Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CENTER ON CONSCIENCE & WAR
CENTER ON CONSCIENCE & WAR (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,050 to it, the largest being CRAIGSLIST CHARITABLE FUND ($18,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $135k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $39k
- Net assets
- $121k
What Center on Conscience & War does
Mission
Statement 2 form 99ez,part iii:primary exempt purpose, to extend and defend the rights of conscientious objectors to war by providing counseling to members of the military, military-aged youth, and others on their rights and resources under us law and policy. Statement 3 form 990ez, part iii, line 28:statement of program service accomplishments continued.. Crisis of conscience, seek discharge as conscientious objectors. Ccw also assists others who oppose their participation in war and the preparation for war, including youth required to register with selective service; individuals seeking us citizenship who wish to take the alternative, nonviolent oath; and citizens of other countries facing mandatory military service. Ccw opposes conscription, and, in the event of an active military draft, ccw will assist in the placement of conscientious objectors in alternative service programs, as we did in previous draft years.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The Center on Conscience & War works to extend and defend the rights of conscientious objectors (cos),those who oppose their (continued on schedule o,statement 3)
$192,940 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $192,940.
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 2021 to 2022, from $115k to $310k (+170%).
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. 6 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.
Board chair
Fritz Gutwein
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $17k → $0.
From the IRS filings of CENTER ON CONSCIENCE & WAR’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
CENTER ON CONSCIENCE & WAR leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 86% · 2021 85% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“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
CENTER ON CONSCIENCE & WAR draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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 CENTER ON CONSCIENCE & WAR
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.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTER ON CONSCIENCE & WAR: 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 ON CONSCIENCE & WAR?
- CENTER ON CONSCIENCE & WAR (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,050 to it, the largest being CRAIGSLIST CHARITABLE FUND ($18,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTER ON CONSCIENCE & WAR have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $39,050 in grants to CENTER ON CONSCIENCE & WAR, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER ON CONSCIENCE & WAR?
- CRAIGSLIST CHARITABLE FUND is the largest funder on record, with $18,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER ON CONSCIENCE & WAR 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 5 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