Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY INC
DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,235,456 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($29,037,314). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.7M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $35M
- Net assets
- $5.8M
What Development Gateway Inc does
Mission
Development gateway (dg) creates tools and design processes that help collect, visualize, and use data for a more equitable world. For 20 years, we have built systems, dashboards, and tools to create more effective, open, and engaging institutions. We use our implementation expertise to advise governments, agencies, and organizations to better monitor, evaluate, and use data. Our work is informed by action-oriented research, built on tested and flexible approaches that generate pragmatic lessons for global policy and implementation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Opengov hub (ogh): through the open gov hub, we aim to increase the impact of the global open governance movement by facilitating learning, innovation, and collaboration among organizations in this field. The open gov hub brings together close to 100 organizations (and over 300 individuals) to share resources and work together in a variety of ways (in addition to hosting an average of 1,200 visitors/month).
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Opengov hub (ogh): through the open gov hub, we aim to increase the impact of the global open governance movement by facilitating learning, innovation, and collaboration among organizations in this field. The open gov hub brings together close to 100 organizations (and over 300 individuals) to share resources and work together in a variety of ways (in addition to hosting an average of 1,200 visitors/month).
$1,279,169 spent$998,766 earned by the program14% of program spendingEffective service delivery (esd):dg builds digital tools through an agile, user-centered process, and delivers stable, powerful systems to inform decisions. Each system is built using open source, modular components making them easy to adopt, maintain, and scale. Dg's decision-making tools drive initiatives in data management systems and mel, health, and agriculture.
$5,914,448 spent$976,728 earned by the program64% of program spendingOrganizational data strategy and global policy (dsp):dg collaborates with governments, agencies, and international organizations to prioritize smart investments in data; incentivize and empower data users; and strengthen the impact of data in decision-making. Through global data policy, strategic advisory services, and the results data initiative, dg empowers partners to push the boundaries of development policymaking.
$1,223,699 spent$68,549 earned by the program13% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$856,278 spent$1,289,644 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,273,594.
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 2019 to 2020, from $5.5M to $13M (+134%).
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 20% · 2018 27% · 2019 18% · 2021 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
64% of DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Joshua Powell
CEO (nonvoting)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $252k → $4.9M.
1 of 10 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 DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY 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
DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 93%; 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 89% · 2018 70% · 2019 90% · 2020 80% · 2021 91% · 2022 81% · 2023 76% — 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
50% of DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY INC draws 95% 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. $250k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY INC's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 718 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.5M on record.
- National Science Foundation$1.1M
- Millennium Challenge Corporation$326k
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 DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY 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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- International Research & Exchanges Board Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY INC?
- DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,235,456 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($29,037,314). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $35,235,456 in grants to DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY INC?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $29,037,314 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY 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 10 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