Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CITYWORKS DC
CITYWORKS DC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,715,419 to it, the largest being CITYSCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE ($2,525,475). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.8M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $8.7M
- Net assets
- $3.4M
What Cityworks DC does
Mission
Our mission is to dramatically improve the early career outcomes of dc youth and young adults of color by creating innovative programs and by mobilizing employers, educators, and city leaders to create a local, diverse talent pipeline. Our work is to ensure that young people acquire industry-valued credentials; paid, relevant work experience; and social capital.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Innovative programsCityworks DC has two youth and young adult-facing programs: careerwise dc is a three-year, intensive, citywide youth apprenticeship program that brings real work experiences, professional networks, and early credentialing forward in a young person's career. Aon apprentice support provides wraparound services to the apprentices at the aon corporation earning their associate's degree from udc.
$833,130 spentof which $103,058 as grants$831,634 earned by the program43% of program spendingCityworks DC has three projects that seek systems-level change: the citywide talent pipeline working group serves as the collaborative leader in forging new multiple pathway programs and policies for dc youth and young adults across government, business, philanthropy, and nonprofits. Hire local dc is a coalition co-founded by the federal city council and the dc chamber of commerce with significant support from Cityworks DC, launched in april 2021 to drive the development of an employer-driven local equitable talent pipeline. The education and training provider working group builds provider capacity, exchanges best practices, and facilitates feedback between providers and industry. Additionally, Cityworks DC engages in state mobilization efforts across the region to build the enabling conditions for strong local talent pipelines and to scale innovative programs with a demonstrated positive impact like youth apprenticeship. This includes work on relevant state policies, planning, and data systems.
$1,112,730 spentof which $12,025 as grants57% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,945,860.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2024 to 2025, from $2.3M to $3.7M (+60%).
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.
78% of CITYWORKS DC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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
Jennifer C Niles
President & CEO
Board chair
Kevin Borgmann
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $1.2M → $5.3M.
3 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 CITYWORKS 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
CITYWORKS DC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
40% 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 CITYWORKS DC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 68% · 2023 48% — 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.
Where its funders are
CITYWORKS DC draws 59% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $610k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
CITYWORKS DC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding CITYWORKS DC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $58k on record.
- Grant$58k
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 CITYWORKS 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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CITYWORKS DC: 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 CITYWORKS DC?
- CITYWORKS DC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,715,419 to it, the largest being CITYSCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE ($2,525,475). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CITYWORKS DC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $8,715,419 in grants to CITYWORKS DC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CITYWORKS DC?
- CITYSCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE is the largest funder on record, with $2,525,475 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CITYWORKS 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 17 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