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FY 2024

Verified NonprofitLast Filed 2024EIN 52-1234565

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Washington, DCNTEE: W050Founded 1981Website

mission statement

Conducting research and analysis to help promote greater public understanding of budget policies.

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Total Revenue

$52.5M

FY 2024

Program Spending

86.8%

of total expenses

Known Funders

2019–2024 filings

Key Metrics (FY 2024)

The Numbers

$172.0M

Total Assets

$147.4M net

36.4 mo

Operating Reserves

FY 2024

+63%

Revenue Growth

YoY

201

Total Employees

FY 2024

Funding Track Record

Backed by 98 Institutional Funders

$194.9M raised across 354 grants · +$50.6M committed (2019–2024 filings)

Funder Geography

Funders across 20 states (2019–2024 filings)

Institutional Funding by Year

PaidCommittedBoth

Funder	Location	Total Awarded
Sandler Foundation	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	$23,000,000
The Ford Foundation	New York, NY	$21,815,000 +$16,200,000 committed
Freedom Together Foundation	NEW YORK, NY	$21,750,000 +$10,600,000 committed
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	PRINCETON, NJ	$17,011,250 +$3,316,000 committed
Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc	NEW YORK, NY	$13,750,000
Wal-Mart Foundation	BENTONVILLE, AR	$9,766,000
The Rockefeller Foundation	NEW YORK, NY	$7,875,000 +$825,000 committed
W K Kellogg Foundation	Battle Creek, MI	$7,740,000 +$3,500,000 committed
Annie E Casey Foundation Inc	Baltimore, MD	$5,730,204 +$356,500 committed
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund	BOSTON, MA	$5,424,563

Total tracked: $194,874,142 across 354 grants · +$50,622,762 committed across 51 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

$20.7M in expenses

State fiscal and related projects: Performs research and analysis of state budget and tax policy with an emphasis on the effects of such policies on low and moderate income households and fosters development of state-level policy organizations.

$8.9M in expenses

Low-income program and related projects: Performs research, analysis and development of strategies to improve federal policy and federal and state implementation of low-income programs. The Center also conducts policy analysis and promotes outreach strategies related to the earned income tax credit and the low-income component of the child tax credit.

$5.2M in expenses

Federal fiscal policy and related projects: Performs research and analysis of federal budgets, tax policies and related issues, and trends in poverty and income distribution.

$6.0M in expenses

Federal and state health projects: Works to improve the health of low-income families and individuals through research, improvements in program policies and operations, and outreach strategies to increase child and family health insurance coverage.

$1.4M in expenses

Organizational Initiatives: Includes work focused on longer-term policy development, enhancing staff development and capacity, and integrating race equity into our work.

Financial History

Revenue Over Time

Revenue Mix

Contributions & Grants

92%

Program Revenue

Investment Income

Other

Governance (FY 2024)

Leadership

Sharon Parrott

President

Lisa Bornstein

Coo And General Counsel

Ellen Nissenbaum

Vice President

Shannon Spillane Buckingham

Vice President

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