Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
M STREET CENTER
M STREET CENTER (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,417,122 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($946,331). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $659k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What M Street Center does
Mission
To transform the historic m street school into a thriving hub of black cultural excellence by mobilizing community partnerships, preserving history, and fostering creative expression.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
M Street Center is dedicated to the holistic betterment of our community through program areas that create positive, lasting change for the community we serve as a vital hub for diverse nonprofit community service providers, we are working to upgrade and renovate our facility to expand resources and amplify the impact of these organizations in addressing the community's evolving needs, and we are now working on preserving the historic and cultural significance of the historic landmark building that we occupy, m street high school, the first publicly funded high school for african americans in the country, opened in 1891, through the following activities:celebrating m street - elevates m street's history as the first public high school for african americans through public engagement, aligning community pride with education and historical preservation.m street youth advisory council - the m street youth advisory council builds foundational community connections and youth-led initiatives to inspire future leaders while honoring m street's legacy by engaging local high school students in leadership development, community service, and cultural projects.capital campaign to renovate the…
$606,521 spent$480,045 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $606,521.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.7M to $2.3M (−12%).
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 12% · 2018 16% · 2019 20% · 2020 24% · 2021 6% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
27% of M STREET CENTER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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
Patricia Rose
Executive director
Board chair
Stephen Broyles
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $111k → $152k.
5 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 M STREET 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
M STREET CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% 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
69% 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 M STREET CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 92% · 2019 90% · 2020 55% · 2021 51% · 2022 75% · 2023 61% — 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
33% of M STREET CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
69% of M STREET CENTER's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $441k that is directly attributable, 58% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $976k 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
M STREET CENTER's revenue fell 32% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like M STREET 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
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
65%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for M STREET 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 M STREET CENTER?
- M STREET CENTER (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,417,122 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($946,331). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does M STREET CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $1,417,122 in grants to M STREET CENTER, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of M STREET CENTER?
- GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $946,331 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like M STREET 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 17 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