Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION
GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,546,437 to it, the largest being FORD PHILANTHROPY ($24,291,253). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10.0M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $28M
- Net assets
- $3.5M
What Governors Highway Safety Association does
Mission
To provide leadership and advocacy for the states and territories to improve traffic safety, influence national policy, enhance program manangement, and promote best practices.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Behavioral traffic safety cooperative research - this program was developed to research and evaluate practical solutions and countermeasures that are ready to be used by traffic safety professionals and highway safety professionals in public and private sectors.
$2,987,929 spent$1,203,872 earned by the program40% of program spendingIndustry research, data, & education & member services - this program captures ghsa's engagement in industry research, meticulous data analysis, and comprehensive educational programs. Ghsa collaborates with diverse partners on educational initiatives, including ford's driving skills for life and other training programs tailored for state highway safety offices (shsos). Furthermore, ghsa's partners actively contribute resources dedicated to assisting states in creating safer roadways. Ghsa disseminates reports addressing critical highway safety issues to its members and partners, leveraging insights derived from industry research and data analysis.
$1,960,517 spentof which $50,000 as grants26% of program spendingAnnual meeting - ghsa holds an annual meetings to join colleagues and partners from across the country that offer educational seminars, a marketplace for new products and ideas, and networking opportunities.
$1,109,932 spent$1,467,216 earned by the program15% of program spendingMembership services - discounts on expenses directly associated with products and services are offered exclusively to ghsa members. Examples include seminars, consultant service initiatives and other member-exclusive offerings.
$656,521 spentof which $526,607 as grants$703,091 earned by the program9% of program spendingSafety grant partnerships - ghsa partners with both non-profit and for-profit organizations to support grant opportunities that are aimed at promoting ghsa's vision to help lead states and territories toward zero deaths on the nation's roadways.
$754,551 spent10% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,469,450.
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 2022 to 2023, from $9.6M to $14M (+41%).
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: 2017 10% · 2018 20% · 2019 28% · 2020 29% · 2021 46% · 2022 29% · 2023 42% · 2024 37% · 2025 37%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
63% of GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (69% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Jonathan R Adkins
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income fell $3.8M → $2.6M.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION’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
GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% of grant income and the top three 98%; 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 100% · 2018 96% · 2019 92% · 2020 79% · 2021 88% · 2022 82% · 2023 84% — 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.
Where its funders are
GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $568k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION's revenue grew 57% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 482 public safety & disaster nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $30.1M on record.
- Department of Transportation$30.1M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION
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
71%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION: 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 GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION?
- GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,546,437 to it, the largest being FORD PHILANTHROPY ($24,291,253). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $27,546,437 in grants to GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION?
- FORD PHILANTHROPY is the largest funder on record, with $24,291,253 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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