State Policy Network
Arlington, VA · EIN 57-0952531. Reported 196 grants totalling $20.7M to 77 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For State Policy Network, the IRS classifies it under civil rights rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE R02) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 77 distinct organizations, with 6% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 79% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $85,000. Half of what it reported fell between $45,000 and $147,500; the smallest was $7,500 and the largest $434,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Center for Opportunity Inc | Peachtree Cor, GA | $1,227,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beacon Center of Tennessee | Nashville, TN | $1,079,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Institute for Reforming Government Inc | Delafield, WI | $913,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Inc | Charleston, WV | $912,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pelican Institute for Public Policy | New Orleans, LA | $830,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| South Carolina Policy Council Education Foundation | Columbia, SC | $791,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Libertas Network | Lehi, UT | $700,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Georgia Public Policy Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $685,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Buckeye Institute | Columbus, OH | $640,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pioneer Institute Inc | Boston, MA | $639,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Empower Mississippi Foundation | Ridgeland, MS | $636,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Independence Institute | Denver, CO | $593,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives | Harrisburg, PA | $587,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $535,012 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| People United for Privacy Foundation | Glendale, AZ | $505,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Illinois Policy Institute | Chicago, IL | $490,500 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Opportunity Arkansas Foundation | Conway, AR | $477,125 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mackinac Center | Midland, MI | $450,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| California Policy Center | Tustin, CA | $437,008 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Platte Institute Action | Omaha, NE | $415,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Empire Center for Public Policy Inc | Albany, NY | $380,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Government Accountability | Naples, FL | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The James Madison Institute for Public Policy Studies Inc | Tallahassee, FL | $358,500 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Yankee Institute for Public Policy Studies Inc | Wethersfield, CT | $344,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alaska Policy Forum | Anchorage, AK | $340,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kansas Policy Institute | Wichita, KS | $282,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $280,150 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Barry Goldwater Institute for Public Policy Research | Phoenix, AZ | $275,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| John Locke Foundation Inc | Raleigh, NC | $275,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cascade Policy Institute | Portland, OR | $229,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Iowans for Tax Releif | Waukee, IA | $215,400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boundary Line Foundation | Chicago, IL | $201,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Texas Public Policy Foundation | Austin, TX | $185,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Frontier Institute Inc | Helena, MT | $185,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center of the American Experiment | Minnetonka, MN | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Maine Heritage Policy Center | Portland, ME | $180,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Badger Institute Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $179,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Palmetto Promise Institute | Columbia, SC | $165,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alabama Policy Institute Inc | Birmingham, AL | $165,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sutherland Institute | Salt Lake Cty, UT | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Inspired Life Inc | Aplington, IA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mississippi Center for Public Policy | Jackson, MS | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Grassroot Institute of Hawaii Inc | Honolulu, HI | $102,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy | Round Hill, VA | $102,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Freedom Foundation | Flower Mound, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Show-Me Institute | Saint Louis, MO | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Garden State Initiative Inc | Morristown, NJ | $90,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy | Concord, NH | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Microschooling Center | Las Vegas, NV | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington Policy Center | Seattle, WA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tax Education Foundation | Waukee, IA | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Talent Market (aff) | Washington, DC | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Virginia Institute for Public Policy | Lexington, VA | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nevada Policy Research Institute | Las Vegas, NV | $62,650 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Let Grow Inc | New York, NY | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Red Bridge Education | San Francisco, CA | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hearts of Empowerment Inc | Arlington, VA | $50,736 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Badger Institute | Milwaukee, WI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Law and Policy | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Doxa Development | Davison, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eight Million Stories Inc | Houston, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Evergreen Freedom Foundation | Olympia, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Idaho Freedom Foundation Inc | Boise, ID | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Love Your School | Scottsdale, AZ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Real Clear Foundation | Northbrook, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Reschool | Denver, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Global Orphan Project Inc | Kansas City, MO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Uncommon Construction Inc | New Orleans, LA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Inc | Louisville, KY | $42,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nasiyah Isra-Ui Canary Academy Online Inc | Midlothian, VA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Young Voices | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Asu Prep Global Academy | Tempe, AZ | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greathearts Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rio Grande Foundation Inc | Albuquerque, NM | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Center for Justice and Liberty Inc | Chicago, IL | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Incubate Debate | Madison, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lucy Burns Institute Inc | Middleton, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
48 of 77 (62%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Commonwealth Foundation
ECONOMIC FREEDOM RESEARCH - Mackinac Center for Public Policy
EDUCATION POLICY RESEARCH - The Buckeye Institute
LITIGATION POLICY RESEARCH
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 60 of 77 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48 | $4,230,900 | $100,000 |
| 2022 | 47 | $6,240,824 | $100,000 |
| 2023 | 55 | $7,029,470 | $100,000 |
| 2024 | 46 | $3,162,637 | $52,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
9% of its giving went to organizations in Georgia. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $85,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Georgia.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from State Policy Network's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 46 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 1500 Wilson Blvd Suite 600, Arlington, VA, 22209.
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