Center for Policy Design

Analysis

Center for Policy Design is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Paul, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1982, 44 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Center for Policy Design reported income of $119k and spending of $114k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $188k to $119k (-37%), an average of -37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Center for Policy Design sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile, and in the 39th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include One World Chorus ($119k), Arkansas Association of Development Organizations ($119k) and Quimby Memorial Church ($119k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% and program service revenue 27% of the total. At year end it held assets of $52k against liabilities of $19k, net assets of $34k.