Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
C-SPAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION
C-SPAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being COLEGATO FOUNDATION ($2,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $409k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $5.3M
What C-Span Education Foundation does
Mission
To conduct and promote national and international public affairs to high schools and colleges for educational purposes.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
C-span studentcam competition: the foundation funds prize money for an annual student documentary competition.
$98,466 spentof which $98,466 as grants61% of program spendingResearch conference: grant to the center for c-span scholarship and engagement at purdue university to support annual academic conference to share research connected with c-span video.
$25,000 spentof which $25,000 as grants15% of program spendingLamb fellowships: the foundation funds expenses associated with "teachers-in-residence" who work alongside c-span staff during the summer, assisting in the development of lesson plans and other resources.
$38,785 spentof which $9,250 as grants24% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $162,251.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $3.8M to $4.8M (+27%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Samuel Feist
Chief executive officer (from 12/24)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.2M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest National Cable Satellite Corporation). These are real filings, and they are not money C-SPAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of C-SPAN EDUCATION 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.
Where its funders are
C-SPAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Organizations like C-SPAN EDUCATION 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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- National Cable Satellite Corporation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for C-SPAN EDUCATION 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 C-SPAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- C-SPAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being COLEGATO FOUNDATION ($2,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does C-SPAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,000 in grants to C-SPAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of C-SPAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- COLEGATO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like C-SPAN EDUCATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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