Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,692,146 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($9,600,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $44M
- Funders on record
- 41
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $86M
What District of Columbia College Access Program does
Mission
The District of Columbia College Access Program's (dc cap's) primary purpose is to encourage and enable district of columbia students to attend and graduate college.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Dc cap maintains one main initiative student success, which provides scholars with increased financial support from dc cap. In conjunction with this program, dc cap provides comprehensive support for a pipeline of "scholars," the majority of whom enroll at one of dc cap's "university partner institutions." this strategy was designed to pair federal, private, and institutional gift aid with high-impact, collaborative coaching from dc cap and university staff. Student success coaches provide academic, financial aid, social, and logistical support within a cohort-based scholar community. This support leads to an increase in college persistence and graduation rates for district of columbia students. Dc cap's flagship program, the dc cap university partnership scholarship program, was enacted through collaborative agreements with 14 high-performing, four-year institutions that are committed to increasing enrollment and graduation rates for d.c. Students. Partner institutions must demonstrate high completion rates for low-income (pell grant recipient) students and offer comprehensive support services for low-income and first-generation students. Partnership institutions collaborate…
$7,217,461 spentof which $5,275,079 as grants67% of program spendingDc cap awards "named" scholarships based on donor giving and agreed upon student eligibility criteria. Additionally, dc cap manages the ward 7&8 scholars program and the gear up program. Ward 7&8 provides scholarship funding and student success coaching to increase retention and graduation rates among dc cap scholars from d.c.'s ward 7&8 high schools. The program provides highly intensive support services through college, as well as annual scholarships for up to five years per scholar ($12,000, per scholar, per year). Gear up is a federally funded college-readiness program powered by dc cap that helps dc students prepare for postsecondary education starting as early as middle school. Through school-based coaches, campus experiences, mentoring, and hands-on support, gear up builds the academic and personal skills students need to succeed in postsecondary education.
$3,590,873 spentof which $1,947,500 as grants33% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,808,334.
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 $106M to $77M (−28%).
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: 2024 1% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
51% of DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Eric Waldo
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $1.4M → $2.7M.
10 of 41 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $114k from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Greater Washington Community Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM raised.
From the IRS filings of DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 41 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
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 69%; 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 69% · 2018 34% · 2019 85% · 2020 63% · 2021 60% · 2022 72% · 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
29% of DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM draws 93% 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. $2.8M 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
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM
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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
23%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM?
- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,692,146 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($9,600,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM have?
- IRS filings report 41 organizations giving $18,692,146 in grants to DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $9,600,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 41 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