Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Civic Nation
Civic Nation (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 197 organizations whose IRS filings report $81,211,276 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($9,934,995). 75 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $28M
- Funders on record
- 197
- Grants received
- $81M
- Net assets
- $16M
What Civic Nation does
Mission
Civic Nation uses organizing, engagement, and public awareness to address some of the nation's most pressing challenges. Civic Nation works with public and private partners to inspire, educate and activate people around the issues that are important to our country.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
When We All Vote - When We all Vote aims to change the culture around voting and to increase participation in each and every election by helping to close the race and age gap.
$12,395,163 spentof which $2,277,142 as grants$57,403 earned by the program63% of program spendingEnrollment Programs - SAVE on Student Debt SAVE on Student Debt is a new campaign to help borrowers save money on their student loan payments by enrolling in the U.S. Department of Education's new income-driven repayment plan the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan.Civic Nation's SAVE program is a partnership between the U.S. Department of Education, UnidosUS, Rise, Student Debt Crisis Center, Young Invincibles, National Urban League and the NAACP.
$1,961,747 spentof which $404,131 as grants10% of program spendingWe the Action - Through the use of an online platform, We the Action aims to connect partner nonprofit organizations and volunteer lawyers to provide pro bono legal support services.
$1,490,110 spentof which $13,817 as grants8% of program spendingChange Collective
$1,622,087 spentof which $19 as grants8% of program spendingALL IN Democracy Challenge
$1,196,382 spentof which $64,261 as grants6% of program spendingIt's On Us
$990,539 spentof which $4,189 as grants5% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $19,656,028.
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 2019 to 2020, from $1.6M to $14M (+739%).
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 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of Civic Nation’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Valerie Jarrett
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 31 funders to 54 funders, grant income rose $4.7M → $12M.
41 of 197 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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: $1.8M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest When We All Vote). These are real filings, and they are not money Civic Nation raised.
From the IRS filings of Civic Nation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 197 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
Civic Nation has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 10 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 10 funders to its left
49% 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 Civic Nation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 15% · 2018 34% · 2019 40% · 2020 17% · 2021 24% · 2022 12% · 2023 17% — 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.
How long its funders stay
19% of Civic Nation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
Civic Nation draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 28 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $27M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 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
Civic Nation runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,065 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,065 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding Civic Nation receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $375 on record.
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$375
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 Civic Nation
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
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 Civic Nation: 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 Civic Nation?
- Civic Nation (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 197 organizations whose IRS filings report $81,211,276 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($9,934,995). 75 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Civic Nation have?
- IRS filings report 197 organizations giving $81,211,276 in grants to Civic Nation, 75 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Civic Nation?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $9,934,995 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Civic Nation 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 197 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing