Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Forum on the Arms Trade Inc
Forum on the Arms Trade Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $235,000 to it, the largest being CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ($175,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $236k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $235k
- Net assets
- $228k
What Forum on the Arms Trade Inc does
Mission
The Forum connects civil society experts to strengthen public efforts on arms transfers, security, and weapons issues, offering a hub for expertise, analysis, and resources.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The Forum is a network of civil society experts and a point of contact for strengthening public efforts to address the humanitarian, economic and other implications of arms transfers, security assistance, and weapons use. The Forum provides a venue for bringing its communitys wide-ranging expertise together to amplify and strengthen its work, while offering a one-stop resource for the latest information and analysis.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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 Forum on the Arms Trade 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
Forum on the Arms Trade Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“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
Forum on the Arms Trade Inc 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
Forum on the Arms Trade Inc receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $235k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,524 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Forum on the Arms Trade 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
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Forum on the Arms Trade 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 Forum on the Arms Trade Inc?
- Forum on the Arms Trade Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $235,000 to it, the largest being CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ($175,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Forum on the Arms Trade Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $235,000 in grants to Forum on the Arms Trade Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of Forum on the Arms Trade Inc?
- CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK is the largest funder on record, with $175,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Forum on the Arms Trade 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 2 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