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| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Country | |
| Facebook page | Roosevelt.Institute |
| Website | http://www.rooseveltcampusnetwork.org |
| Twitter username | rooseveltinst |
| Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_Institute |
| Cause area | Count | Median | Mean | Minimum | 10th percentile | 20th percentile | 30th percentile | 40th percentile | 50th percentile | 60th percentile | 70th percentile | 80th percentile | 90th percentile | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7 | 100,000 | 270,714 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 80,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 340,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Politics | 3 | 100,000 | 91,667 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
| Special Projects | 3 | 340,000 | 473,333 | 80,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 | 340,000 | 340,000 | 340,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Macroeconomic stabilization policy | 1 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 |
| Donor | Total | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hewlett Foundation (filter this donee) | 1,695,000.00 | 1,420,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 75,000.00 |
| Open Philanthropy (filter this donee) | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total | 1,895,000.00 | 1,420,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 200,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 75,000.00 |
There are no documents associated with this donee.
Graph of top 10 donors (for donations with known year of donation) by amount, showing the timeframe of donations
| Donor | Amount (current USD) | Amount rank (out of 7) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hewlett Foundation | 1,000,000.00 | 1 | Special Projects | https://hewlett.org/grants/roosevelt-institute-for-general-operating-support-1/ | -- | For General Operating Support. | |
| Hewlett Foundation | 80,000.00 | 6 | Special Projects | https://hewlett.org/grants/roosevelt-institute-for-the-great-democracy-initiative-to-advance-transformative-new-thinking-on-key-policy-issues/ | -- | For The Great Democracy Initiative, To Advance Transformative New Thinking On Key Policy Issues. | |
| Hewlett Foundation | 340,000.00 | 2 | Special Projects | https://hewlett.org/grants/roosevelt-institute-for-a-project-focused-on-neoliberalism/ | -- | For A Project Focused On Neoliberalism. | |
| Hewlett Foundation | 100,000.00 | 4 | Politics | https://hewlett.org/grants/roosevelt-institute-for-general-operating-support-0/ | -- | For General Operating Support. | |
| Open Philanthropy | 200,000.00 | 3 | Macroeconomic stabilization policy | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/roosevelt-institute-macroeconomic-policy-research | Alexander Berger | Donation process: Roosevelt Institute submitted a concept paper https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Roosevelt_Institute/Roosevelt_Concept_Paper_Mar_2016-final.pdf for the grant in March 2016. Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page identifies two main areas supported by the grants: (1) "Preparing for the next U.S. recession, which we would guess is likely to occur before interest rates return to “normal” levels." (2) "Making the case for the importance of continued focus on reducing unemployment and against premature monetary tightening today." It continues: "Our funding will allow existing Roosevelt staff to focus on these issues, as well as supporting the hiring of an additional staff economist and part-time research assistant. These researchers plan to undertake two projects on the topics listed above: one to build out the monetary policy toolkit available to the Fed (“Monetary Policy Toolkit”), and one to investigate the potential for continued recovery from the Great Recession (“Anti-Hysteresis”). More about these projects is laid out in Roosevelt’s concept paper https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Roosevelt_Institute/Roosevelt_Concept_Paper_Mar_2016-final.pdf for this grant." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "This is one in a series of grants attempting to build up the capacity of progressive think tanks on macroeconomic policy issues we see as important. [...] Our key uncertainty for this grant, along with our other grants to think tanks for work on macroeconomic policy, is whether work by think tanks on these issues is likely to sway decisionmakers at the Fed or in Congress. We would guess that the work we support is relatively unlikely to affect policy, but that if it did our support would be justified many times over, and we see that as a bet worth taking." Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The timing may have been determined by the timing of the submission of the Roosevelt Institute's concept paper https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Roosevelt_Institute/Roosevelt_Concept_Paper_Mar_2016-final.pdf (March 2016). Donor retrospective of the donation: As of late 2021, Open Philanthropy has not made any further grants to Roosevelt Institute in the cause area. Other notes: Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-10-25. |
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| Hewlett Foundation | 100,000.00 | 4 | Politics | https://hewlett.org/grants/roosevelt-institute-for-general-operating-support/ | -- | For General Operating Support. | |
| Hewlett Foundation | 75,000.00 | 7 | Politics | https://hewlett.org/grants/roosevelt-institute-for-support-of-the-pipeline-and-campus-network-project/ | -- | For Support Of The Pipeline And Campus Network Project. |