Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$14,612,906

Total expenses

$10,157,438

Contributions and grants received

$14,469,477

Grants paid

$1,669,763

Program service revenue

$200

Investment income

$136,529

Other revenue

$6,700

Total assets, end of year

$13,020,088

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,138,805

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$11,881,283

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$8,176,420

Management and general expenses

$1,361,117

Fundraising expenses

$619,901

Program service expenses (Part III)

$8,176,420

Program services were 80.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• CAMPAIGNS - THIS PAST YEAR, WE HELPED SECURE NEW OR EXPANDED CHILD TAX CREDITS IN STATES, PUTTING MONEY BACK IN PEOPLE'S POCKETS. WE ALSO CHAMPIONED THE SUCCESSFUL EXPANSION OF IRS DIRECT FILE, A FREE, PUBLIC, TAX FILING OPTION, TO SAVE AMERICANS BILLIONS IN FILING FEES AND PUT CASH IN THEIR POCKETS BY DELIVERING BILLIONS IN MISSED TAX CREDITS ANNUALLY. ADDITIONALLY, WE LAUNCHED ECONOMIC SECURITY CALIFORNIA (ESCA) TO REHAPE CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE BY CHAMPIONING CASH POLICIES AND CHALLENGING CORPORATE CONSOLIDATION.

  Expenses $2,483,686 · Grants $691,000 · Revenue $200

• BTF CASH - WE LEAD THE MOVEMENT CHAMPIONING GUARANTEED INCOME TO PROVIDE BASIC SECURITY FOR ALL AMERICANS. THIS INCLUDES LEADING THE NATIONAL COALITION, HOLDING THE FLAGSHIP GUARANTEED INCOME NOW CONFERENCE, AND UNDERTAKING THE LARGEST RESEARCH INITIATIVE ON DIRECT CASH TO DATE. WE LAUNCHED ESP PRESIDENT NATALIE FOSTER'S BOOK, THE GUARANTEE: INSIDE THE FIGHT FOR AMERICA'S NEXT ECONOMY, SPARKING A NATIONWIDE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT'S POSSIBLE WHEN WE PUT PEOPLE AT THE CENTER OF OUR ECONOMIC POLICY AND HELD DOZENS OF EVENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO CONVENE STAKEHOLDERS AROUND THE IDEAS IN THE BOOK.

  Expenses $1,807,707 · Grants $81,500

• BTF SHAPING MARKETS - WE SEED BIG IDEAS TO SHAPE MARKETS TO WORK FOR PEOPLE. OUR PUBLIC OPTIONS FOR AMERICA FUND EXPLORES ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE OPTIONS IN MARKETS SUCH AS HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, AND CHILDCARE. IN THE FOOD SECTOR, OUR WORK ON PUBLIC GROCERY STORES IN ILLINOIS INSPIRED LOCAL LEADERS IN OTHER STATES, PROVING THAT GOOD IDEAS CAN TAKE ROOT AND GROW ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE ALSO CONVENED A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS WITH EXPERTS NATION-WIDE ON AI, UNDERSTANDING THAT HOW WE SHAPE AI AND THE DIGITAL ECONOMY IN THE YEARS AHEAD WILL BE FOUNDATIONAL FOR PEOPLE'S ECONOMIC FUTURE. WE LED NATIONAL EARNED AND DIGITAL MEDIA ACROSS THESE SECTORS, HIGHLIGHTING THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS AND ECONOMIC PRECARITY MILLIONS OF FAMILIES EXPERIENCE TODAY.

  Expenses $1,599,013 · Grants $804,764

• THIS WAS A YEAR OF BIG MOMENTUM, WITH HUGE WINS ON CASH POLICIES, EXPANSION OF THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR A GUARANTEED INCOME, AND THE LAUNCH OF NEW PUBLIC OPTIONS WORK AS THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR ANTIMONOPOLY PORTFOLIO. OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR, OUR EVENTS, WORKSHOPS, AND COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE CONVENED MORE THAN 5,000 PEOPLE, ENGAGING FRONTLINE ADVOCATES, TOP OFFICIALS IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESS, AND MOVEMENT PARTNERS. WE ALSO EXPANDED OUR FOOTPRINT IN BOTH CALIFORNIA AND ILLINOIS, INVESTING IN THEM AS THE VANGUARD STATES IN ADVANCING BOLD ECONOMIC POLICIES, AND BUILDING THE POLICY PLAYBOOK FOR WHAT'S POSSIBLE ON A NATIONAL LEVEL. MEDIA AND NARRATIVE INVESTMENTS WERE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL POLICY AGENDAS IN THESE AFFILIATE STATES.

  Expenses $2,286,014 · Grants $92,499

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• THE VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

  $222,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• COMMUNITY CHANGE

  $180,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• KC TENANTS

  $75,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• TIDES CENTER

  $75,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• THE FRANKLIN & ELEANOR ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE

  $75,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• COLORADO FISCAL INSTITUTE

  $75,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• COALITION FOR GREEN CAPITAL

  $65,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• SOCIAL GOOD FUND

  $65,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• MAINE PEOPLES RESOURCE CENTER

  $65,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• PROGRESSIVE CHANGE INSTITUTE

  $60,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT ACTION INC

  501(C)(4) · RESEARCH · DE · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT INC

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

10 October 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202502869349302365

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