Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (DCAEYC)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (DCAEYC) (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $210,833 to it, the largest being WASHINGTON AREA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION ($145,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $17k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $211k
- Net assets
- $359k
What District of Columbia Association for the Education of Young Children (Dcaeyc) does
Mission
To lead efforts to strengthen the early care and education system in the district of columbia for the benefit of young children.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
To fulfill its mission, dcaeyc:1. Advocates for young children and their families;2. Collaborates with other organizations in the city to benefit young children and their families;3. Offers resources and services to its members;4. Strives to be a high performing, culturally sensitive, inclusive organization.
$126,432 spentof which $1,500 as grants$16,453 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $126,432.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2024 to 2025, from $609k to $371k (−39%).
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.
0% of DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (DCAEYC)’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (65% 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
Berna Artis
Executive director (from 3/1/2025)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $45k → $60k.
1 of 5 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 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (DCAEYC)’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
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (DCAEYC) leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
83% 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 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (DCAEYC).
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 56% · 2022 73% · 2023 67% — 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.
Where its funders are
97% of DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (DCAEYC)'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. $20k 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
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (DCAEYC) is better cushioned than half of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (DCAEYC)
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
50% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
22%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (DCAEYC)?
- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (DCAEYC) (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $210,833 to it, the largest being WASHINGTON AREA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION ($145,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (DCAEYC) have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $210,833 in grants to DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (DCAEYC), 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (DCAEYC)?
- WASHINGTON AREA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $145,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (DCAEYC) 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), 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