West Virginia · Nonprofit
CONGRESSIONAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION
CONGRESSIONAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION (West Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $146,250 to it, the largest being CLAUDE WORTHINGTON BENEDUM FOUNDATION ($136,250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $172k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $146k
- Net assets
- $83k
What Congressional Education Foundation does
Mission
To educate the general public about the legislative process and the history of the legislative branch of government; and collect and compile legislative materials and archives of members of congress and make them available to the general public.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Development of programmatic functions, activities, seminars and special events on the campus of shepherd university and other locations to provide a better understanding of the legislative branch of the u.s. Government.
$119,509 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $119,509.
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 2017 to 2018, from $771k to $486k (−37%).
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 22% · 2022 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of CONGRESSIONAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION’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. 7 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.
Board chair
Walter J Stewart
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $136k.
From the IRS filings of CONGRESSIONAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION’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
CONGRESSIONAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
CONGRESSIONAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside West Virginia, across 2 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
CONGRESSIONAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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
Government funding CONGRESSIONAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $250k on record.
- National Archives and Records Administration$250k
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 CONGRESSIONAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION
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 West Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
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 CONGRESSIONAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: 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 CONGRESSIONAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- CONGRESSIONAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION (West Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $146,250 to it, the largest being CLAUDE WORTHINGTON BENEDUM FOUNDATION ($136,250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONGRESSIONAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $146,250 in grants to CONGRESSIONAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of CONGRESSIONAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- CLAUDE WORTHINGTON BENEDUM FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $136,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONGRESSIONAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in West 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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