Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
D C ARTS AND HUMANITIES EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC
D C ARTS AND HUMANITIES EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $780,205 to it, the largest being THE MORRIS AND GWENDOLYN CAFRITZ FOUNDATION ($305,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $627k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $780k
- Net assets
- $149k
What D C Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative Inc does
Mission
DC Collaborative is a service organization for arts and humanities supporters who are committed to advancing equitable access for DC public school students.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Arts and Humanities For Every Student - Education program that works with its members and with the District of Columbia Public Schools and public charter schools to provide access to and strengthen the arts and humanities.
$137,195 spent$3,495 earned by the program44% of program spendingTransportation Fund - The purpose of this program is to provide students with instruction by artists to increase their skill in or knowledge of an art form, in addition to providing transportation for students to travel to attain these experiences and skills.
$77,761 spent$4,500 earned by the program25% of program spendingDistrict Data Initiative - provide arts education professionals with instruction, peer learning, and other professional development opportunities to improve their teaching abilities.
$97,042 spent$18,014 earned by the program31% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $311,998.
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 2023 to 2024, from $385k to $126k (−67%).
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 30% · 2018 26% · 2019 12% · 2020 35% · 2021 74% · 2022 67% · 2023 69% · 2024 46% · 2025 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of D C ARTS AND HUMANITIES EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Alorie Clark
Executive Director (Ex-Officio)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $29k → $115k.
4 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 D C ARTS AND HUMANITIES EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE 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
D C ARTS AND HUMANITIES EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 43% · 2019 65% · 2020 24% · 2021 42% · 2022 44% · 2023 56% — 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 D C ARTS AND HUMANITIES EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 77% 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
62% of D C ARTS AND HUMANITIES EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $185k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
D C ARTS AND HUMANITIES EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding D C ARTS AND HUMANITIES EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $385k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$385k
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 D C ARTS AND HUMANITIES EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE 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
62% 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 D C ARTS AND HUMANITIES EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC?
- D C ARTS AND HUMANITIES EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $780,205 to it, the largest being THE MORRIS AND GWENDOLYN CAFRITZ FOUNDATION ($305,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does D C ARTS AND HUMANITIES EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $780,205 in grants to D C ARTS AND HUMANITIES EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of D C ARTS AND HUMANITIES EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC?
- THE MORRIS AND GWENDOLYN CAFRITZ FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $305,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like D C ARTS AND HUMANITIES EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE 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 13 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