Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
National 4-H Council
National 4-H Council (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 69 organizations whose IRS filings report $128,943,654 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($50,000,000). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $47M
- Funders on record
- 69
- Grants received
- $129M
- Net assets
- $121M
What National 4-H Council does
Mission
National 4-H Councils mission is to expand opportunities for all of Americas youth through increased investment and participation in 4-H positive youth development. The 4-H system is comprised of a unique private-public partnership between our nations land-grant universities Federal and local government agencies foundations and professional associations. These partners work together to provide rich educational content and curricula cutting-edge technology and innovative thought-leadership.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Academic & career readiness: by harnessing the national and local power of the 4-H network we are scaling programming to accelerate our impact and amplifying youth voice as we prepare a 4-H beyond ready generation. Through this work we are empowering our six million 4-Hers to be ready for work and life across every county and parish in the country. Millions of young people lack access to opportunities that would develop the skills they need to succeed including confidence teamwork creativity and innovation. 4-Hs national youth events engage teens and educators from around the country to find answers to problems and equip them to create change. This empowers them to become leaders; the next wave of innovators who influence others and live the ideals that foster a vibrant and creative economy. Our annual youth event ignite by 4-H see high school students and extension professionals convene in the Washington D.C. Area for immersive experiences that empower them to connect and find their spark. Ignite attendees explore the best 4-h has to offer in stem agriscience animal science healthy living civic engagement and career readiness through experiences that include career panels career…
$16,460,177 spentof which $7,245,490 as grants$1,926,311 earned by the program60% of program spendingInvesting in educators: our highly-trained 3,500 educators and 500,000 volunteers are critical for the creation and delivery of our 4-h youth development programming. Through online and in-person courses conferences and immersions the 4-H PYD academy provides research-backed learning opportunities that equip 4-H educators and volunteers with the essential knowledge and skills to plan implement and evaluate 4-H youth development programs that help young people prepare for work and life. The only online platform to offer engaging research-based youth and educator content from 100 universities and 4-H local programming clover by 4-H extends educator impact by providing over 300 hands-on educational resources to youth and their caregivers anytime anywhere.
$5,939,410 spentof which $85,723 as grants$1,792,906 earned by the program22% of program spendingOther programs: the 4-H story extension relations council provides best-in-class storytelling resources to amplify our message nationally while also creating customizable pieces for local storytelling by 4-H programs across the country. These resources ensure consistent inspirational and impactful messaging and creative assets that lift up 4-H youth and the programs that serve them. The extension relations team drives increased engagement in councils lines of business and cooperative extensions initiatives to grow 4-Hs reach and relevance. The team does this through strategic relationship management with 4-H network stakeholders; targeted communications and outreach; leveraging national convenings to mobilize the network and accelerate impact; and using their expertise to inform councils operations and build a council culture that is in service to cooperative extension.
$4,864,000 spentof which $228,655 as grants$54,319 earned by the program18% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $27,263,587.
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 $59M to $138M (+133%).
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 21% · 2019 8% · 2020 4% · 2021 21% · 2022 4% · 2023 15% · 2024 4% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of National 4-H Council’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Jill Bramble
President and CEO
Board chair
Mark Berven
Chair Board of Trustees
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $3.7M → $7.3M.
15 of 69 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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: $1.0M from 7 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way of King County); $38k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest National 4-H Council). These are real filings, and they are not money National 4-H Council raised.
From the IRS filings of National 4-H Council’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 69 funders by total. 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
National 4-H Council leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
56% 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 National 4-H Council.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 48% · 2019 42% · 2020 42% · 2021 40% · 2022 86% · 2023 27% — 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
42% of National 4-H Council'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
56% of National 4-H Council'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 $57M that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 24 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $72M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
National 4-H Council runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 144 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 144 youth development nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding National 4-H Council receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.0M on record — $2.0M federal, $392 state.
- Department of Justice$2.0M
- NJ$301
- FL$91
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 National 4-H Council
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
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- National 4 H Activities Foundation · exempt
- Global Clover Network Inc · exempt
- National 4 H Congress Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for National 4-H Council: 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 National 4-H Council?
- National 4-H Council (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 69 organizations whose IRS filings report $128,943,654 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($50,000,000). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does National 4-H Council have?
- IRS filings report 69 organizations giving $128,943,654 in grants to National 4-H Council, 40 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of National 4-H Council?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $50,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like National 4-H Council 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 69 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing