Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CHESS CHALLENGE IN DC
CHESS CHALLENGE IN DC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,000 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $391k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $55k
- Net assets
- $8k
What Chess Challenge in DC does
Mission
Chess Challenge in DC seeks to promote the academic, social, and leadership development of underserved youth in the district of columbia. Using the game of chess, children learn to think strategically; develop self-discipline and positive social skills; and increase their self worth.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Out of school time academic enrichment program - chess challenge is an after-school program for elementary and middle school students designed to increase academic performance and teach important life skills through the game of chess. Chess challenge employs coaches who have educational backgrounds and a love of the game of chess to deliver our program. These adult coaches, who receive training by chess challenge staff, teach specialized chess lesson plans to children in after-school programs. Adult volunteers are also utilized and are recruited by chess challenge staff.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $45k → $10k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 CHESS CHALLENGE IN DC’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
CHESS CHALLENGE IN DC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
73% 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 CHESS CHALLENGE IN DC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
CHESS CHALLENGE IN DC draws 50% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like CHESS CHALLENGE IN DC
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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
58%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHESS CHALLENGE IN DC?
- CHESS CHALLENGE IN DC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,000 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHESS CHALLENGE IN DC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $55,000 in grants to CHESS CHALLENGE IN DC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHESS CHALLENGE IN DC?
- GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHESS CHALLENGE IN DC 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 4 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