Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
General Federation of Womens Clubs
General Federation of Womens Clubs (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $444,146 to it, the largest being GWENDOLYN SCHULTZ CHARITABLE TRUST ($234,225). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $444k
- Net assets
- $7.6M
What General Federation of Womens Clubs does
Mission
General Federation of Women's Clubs GFWC is dedicated to community improvement by enhancing the lives of others through volunteer service.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Annual Convention - Since 1890, each year GFWC holds a convention, traditionally in June, bringing the convention to various communities across the country. This gives GFWC Clubwomen from varied geographical areas the opportunity to participate in the organization's national and international efforts. The GFWC Annual Convention plays an integral part in the organization's efforts to better serve its members by providing the invaluable opportunity to make and foster lifelong friendships, experience, grow and learn from professional speakers and workshop programs, club awards and other relevant activities to keep members informed and enthusiastic.
$575,979 spent34% of program spendingMembership Services - GFWC's overarching goals are to inform, empower, and highlight the grassroots activites of its membership on a national level. Program resources, guidelines, and materials are provided to State Federations to use for their membership. GFWC works to provide the most relevant information to all members in a timely manner. We work with members and leaders at all levels to make meaningful connections and to provide support for the many projects members undertake across the country. We work collaboratively with the communications and public relations volunteers to promote the excellent work and success stories of GFWC Clubs and Clubwomen.
$236,369 spent14% of program spendingBoard of Directors Meetings
$193,018 spent11% of program spendingExternal Affairs - GFWC supports its effort to improve the lives of others through volunteer service by partnering with organizations to promote the wellbeing of women, children, and families. Through direct service and advocacy efforts, GFWC works in areas of food insecurity, vaccination programs, domestic and sexual violence awareness and prevention, and advocacy for children.
$151,257 spent9% of program spendingWomen's History and Resource Center collects, preserves, interprets, and promotes the history of the GFWC and women volunteers. The WHRC documents the social and political contributions of clubwomen from 1890 to the present through the GFWC archives, related special collections, and publications. We also maintain a reference library collection focused on women's history, the women's club movement, and the history of volunteerism.
$127,125 spent7% of program spendingExecutive Committee Meetings
$116,859 spent7% of program spendingClubwoman Magazine
$81,651 spent5% of program spendingMarketplace
$80,206 spent5% of program spendingHeadquarter Events
$49,943 spent3% of program spendingSignature Programs and other special programs
$45,310 spent3% of program spendingContests and Awards
$33,101 spent2% of program spendingRegional Meetings
$18,366 spent1% of program spendingInternational President
$5,870 spent0% of program spendingCommittee Meetings
$3,532 spent0% of program spending
The 14 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,718,586.
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 2020 to 2021, from $7.3M to $8.4M (+16%).
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 10% · 2023 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
54% of General Federation of Womens Clubs’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $20k → $40k.
4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $7k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Gfwc Illinois Federation of Womens Clubs). These are real filings, and they are not money General Federation of Womens Clubs raised.
From the IRS filings of General Federation of Womens Clubs’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
General Federation of Womens Clubs leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
46% 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 General Federation of Womens Clubs.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 63% · 2019 82% · 2020 66% · 2021 39% · 2022 72% · 2023 75% — 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
67% of General Federation of Womens Clubs's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
General Federation of Womens Clubs draws 63% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $64k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
General Federation of Womens Clubs runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,127 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like General Federation of Womens Clubs
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
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for General Federation of Womens Clubs: 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 General Federation of Womens Clubs?
- General Federation of Womens Clubs (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $444,146 to it, the largest being GWENDOLYN SCHULTZ CHARITABLE TRUST ($234,225). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does General Federation of Womens Clubs have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $444,146 in grants to General Federation of Womens Clubs, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of General Federation of Womens Clubs?
- GWENDOLYN SCHULTZ CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $234,225 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like General Federation of Womens Clubs 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 12 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