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Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions Inc

Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $502,790 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($405,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.1M
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$503k
Net assets
$700k
2/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 19%
01What it does

What Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions Inc does

Mission

To strengthen and expand the community development financial institutions field by promoting the field and work of CDFIs, advocating on behalf of the field and educating

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. PUBLIC EDUC- The Coalition monitors the activities of the CDFI Fund, the Federal Program created to support CDFIs nationwide. The CDFI Coalition promotes sound public policy re- CDFIs.

    $157,201 spent
    24% of program spending
  2. COMMUN & WEBSITE- The Coalition operates a website on community development finance and publishes an e-newsletter to inform those in the industry and the general public issues affecting CDFIs.

    $43,722 spent
    7% of program spending
  3. INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP FORUM- The Coalition convenes regular meetings of CDFI industry leaders to facilitate communications accross CDFI sectors and foster collaboration on CDFI issues.

    $444,226 spent$287,177 earned by the program
    69% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $645,149.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($329k) Expenses 100 ($323k) Net assets 100 ($268k)2018 Revenue 116 ($383k) Expenses 118 ($382k) Net assets 100 ($268k)2019 Revenue 133 ($436k) Expenses 114 ($369k) Net assets 125 ($335k)2020 Revenue 101 ($332k) Expenses 126 ($409k) Net assets 97 ($258k)2021 Revenue 125 ($412k) Expenses 113 ($365k) Net assets 114 ($306k)2022 Revenue 108 ($356k) Expenses 115 ($370k) Net assets 109 ($292k)2023 Revenue 176 ($580k) Expenses 141 ($455k) Net assets 156 ($417k)2024 Revenue 140 ($461k) Expenses 167 ($541k) Net assets 126 ($336k)2025 Revenue 334 ($1.1M) Expenses 228 ($737k) Net assets 262 ($700k)
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Revenue (334)Expenses (228)Net assets (262)Peer revenue range

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 $336k to $700k (+108%).

$268k
$268k
$335k
$258k
$306k
$292k
$417k
$336k
$700k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

74% of Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).

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Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$6k
’17
$325
’18
$67k
’19
−$77k
’20
$48k
’21
−$14k
’22
$125k
’23
−$80k
’24
$363k
’25
2.0
months of
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

Hank Helton

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed181818181618162220
Joined·+3+2+3+0+5+2+14+0
No longer listed·32323482
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $25k → $68k.

Funder
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'19
'20
'21
'22
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
2
2

From the IRS filings of Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions Inc’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

Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

81%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 56% — 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

Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 2 states in all.

MI
NY

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’20
’21
’22
Washington, D.C. out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,127 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin33% · top quartile
Months of reserve2.0mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)16% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

88% of spending goes to programs.

Program 88%Management 12%Fundraising 0%

Governance

20
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

76%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions Inc?
Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $502,790 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($405,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions Inc have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $502,790 in grants to Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions Inc?
WK Kellogg Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $405,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions Inc 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 3 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