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CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES

EIN 52-1234565 WASHINGTON, DC

Browse the largest nonprofits in District of Columbia

Revenue 2024
$52,523,656
Expenses 2024
$48,575,049

Program services were 86.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W050
Classification
2000
Street
1275 1ST ST NE STE 1200

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 1200). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Promoting better public understanding, providing factual information and data, and analyzing impacts of government programs and policies that affect the lives of low and moderate income families and individuals at federal and state levels.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Conducting research and analysis to help promote greater public understanding of budget policies.

  • State fiscal and related projects: Performs research and analysis of state budget and tax policy with an emphasis on the effects of such policies on low and moderate income households and fosters development of state-level policy organizations.

    Expenses $20,703,034 · Grants $10,069,910 · Revenue $120,885

  • Low-income program and related projects: Performs research, analysis and development of strategies to improve federal policy and federal and state implementation of low-income programs. The Center also conducts policy analysis and promotes outreach strategies related to the earned income tax credit and the low-income component of the child tax credit.

    Expenses $8,896,417 · Grants $176,500 · Revenue $344,200

  • Federal fiscal policy and related projects: Performs research and analysis of federal budgets, tax policies and related issues, and trends in poverty and income distribution.

    Expenses $5,235,749 · Grants $480,500 · Revenue $144,994

  • Federal and state health projects: Works to improve the health of low-income families and individuals through research, improvements in program policies and operations, and outreach strategies to increase child and family health insurance coverage.

    Expenses $5,962,744 · Revenue $303,100

  • Organizational Initiatives: Includes work focused on longer-term policy development, enhancing staff development and capacity, and integrating race equity into our work.

    Expenses $1,384,647

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Ken Apfel

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Henry Aaron

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Wallace

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mayra E Alvarez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maria Cancian

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Henry A Coleman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David de Ferranti

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Jimenez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lili Lynton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • C Lynn McNair

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ai-jen Poo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert D Reischaer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Samantha Tweedy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sharon Parrott

    President

    Total calculated
    $406,147
    From this org
    $352,602
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,545
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $352,007
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $595
    Deferred
    $24,150
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,395
    Filer's total
    $406,147
  • Lisa Bornstein

    COO and General Counsel thru 8/16/24

    Total calculated
    $333,538
    From this org
    $295,093
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,445
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,782
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $112,311
    Deferred
    $12,988
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,457
    Filer's total
    $333,538
  • Lynda Brooks

    Chief Financial officer

    Total calculated
    $255,379
    From this org
    $228,470
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,909
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $227,954
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $516
    Deferred
    $15,341
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,568
    Filer's total
    $255,379
  • Shannon Spillane Buckingham

    SVP Communications and Sr Counselor

    Total calculated
    $290,220
    From this org
    $239,010
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,210
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $238,830
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $180
    Deferred
    $17,315
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,895
    Filer's total
    $290,220
  • Peggy Bailey

    Exec VP Policy & Program Development

    Total calculated
    $256,970
    From this org
    $229,308
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,662
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $229,032
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $276
    Deferred
    $16,281
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,381
    Filer's total
    $256,970
  • Ellen Nissenbaum

    Senior VP - Government Affairs

    Total calculated
    $303,284
    From this org
    $272,020
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,264
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $270,496
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,524
    Deferred
    $19,196
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,068
    Filer's total
    $303,284
  • Charles Marr

    VP - Federal Tax Policy

    Total calculated
    $259,005
    From this org
    $240,239
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,766
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $239,447
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $792
    Deferred
    $16,766
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,000
    Filer's total
    $259,005
  • Joel Friedman

    Senior VP - Federal Fiscal Policy

    Total calculated
    $283,294
    From this org
    $239,931
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,363
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $238,407
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,524
    Deferred
    $17,106
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,257
    Filer's total
    $283,294
  • Allison Orris

    Senior Fellow

    Total calculated
    $260,862
    From this org
    $231,166
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,696
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $230,890
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $276
    Deferred
    $16,428
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,268
    Filer's total
    $260,862
  • Michael Leachman

    Senior Vice President of SFP

    Total calculated
    $275,085
    From this org
    $229,380
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,705
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $228,864
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $516
    Deferred
    $16,310
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,395
    Filer's total
    $275,085

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $52,523,656
    Expenses
    $48,575,049
    Contributions
    $48,530,182
    Grants paid
    $10,726,910
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $32,208,552
    Expenses
    $44,312,883
    Contributions
    $28,859,773
    Grants paid
    $10,565,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $80,451,696
    Expenses
    $42,656,596
    Contributions
    $78,341,235
    Grants paid
    $8,300,697

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $53,436,981
    Expenses
    $49,106,106
    Assets (EOY)
    $126,856,669
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $46,780,757
    Expenses
    $43,681,830
    Assets (EOY)
    $118,657,908
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $53,441,918
    Expenses
    $41,492,640
    Assets (EOY)
    $112,776,134
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $33,207,509
    Expenses
    $36,546,328
    Assets (EOY)
    $90,192,963
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $34,611,559
    Expenses
    $33,287,285
    Assets (EOY)
    $95,853,448
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $51,393,953
    Expenses
    $28,721,352
    Assets (EOY)
    $92,239,678
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $51,393,953
    Expenses
    $28,721,352
    Assets (EOY)
    $92,239,678
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $25,506,794
    Expenses
    $33,807,175
    Assets (EOY)
    $67,986,808
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $25,506,794
    Expenses
    $33,807,175
    Assets (EOY)
    $67,986,808
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $49,753,529
    Expenses
    $30,948,012
    Assets (EOY)
    $86,958,909

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.