Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE INC
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $126,616 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($55,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2017
- $6.9M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $127k
- Net assets
- $-2944
What District of Columbia Promise Neighborhood Initiative Inc does
Mission
Dcpni supports all members of the kenilworth-parkside community in
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Education & learning: the building blocks to a successful academic career begins with providing opportunities to engage infants and toddlers in skill development that will support literacy and numeracy learning. Dcpni's stay and play and take and play programs are a hallmark of this effort. The k-12 transformation is enhanced by partnerships developed with designated schools within the kenilworth parkside footprint. Dcpni continues to operate a successful out of school time program which resides both in the community and in the school setting. This program provides tutoring, media arts/technology, health/fitness, performing arts, and college career readniness to those participants served. The overall objectives are as follows: 1) address learning loss and support academic proficiency, 2) provide mentors and role models, and 3) promote healthy living through proper nutrition and physical fitness.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $31k → $95k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE 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
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
74% 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 PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 58% — 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.
Where its funders are
54% of DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE INC'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 $58k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $69k 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.
Organizations like DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE 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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE INC?
- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $126,616 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($55,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $126,616 in grants to DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE INC?
- GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $55,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), 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