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Grant recipient EIN 86-3590543Education

Who funds Local Progress Policy Institute?

24 private foundations gave Local Progress Policy Institute in Washington, DC $12.4 million across 56 grants, in tax years 2022 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2022 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

56 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Wallace Global Fund IIWashington, DC 2025

    Support for work to protect and defend democratic systems

    $125,000
  2. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    General support and core support for institutional strengthening

    $1,250,000
  3. The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPrinceton, NJ 2024

    80741 general operating support for the local progress policy institute, 2023-2025

    $900,000
  4. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    General support

    $642,879
  5. Freedom Together FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    General operating support

    $500,000
  6. Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNew York, NY 2024

    To provide general support

    $400,000
  7. The California Wellness FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2024

    Core operating support

    $300,000
  8. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Core support to local progress policy institute for expanding work in michigan and texas

    $250,000
  9. Surdna Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    General support

    $250,000
  10. The Nathan Cummings Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    General support

    $150,000
  11. The Heinz EndowmentsPittsburgh, PA 2024

    To provide organizing, policy, and governance support to local elected officials in pennsylvania, foster connections between these officials, and build accountability to communities most impacted by policy outcomes through collaborative governance

    $125,000
  12. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2024

    to build capacity to support, organize, and develop the leadership of values-aligned local public leaders throughout Minnesota

    $100,000
  13. The Colorado Health FoundationDenver, CO 2024

    General operating support

    $75,000
  14. Robert Sterling Clark Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    General support

    $55,000
  15. Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr FundSan Francisco, CA 2024

    To train and develop the leadership of diverse, values aligned local elected officials in the inland empire region. To sponsor 2024 national conference on building local governing power in oakland.

    $55,000
  16. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Core support for the latinx caucus to bring together local leaders, partners and experts to built the knowledge, skills and leadership needed to advance racial and economic justice at the local level.

    $50,000
  17. Z Smith Reynolds Foundation IncWinstonsalem, NC 2024

    For general operating support of its north carolina work only

    $50,000
  18. Jessie Smith Noyes FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    General operating support

    $40,000
  19. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Project support to plan and convene a strategy meeting bringing together local elected officials, organizers, and policy advocates across jurisdictions to address challenges in serving new migrants and asylum seekers.

    $39,000
  20. Robert Sterling Clark Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    General support

    $10,000
  21. Innovo FoundationBoulder, CO 2024

    Social rights

    $10,000
  22. Raikes FoundationSeattle, WA 2024

    General operating support

    $2,000
  23. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    General support and project support for institutional strengthening

    $1,015,000
  24. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    General support

    $642,879
  25. Freedom Together FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    General operating support

    $500,000
  26. Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNew York, NY 2023

    To provide general support

    $300,000
  27. Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNew York, NY 2023

    To provide general support

    $250,000
  28. Surdna Foundation IncNew York, NY 2023

    General Support

    $175,000
  29. The Nathan Cummings Foundation IncNew York, NY 2023

    General support

    $150,000
  30. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    Core support to provide local elected officials, government staff, and advocates with a framework for how to instill principles for racial and economic justice in procurement

    $117,500
  31. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2023

    For general operating support

    $100,000
  32. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2023

    For general operating support

    $100,000
  33. Weingart FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2023

    Support to build local & statewide organizing and governance infrastructure in california

    $100,000
  34. The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA 2023

    Empowering local elected officials to promote health in california: to provide non-partisan co-governance resources and trainings to local elected officials that measure and prioritize health outcomes within local government in los angeles county, the city of los angeles and the san francisco bay area.

    $75,000
  35. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    Core support for local progress policy institute to manage its upcoming executive transition

    $50,000
  36. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    Core support for the latinx caucus to bring together local leaders, partners and experts to built the knowledge, skills and leadership needed to advance racial and economic justice at the local level.

    $50,000
  37. Z Smith Reynolds Foundation IncWinstonsalem, NC 2023

    For general operating support of its north carolina work only

    $50,000
  38. The Scherman Foundation IncNew York, NY 2023

    General operating suport

    $40,000
  39. Raikes FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $25,000
  40. Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr FundSan Francisco, CA 2023

    To plan for the launch of the inland empire progressive governance lab, a new school of collaborative governance.

    $25,000
  41. The Allstate FoundationNorthbrook, IL 2023

    Supporter and empowering equity-driven local elected officials in north carolina

    $5,000
  42. Painted Flower Foundation IncBrooklyn, NY 2023

    General support

    $2,500
  43. The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPrinceton, NJ 2022

    79674 empowering local elected officials to scale transformative policies to promote racial and economic equity and thriving communities -- transfer grant

    $771,300
  44. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    General support

    $742,879
  45. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    General support

    $375,909
  46. Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNew York, NY 2022

    To provide general support

    $350,000
  47. Surdna Foundation IncNew York, NY 2022

    General Support

    $300,000
  48. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2022

    For general operating support

    $200,000
  49. The Nathan Cummings Foundation IncNew York, NY 2022

    General support

    $100,000
  50. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2022

    For general operating support

    $100,000
  51. The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA 2022

    Empowering local elected officials to promote health in california: to provide non-partisan co-governance resources and trainings to local elected officials that measure and prioritize health outcomes within local government in los angeles county, the city of los angeles and the san francisco bay area.

    $75,000
  52. Jessie Smith Noyes FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    Project support

    $60,000
  53. Mertz Gilmore FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    Local progress new york

    $50,000
  54. Mertz Gilmore FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    Local progress new york

    $50,000
  55. Z Smith Reynolds Foundation IncWinstonsalem, NC 2022

    For general operating support of its north carolina work only

    $50,000
  56. Painted Flower Foundation IncBrooklyn, NY 2022

    General support

    $2,500

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other education organizations in Washington, DC and are not among Local Progress Policy Institute’s funders above.

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 1,314 grants Preselected only $706,306 to similar organizations
  2. Gates FoundationSeattle, WA 629 grants Accepts applications $511,476,303 to similar organizations
  3. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 522 grants Accepts applications $11,171,135 to similar organizations
  4. The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationWashington, DC 184 grants Accepts applications $9,128,150 to similar organizations
  5. Lumina Foundation for Education IncIndianapolis, IN 139 grants Accepts applications $31,204,406 to similar organizations
  6. WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI 157 grants Accepts applications $43,789,401 to similar organizations
  7. Annie E Casey Foundation IncBaltimore, MD 146 grants Preselected only $12,610,147 to similar organizations
  8. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 131 grants Preselected only $29,767,011 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 86-3590543 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.