Institute for Americas Future Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
IAF'S PURPOSE IS TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND PUBLICIZE FINDINGS CONCERNING CITIZEN'S ATTITUDES ABOUT ECONOMIC OPTIONS CONFRONTING AMERICA. IAF IS DEVOTED TO FOSTERING A ROBUST AND DEMOCRATIC DEBATE ABOUT IDEAS THAT WILL SHAPE OUR COUNTRY'S FUTURE. THE INSTITUTE FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE
- Income
- $203,014
- Spending
- $195,821
- Spent on programs
- 56%
- Reserves
- 9.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 92%
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 7
- Highest pay
- $50,580, chair/pres/co-d
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 86 out of 100. Higher than 65% of charities in its peer group (education, under $250k).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 9.9 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 8% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 4% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 30% on the year before.
Spending floor
8 of 1555% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 7 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 88 out of 100. Higher than 83% of charities in its peer group (education, under $250k).
Independent board
25 of 255 of 7 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
0 of 10Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $53,205 spent. FOREIGN AFFAIRS:WORK BY ROBERT BOROSAGE +OTHER PROGRAMSRobert Borosage is writing regularly on economics and politics at The Nation and is reprinted in many other places. He is also involved in regular work with key leaders of progressive organizations. He also acts as an advisor to the non-profit Congressional Progressive Caucus Center. UNDERSTAND HOW SOCIETAL NARRATIVES ABOUT RACE, GENDER, ETHNICITY,RELIGION, AND OTHER SOCIAL IDENTITIES CAN AFFECT HOW THESE SOCIALIDENTITIES ARE CONSTRUCTED.BELOW WE DESCRIBE A SLICE OF THE SUBSTANTIVE WORK WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGEDIN DURING 2023.CONFRONTING BIAS IN TARGETED SECTORS:MOST OF Progressive Leadership'S WORK IN RECENT YEARS HAS BEEN APPLIED WORKING WITHORGANIZATIONS AND SYSTEMS TO ADDRESS RACE AND OTHER IDENTITY DYNAMICSUNDERMINING BELONGING AND EQUITY IN WORKPLACES. IN ADDITION TO THETARGETED SECTORS THAT Progressive Leadership HAS FOCUSED ITS WORK ON FROM ITSINCEPTION, IT HAS EXPANDED ITS FOCUS MORE RECENTLY TO PHILANTHROPY, TOMEDIA, WITH ITS POWER TO SHIFT NARRATIVES IN POPULAR CULTURE, AND ARANGE OF NONPROFITS ACROSS SECTORS.COURTS AND LAW REFORM:Progressive Leadership HAS A LONG HISTORY OF WORKING FOR LAW REFORM AND FAIRNESS INTHE COURTS. HERE WE HIGHLIGHT A FEW CURRENT PROJECTS:NEW YORK COURTS: AFTER PRODUCING THE VIDEO FOR PROSPECTIVE JURORS, Progressive Leadership BEGAN TO WORK INTENSIVELY TO ADDRESS BIASWITHIN THE COURT SYSTEM. THIS INCLUDED A SURVEY OF ALL STAFF MEMBERSAND BASED UPON THE FINDINGS FROM THAT SURVEY, THE CREATION OF ANINTRODUCTORY VIDEO TO ALL STAFF, JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS FOR ALL: DIGNITYAND RESPECT IN THE NEW YORK STATE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM. Progressive Leadership'SWORK WITH THE NYUCS TO DATE - THE JURY VIDEO AND THE INTRODUCTORY STAFFVIDEO - RECENTLY WON A SILVER ANTHEM AWARD. Progressive Leadership'S WORK WITH THENEW YORK COURT SYSTEM CONTINUED WITH A VIDEO FOR TOWN ANDVILLAGE JUSTICES, WHO HEAR ALMOST A MILLION CASES PER YEAR. THIS GROUPHAS HAD A DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF CLAIMS OF RACIAL BIAS.ADDITIONAL STATES: THE JURY VIDEO HAS BEEN OF INTEREST TO OTHER STATECOURT SYSTEMS AS WELL AS SERVING AS A SOURCE FOR FEDERAL COURTS THATARE CONSIDERING DEVELOPING A JURY VIDEO. A COURT SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA,FOR EXAMPLE, IS LICENSING A VERSION OF THE VIDEO THAT PORTRAYS IMAGESFROM CALIFORNIA AND AN INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSION BY A CALIFORNIAJUDGE.ATTORNEYS GENERAL AND PROSECUTORS: Progressive Leadership HAS BEEN WORKING WITHTHE NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE TO PROVIDE CLE WORK ON IMPLICITBIAS. THIS WORK DEVELOPED A MORE GRANULAR FOCUS ON CONTENTSPECIFIC DECISION-MAKING IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SECTOR.EDUCATIONAL EQUITY:Progressive Leadership WORKS CLOSELY WITH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS, BOTH PRIVATE ANDINSTITUTE FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE, INC. 52-1971942PUBLIC, TO SUPPORT THEIR EQUITY EFFORTS. THIS WORK OCCURS IN K-12 ASWELL AS HIGHER EDUCATION. THE ENGAGEMENTS DIFFER IN LENGTH AND LEVEL OFINTENSITY, RANGING FROM WORKSHOPS FOR HIRING COMMITTEES OR ADMISSIONSCOUNSELORS IN THE UNIVERSITY SETTINGS, TO WORKING CLOSELY WITH TEACHERSAND STUDENTS AT THE K-12 LEVEL. IN ADDITION TO THE WORK TO SUPPORTDIRECTED EFFORTS AT INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS, Progressive Leadership HAS ENGAGED IN LARGESCALE RESEARCH PROJECTS WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THESE INCLUDE:THE ELK GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT, KALAMAZOO SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THEBOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE RESEARCH WITH ELK GROVE ANDKALAMAZOO SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS RESULTED IN AN INTERVENTION THAT HASSHOWN SUCCESS IN PREVENTING "POSITIVE FEEDBACK BIAS" BY TEACHERS TOWARDBLACK STUDENTS AND INCREASED EFFICACY IN TEACHERS TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVEFEEDBACK. IT IS BEING WRITTEN INTO A PAPER FOR PEER REVIEW. THE BOSTONPUBLIC SCHOOL RESEARCH INCLUDED A STUDY OF MORE THAN 1,000 TEACHERS ANDWAS RECENTLY PUBLISHED: THE ESCALATION EFFECTS IN TEACHER Progressive LeadershipOF CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR IN A US CONTEXT: THE INTERSECTION ROLES OFSTUDENT RACE, GENDER, AND BEHAVIOR SEVERITY, SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OFEDUCATION (2023).EQUITY IN PHILANTHROPY:WHEN ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE INSPIRED BY A PUBLIC INTEREST MISSION AREEXPERIENCING INTERNAL DISCORD BASED UPON THE INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THESTATED EXTERNAL VALUES AND THE INTERNAL OPERATIONS, THE IMPACTS AREBOTH FELT BY STAFF AND CAN UNDERMINE THE ABILITY OF THE ORGANIZATION TOREALIZE ITS MISSION. Progressive Leadership'S CLIENTS INCLUDE: THE EINHORNCOLLABORATIVE AND FB HERON FOUNDATION.INSTITUTE FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE, INC. 52-1971942GENDER AND HEALTH EQUITY:THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA ENGAGED Progressive Leadership TO BE ITS KEY PARTNER IN ITS RACIAL EQUITY WORK, AT BOTH THENATIONAL AND AFFILIATE LEVEL. Progressive Leadership CONDUCTED AN EXTENSIVE CLIMATE& BELONGING SURVEY (BOTH QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE) OF OVER 6,000STAFF, AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL RESEARCH TO UNDERSTAND THEINTERNAL DYNAMICS UNDERMINING THE EXPERIENCE OF BELONGING AND FAIRNESSWITHIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD. Progressive Leadership STEWARDED THE WORK OFTHE PP BELONGING & EQUITY WORKGROUP, FACILITATING A CRITICAL REVIEW OFDEI TRAINING MODULES AND MATERIALS. WE HAVE ALSO SET OUT TO CREATE ADIVERSITY AND INCLUSION RESOURCE GUIDE FOR ALL AFFILIATES WITHINFORMATION TO SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR WORK TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES RAISEDIN THE 2020 CLIMATE AND BELONGING ASSESSMENT. 2 BELONGING IN MISSIONDRIVEN INSTITUTIONS PPFA: BELONGING & EQUITY WORKGROUP WE HAVE BEENSTEWARDING THE WORK OF THE PP BELONGING & EQUITY WORKGROUP. THUS FAR,WE HAVE FACILITATED A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL OFFICE'S BOARDDEI TRAINING MODULES AND MATERIALS. WE HAVE ALSO SET OUT TO CREATE ADIVERSITY AND INCLUSION RESOURCE GUIDE FOR ALL AFFILIATES WITHINFORMATION TO SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR WORK TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES RAISEDIN THE 2020 CLIMATE AND BELONGING ASSESSMENT. PLANNED PARENTHOODCALIFORNIA CENTRAL COAST WE LED A CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROCESS ANDONGOING COACHING FOR SENIOR LEADERS. PHASE I WAS COMPLETED IN THESUMMER OF 2022. WE HAVE SINCE BEGUN PHASE II, WEEKLY COACHING WITHTHEIR CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AND REPORT OUTS TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVEO
- $42,705 spent. ECONOMY PLEDGE:ROGER HICKEY HAS CONTINUED TO WORK TO BUILD SUPPORT FOR OUR SOLIDARITY AGENDA PLEDGE TO FIGHT FOR JOBS, SUSTAINABILITY AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE, WHICH HAS BEEN SIGNED BY MORE THAN 20,000 ACTIVISTS AS WELL AS THE ORIGINAL 100 PROMINENT SIGNERS. OVER RECENT YEARS, THE NATIONAL DEBATE OVER REBUILDING THE ECONOMY AFTER THE COVID-TRIGGERED ECONOMY HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY THE SOLIDARITY AGENDA PLEDGE AND IT'S FIVE-POINT PROGRAM.IN RECENT MONTHS, HICKEY AND OTHER ORIGINAL SIGNERS HAVE DISTRIBUTED ARTICLES BY THOSE SIGNERS VIA THE SOLIDARITY AGENDA BLOG.THE MAJOR PRINCIPLES OF THE SOLIDARITY AGENDA REMAIN THE SAME, WITH THE ADDITION OF TWO ADDITIONAL PRINCIPLES, VI AND VII:I. INVEST IN ECONOMIC RECOVERY, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND GREEN JOBSII. FIGHT INEQUALITYIII. A NEW SOCIAL CONTRACTIV. TRANSFORM CORPORATE POWER INSTITUTE FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE, INC. 52-1971942V. A GLOBAL ECONOMIC STRATEGY FOR WORKING AMERICANSVI. GUARANTEE THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF WOMEN TO CONTROL THEIR REPRODUCTIVE DECISIONS.VII. ALL AMERICANS HAVE A RIGHT TO A DEMOCRACY FOR ALL PEOPLE - AND IN EVERY PART OF THE COUNTRY.HICKEY AND OTHER SIGNERS HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH GROUPS AND COALITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ORGANIZING AROUND KEY PARTS OF THE SOLIDARITY AGENDA CONTINUING TO BUILD THE DEBATE AROUND THE REMAINING WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AROUND ECONOMIC RECOVERY, GLOBAL WARMING, FIGHTING INEQUALITY, AN EXPANDED SOCIAL CONTRACT, NEEDED CHANGES TO THE POWER OF CORPORATIONS AND A GLOBAL STRATEGY FOR WORKING AMERICANS. OVER MANY YEARS ARTICLES WRITTEN FOR IAF AND CAF HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED ON OUR BLOG. BUT IN RECENT YEARS IT HAS BECOME HARDER TO FIND THOSE BLOG POSTS. SO IN LATE 2022 WE BEGAN AN EFFORT TO COLLECT THOSE BLOG POSTS AND TO MAKE THEM AVAILABLE ON OUR SOLIDARITY AGENDA WEBSITE.ROBERT BOROSAGE IS WRITING REGULARLY ON ECONOMICS AND POLITICS AT THE NATION, AND THOSE ARTICLES ARE REPRINTED IN MANY OTHER PLACES. HE IS ALSO INVOLVED IN REGULAR WORK WITH KEY CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS AND LEADERS OF PROGRESSIVE ORGANIZATIONS AND HE SERVES AS PRESIDENT OF THE NEWLY-REVITALIZED CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS CENTER.
- $12,711 spent. Progressive Leadership Institute:PROGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE OPERATES AS A CONSORTIUM OF RESEARCHERS AND PRACTITIONERS WHO SEEK TO IDENTIFY EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS TO ADDRESS WAYS IN WHICH SOCIAL IDENTITY DIFFERENCES RESULT IN SYSTEMATIC AND INDIVIDUAL INEQUITY. WE RELY HEAVILY ON SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE, AND SOCIOLOGY TO UNDERSTAND THE MECHANISMS UNDERLYING INEQUITY RESULTING FROM HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND INSTITUTIONAL OUTCOMES. WE ASSESS HOW INTERVENTIONS FROM A WIDE ARRAY OF CONTEXTS INDIGENOUS PRACTICES, MEDIATION, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE FRAMEWORKS, COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY CAN BE EMPLOYED TO CHANGE INSTITUTIONAL DYNAMICS. WE ALSO ENGAGE IN ORIGINAL RESEARCH. CLASS PARTY FORGED ON A FAUX POPULISM AND FIERCE XENOPHOBIA WILLING ANDPERHAPS ABLE TO RULE DESPITE MINORITY STATUS, AN ESTABLISHMENTREASSERTION WILLING TO USE POWERS OF THE STATE TO SUPPRESSALTERNATIVES, ETC. I HOPE TO DEVELOP A TREATMENT AT THE BEGINNING OFNEXT YEAR AND DECIDE ON WHETHER TO UNDERTAKE THE PROJECT THEN.A GOOD PART OF BOROSAGE'S WORK RELATES TO STRENGTHENING IDEAS THAT FUELTHE WORK OF PROGRESSIVES IN CONGRESS. HE CHAIRS THE CONGRESSIONALPROGRESSIVE CAUCUS CENTER BOARD AND SERVES ON THE BOARD OF ITS SISTER,CPCACTION FUND. THE CPC CENTER AND ACTION FUND HAVE HELPED DEVELOPIDEAS FOR THE PROGRESSIVE AGENDA AND, THROUGH THE ACTION FUND,COORDINATE PROGRESSIVE GROUPS TO BOLSTER THE PROGRESSIVE POSITION.UNDER THE EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP OF PRAMILA JAYAPAL, THE CPC HASPLAYED A KEY ROLE IN ATTEMPTING TO SALVAGE FUNDAMENTAL REFORMS IN APERIOD WHERE ANY SINGLE SENATE DEMOCRAT CAN PUT A SPANNER IN THE WORKS.CPC MEMBERS HAVE ALSO DRIVEN REFORMS SEEKING TO CURB PRESIDENTIALINSTITUTE FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE, INC. 52-1971942WAR-MAKING POWERS, AMONG OTHER ISSUES.FINALLY, WE REMAIN ACTIVE ON THE INFORMAL PROGRESSIVE ROUNDTABLE THATWE HELPED PUT TOGETHER WITH SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY THAT BRINGS TOGETHERPROGRESSIVE SENATORS WITH LEADING PROGRESSIVE MULTI-ISSUE GROUPS TOTALK STRATEGY, SHARE IDEAS AND INFORMATION.
- PUBLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE:THE PUBLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (PLI) PROJECT CONDUCTED TRAINING FOR POLICYMAKERS, INCLUDING UNDERSTANDING HOW PUBLIC POLICY CAN BE DESIGNED TO ADDRESS SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS, HOW TO ANALYZE AND DESIGN PUBLIC POLICY, EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE AND DECISION-MAKING, AND HOW TO DEVELOP PUBLIC MESSAGING AND COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE PUBLIC. PLI DEVELOPED MODEL LEGISLATION THAT IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON ITSWEBSITE AND COMPILED MODEL BILLS IN THE PROGRESS AGENDA GUIDE, WHICH IT DISTRUSTED TO POLICYMAKERS IN ALL 50 STATES AND PUBLISHED ON ITS WEBSITE. PLI ALSO CONDUCTED VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON SKILLS-BUILDING TRAINING ON PUBLIC SPEAKING, MEDIA RELATIONS, AND COALITION BUILDING.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 1996.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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