Public Charity

Center for Innovative Governance Research

Center for Innovative Governance Research is a Public Charity headquartered in Washington, DC. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $3.2M revenue, $2.9M expenses, $3.5M total assets. 29 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $6.9M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 823264419 Washington, DC Alliances & Advocacy NTEE: S01 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.2M
Total Expenses$2.9M
Total Assets$3.5M
Grant Records29
Funding Total$6.9M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

We work with entrepreneurs, investors, policy experts, governments, humanitarians and new city developers to build a common understanding of charter cities and create relationships which can work toward implementing charter cities. Our goal is to lift tens of millions of people out of poverty by helping incubate dozens of charter cities around the world.

Where $100 goes at Center for Innovative Governance Research

How Center for Innovative Governance Research divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$73 Programs the work itself
$15 Management running the organization
$12 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $73 for programs

$38
African Urban Lab
52% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 50 students; 33 scholarships
$21
Events and Media
29% of program spending
$14
Special Projects
19% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2024
General Support
$750,000
2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$301,000
2024
African School of Economics in Zanzibar chartered Good Land Governance
$100,000
2024
FUND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
$99,000
2024
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
$65,000

Showing up to 5 of 29 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

Treasurer Dan Grossman
Board Member David Nott
Executive Director, Board Chairman Dr Mark Lutter
Head of Operations John Hoyt
Head of Communications Michael Holstein
Board Member Professor Leonard Wantchekon

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$6,506,342 21 grants
Education
$237,500 4 grants
Economic Development
$138,000 3 grants
Unspecified
$12,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.2M $2.9M $3.5M
2024 $1.3M $2.7M $3.2M
2023 $2.4M $2.7M $4.2M
2022 $2.0M $2.5M $4.5M
2021 $6.1M $1.7M $5.6M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $6.1M to $3.2M (-47%), with total assets most recently reported at $3.5M.

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