Virginia · Nonprofit
CLOTHESLINE FOR ARLINGTON KIDS
CLOTHESLINE FOR ARLINGTON KIDS (Virginia) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $569,832 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($203,074). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $561k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $570k
- Net assets
- $425k
What Clothesline for Arlington Kids does
Mission
Our mission is to provide free clothing for school-aged children from low-income families in a dignified setting - through community donations partner support and purchased essentials - so they can feel comfortable and confident to learn grow and participate fully in school and community life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In 2025 The Clothesline provided 2,390 full wardrobes of clothing to low-income school children in Arlington VA up roughly 5% from 2024. In total these wardrobes included over 62,000 items of clothing given away completely free-of charge. As key components of these wardrobes The Clothesline provided over 2,000 pairs of shoes and winter coats to keep kids comfortable and warm in school and on the playground. Additionally we also include new underwear and socks shirts pants shorts bras and other items that kids need to feel confident at school and focus on their education. Kids pick out the clothes themselves by appointment in our attractively designed store that conveys dignity and respect to these families. Our services are only possible thanks to the support of the Arlington community through their donations of clothing funding and volunteer time.
$496,141 spentof which $305,498 as grants100% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $496,141.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2023 to 2024, from $257k to $398k (+55%).
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: 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 2% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of CLOTHESLINE FOR ARLINGTON KIDS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $50k → $75k.
10 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 CLOTHESLINE FOR ARLINGTON KIDS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 15 of 16 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
CLOTHESLINE FOR ARLINGTON KIDS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
70% 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 CLOTHESLINE FOR ARLINGTON KIDS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 90% · 2021 64% · 2022 72% · 2023 44% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of CLOTHESLINE FOR ARLINGTON KIDS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
68% of CLOTHESLINE FOR ARLINGTON KIDS's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $180k that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $390k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
CLOTHESLINE FOR ARLINGTON KIDS has grown faster than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CLOTHESLINE FOR ARLINGTON KIDS
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CLOTHESLINE FOR ARLINGTON KIDS: 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 CLOTHESLINE FOR ARLINGTON KIDS?
- CLOTHESLINE FOR ARLINGTON KIDS (Virginia) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $569,832 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($203,074). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CLOTHESLINE FOR ARLINGTON KIDS have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $569,832 in grants to CLOTHESLINE FOR ARLINGTON KIDS, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CLOTHESLINE FOR ARLINGTON KIDS?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $203,074 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CLOTHESLINE FOR ARLINGTON KIDS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 16 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