Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
BRETTON WOODS COMMITTEE
BRETTON WOODS COMMITTEE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,223,106 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($240,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Bretton Woods Committee does
Mission
The Bretton Woods Committee is the preeminent non-profit organization dedicated to effective global economic and financial cooperation.towards this end, we demonstrate the value of multilateralism and improve the performance of the international financial institutions (ifis) through the public dialogue, advocacy, and policy analysis.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Special project working groups: special projects are strategic initiatives designed to respond to salient and emerging issues. Special project working groups produce reports and publications with unbiased analysis and policy prescriptions on ways in which the multilateral system and the institutions that comprise it can be strengthened and made more effective.
$556,490 spent47% of program spendingStanding working groups: the Bretton Woods Committee has four standing working groups who lead bwc activities on the organization's core issue areas, including u.s. Policy and legislation, finance, trade, and development. Working groups organize roundtables, seminars, conferences, and other events to analyze and make policy recommendations on the topics and trends impacting the future of finance, international trade and global development.
$300,788 spent26% of program spendingFlagship events: flagship events - the spring summit, annual meeting, and future of finance forum are the Bretton Woods Committee's signature annual large-scale gatherings of global leaders aimed to discuss key issues in international finance, global economic development, and trade while exploring how to improve the strength and effectiveness of the international financial institutions. The spring summit and annual meeting take place alongside the world bank and imf spring and annual meetings while the future of finance forum is hosted in asia.
$318,143 spent$10,000 earned by the program27% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,175,421.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.5M to $2.1M (+38%).
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: 2020 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of BRETTON WOODS COMMITTEE’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. 2 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
E Slater
Exec dir, sec, and treasur
Board chair
W C Dudley
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $2k → $658k.
6 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 BRETTON WOODS COMMITTEE’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
BRETTON WOODS COMMITTEE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
46% 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 BRETTON WOODS COMMITTEE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 95% · 2019 91% · 2020 97% · 2021 19% · 2022 45% · 2023 36% — 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.
How long its funders stay
20% of BRETTON WOODS COMMITTEE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
BRETTON WOODS COMMITTEE draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $417k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
BRETTON WOODS COMMITTEE holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 718 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 718 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like BRETTON WOODS COMMITTEE
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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
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 BRETTON WOODS COMMITTEE: 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 BRETTON WOODS COMMITTEE?
- BRETTON WOODS COMMITTEE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,223,106 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($240,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BRETTON WOODS COMMITTEE have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $1,223,106 in grants to BRETTON WOODS COMMITTEE, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRETTON WOODS COMMITTEE?
- THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $240,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRETTON WOODS COMMITTEE 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 25 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