Our supporters
PolicyEngine gratefully acknowledges the organizations and individuals whose grants, contracts, and donations make our work possible.
Nuffield Foundation — an independent charitable trust with a mission to advance educational opportunity and social well-being.
Advancing evidence-based policy with AI & tax-benefit microsimulation
Continuing support for PolicyEngine UK: local council tax variation, constituency-level Budget analysis, and reaching underserved audiences such as local journalists.
Enhancing, localising and democratising tax-benefit policy analysis
Supporting the development of expanded program coverage and geographic detail in PolicyEngine UK, as well as a redesigned interface.
Arnold Ventures — a philanthropy dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans through evidence-based policy solutions that maximize opportunity and minimize injustice.
State & congressional district policy breakdowns
Supporting the development of detailed policy impact analysis at the state and congressional district levels.
SALT and AMT policy calculator
Supporting the development of specialized policy calculators for State and Local Tax (SALT) deductions and Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) policies.
Labor supply responses
Supporting the development of labor supply responses in PolicyEngine US.
MyFriendBen — a benefit eligibility screener that provides households with a comprehensive understanding of the programs available to them.
Premium tax credit modeling
Supporting the addition of Affordable Care Act premium tax credit rules to the PolicyEngine API.
Benefit eligibility API
Supporting the development and maintenance of the PolicyEngine rules engine and API, powering state and federal programs in MyFriendBen.
National Science Foundation — an independent federal agency supporting science and engineering in all 50 states and U.S. territories through research and education.
Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) Phase I
Supporting the development of organizational infrastructure and community engagement to strengthen the open-source ecosystem around economic policy analysis tools.
NEO Philanthropy — a funder intermediary with more than 40 years of experience strengthening social justice movements.
General operating support (Economic Mobility & Opportunity Fund)
General operating support.
Pritzker Children's Initiative — a program of the J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation focused on ensuring every child arrives at kindergarten ready to succeed, with particular emphasis on the prenatal to age three period.
PolicyEngine policy analysis expansion
Supporting the expansion of policy analysis capabilities to model child poverty impacts and family economic security policies across all 50 states, including a Child Poverty Impact Dashboard, comprehensive state-level TANF and child care subsidy modeling, and training for national and state partners.
Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity — a non-profit organization that was created in 2019 to promulgate the message of Gerald Huff, ardent proponent of Universal Basic Income as a transitional solution to the existential threat of technological unemployment.
General operating support
Supporting our ability to grow technological capacity, integrate AI more fully, build organizational strength, and increase sustainability.
General operating support
Supporting the improvement and marketing of the software as we pursue longer-term funding strategies.
Imagine LA — a nonprofit dedicated to ending the cycle of family poverty and homelessness.
API support for Benefit Navigator
Supporting the development of new policy rules and benefit eligibility API service for Benefit Navigator.
The Institute — a public benefit corporation with a philanthropic mission committed to contributing positively to humanity.
Universal basic income simulation
Supporting the development of a report simulating options for budget-neutral tax-benefit reforms creating a universal basic income in the US.
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget — a nonpartisan, non-profit organization committed to educating the public on issues with significant fiscal policy impact.
Analysis of reforms to the taxation of Social Security benefits
Supporting a microsimulation analysis of various reforms to federal taxation of Social Security benefits.
Dylan Hirsch-Shell — a scientist, engineer, and community advocate.
General operating support
Supporting the development of a calibrated dataset for accurate tax-benefit microsimulation.
Corvus Oaks Foundation — a new private foundation currently exploring several issues for future engagement and collaboration.
Travel support
Supporting our ability to connect with the benefit access community through travel and events.
School of Philosophy and Economic Science — an educational charity in London offering courses in practical philosophy and economics.
Land value tax in every UK constituency
Estimating residential land values for each local authority in England, then modelling who gains and who loses in each constituency if a land value tax replaced council tax, or council tax and stamp duty together, with options such as deferral for asset-rich, income-poor households. Funded by the Economics Grant Fund (Harrington Legacy).
Manifund — a platform for funding impactful projects, sponsored by Manifold for Charity.
Token tax modelling for the UK
Modelling the revenue and distributional effects of a UK tax on AI inference, for the project "Token taxes as a mechanism for reducing AI-driven power concentration". The project is funded through Manifund by grantmaking.ai.