Center for Working-class Politics Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
871407330
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2025
Location
Pleasantville, NY, USA
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$130,836
Expenses
$76,227
Assets
$72,389

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jared Abbott (President and Treasurer)

People named in this filing

  • Jared Abbott (President and Treasurer)
  • Bhaskar Sunkara (Secretary)
  • Dustin Guastella (Board Member)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Center for Working-Class Politics CWCP is a nonpartisan research and educational organization formed to study and advance public understanding of the political representation of working-class Americans. CWCP was established in response to a sustained decline in working-class participation in and representation by the countrys political institutions, a trend with significant consequences for the health of American democracy and the responsiveness of public policy to the needs of working people. Our exempt purpose is educational and scientific: we conduct original empirical research on the attitudes preferences and voting behavior of working-class voters; on the conditions under which candidates from working-class backgrounds run for and win public office; and on the effectiveness of different forms of political messaging in reaching working-class audiences. We disseminate our findings to the public to scholars to journalists and to civic and policy organizations through rep

What it reported doing in 2025

Battleground States Voter Survey In partnership with YouGov and the Rutgers LEARN program CWCP designed and fielded an original survey of 3,000 representative voters across four battleground states: Ohio Pennsylvania Wisconsin and Michigan. The survey examined how candidate background economic-populist messaging support for a federal jobs guarantee and related policy positions shape voter preferences with particular attention to the views and responsiveness of working-class respondents. Findings from the survey were analyzed written up and disseminated to the public through research reports and published articles advancing public and scholarly understanding of working-class political attitudes in the regions most consequential to national electoral outcomes. The program directly surveyed 3,000 individuals and reached a substantially broader public audience through the dissemination of its findings.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 37
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 29.4%; rating input score 29
  • Program expense ratio: 50.5%; rating input score 51

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 41.7%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.95; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 29.4% of revenue deployed · 50.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $38K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 29/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 51/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.