Arise Citizens’ Policy Project

Arise Citizens’ Policy Project is a left-of-center think tank and policy advocacy group focusing on Alabama state issues. It maintains a lobbying arm (Alabama Arise) and is a member of the Economic Analysis and Research Network of state-level policy groups associated with the labor union-aligned Economic Policy Institute.

At-A-Glance

Issue Areas: Labor Policy
Location: Montgomery, AL View on map
Tax ID: 63-1186365
Most Recent Filing: 2025
Budget (2025): Assets: $1,738,280 Revenue: $2,736,340 Expenses: $2,335,285

Arise Citizens’ Policy Project is a left-of-center think tank and policy advocacy group focusing on Alabama state issues. It maintains a lobbying arm (Alabama Arise) and is a member of the Economic Analysis and Research Network of state-level policy groups associated with the labor union-aligned Economic Policy Institute.

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2025 $1,738,280 $2,736,340 $2,335,285 View
2024 $1,361,969 $2,065,246 $2,525,889 View
2023 $1,888,990 $2,478,865 $2,102,017 View
2022 $1,441,615 $2,130,927 $1,797,195 View
2021 $1,211,142 $1,025,303 $1,509,641 View
2020 $1,451,806 $1,692,493 $1,111,357

Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 22

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Robyn HydenEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$129,677

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $8,805,432
  • Number of Grants: 107
  • Number of Funders: 41

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$705,0002024 Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncGeneral operating support and project support
$500,0002023 Community Catalyst, Inc.SUPPORT HEALTH ISSUES
$400,0002022 The Rockefeller FoundationGrant in general support of its mission to promote public policies to improve the lives of Alabamians who are marginalized by poverty
$375,0002021 Marguerite Casey FoundationFOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.
$350,0002022 Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation IncorporatedGENERAL OPERATING/ORG. DEVELOPMENT
$300,0002025 The Ford FoundationGeneral support to promote fairer public policies toward low-income Alabamians
$284,5002022 Community Catalyst, Inc.SUPPORT HEALTH ISSUES
$250,0002023 The Ford FoundationGeneral support to promote fairer public policies toward low-income Alabamians
$250,0002021 Robert Wood Johnson FoundationTo provide general operating support to Alabama Arise.
$194,0002021 The Annie E. Casey FoundationSupport health care access for young people in Alabama
$187,5002023 Marguerite Casey FoundationGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$187,5002022 Marguerite Casey FoundationGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$157,3852023 Economic Policy InstituteEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
$150,0002024 CareQuest Institute for Oral Healthfunds for salaries to assist with community organizing, advocacy and communications as well as indirect costs
$150,0002024 CareQuest Institute for Oral HealthIncluded in the budget are funds for salaries to assist with community organizing, advocacy and communications as well as indirect costs
$150,0002024 Carequest Foundation IncThe purpose of this proposal is to continue support of Alabama Arise's work to advocate for expanded Medicaid coverage including educational advocacy efforts around oral health, opportunities to advance teledentistry and medical-dental integration.
$150,0002021 Rx FoundationBUILDING CAPACITY FOR HEALTH ADVOCACY IN ALABAMA.
$150,0002021 CareQuest Institute for Oral HealthThe purpose of this grant is to advocate for expanded Medicaid benefits in Alabama, to further develop Arise's infrastructure around community engagement, train 16 healthcare advocates, and lay the groundwork for oral healthcare advocacy in Alabama.
$148,5002023 CareQuest Institute for Oral HealthApproximately $125,000 of the budget is allocated toward staff time for project leadership and community organizers. The remainder of the budget is allocated for meeting-related travel and indirect expenses
$148,5002023 Carequest Foundation IncThe purpose of this grant is to support the Cover Alabama Campaign for Medicaid Expansion, engagement of community advocates to identify administrative opportunities to improve health care and oral health through Medicaid, and to continue to build capacity of Alabama Arise and its stakeholders to participate in oral health policy advocacy.
$130,0002020 Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation IncorporatedGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$130,0002020 Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation IncorporatedGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$110,0002022 Economic Policy InstituteEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
$100,0002023 The Annie E. Casey FoundationSupport basic needs policies for young people in Alabama
$100,0002023 Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncGeneral operating support and project support

All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $257,500
  • Number of Grants: 15
  • Number of Recipients: 10

Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$75,0002024 AIDS Alabama IncGENERAL SUPPORT
$20,0002023 Greater Birmingham MinistriesMEDICAID EXPANSION EDUCATION AND STORY COLLECTION SUPPORT
$20,0002021 Bay Area Women Coalition IncORGANIZING PARTNERSHIP TO IMPROVE NUTRITION FOR MEDICAID CONSUMERS IN ALABAMA
$20,0002021 The Knights & Orchids Society IncMEDICAID STORYBANKING PROJECT
$15,0002022 Alabama Coalition for Immigrant JusticeORGANIZING PARTNERSHIP TO IMPROVE CHILD NUTRITION
$15,0002022 Greater Birmingham MinistriesMEDICAID STORYBANKING PROJECT
$15,0002022 The Knights & Orchids Society IncMEDICAID STORYBANKING PROJECT
$10,0002024 Bama Kids IncorporatedGENERAL SUPPORT
$10,0002024 Greater Birmingham MinistriesMEDICAID EXPANSION EDUCATION AND STORY COLLECTION SUPPORT
$10,0002024 HISPANIC AND IMMIGRANT CENTER OF ALABAMAGENERAL SUPPORT
$10,0002024 The Knights & Orchids Society IncMEDICAID EXPANSION EDUCATION AND PLANNING SUPPORT
$10,0002024 United Women of ColorGENERAL SUPPORT
$10,0002023 The Knights & Orchids Society IncMEDICAID EXPANSION EDUCATION AND PLANNING SUPPORT
$10,0002021 No More MartyrsMEDICAID STORYBANKING PROJECT
$7,5002023 VOICES FOR ALABAMAS CHILDRENDATA RESEARCH WORK ON MEDICAID EXPANSION