Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,508,117 to it, the largest being SASAKAWA PEACE FOUNDATION USA INC ($3,311,336). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.0M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $9.5M
- Net assets
- $3.5M
What Former Members of Congress does
Mission
Fmc is a bipartisan, nonprofit,voluntary alliance of former united states senators and representatives, educating abount representative democracy at home and abroad. Fmc: working to strengthen and support the congress in the conduct of its constitutional responsibility by championing a collaborative approach to policy making. Fmc: protecting and promoting democracy worldwide and encouraging citizen engagement.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The organization conducted study groups with germany, japan, europe and korea to provide the members of parliment in these countries with opportunities for frank discussions with current and Former Members of Congress of the united states on key issues affecting them through ongoing, unofficial and informal fora. These study groups were mainly supported by contributions from the german marshall fund of the united states, atlantik bruecke, the sasakawa peace foundation, and private corporations.
$802,878 spent47% of program spendingThe goal of the organization is to promote public service, teach about congress and strengthen representative democracy, while keeping its unique membership connected after leaving capitol hill. To achieve this goal, the organization conducts domestic programs, most notably the congress to campus program, which sent bipartian teams of Former Members of Congress to almost 30 college campuses. This program also incorporated a webcast series (the civics connection), as well as a community outreach to include high school students and other interested citizens. In addition to a small admistrative fee charged to the universities visited, the congress to campus program was supported, by the people-to-people ambassador program, and the stennis center for public services. In addition, via financial support from legacy international, the organization hosts visiting delegations from emerging democracies in the united states for training and education in the legislative process. The organization's main domestic focus for the past three years has been a nationwide effort to restore civic education in public classrooms. Bipartian teams of Former Members of Congress work with local entities and…
$197,710 spent12% of program spendingThe organization emphasizes its international endeavors. Programs such as the global democracy initiative capitalize on the unique experience and skill set of fomer legislators in democracy-building and parliamentary strengthening missions. Other projects, for example, the congressional study groups, aim to create peer-to-peer dialogue involving current memberers of congress and their collegues in other legislatures. In addition, an international extension of the congress to campus program (most notably in the united kingdom,turkey, china, and canada), the organization aims to promote democracy abroad via projects such as the global democracy initiative (gdi). Gdi is a joint project conducted with the former legislators' associations of canada and the european union (the association). Program activities included several training courses conducted in ottawa to prepare former legislators for election observation missions. Gdi also includes them u.s. Legislators against corruption project, which seeks to strengthen anti-corruption efforts in emerging democracies. Via their relationship with the association, Former Members of Congress conduct democracy building missions such as…
$700,054 spent41% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,700,642.
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 2021 to 2022, from $3.8M to $5.7M (+49%).
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.
89% of FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Peter M Weichlein
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $280k → $1.4M.
4 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 27 of 28 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
FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 45% · 2019 33% · 2020 39% · 2021 22% · 2022 41% · 2023 53% — 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.
How long its funders stay
63% of FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
51% of FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS'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. $48k 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
FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,003 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,003 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
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
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS?
- FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,508,117 to it, the largest being SASAKAWA PEACE FOUNDATION USA INC ($3,311,336). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $9,508,117 in grants to FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS?
- SASAKAWA PEACE FOUNDATION USA INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,311,336 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 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 28 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing