Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $173,706 to it, the largest being LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS EDUCATION FUND ($123,495). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $65k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $174k
- Net assets
- $553k
What League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia does
Mission
LWVDC is a nonpartisan organization that encourages informed and active participation in government. It is a local affiliate of the League of Women Voters of the United States serving the people of Washington DC. LWVDC is a nonpartisan organization that encourages informed and active participation in government.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education and Engagement New Citizens Activities: Purpose: The purpose of the new citizens activities is to provide voter registration and voter education opportunities to newly naturalized voters at naturalization ceremonies. Accomplishments: Successfully executed voter registration opportunities at naturalization ceremonies undertook the development of a Spanish language video to engage with the Latino community on the issue of DC statehood and piloted new outreach strategy for naturalization ceremonies creating key document folders for new citizens that also contain LWVDC materials.
$6,575 spentof which $6,575 as grants21% of program spendingEducation and Engagement Justice-Impacted Activities: Purpose: The purpose of the justice-impacted voters activities is to provide voter registration voter education and voter guide opportunities to incarcerated DC voters. Accomplishments: Provided voter education to community members by tabling at civic events reached 347 incarcerated individuals in the DC jail and provided mailed voter guides and nonpartisan voting resources to 310 DC Ward 8 voters in federal custody.
$10,507 spentof which $10,507 as grants33% of program spendingFull Rights for DC Activities: Purpose: The purpose of the full rights grant is to mobilize more people nationwide in support of DC voting rights and statehood through mobilizing grassroots efforts. Accomplishments: Hosted educational tabling opportunities in DC reaching hundreds of people.
$14,761 spentof which $14,761 as grants46% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $31,843.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $320k to $445k (+39%).
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 16% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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 held at 1 funder, grant income rose $12k → $31k.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA’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
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% 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 LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 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
100% of LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 695 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 695 civil rights nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA?
- LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $173,706 to it, the largest being LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS EDUCATION FUND ($123,495). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $173,706 in grants to LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA?
- LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS EDUCATION FUND is the largest funder on record, with $123,495 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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 2022–2025), 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