This is an online portal with information on donations that were announced publicly (or have been shared with permission) that were of interest to Vipul Naik. The git repository with the code for this portal, as well as all the underlying data, is available on GitHub. All payment amounts are in current United States dollars (USD). The repository of donations is being seeded with an initial collation by Issa Rice as well as continued contributions from him (see his commits and the contract work page listing all financially compensated contributions to the site) but all responsibility for errors and inaccuracies belongs to Vipul Naik. Current data is preliminary and has not been completely vetted and normalized; if sharing a link to this site or any page on this site, please include the caveat that the data is preliminary (if you want to share without including caveats, please check with Vipul Naik). We expect to have completed the first round of development by the end of July 2027. See the about page for more details. Also of interest: pageview data on analytics.vipulnaik.com, tutorial in README, request for feedback to EA Forum.
We do not have any donee information for the donee Washington Center for Equitable Growth in our system.
| 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 | 11 | 395,625 | 774,859 | 10,000 | 100,000 | 142,825 | 150,000 | 275,000 | 395,625 | 600,000 | 750,000 | 1,100,000 | 2,000,000 | 3,000,000 |
| Special Projects | 4 | 275,000 | 1,321,250 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 275,000 | 275,000 | 275,000 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 |
| Macroeconomic stabilization policy | 2 | 100,000 | 425,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 750,000 | 750,000 | 750,000 | 750,000 | 750,000 |
| FIXME | 4 | 150,000 | 498,206 | 142,825 | 142,825 | 142,825 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 1,100,000 | 1,100,000 | 1,100,000 |
| 1 | 395,625 | 395,625 | 395,625 | 395,625 | 395,625 | 395,625 | 395,625 | 395,625 | 395,625 | 395,625 | 395,625 | 395,625 | 395,625 |
| Donor | Total | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hewlett Foundation (filter this donee) | 5,285,000.00 | 10,000.00 | 2,275,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3,000,000.00 |
| Ford Foundation (filter this donee) | 1,992,825.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,100,000.00 | 892,825.00 | 0.00 |
| Open Philanthropy (filter this donee) | 850,000.00 | 750,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| W. K. Kellogg Foundation (filter this donee) | 395,625.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 395,625.00 | 0.00 |
| Total | 8,523,450.00 | 760,000.00 | 2,375,000.00 | 1,100,000.00 | 1,288,450.00 | 3,000,000.00 |
| Title (URL linked) | Publication date | Author | Publisher | Affected donors | Affected donees | Affected influencers | Document scope | Cause area | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thoughts on the Sandler Foundation | 2015-02-24 | Holden Karnofsky | Open Philanthropy | Sandler Foundation Open Philanthropy | Center for American Progress ProPublica Center for Responsible Lending Washington Center for Equitable Growth Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | Third-party coverage of donor strategy | This blog post originally appeared on the GiveWell blog at https://blog.givewell.org/2015/02/24/thoughts-on-the-sandler-foundation/ prior to the Open Phil blog launch. The post is part of Open Phil research into how different foundations structure their operations and giving. The post covers the Sandler Foundation, which has an unusual giving model, sacrificing cause-specific, domain-expert "program officers" and instead having a small staff that would opportunistically shift between researching different giving opportunities. Successes of the Sandler Foundation were noted, including forming the Center for American Progress, ProPublica, Center for Responsible Lending, and Washington Center for Equitable Growth, and providing support to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The Sandler Foundation approach was described as follows: (1) The priority placed on funding strong leadership, (2) A high level of “opportunism”: being ready to put major funding or no funding behind an idea, depending on the quality of the specific opportunity. Ultimately, the post concluded that Open Phil would probably stick with the more standard program officer model and including a mix of larger and smaller grants. Reasons given were: (a) Open Phil's policy priorities mapped less clearly to existing political platforms than the Sandler Foundation's, so it would be harder to find fully aligned leaders, (b) Open Phil sees a good deal of value in relatively small, low-confidence, low-due-diligence grants that give a person/team a chance to “get an idea off the ground.” We’ve made multiple such grants to date and we plan on continuing to do so, (c) confidence in the Sandler Foundation's track record was not very high. However, Open Phil might experiment with using generalist staff in addition to program officers; the generalists would scan across issues to find and vet opportunities |
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 11) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
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| Open Philanthropy | 750,000.00 | 4 | Macroeconomic stabilization policy | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/washington-center-for-equitable-growth-macroeconomic-policy-research | Alexander Berger | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to hire a director of macroeconomic policy and research staff. The Washington Center for Equitable Growth conducts and funds research on the effect of economic inequality on economic growth and stability in the United States. It recently partnered with the Hamilton Project to publish the book Recession Ready: Fiscal Policies to Stabilize the American Economy, which proposes policies for preparing for and mitigating the long-term effects of the next economic recession." Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: United States. |
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| Hewlett Foundation | 10,000.00 | 11 | Special Projects | https://hewlett.org/grants/washington-center-for-equitable-growth-for-the-sponsorship-of-a-reception-at-the-allied-social-science-associations-2019-annual-conference/ | -- | For The Sponsorship Of A Reception At The Allied Social Science Association's 2019 Annual Conference. | |
| Hewlett Foundation | 2,000,000.00 | 2 | Special Projects | https://hewlett.org/grants/washington-center-for-equitable-growth-for-general-operating-support-1/ | -- | For General Operating Support. | |
| Open Philanthropy | 100,000.00 | 10 | Macroeconomic stabilization policy/automatic fiscal stabilizers | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/washington-center-for-equitable-growth-automatic-stabilizers-conference | Alexander Berger | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to host a conference, in partnership with the Hamilton Project, on a framework for thinking about optimal design of automatic stabilizer programs as well as specific suggestions for reforms. Automatic fiscal stabilizers are taxes and government programs that respond automatically to changing economic conditions, and do not require additional Congressional action. [...] The conference will bring together macroeconomists who are interested in automatic stabilizers as a way to fight recession and academics and advocates who focus on the mechanics of various programs, such as the unemployment insurance system." Donor reason for selecting the donee: On the subject (automatic fiscal stabilizers) that this grant is funding a conference for, the grant page says: "We believe [automatic fiscal stabilizers] are important for mitigating the effects of economic downturns. [...] will hopefully complement work in this area (by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities." https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/center-budget-and-policy-priorities-automatic-stabilizers is the linked grant to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 1; affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-11-26. |
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| Hewlett Foundation | 275,000.00 | 7 | Special Projects | https://hewlett.org/grants/washington-center-for-equitable-growth-for-general-operating-support-0/ | -- | For General Operating Support. | |
| Ford Foundation | 1,100,000.00 | 3 | FIXME | http://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all | -- | General support to accelerate analysis of inequality and growth and elevate an evidence-backed narrative and policy framework on equitable growth and for core support for institutional strengthening. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; @@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME. | |
| Ford Foundation | 150,000.00 | 8 | FIXME | http://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all | -- | General support for research and analysis on how changes in the U.S. economy affect inequality and equitable growth, and for core support for institutional strengthening. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; @@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME. | |
| Ford Foundation | 600,000.00 | 5 | FIXME | http://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all | -- | General support to conduct research and analysis on the changed U.S. economy and its effect on inequality and equitable growth, and to connect academic researchers with policymakers and the media. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; @@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME. | |
| W. K. Kellogg Foundation | 395,625.00 | 6 | -- | https://www.wkkf.org:443/grants/grant/2016/06/washington-center-for-equitable-growth-p3034829 | -- | Purpose: Facilitate evidence-based policy decisions that simultaneously stimulate economic growth for the country and improve economic security for families by contributing economic data and research to the family financial stability discourse; Grant period: 2016-05-01 to 2017-10-31. Affected countries: United States; affected states: District of Columbia. | |
| Ford Foundation | 142,825.00 | 9 | FIXME | http://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all | -- | To explore the intersection of politics, taxation and inequality from a global perspective and their effect on economic growth. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; @@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME. | |
| Hewlett Foundation | 3,000,000.00 | 1 | Special Projects | https://hewlett.org/grants/washington-center-for-equitable-growth-for-general-operating-support/ | -- | For General Operating Support. |