Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
FRENCH-AMERICAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION
FRENCH-AMERICAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,086,843 to it, the largest being CJM FOUNDATION ABIGAIL BLACK ELBAUM TRUSTEE ($1,650,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $656k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $193k
What French-American Cultural Foundation does
Mission
To identify, promote and expand academic, cultural and scientific relationships linking france and the united states. We do this through artistic, educational and other cultural presentations, events, trips and perhaps most importantly by enabling introductions pertinent to the french-american relationship.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
2024 was the culmination and realization of years long planning as we, established the f-acf chapter texas with naming leadership co-chairs, and then presented first programs in houston in partnership with french consul general for texas at rice space institute, the rothko chapel and at the home of one of our founding co-chairs we presented the french ambassador to houston with a welcome event, in dc presented first in savoir faire and innovation series discussion with louvre museum's olivier gabet, valerie maltaverne,ymer & malta and american interior designer thomas pheasant.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The French-American Cultural Foundation extended, expanded our mission of promoting the french-american relationship through various cultural programming with prominent institutions such as chateau de versailles, versailles spectacles, institut marie curie, lyfe institut, the houston ballet, meridian international center, the national museum of women in the arts, the embassy of france, the us embassy in paris, the us department of state, american library in paris, and mount vernon among others. The year's work and programs entailed working with existing partnerships, identifying new partners and elevating the foundation's work with the embassy of france to allow for broadening of our audiences on both sides of the atlantic. We worked with the american friends of lafayette and the consul general of france in texas to support the 200th anniversary celebration of gen. Lafayette's final tour of the us, culminating in planning the presentation of the lafayette-washington award for cultural diplomacy to be given in 2025. The award will be given to both a frenchman and an american instrumental in preserving the franco-american legacy. For the 4th year, f-acf brought a group of 35+…
$403,615 spentof which $44,091 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $403,615.
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 2023 to 2024, from $21k to $193k (+811%).
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: 2021 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of FRENCH-AMERICAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $113k → $312k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 FRENCH-AMERICAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION’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
FRENCH-AMERICAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 94%; 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: 2017 44% · 2018 87% · 2020 100% · 2021 70% · 2022 100% · 2023 96% — 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
25% of FRENCH-AMERICAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
FRENCH-AMERICAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION draws 90% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $78k 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
FRENCH-AMERICAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FRENCH-AMERICAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
26%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRENCH-AMERICAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION?
- FRENCH-AMERICAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,086,843 to it, the largest being CJM FOUNDATION ABIGAIL BLACK ELBAUM TRUSTEE ($1,650,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRENCH-AMERICAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $2,086,843 in grants to FRENCH-AMERICAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRENCH-AMERICAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION?
- CJM FOUNDATION ABIGAIL BLACK ELBAUM TRUSTEE is the largest funder on record, with $1,650,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRENCH-AMERICAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION 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 10 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