Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
GEORGETOWN FAMILY CENTER
GEORGETOWN FAMILY CENTER (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $435,991 to it, the largest being UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($351,249). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $932k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $436k
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What Georgetown Family Center does
Mission
The mission of the center is to lead the development of bowen family systems theory into a science of human behavior and to assist individuals, families, communities, and organizations in addressing major life challenges through understanding and improving human relationships.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Learning and development: six distinct learning programs served 150 students from around the world, providing systematic training in bowen family systems theory and its skillful application to life's great challenges. These programs ranged from introductory offerings for those new to family systems theory to advanced postgraduate training for experienced professionals. The international student body reflected the center's success in carrying out its mission globally, with participants engaging from diverse geographic locations and professional backgrounds. All educational programs integrated rigorous theoretical study with practical application, supporting learners in understanding and improving human relationships across personal, professional, and organizational domains.
$261,507 spent$277,740 earned by the program51% of program spendingConference: the bowen the center's three major conferences and the ongoing professional lecture series and clinical conference series brought together more than 300 participants representing extraordinary breadth across professional disciplines. Mental health professionals, faith leaders, scientists, family business leaders, and organizational consultants gathered to explore family systems theory and its applications to contemporary challenges. These cross-disciplinary gatherings created rich environments for scholarly exchange and practical learning, advancing the center's mission to develop bowen theory as a science of human behavior while fostering collaboration among diverse practitioners addressing major life challenges in varied professional contexts.
$186,004 spent$77,144 earned by the program36% of program spendingAudio & publication: the center continues uninterrupted production of the family systems: a journal of natural systems thinking in psychiatry and the sciences with its publication of volume 20, no. 1 in fall 2025. This interdisciplinary journal, published since 1994 by the Georgetown Family Center aims to advance the understanding of human emotional functioning and behavior based on bowen theory. Reflecting the assumption of bowen theory that the human family is governed by the same natural forces that govern all life, the journal publishes articles that contribute to a better understanding of any living system. The center continues to make its vast audio and video library available for purchase and accessible across a variety of social media. Several books published by the center continue to be available for purchase.
$48,477 spent$33,035 earned by the program9% of program spendingClinic: the bowen center for the study of the family works to provide affordable consultation to individuals and families. All inquiries are welcome. Some of the personal dilemmas people bring to the bowen center clinic include anxiety, depression, physical illness, marital discord, behavioral problems, family relationship dilemmas, and workplace difficulties. This year a team of 4 consultants provided over 700 hours of clinical services in the clinic.
$15,736 spent$10,425 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $511,724.
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. 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 $1.1M to $3.2M (+205%).
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.
52% of GEORGETOWN FAMILY CENTER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Randall Frost
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $14k → $61k.
4 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 GEORGETOWN FAMILY CENTER’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
GEORGETOWN FAMILY CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% 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
100% 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 GEORGETOWN FAMILY CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 87% · 2021 92% · 2022 76% · 2023 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
GEORGETOWN FAMILY CENTER draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $85k 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
GEORGETOWN FAMILY CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like GEORGETOWN FAMILY CENTER
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
56%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GEORGETOWN FAMILY CENTER: 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 GEORGETOWN FAMILY CENTER?
- GEORGETOWN FAMILY CENTER (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $435,991 to it, the largest being UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($351,249). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GEORGETOWN FAMILY CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $435,991 in grants to GEORGETOWN FAMILY CENTER, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GEORGETOWN FAMILY CENTER?
- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $351,249 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GEORGETOWN FAMILY CENTER 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 5 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