Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area
Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,971,286 to it, the largest being THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION ($1,494,025). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.5M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $3.0M
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area does
Mission
To promote the improvement of educational, scientific and literary facilities and programs at and among participating institutions of higher education of the Washington metropolitan area, to prevent needless duplication in order that each institution may achieve a high degree of excellence in its total program, and to encourage individual initiatives among the said institutions in formulating new programs and procedures. To promote cooperative arrangements through which the specialized or unique educational programs of these institutions may be made available to students regularly enrolled in one of them. To offer to students of participating institutions of higher education located in the Washington metropolitan area undergraduate, graduate, professional and/or specialized work which could not be offered with the same proficiently and/or economy at the individual institutions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Member Services: The Consortium seeks to provide a range of shared services funded by members' fees, by external grants, or through some combination. These include Reach 4 Success - the Consortium's multi-dimensional college access program that provides information and advising services, post-secondary encouragement programs and outreach activities. Additionally, the campus public safety institute is dedicated to training and certifying law enforcement professionals serving D.C. area campuses and organizations. Through state-of-the-art training in law enforcement techniques, laws, and procedures, cpsi prepares participants to operate effectively in educational environments. With a specialized focus on campus-based policing.
$761,905 spent$1,075,473 earned by the program21% of program spendingEmployer of Record: The Consortium offers a service to members, federal agencies, and educational nonprofits to cost effectively provide payroll and benefit services. The research fellows program offers technical and analytical assistance by providing students, post-doctoral fellows, and professors opportunities to work for government research institutions such as the U.S. Army Research Institute for Behavioral and Social Sciences. In that model the consortium provides recruitment and periodic supervision and assessment services in addition to the employer of record service.
$2,846,898 spentof which $50 as grants$39,500 earned by the program79% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,608,803.
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 $1.9M to $3.5M (+81%).
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: 2017 77% · 2018 76% · 2019 79% · 2020 75% · 2021 72% · 2022 73% · 2023 72% · 2024 61% · 2025 68%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Andrew Flagel
President/CEO
Board chair
Roberta Cordano
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $204k → $200k.
From the IRS filings of Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area’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
Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
50% 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 Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 83% · 2022 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
Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 5 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
Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $35.5M on record.
- Department of Defense$35.5M
- Smithsonian Institution$66k
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 Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area
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
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area?
- Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,971,286 to it, the largest being THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION ($1,494,025). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $2,971,286 in grants to Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area?
- THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,494,025 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area 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 5 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