Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
DC BILINGUAL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL
DC BILINGUAL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,388,337 to it, the largest being CLARK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC DBA A JAMES & ALICE B CLARK FOUNDATION ($2,140,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $20M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $4.4M
- Net assets
- $12M
What DC Bilingual Public Charter School does
Mission
The mission of DC Bilingual Public Charter School is to create a learning community that ensures high academic achievement for all students in both spanish and english, develops leadership, and values all cultures.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Founded in 2004, dc bilingual offers an innovative dual-immersion spanish and english learning program for all students, regardless of their home language. Through the charter school's rigorous academic curriculum, comprehensive arts, technology, food and wellness programs, and celebration of diverse cultures, dc bilingual students learn the skills and values needed to become influential participants in their community. Dcb's philosophy and teaching model reflect the charter school's belief that students develop to their full academic potential when they have access to ambitious instruction and a full range of services differentiated for each student's individualized needs. Our co-teaching model allows instructors to balance directly with small group and 1:1 instruction. Our teachers deliver a unique, dual-language immersion model- a form of language instruction that brings together students from all backgrounds to experience learning in spanish and english. Throughout the school day, students gain skills, knowledge, and an understanding of academic concepts by communicating in english and spanish. Dcb complements the charter school's core curriculum with a vibrant performing and…
$17,155,469 spent$17,932,416 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $17,155,469.
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 2021 to 2022, from $28M to $41M (+47%).
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 8% · 2018 7% · 2019 12% · 2020 10% · 2021 7% · 2022 12% · 2023 17% · 2024 20% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
8% of DC BILINGUAL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Naomi Deveaux
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $42k → $244k.
10 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 BILINGUAL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 funders by total. 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 BILINGUAL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
43% 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 BILINGUAL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 56% · 2019 84% · 2020 50% · 2021 92% · 2022 27% · 2023 51% — 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
35% of DC BILINGUAL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
DC BILINGUAL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL draws 86% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $410k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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 BILINGUAL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL is better cushioned than half of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like DC BILINGUAL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DC BILINGUAL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL?
- DC BILINGUAL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,388,337 to it, the largest being CLARK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC DBA A JAMES & ALICE B CLARK FOUNDATION ($2,140,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DC BILINGUAL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $4,388,337 in grants to DC BILINGUAL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DC BILINGUAL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL?
- CLARK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC DBA A JAMES & ALICE B CLARK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,140,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DC BILINGUAL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL 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 32 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