION
2023
$12K
CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES
2023
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$10K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT. FOR GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE WATER POLICY CENTER.
2023
$10K
TO SUPPORT THE 2023 SPEAKER SERIES ON CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE
2023
$10K
FOR SUPPORT OF THE SPEAKER SERIES ON CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE
2023
$10K
SUPPORT OF INDEPENDENT, NON-PARTISAN RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS REGARDING WATER POLICY.
2023
$5K
Protecting Water Quality with a Cha
2023
$5K
GENERAL FUND
2023
$1.3M
GENERAL PURPOSE GRANT
2022
$420K
TO EXAMINE AND IMPROVE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
2022
$400K
For economic mobility research
2022
$200K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$200K
POLICY PROGRAM GRANT
2022
$200K
THE SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER POLICIES AND CONSERVATION.
2022
$150K
MEDICAL / PUBLIC SERVICES
2022
$150K
ENVIRONMENTAL and Community
2022
$115K
TO CONDUCT TIMELY ENGLISH LEARNER RESEARCH AND ENGAGE POLICYMAKERS ABOUT CRITICAL EDUCATION POLICY ISSUES AFFECTING ALL ENGLISH LEARNERS IN CALIFORNIA.
2022
$100K
LOCAL GRANTMAKING
2022
$70K
CONSERVATION AND SCIENCE
2022
$55K
PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA SPEAKER SERIES ON CALIFORNIAS FUTURE (2023); ASSESSING AND IMPROVING THE IDENTIFICATION OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND PATIENT DISCHARGE DATA
2022
$50K
ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY THROUGH STATEWIDE HEALTH POLICY ANALYSIS: TO ADVANCE HEALTH EQUITY FOR ALL CALIFORNIANS THROUGH HEALTH POLICY ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH THAT INFORMS AND IMPROVES STATEWIDE AND REGIONAL POLICY CONVERSATIONS.
2022
$50K
TO STUDY THE IMPLICATIONS OF CALIFORNIAS NEW MANDATORY FAFSA COMPLETION REQUIREMENT.
2022
$35K
Public Policy Research, Digital Services Access & Affordability
2022
$30K
TO SUPPORT THE WATER POLICY CENTER.
2022
$25K
General Nonprofit Support
2022
$20K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$13K
TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION IN ITS MISSION TO INFORM AND IMPROVE PUBLIC POLICY IN CALIFORNIA THROUGH INDEPENDENT, OBJECTIVE, NONPARTISAN RESEARCH.
2022
$10K
Sponsorship Of The 2023 Speaker Series On Californ
2022
$10K
FOR CORE OPERATING SUPPORT TO SPONSOR THE 2023 PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA SPEAKER SERIES ON CALIFORNIAS FUTURE.
2022
$10K
WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION
2022
$10K
SUPPORT OF INDEPENDENT, NON-PARTISAN RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS REGARDING WATER POLICY.
2022
$10K
ADVISED - FOR GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE WATER POLICY CENTER.
2022
$10K
CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES
2022
$10K
UNIVERSITIES & SPECIAL PROJECTS
2022
$5K
2022 INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP
2022
$177K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$177K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$155K
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
2021
$140K
PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA SPEAKER SERIES ON CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE, 2022. COVID-19 RESPONSIVE HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH PLANNING GRANT. ASSESSING AND IMPROVING THE IDENTIFICATION OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND PATIENT DISCHARGE DATA.
2021
$50K
IMPROVING HEALTH POLICY THROUGH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION: TO SUPPORT ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH THAT INFORMS AND IMPROVES STATEWIDE AND REGIONAL CONVERSATIONS TO IMPROVE HEALTH POLICY AND HEALTH EQUITY IN CALIFORNIA.
2021
$10K
ADVISED - FOR GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE WATER POLICY CENTER.
2021
$10K
2022 PPIC SPEAKER SERIES ON CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE
2021
$10K
SUPPORT OF INDEPENDENT, NON-PARTISAN RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS REGARDING WATER POLICY.
2021
$10K
CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES
2021
$4M
FUNDS FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA'S WATER POLICY CENTER
2020
$500K
For general operating support
2020
$300K
For economic mobility research
2020
$275K
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2020
$234K
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
2020
$200K
TO ELEVATE POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS (ELS) THROUGH RESEARCH THAT INFORMS STATE EDUCATION AND DISTRICT LEADERS ON BEST PRACTICES AND POLICY SOLUTIONS AS THEY MANAGE LEARNING DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS.
2020
$200K
LEADERSHIP FULL PROJECT GRANT
2020
$120K
STUDENT-CENTRIC PRACTICES PROGRAM GRANT
2020
$106K
TO ANALYZE MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS OF ARREST DATA FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
2020
$106K
TO ANALYZE MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS OF ARREST DATA FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
2020
$100K
TO EXAMINE WHETHER PROPOSITION 47 HAS AFFECTED RACIAL DISPARITY IN THE FIRST STAGES OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS.
2020
$100K
TO EXAMINE WHETHER PROPOSITION 47 HAS AFFECTED RACIAL DISPARITY IN THE FIRST STAGES OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS.
2020
$80K
COVID-19 RESPONSIVE HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH PLANNING GRANT; PPIC SPEAKER SERIES ON CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE, 2021
2020
$75K
COMMUNITY
2020
$75K
IMPROVING HEALTH EQUITY THROUGH RESEARCH: TO SUPPORT ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH THAT INFORMS AND IMPROVES STATEWIDE AND REGIONAL CONVERSATIONS TO IMPROVE HEALTH POLICY AND HEALTH EQUITY IN CALIFORNIA.
2020
$70K
CONSERVATION AND SCIENCE
2020
$35K
WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION
2020
$26K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2020
$25K
TO ELEVATE THE ISSUES OF ENGLISH LEARNERS (EL) IN THE PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA'S (PPIC)ANNUAL STATEWIDE EDUCATION SURVEY TO INFORM DECISION MAKERS AND SFF ABOUT HOW THE PUBLIC FEELS ABOUT ELS.
2020
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$22K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$22K
Unrestricted
2020
$20K
PROGRAM - TO SUPPORT THE 2021 SPEAKER SERIES. ADVISED - FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.
2020
$10K
SUPPORT OF INDEPENDENT, NON-PARTISAN RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS REGARDING WATER POLICY
2020
$10K
Event Sponsorship
2020
$10K
General Support
2020
$10K
2021 SPEAKER SERIES ON CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE
2020
$10K
TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$10K
Event and Communications Sponsorship
2020
$10K
CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES
2020
$10K
Protecting Water Quality with a Cha
2020
$10K
CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES
2020
$6K
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
2020
$5K
GENERAL FUND
2020
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$150K
PUBLIC SERVICE
2019
$111K
PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA'S SPEAKER SERIES ON CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE, 2020; MAKING THE CASE: USES OF CLAIMS AND ENCOUNTER DATA IN CA HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
2019
$75K
IMPROVING HEALTH EQUITY THROUGH RESEARCH: TO SUPPORT ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH THAT INFORMS AND IMPROVES STATEWIDE AND REGIONAL CONVERSATIONS TO IMPROVE HEALTH POLICY AND HEALTH EQUITY IN CALIFORNIA.
2019
$26K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$20K
TO SUPPORT THE 2020 SPEAKER SERIES ON CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE. FOR GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE WATER POLICY CENTER.
2019
$15K
FOR PRIORITIES FOR CALIFORNIA WATER POLICY BRIEF AND THE CALIFORNIA WATER BRIEFING KIT
2019
$11K
TO SUPPORT THE WATER POLICY CENTER
2019
$10K
TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT PURPOSE
2019
$10K
CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES
2019
$10K
SUPPORT OF INDEPENDENT, NON-PARTISAN RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS REGARDING WATER POLICY
2019
$10K
2020 SPEAKER SERIES ON CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE
2019
$5K
GENERAL FUND
2019
$200K
TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND OUTREACH ON IMPROVING CALIFORNIA WATER POLICY
2018
$75K
IMPROVING HEALTH POLICY THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS THAT INFORMS AND IMPROVES STATEWIDE AND REGIONAL CONVERSATIONS TO IMPROVE HEALTH POLICY IN CALIFORNIA AND TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF AN ACCURATE CENSUS COUNT.
2018
$36K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$35K
WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION.
2018
$33K
Conservation Activities
2018
$33K
Unrestricted
2018
$20K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE WATER POLICY CENTER, SUPPORT FOR SPEAKER SERIES ON CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE 6 EVENTS
2018
$10K
Conservation Activities
2018
$10K
COMMUNITY
2018
$10K
SUPPORT OF INDEPENDENT, NON-PARTISAN RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS REGARDING WATER POLICY
2018
$206K
POSTSECONDARY SUCCESS
2017
$75K
IMPROVING HEALTH POLICY THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS THAT INFORMS AND IMPROVES STATEWIDE AND REGIONAL CONVERSATIONS TO IMPROVE HEALTH POLICY IN CALIFORNIA AND TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF AN ACCURATE CENSUS COUNT.
2017
$30K
Education Community Building
2017
$20K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT TO THE WATER POLICY CENTER, TO SUPPORT THE SPEAKER SERIES.
2017
$11K
FOR GRANT RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSES
2017
$10K
Conservation Activities
2017
$10K
2018 SPEAKER SERIES ON CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE
2017
$10K
ENVIRONMENT
2017

Funded by

$19.8M from 51 funders · 154 grants · 2017–2024

Esb Charitable Foundation

$4M · 1 grant · 2020

The James Irvine Foundation

$3.4M · 5 grants · 2020–2023

Arjay R And Frances F Miller

$1.8M · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Gates Foundation

$1.7M · 4 grants · 2017–2023

College Futures Foundation

$1.0M · 4 grants · 2020–2023

Laura And John Arnold Foundation

$879K · 6 grants · 2020–2023

The Sobrato Family Foundation

$625K · 5 grants · 2020–2024

Laural Foundation

$510K · 6 grants · 2018–2024

Details

EIN943207299
Subsection03
Ruling date1994-09
Formed1994
Employees106
Volunteers111
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