Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Effective Altruism DC
Effective Altruism DC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $686,159 to it, the largest being EFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION USA INC ($686,159). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $239k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $686k
- Net assets
- $79k
What Effective Altruism DC does
Mission
The mission of Effective Altruism DC is to build a community where people and organizations are empowered to grow and leverage their talents and connections to do the most good today and into the far future.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
First-time filing of Form-990: 1 Career Advising 2 Increase Community Engagement and Education
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Hosted 57 public events across various cause areas e.g. animal welfare AI biosecurity global health and development safeguarding democracy etc.. Average year-over-year event attendance increased by 16.05%. Sent one monthly newsletter to an audience of 1,281 16.24% growth. Maintained a Slack community where people can exchange information and ideas 60.71% growth. To diversify our reach and improve equity and inclusion we created two affinity groups: 1 Parents and 2 Women Trans and Non-Binary. The total active community grew by 57.73%.
$169,700 spent87% of program spendingHosted over 300 1-on-1 free advising calls. Candidates came from various socioeconomic backgrounds. Created five public-facing articles about having a positive impact in Washington DC. Created a public resource hub regarding possible career pathways in Washington DC.
$24,900 spent13% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $194,600.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $95k to $79k (−17%).
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.
100% of Effective Altruism DC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 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
Andrew Masley
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Effective Altruism DC’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.
Where its funders are
Effective Altruism DC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Effective Altruism DC's revenue grew 16% between 2023 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Effective Altruism DC
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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Effective Altruism DC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Effective Altruism DC?
- Effective Altruism DC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $686,159 to it, the largest being EFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION USA INC ($686,159). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Effective Altruism DC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $686,159 in grants to Effective Altruism DC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Effective Altruism DC?
- EFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION USA INC is the largest funder on record, with $686,159 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Effective Altruism DC 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 1 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