Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
NATIONAL CENTER FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES INC
NATIONAL CENTER FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 80 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,319,295 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($5,805,998). 50 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 80
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $6.4M
What National Center for Learning Disabilities Inc does
Mission
The national center for learning disabilities partners with educators, students, families, and young adults to advance innovative research and advocate for equitable policies that address systemic barriers in schools, workplaces, and communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Ncld created a new program in 2024: the family leadership council. Ncld recognized the value and importance of engaging with this critical constituency group and recruited through application a national cohort of caregivers to the council. The council helps inform our policy, practice, and research initiatives.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Ld resources and research: ncld publishes groundbreaking reports and resources to help educators, policy makers, parents, and students enhance their understanding of learning disabilities. With this research, we can improve practices to support all learners.research & innovation focus areas: - state of learning disabilities report - 50 state snapshots- social and emotional learning - keeping public funds in public schools
$1,087,127 spent$32,800 earned by the program47% of program spendingPublic policy & advocacy: ncld fights to improve outcomes for people with learning disabilities by actively shaping local and national policy to reduce barriers and ensure unrestricted access and unlimited opportunity for all. Despite being as capable as their peers, students with learning disabilities often struggle in school and in the workplace because they are not provided the accommodation they need to thrive.more than 90 percent are not proficient on national assessments in reading and math. Students with learning disabilities drop out of high school at nearly three times the rate of others and are twice as likely to be jobless when they become adults. Ncld works every day to promote evidence based policy that will improve these outcomes and ensure that individuals with learning disabilities have the supports, protections, and opportunities they are legally entitled to succeed.policy & advocacy focus areas:- equitable funding- college access- student's rights and safety- reading, literacy, and mathematics- strong educator workforce- emerging workforce- early identification and intervention
$662,160 spent29% of program spendingLeadership: ncld provides k12, post-secondary, and workforce development programming for our constituents. The leadership reflects critical transitions that take place for students and stakeholders: being identified with a learning disability, persisting through high school and considering post-secondary options, and entering the workforce. Ncld empowers young adults, their families, and their educators through our constituency groups and programmatic initiatives.leadership focus areas:- young adult leadership council- family leadership council- professional advisory board - scholarships- everyday champion awards
$556,575 spentof which $34,750 as grants24% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,305,862.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $7.2M to $11M (+46%).
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: 2020 3% · 2022 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Jacqueline Rodriguez
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 26 funders to 29 funders, grant income fell $1.9M → $1.8M.
19 of 80 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 NATIONAL CENTER FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 80 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 CENTER FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
36% 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 CENTER FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 43% · 2019 37% · 2020 54% · 2021 41% · 2022 45% · 2023 22% — 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
37% of NATIONAL CENTER FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
NATIONAL CENTER FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 17 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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.
Organizations like NATIONAL CENTER FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES INC
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
51% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
39%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL CENTER FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES INC: 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 CENTER FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES INC?
- NATIONAL CENTER FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 80 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,319,295 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($5,805,998). 50 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL CENTER FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 80 organizations giving $19,319,295 in grants to NATIONAL CENTER FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES INC, 50 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL CENTER FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES INC?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,805,998 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL CENTER FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES INC 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 80 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