Give Online
You can make an online gift to IPS today. This is the easiest way to help IPS
turn our progressive ideas into action!
Monthly Giving
Making a monthly gift allows you to sustain IPS’s work by
providing a reliable source of income that we know we
can count on.
Use our self-service portal to update your card number, change your gift amount, or cancel your gift. Manage your gift
Give by Mail
We receive a substantial portion of our gifts through mail, and these contributions allow us to
continue the day-to-day work of building the progressive movement and advancing
innovative ideas for social change. To mail in a gift made via check or cash, send it to:
Development Department
Institute for Policy Studies
1301 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036
Planned Giving
The priorities of the progressive movement are constantly evolving. Show your lasting support for progressive social change – today, tomorrow, and forever. Your legacy gift empowers us to adapt to these changes by guaranteeing a secure future for our progressive public scholarship.
Gifts of Stock
To donate stocks or securities, please contact us at
donate@ips-dc.org and let us know
which stock and how many shares of it you plan to donate. If your stock is held in a brokerage,
your broker can transfer it electronically using the following information:
DTC#: 0015
Account name: Institute for Policy
Studies – Reserve Account For further
credit to: 473-038084-008 Brokerage:
MorganStanley SmithBarney
Workplace Giving
If you are a federal employee or your company has a matching gift program, workplace giving offers you a unique opportunity to contribute to IPS. Federal employees can donate through the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), using IPS’s CFC code, 12787. To learn more about matching gifts, please talk to your company’s human resources department.
Endowments
Thanks to your generous support, IPS thrives with a vital combination of strong programs, effective leadership and management, and good financial health. We are committed to creating sustainable sources of income to support the growth of our community of progressive public scholars well into the future. Our endowments help us nurture the next generation of activists and scholars, with a special focus on those who come from historically marginalized communities.
We’ve earned a four star rating from Charity
Navigator, America’s premier independent
charity evaluator.

To speak directly with someone about making a gift of any kind, please contact Hollie Ainbinder at hollie@ips-dc.org.