Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION
FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,632,900 to it, the largest being OPEN SOCIETY ACTION FUND INC ($1,600,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.3M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $3.6M
- Net assets
- $7.3M
What Friends Committee on National Legislation does
Mission
The Friends Committee on National Legislation (fcnl) lobbies congress and the administration on issues of peace, justice, opportunity, and environmental stewardship that are of concern to the religious society of friends (quakers). Fcnl is a nonpartisan organization that seeks to live a prophetic quaker vision for a peaceful, just, and healthy planet and build relationships across political divides to move policies forward.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Advocacy and outreach: fcnl works with a network of some 80,000 people around the country, encouraging practical steps that people can take to advance legislation and other public policy initiatives in a non-partisan manner. Through communications (such as newsletters, website, email alerts, social media posts, and telephone calls) and travel around the country, we help individuals and communities advocate effectively for peace and justice issues. We develop information to create focused, strategic communications in specific states and congressional districts to influence members of congress and will result in federal legislation that supports our policies and priorities. Fcnl has established and trained over 100 advocacy teams, totaling over 1,500 people in local regions who are willing to build relationships with their members of congress and to advocate on legislation that fcnl is advancing. Fcnl trains, coaches, and convenes a national advocacy corps of twenty (20) young adults who organize and lobby on an fcnl legislative priority over a nine-month period on a specific issue.
$1,330,212 spent$915 earned by the program52% of program spendingLegislative and educational activities: has two major overall programs which are domestic policy and foreign policy. Fcnl fields an experienced team of registered lobbyists working on capitol hill for peace and justice. These lobbyists work in partnership with people around the country. Through conversations with members of congress and their staff, meetings with coalition groups, and contacts with administration officials, fcnl identifies practical steps that people around the country can take to move federal policy in the direction of the world we seek. Each year, more than 400 quakers and others from around the country gather in washington for an annual conference to discuss fcnl's work, hear from our lobbyists about specific public policy issues, and make decisions about legislative priorities and policies. In accordance with the legislative priorities set by fcnl's general committee, the legislative teams focus on the following issues: (1) immigration and refugee policy; (2) criminal justice reform; (3) energy and the environment; (4) economic justice; (5) native american concerns; (6) election integrity; (7) gun violence prevention; and general topics including: (1)…
$886,295 spent$119,190 earned by the program34% of program spendingYoung adult program: fcnl engages young adults in an 11-month paid assistantship program that provides professional formation as leaders and advocates for a more peaceful and just world. Fcnl hosts an annual intergenerational lobby weekend that attracts over 350 college students and other volunteers to washington for a weekend of education, lobby training, and meetings in the offices of their congressional delegation.
$356,227 spent14% of program spendingCommunity and culture: the community and culture team works to expand and deepen connections, foster a sense of belonging, and create opportunities for growth from a range of perspectives and experiences.
$3,974 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,576,708.
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.
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 $6.2M to $13M (+102%).
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: 2024 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $112k → $576k.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION’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
FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
60% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 85% · 2018 60% · 2019 73% · 2020 68% · 2021 87% · 2022 36% · 2023 69% — 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
40% of FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 12 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 FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION
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
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 26 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Fcnl Education Fund · exempt
- William Penn House · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION?
- FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,632,900 to it, the largest being OPEN SOCIETY ACTION FUND INC ($1,600,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $3,632,900 in grants to FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION?
- OPEN SOCIETY ACTION FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,600,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 23 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