Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE OF AMERICA
CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE OF AMERICA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,067,871 to it, the largest being CASEY FAMILY PROGRAMS ($895,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $466k
What Child Welfare League of America does
Mission
Child Welfare League of America engages its network of public and private agencies and partners to advance policies, best practices, and collaborative strategies that result in better outcomes for vulnerable children, youth, and families.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education and national advocacy: cwla is the nation's leading voice for millions of children who are abused, neglected, or vulnerable. Cwla advocates for public policies that benefit children at the federal, state, and local levels. Cwla works with its members, partner organizations, and other advocates and national organizations with the goal of improving the quality of services so that children, youth, families, and communities can flourish. A key aspect of cwla's work is collaborating with members and other stakeholders to establish guidelines in best practices for child welfare services through cwla's standards of excellence. Cwla brings its knowledge and expertise directly to agencies and communities through its advocacy, programs, publications, training, conferences, and professional development activities.
$918,225 spent$2,138,902 earned by the program52% of program spendingConsultation: cwla brings its knowledge and expertise to agencies and communities through its formal and informal consultation. This includes agency assessments, policy reviews and analysis, assistance with strategic planning, critical incident reviews, and program consultation for public and private child welfare agencies and federal and state legislatures based on best practice standards.
$845,895 spent$226,182 earned by the program48% of program spendingResearch: cwla collects and analyzes best practices and trend data on multiple issues relevant to the field of child and family services. Cwla also disseminates information to its members and other stakeholders through publications, social media, and conferences to enhance outcomes for children, youth, families, and communities.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,764,120.
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 2021 to 2022, from $582k to $1.1M (+85%).
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.
12% of CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE OF AMERICA’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Linda Spears
President & CEO
Board chair
Carl Ayers
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 5 funders, grant income rose $104k → $527k.
From the IRS filings of CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE OF AMERICA’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
CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE OF AMERICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 73%; 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 48% · 2018 37% · 2019 85% · 2020 36% · 2021 49% · 2022 82% · 2023 57% — 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.
How long its funders stay
43% of CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE OF AMERICA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE OF AMERICA draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 9 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.
Against its field
CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE OF AMERICA runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE OF AMERICA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $414k on record.
- OR$223k
- MD$68k
- VT$59k
- CT$51k
- OK$6k
- DE$6k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE OF AMERICA
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
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE OF AMERICA: 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 CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE OF AMERICA?
- CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE OF AMERICA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,067,871 to it, the largest being CASEY FAMILY PROGRAMS ($895,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE OF AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $2,067,871 in grants to CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE OF AMERICA, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE OF AMERICA?
- CASEY FAMILY PROGRAMS is the largest funder on record, with $895,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE OF AMERICA 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 13 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