Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Center for US Global Leadership
Center for US Global Leadership (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $48,851,082 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($36,662,847). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 41
- Grants received
- $49M
- Net assets
- $6.9M
What Center for US Global Leadership does
Mission
The Center works to educate and inspire support among the American public, opinion leaders and policymakers about the importance of development and diplomacy as key to U.S. foreign policy and national security strategy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
National Program: The Center works to educate and engage opinion leaders, policy makers and public about the importance of U.S. development and diplomacy. In 2025, the Center focused on educating and engaging the Administration, members of Congress and opinion leaders on the importance of development and diplomacy. The Center hosted widely attended educational events in Washington, DC and across the country, hosted the annual tribute celebration, and held dozens of high-level meetings and policy discussions. The Center also continued to expand its outreach into the military community, through the continued growth of its National Security Advisory Council and Veterans for Smart Power initiative.
$3,835,664 spent31% of program spendingField Program: In 2025, the Center continued its efforts to engage business, faith-based, civic, military, academic, and community leaders in its efforts throughout the country. The Center involved thousands of individuals in educational events, both large and small, to discuss the importance of America's development and diplomatic programs.
$3,499,098 spent29% of program spendingPublic Education: In addition to engaging a broad following of supporters through its website and other social media tools, the Center consistently provided user-friendly content. In addition, the Center, through traditional media, placed dozens of opinion-editorials in a variety of state and national media publications, and by gaining earned media through events and other journalist engagements.
$4,916,667 spentof which $1,695,041 as grants40% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,251,429.
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 2017 to 2018, from $11M to $6.2M (−44%).
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 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of Center for US Global Leadership’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (30% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 14 funders, grant income fell $9.6M → $6.2M.
5 of 41 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.1M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Jewish Communal Fund). These are real filings, and they are not money Center for US Global Leadership raised.
From the IRS filings of Center for US Global Leadership’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 41 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 US Global Leadership leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 65% · 2019 90% · 2020 85% · 2021 70% · 2022 84% · 2023 78% — 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
35% of Center for US Global Leadership's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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 US Global Leadership draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M 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
Center for US Global Leadership has grown faster than half of the 132 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 132 public benefit nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like Center for US Global Leadership
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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
45%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Center for US Global Leadership?
- Center for US Global Leadership (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $48,851,082 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($36,662,847). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Center for US Global Leadership have?
- IRS filings report 41 organizations giving $48,851,082 in grants to Center for US Global Leadership, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Center for US Global Leadership?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $36,662,847 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Center for US Global Leadership 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 41 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