Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT
DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,269,323 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($9,578,800). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $20M
- Net assets
- $10M
What DC Action for Children Today DC Act does
Mission
We're making the District of Columbia a place where all kids grow up safe, resilient, powerful and heard. DC Action uses research, data, and a racial equity lens to break down barriers that stand in the way of all kids reaching their full potential. Our collaborative advocacy campaigns bring the power of young people and all residents to raise their voices to create change.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Education - The strength of our families and communities depends on a quality education. Through policy analysis and advocacy, we are working to strengthen early childhood, school-age student outcomes and ensure a successful transition from school to career.
$2,323,867 spentof which $257,500 as grants$1,054,600 earned by the program98% of program spendingDC Kids Count - By providing high-quality data and trend analysis, DC Kids Count seeks to enrich local discussions about ways to secure better futures for all children and youth - and to raise the visibility of kids' issues through a nopartisan, evidence-based lens.
$57,966 spent$60,000 earned by the program2% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,381,833.
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 $1.6M to $10M (+525%).
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: 2019 0% · 2021 3% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
13% of DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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
Kimberly Perry
Executive Director
Board chair
Tiffany Ward
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $51k → $1.9M.
5 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT’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
DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
82% 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 DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 98% · 2019 45% · 2020 22% · 2021 47% · 2022 55% · 2023 64% — 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.
How long its funders stay
75% of DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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
52% of DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $9.6M that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11M 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
DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,289 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT
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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
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 DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT: 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 DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT?
- DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,269,323 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($9,578,800). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $20,269,323 in grants to DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT?
- GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $9,578,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT 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.
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 23 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing