Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
1890 UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION
1890 UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,367,550 to it, the largest being Tuskegee University ($3,865,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.2M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $6.4M
- Net assets
- $249k
What 1890 Universities Foundation does
Mission
To advance agricultural research,scientific knowledge and information sharing among universities through scientific meetings, symposiums,colloquia and seminars.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
1890 center of excellence for farming systems and rural proposperity and economic sustainability (cfsrpes): cfrpes's mission is to develop and share best practices, innovations, technologies, and personnel across an 18 state region to address the profitability, sustainability and prosperity challenges of small farmers, ranchers, and forestland owners, with an emphasis on socially disadvantaged and underserved farmers.
$2,116,830 spentof which $355,304 as grants80% of program spending1890 center of excellence for student success and workforce development (sswd): sswd's mission is to foster and elevate the academic success of minority students. Boost the collective capacity of the 1890 land-grant universities to provide supportive learning environments and programs to increase the diversity of the u.s. Agricultural workforce in food, agriculture, natural resources, and human (fanh) sciences.
$287,208 spentof which $201,839 as grants11% of program spending1890 center of excellence for nutrition, health, wellness, and quality of life (nhwql): nhwql's mission is to support the tripartite land-grant mission of research, teaching, and extension that provide solutions to improve the health and well-being of underserved and minority populations.
$189,352 spentof which $116,076 as grants$190,000 earned by the program7% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$47,775 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,641,165.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $3.4M to $4.2M (+23%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 100% · 2018 92% · 2021 55% · 2022 58% · 2023 78% · 2024 73%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of 1890 UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $300k → $2.7M.
2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of 1890 UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
1890 UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
83% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund 1890 UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 74% · 2023 48% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
1890 UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $957k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
1890 UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding 1890 UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $39.3M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$39.3M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like 1890 UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for 1890 UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds 1890 UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION?
- 1890 UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,367,550 to it, the largest being Tuskegee University ($3,865,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does 1890 UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $6,367,550 in grants to 1890 UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of 1890 UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION?
- Tuskegee University is the largest funder on record, with $3,865,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like 1890 UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 10 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing