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Economic Policy Institute

Think tank · Total expenses $13.6M · FY ending December 2024

Per the Form 990 on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer

In its own words

“a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank working for the last 30 years to counter rising inequality, low wages and weak benefits for working people … recognized as national leaders on breakthrough liberal economic policies”

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

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Grants paid

48 grants of $5,000 or more, $3.8M in total, as reported on the organization's own Form 990 for the year ending December 2024.

  • MISSOURI BUDGET PROJECTEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$253.8K
  • COLORADO FISCAL INSTITUTEEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$252.5K
  • MINNESOTA COUNCIL OF NONPROFITSEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$202.5K
  • RURAL ARIZONA ENGAGEMENTEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$200K
  • MISSOURI JOBS WITH JUSTICEEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$153.8K
  • DC FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE INCEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$150K
  • KIDS FORWARDEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$150K
  • OREGON CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICYEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$150K
  • POLICY MATTERS OHIOEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$150K
  • THINK TENNESSEEEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$134.2K
  • THE COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL ANALYSISEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$125K
  • COMMON GOOD IOWAEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$102.5K
  • CHILDREN'S ACTION ALLIANCEEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$100K
  • FLORIDA POLICY INSTITUTEEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$100K
  • ISAIAHEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$100K
  • KENTUCKY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICYEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$100K
  • KEYSTONE RESEARCH CENTEREDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$100K
  • MAINE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICYEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$100K
  • PS 305EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$100K
  • SOUL 2 SOUL SISTERSEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$100K
  • WASHINGTON STATE BUDGET & POLICY CENTEREDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$100K
  • GREATER BIRMINGHAM MINISTRIESEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$92.1K
  • ADVOCATES FOR WOMEN'S AND KIDS' EQUALITYEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$63.3K
  • ALABAMA ARISEEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$62.9K
  • NATIONAL DOMESTIC WORKERS ALLIANCE INCEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$34.2K
  • GEORGIA BUDGET & POLICY INSTITUTEEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$31.3K
  • NC BUDGET & TAX CENTEREDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$29.1K
  • ARKANSAS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIESEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$28.8K
  • ARKANSAS PUBLIC POLICY PANELEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$28.8K
  • BARRED BUSINESSEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$28.8K
  • CENTER FOR CIVIC POLICYEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$25K
  • EL CENTRO DE IGUALDAD Y DERECHOSEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$25K
  • KIDS WIN MISSOURIEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$25K
  • LEGAL AID JUSTICE CENTEREDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$25K
  • MISSOURI RURAL CRISIS CENTEREDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$25K
  • MISSOURI WORKERS POWEREDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$25K
  • NEW MEXICO BLACK LEADERSHIP COUNCILEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$25K
  • NEW MEXICO CENTER ON LAW & POVERTYEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$25K
  • NEW VIRGINIA MAJORITY EDUCATION FUNDEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$25K
  • NM COMUNIDADES EN ACCIN Y DE FEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$25K
  • OLE EDUCATION FUNDEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$25K
  • PREVENT CHILD ABUSE VIRGINIA DBA FAMILIES FORWARD VIRGINIAEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$25K
  • SOMOS UN PUEBLO UNIDOEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$25K
  • VA COALITION ON IMMIGRANT RIGHTSEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$25K
  • VIRGINIA EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$25K
  • VIRGINIA POVERTY LAW CENTEREDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$25K
  • VOICES FOR VIRGINIAS CHILDRENEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$25K
  • WEPOWEREDUCATIONAL RESEARCH$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.

Related organizations

Organizations this one declares as related on its Form 990. A declared relationship, not an inference by Sift.

  • EPI ACTIONLOBBYING TO INFLUENCE ACTION ON SPECIFIC ECONOMIC POLICY ISSUES501(C)(4)

2 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 December 2024

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