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Brookings Institution

Think tank · Total expenses $107.7M · FY ending June 2025

Per the Form 990 on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer

In its own words

“Brookings equips decisionmakers with nonpartisan research and policy strategies to create a more prosperous and secure country and world.”

Source: the organization's own site · last verified 2026-07-27

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Grants paid

13 grants of $5,000 or more, $685.1K in total, as reported on the organization's own Form 990 for the year ending June 2025.

  • THE URBAN INSTITUTERESEARCH COLLABORATION$113.2K
  • INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTERESEARCH COLLABORATION$72.5K
  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUISRESEARCH COLLABORATION$61.4K
  • LINCOLN INSTITUTE OF LAND POLICYRESEARCH COLLABORATION$56.4K
  • THE HOWARD UNIVERSITYRESEARCH COLLABORATION$55K
  • AMERICAN UNIVERSITYRESEARCH COLLABORATION$54.9K
  • CINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBERRESEARCH COLLABORATION$43.3K
  • GREATER AKRON CHAMBERRESEARCH COLLABORATION$43.3K
  • GREATER RICHMOND CHAMBER OF COMMERCERESEARCH COLLABORATION$43.3K
  • GREATER ST LOUIS INC FOUNDATIONRESEARCH COLLABORATION$43.3K
  • PROSPER FOUNDATIONRESEARCH COLLABORATION$43.3K
  • NEW YORK UNIVERSITYRESEARCH COLLABORATION$30K
  • PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGERESEARCH COLLABORATION$25K

This shows money paid out. A public charity's own donors are redacted from the public copy of its return, so who funds this organization can't be read from this filing.

7 more recipients are not shown: the EIN on the filing isn't in the IRS index of electronic filers — often a consultancy, an LLC, or an organization small enough not to file — so there's nothing to check the name against.

Source: Form 990, tax period June 2025

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