Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Foundation for the Preservation of Historic Georgetown
Foundation for the Preservation of Historic Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,800 to it, the largest being Thomas Rutherfoord Foundation ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $136k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Foundation for the Preservation of Historic Georgetown does
Mission
Protection of historic structures, protection of residential areas from institutional incursion, and preservation of open space.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
Acquire and defend scenic open space and architectural facade easements to preserve the nature of the historic Georgetown neighborhood to prevent commercial encroachment and conduct regular inspection programs for compliance.
$101,474 spent$111,877 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $101,474.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $897k to $1.4M (+52%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2019: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $800 → $1k.
From the IRS filings of Foundation for the Preservation of Historic Georgetown’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
Foundation for the Preservation of Historic Georgetown leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 88% · 2019 100% — 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
Foundation for the Preservation of Historic Georgetown draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like Foundation for the Preservation of Historic Georgetown
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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
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 Foundation for the Preservation of Historic Georgetown: 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 Foundation for the Preservation of Historic Georgetown?
- Foundation for the Preservation of Historic Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,800 to it, the largest being Thomas Rutherfoord Foundation ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Foundation for the Preservation of Historic Georgetown have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,800 in grants to Foundation for the Preservation of Historic Georgetown.
- Who is the largest funder of Foundation for the Preservation of Historic Georgetown?
- Thomas Rutherfoord Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Foundation for the Preservation of Historic Georgetown 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 FY2026 (financials across 2018–2026), and the filings of 3 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