Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
FAIR CHANCE
FAIR CHANCE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,789,118 to it, the largest being Youth Invest Partners Inc ($3,114,181). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 61
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $872k
What Fair Chance does
Mission
Strengthen sustainability of community based non-profits to benefit those experiencing poverty.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
PATHWAYS - 8 months partnership that deepens nonprofit leaders knowledge across 4 key areas: board development, fundraising, leadership & management and program evaluation. PRAXIS -focuses on strengthening leadership and organizational systems across four or more of the following areas: board development, financial management, fundraising, human resources, leadership &management, outreach & communications, planning & strategy and program evaluation.
$948,196 spent65% of program spendingReady to Work- a 3 years partnership invitation only program with selected nonprofits to help improve organizational outcomes and strengthen their capacity to support young people in achieving their goals. Initiative of the PG County and co-managed by Youth Invest Partners.
$356,216 spentof which $75,000 as grants$356,415 earned by the program24% of program spendingThe organizations communications efforts focused on informing the public and key stakeholders about Fair chance mission to strengthens local community-based organizations across communities impacted by racism, discrimination, and poverty.
$99,474 spent7% of program spendingAs founder of theCoalition for Nonprofit Equity, we advocate alongside partners for local policy change to strengthen Washington, DCs nonprofit sector. We also mobilize and support community-based organizations to advocate directly with policymakers.
$52,362 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,456,248.
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 2018 to 2019, from $990k to $2.4M (+142%).
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: 2017 1% · 2018 2% · 2020 11% · 2021 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
70% of FAIR CHANCE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Gretchen Van Der Veer
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Steven Mccullough
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $649k → $1.3M.
14 of 61 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 FAIR CHANCE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 61 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
FAIR CHANCE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
60% 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 FAIR CHANCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 24% · 2019 38% · 2020 38% · 2021 37% · 2022 41% · 2023 39% — 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.
How long its funders stay
46% of FAIR CHANCE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
64% of FAIR CHANCE'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. $3.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
FAIR CHANCE's funding base is broadening — from 16 funders to 23 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding FAIR CHANCE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $15k on record.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$15k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FAIR CHANCE
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
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FAIR CHANCE: 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 FAIR CHANCE?
- FAIR CHANCE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,789,118 to it, the largest being Youth Invest Partners Inc ($3,114,181). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FAIR CHANCE have?
- IRS filings report 61 organizations giving $10,789,118 in grants to FAIR CHANCE, 33 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FAIR CHANCE?
- Youth Invest Partners Inc is the largest funder on record, with $3,114,181 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAIR CHANCE 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 61 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