Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
EQUIPMENT LEASING & FINANCE FOUNDATION INC
EQUIPMENT LEASING & FINANCE FOUNDATION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,890 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($27,890). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $46k
- Net assets
- $819k
What Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation Inc does
Mission
To provide future-oriented, in-depth, independent research and resources for the equipment finance industry.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Research studies - the foundation develops and publishes future focused research to identify trends and techniques forthcoming to the industry.
$428,529 spentof which $50,000 as grants$15,000 earned by the program49% of program spendingSpecial projects includes limited or one-time expenses for sharing and promoting our research and resources with our donor community through digital communications.
$291,981 spent33% of program spendingEconomic outlook - the economic outlook report series analyzes global and domestic trends impacting capital spending and economic growth in the coming year. It identifies key signposts specific to the equipment finance industry and features momentum monitors that identify turning points for 12 verticals in their respective investment cycles. The outlooks are updated quarterly.
$153,056 spent18% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $873,566.
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 2017 to 2018, from $1.9M to $1.5M (−20%).
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: 2021 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of EQUIPMENT LEASING & FINANCE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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
Kelli Nienaber
Executive director
Board chair
Zack Marsh
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $11k → $8k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% 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: $373k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Equipment Leasing and Finance Association). These are real filings, and they are not money EQUIPMENT LEASING & FINANCE FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of EQUIPMENT LEASING & FINANCE FOUNDATION 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
EQUIPMENT LEASING & FINANCE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% 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
93% 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 EQUIPMENT LEASING & FINANCE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 100% · 2021 55% · 2022 100% · 2023 94% — 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
93% of EQUIPMENT LEASING & FINANCE FOUNDATION 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 $3k 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. $43k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
EQUIPMENT LEASING & FINANCE FOUNDATION INC's revenue grew 29% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like EQUIPMENT LEASING & FINANCE FOUNDATION 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
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 27 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Equipment Leasing and Finance Association Inc · exempt
- Equipment Leasing and Finance Association PAC (Leasepac) · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EQUIPMENT LEASING & FINANCE FOUNDATION INC: 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 EQUIPMENT LEASING & FINANCE FOUNDATION INC?
- EQUIPMENT LEASING & FINANCE FOUNDATION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,890 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($27,890). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does EQUIPMENT LEASING & FINANCE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $45,890 in grants to EQUIPMENT LEASING & FINANCE FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EQUIPMENT LEASING & FINANCE FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $27,890 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EQUIPMENT LEASING & FINANCE FOUNDATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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