Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CONGRESSIONAL MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION INC
CONGRESSIONAL MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,951,281 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($2,132,500). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $4.0M
- Net assets
- $392k
What Congressional Management Foundation Inc does
Mission
Non-partisan organization dedicated to helping congress become a more productive and effective institution through better management. The organization also educates and trains citizens on effectively communicating with elected officials.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Cmf provides advanced "advocacy academy" training programs to organizations to enhance their capacity to effectively engage congress, including multiple webinars on advocacy practices and one-day bootcamps for advocates. Cmf and the government affairs institute at georgetown university (gai) conduct joint multi-day training on legistlative operations for congressional staff.
$438,533 spent$252,025 earned by the program43% of program spendingPartnership for a more perfect union - cmf's partnership for a more perfect union is dedicated to enriching the relationship between citizens and congress by comprehensively addressing the deteriorating relationship and communications challenges faced by both sides.the goal of the partnership is to further meaningful civic engagement through education, re-establishing trust, and providing innovative yet pragmatic tools to facilitate purposeful two-way communication. Cmf provides its partners who pay annual subscription fees with a number of benefits including in-person speeches, online training (webinars), roundtable presentations on effective advocacy and reusable content based on cmf's research.
$51,016 spent$223,408 earned by the program5% of program spendingDemocracy awards - cmf conducts an annual awards program. The democracy awards are presented to congressional offices, allowing the staff to share in the credit for the acheivement and recognizing the reality that a degree of success for members of congress is due to the employees they hire and manage. By creating an awards system, cmf seeks to: recognize and applaud legislators and staff who truly deserve acknowledgement for their best practices in the service of the congress; provide examples for congressional colleagues to emulate, thereby enhancing the entire institution; enhance and improve public understanding and trust in congress. Through this program, cmf identifies best practices in public service and disseminates those practices throughout the congress.
$56,328 spent$20,000 earned by the program5% of program spendingOther programs include working with individual members of congress and their staff to make operating improvements.
$484,080 spent$261,643 earned by the program47% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,029,957.
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 2020 to 2021, from $534k to $1.0M (+94%).
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: 2021 7% · 2022 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
50% of CONGRESSIONAL MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Jennifer Daulby
President & CEO
Board chair
Amy Plaster
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $403k → $341k.
2 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 CONGRESSIONAL MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION 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
CONGRESSIONAL MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 94%; 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: 2017 62% · 2018 52% · 2019 61% · 2020 80% · 2021 70% · 2022 51% · 2023 88% — growing more concentrated.
“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
67% of CONGRESSIONAL MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
CONGRESSIONAL MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION INC draws 61% 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. $50k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
CONGRESSIONAL MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,003 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,003 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CONGRESSIONAL MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION INC
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
Public support
57%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CONGRESSIONAL MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION INC?
- CONGRESSIONAL MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,951,281 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($2,132,500). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONGRESSIONAL MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $3,951,281 in grants to CONGRESSIONAL MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONGRESSIONAL MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION INC?
- THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,132,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONGRESSIONAL MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 15 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