Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC
CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 423 organizations whose IRS filings report $143,505,347 to it, the largest being TRUIST FOUNDATION INC ($23,765,000). 154 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $43M
- Funders on record
- 423
- Grants received
- $144M
- Net assets
- $65M
What Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc does
Mission
The center for disaster philanthropy (cdp) mobilizes philanthropy to strengthen the ability of communities to withstand disasters and recover equitably when they occur. The organization pursues this mission through our work to raise awareness and understanding of disaster philanthropy, educational services, and fund management.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Disaster services: to help philanthropy collaborate and be more strategic with their disaster support, cdp manages both general and disaster-specific disaster funds. Our team of program experts, with deep knowledge in domestic and international disaster philanthropy, manages funds across a range of needs before, during, and after a disaster, directing resources strategically and efficiently to help communities recover more quickly and become more resilient. In 2024, cdp managed more than 10 distinct funds including the atlantic hurricane season recovery fund, california wildfires recovery fund, domestic recovery fund, global hunger crisis fund, global recovery fund, hawaii wildfires recovery fund, midwest early recovery fund, israel and gaza relief and recovery fund, sudan humanitarian crisis fund, tornado recovery fund, turkey and syria earthquake recovery fund, and ukraine humanitarian crisis recovery fund. Impact is assessed through analysis of grantee-reported outcomes and lessons learned as well as impact storytelling. Learnings are shared with the broader philanthropic and disaster response communities. Cdp prioritizes open, transparent communication with our grantee…
$34,815,474 spentof which $32,994,048 as grants96% of program spendingMobilizing philanthropy: cdp creates content, materials and opportunities to build awareness and educate philanthropy on how best to embrace and support a recovery mindset in their funding and programmatic activities. We publish regular information about the latest major disasters worldwide and recovery-related content on our website. In 2024, content on our site saw nearly 142,000 average unique pageviews each month. We leverage media coverage and social media content to highlight key issues and best practices related to developing long-term recovery mindset and practice as they relate to disasters. In 2024, cdp was mentioned in various news outlets such as the chronicle of philanthropy, associated press, abc news, the weather channel and more. Our advisory services for clients include: strategic planning for disaster-giving; leadership education and facilitation; technical assistance in disasters; research, evaluation and learning support; and high impact grant-making for disasters. We provide these services to a wide range of clients across philanthropy, including private foundations, wealth advising organizations, family and community foundations. In 2024, we supported 20…
$1,371,870 spent$410,515 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $36,187,344.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $16M to $37M (+129%).
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.
97% of CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (79% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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
Patricia Mcilreavy
President & CEO
Board chair
Tiffany Benjamin
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 37 funders to 132 funders, grant income rose $4.1M → $19M.
76 of 423 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 423 funders by total. 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
CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 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 CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 32% · 2018 39% · 2019 51% · 2020 21% · 2021 40% · 2022 16% · 2023 28% — 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
21% of CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% 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
CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 42 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $64M arriving through sponsors registered in 28 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
CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 55 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 55 public safety & disaster nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 38 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: 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 CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC?
- CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 423 organizations whose IRS filings report $143,505,347 to it, the largest being TRUIST FOUNDATION INC ($23,765,000). 154 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC have?
- IRS filings report 423 organizations giving $143,505,347 in grants to CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC, 154 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC?
- TRUIST FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $23,765,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 423 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing