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FY 2024

Verified NonprofitLast Filed 2024EIN 04-3454684

Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Foundation

WASHINGTON, DCNTEE: W240Founded 1999Website

mission statement

Bisc foundation conducts research on issues and the role of ballot measures in democracy.

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Total Revenue

$2.4M

FY 2024

Program Spending

63.2%

of total expenses

Known Funders

2019–2024 filings

Key Metrics (FY 2024)

The Numbers

$6.0M

Total Assets

$5.5M net

30.41 mo

Operating Reserves

FY 2024

Active Programs

FY 2024

Sector

NTEE W240

Funding Track Record

Backed by 31 Institutional Funders

$9.2M raised across 74 grants · +$2.1M committed (2019–2024 filings)

Funder Geography

Funders across 12 states (2019–2024 filings)

Institutional Funding by Year

PaidCommittedBoth

Funder	Location	Total Awarded
Freedom Together Foundation	NEW YORK, NY	$1,500,000 +$350,000 committed
Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc	NEW YORK, NY	$1,475,000
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	PRINCETON, NJ	$1,378,364 +$628,363 committed
The Ford Foundation	New York, NY	$1,245,000 +$545,000 committed
The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation	OMAHA, NE	$601,368 +$297,248 committed
Carnegie Corporation of New York	NEW YORK, NY	$558,300 +$208,300 committed
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc	NEW YORK, NY	$400,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund	BOSTON, MA	$352,500
Mertz Gilmore Foundation	NEW YORK, NY	$212,000 +$100,000 committed
NEO Philanthropy Inc	New York, NY	$200,000

Total tracked: $9,202,708 across 74 grants · +$2,128,911 committed across 10 commitments (2019–2024 filings)

Totals reflect grants as reported on funder tax returns. Timing may not match recipient revenue: funder and recipient fiscal years often differ, and grants paid by a funder in one year may be recognized by the recipient in a different year.

Programs (FY 2024)

What They Do

$468K in expenses

Strategic initiatives: bisc foundation works with 501(c)(3) partners to support civic engagement and partner alignment efforts.

$258K in expenses

Policy and legal advocacy encompasses working with state and national partners, including bisc's lawyer's guild, to protect direct democracy and progressive ballot measure wins around the country, working with state and national partners on the development of equitable and strategic ballot measure policies, as well as the tracking of ballot measures and analysis of ballot measure trends.

$258K in expenses

Communications: bisc foundation communications focuses on expanding our presence within the civic engagement community via email, social media, and press interviews.

$227K in expenses

Organizational development

$130K in expenses

Capacity building training

$31K in expenses

Road ahead 2024

Financial History

Revenue Over Time

Governance (FY 2024)

Leadership

Elena Nunez

Board Chair

Eric Marshall

Treasurer

Chris Melody Fields Figueredo

Executive Director

Danielle Atkinson

Board Member

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