Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF CSWCT
FRIENDS OF CSWCT (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $207,567 to it, the largest being ARCUS FOUNDATION ($190,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $153k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $208k
- Net assets
- $92k
What Friends of Cswct does
Mission
Support chimp welfare conservation human livelihoods
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Chimpanzee Trust February 2025: $8000 for solar system upgrade and enhanced lightning protection storm repairs -- August 2025: $5000 for repairs to the Medical Ward as part of storm and flooding repairs -- November 2025: $55,000 - see description of this operations grant above
$68,000 spentof which $68,000 as grants58% of program spendingBulindi Chimpanzee and Community Project February 2025: $5000 to support Village Savings and Loan Projects as part of community-driven conservation efforts; -- BCCP - May 2025: $45,000 to support Operations and for support of the Schoolchild Sponsorships and Marsi Scholarship for Young Women
$50,000 spentof which $50,000 as grants42% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $118,000.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $71k to $92k (+30%).
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.
99% of FRIENDS OF CSWCT’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Nancy Merrick MD
Board President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $7k → $60k.
2 of 4 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 FRIENDS OF CSWCT’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 OF CSWCT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% 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: 2020 98% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
FRIENDS OF CSWCT draws 100% 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. $8k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
FRIENDS OF CSWCT runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,693 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,693 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF CSWCT
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.
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 5 states
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF CSWCT: 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 FRIENDS OF CSWCT?
- FRIENDS OF CSWCT (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $207,567 to it, the largest being ARCUS FOUNDATION ($190,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF CSWCT have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $207,567 in grants to FRIENDS OF CSWCT, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF CSWCT?
- ARCUS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $190,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF CSWCT 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 4 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