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FIX THE DEBT COALITION INC

FIX THE DEBT COALITION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,654,000 to it, the largest being PETERSON SOLUTIONS FUND ($2,654,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.9M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$2.7M
Net assets
$13M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 57%
01What it does

What Fix the Debt Coalition Inc does

Mission

Fix the debt coalition, inc. Is organized and operated to educate americans on the importance of addressing our nation's debt challenges.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Public engagement - the public engagement team works with civic, educational, business and economic groups and the media to educate and engage the public about the nation's long-term fiscal challenges.

    $649,463 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $649,463.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($112k) Expenses 100 ($91k) Net assets 100 ($10M)2018 Revenue 162 ($181k) Expenses 32 ($29k) Net assets 102 ($10M)2019 Revenue 209 ($234k) Expenses 34 ($30k) Net assets 104 ($10M)2020 Revenue 181 ($203k) Expenses 34 ($31k) Net assets 105 ($11M)2021 Revenue 103 ($115k) Expenses 21 ($19k) Net assets 106 ($11M)2022 Revenue 153 ($171k) Expenses 19 ($18k) Net assets 108 ($11M)2023 Revenue 718 ($803k) Expenses 251 ($228k) Net assets 114 ($11M)2024 Revenue 1720 ($1.9M) Expenses 1167 ($1.1M) Net assets 125 ($13M)
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Revenue (1720)Expenses (1167)Net assets (125)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $12M to $13M (+11%).

$10M
$10M
$10M
$11M
$11M
$11M
$12M
$13M
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

78% of FIX THE DEBT COALITION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,024 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$21k
’17
$152k
’18
$203k
’19
$172k
’20
$96k
’21
$153k
’22
$575k
’23
$864k
’24
130
months of
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed1210108871010
Joined·+1+0+0+0+2+5+0
No longer listed·3020320
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
'24*
total
$2.7M
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of FIX THE DEBT COALITION 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.

Where its funders are

FIX THE DEBT COALITION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.

NY

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FIX THE DEBT COALITION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 976 civil rights nonprofits its size.

Operating margin45% · top quartile
Months of reserve130.4mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)50% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 976 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like FIX THE DEBT COALITION 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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 4%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds FIX THE DEBT COALITION INC?
FIX THE DEBT COALITION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,654,000 to it, the largest being PETERSON SOLUTIONS FUND ($2,654,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FIX THE DEBT COALITION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,654,000 in grants to FIX THE DEBT COALITION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FIX THE DEBT COALITION INC?
PETERSON SOLUTIONS FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,654,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FIX THE DEBT COALITION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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