Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
National Council of Nonprofits
National Council of Nonprofits (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,717,505 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,564,600). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $18M
- Net assets
- $14M
What National Council of Nonprofits does
Mission
To advance the vital role, capacity, and voice of charitable nonprofit organizations through our state and national networks.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Informing the Field: NCN is the trusted go-to resource for and about the nonprofit sector. We provide timely, practical information that nonprofits and foundations depend on and use in their everyday operations. Our publications illuminate the challenges nonprofits face and why healthy communities depend upon a flourishing nonprofit sector. In 2025, we launched "Nonprofits Get it Done," a narrative campaign elevating authentic stories about the essential services nonprofits provide in communities across the country; these positive ads received more than 55 million views and 100,000 clicks in just three months. NCN empowered nonprofits with free, practical tools through 10 free webinars and our online Resource Library, which received more than 7 million website views across more than 1,000 web pages.
$2,882,368 spent$199,273 earned by the program43% of program spendingNetwork Support and Capacity Building: As North America's largest nonprofit network, NCN unites organizations across all subsectors through 57 state and regional associations. We provide a collaborative forum to share strategies, amplify our collective voice, and respond swiftly to operational and policy developments. In 2025, NCN welcomed five new network members. In addition to hosting convenings and peer learning cohorts, we invested more than $1.5 million in capacity-building and organizational strengthening awards to our state association members. We also released a report on how small investments in staff wellbeing benefit organizations. By strengthening our network, we bolster the capacity of nonprofits nationwide to foster resilient, thriving communities.
$2,691,957 spentof which $1,624,930 as grants$311,723 earned by the program40% of program spendingPublic Policy and Advocacy: NCN champions the public good through expert policy analysis and strategic advocacy at every level of government. By equipping nonprofits with the tools to advocate for their missions, we empower them to transform lives and strengthen communities. In 2025, we filed four landmark lawsuits, taking action to defend nonprofit funding and rights. Key victories included securing two nationwide injunctions blocking broad federal grant freezes and launching litigation to protect food assistance for 42 million Americans. We also mobilized over 10,000 people and nonprofits nationwide to sign letters submitted to Congress advocating for policymaking that benefit nonprofit operations and funding.
$979,525 spent15% of program spendingLegislative and Lobbying Activities: The National Council of Nonprofits (NCN) exercises the First Amendment and statutory rights enjoyed by charitable nonprofits to petition governments by engaging in direct and grassroots lobbying to promote legislation that supports the work of the nonprofit community and oppose proposals that would hinder the ability of nonprofits to improve the quality of life for individuals and communities.NCN has elected to apply the cost-expenditure standards available under section 501(h) of the Internal Revenue Code. These objective guidelines establish a clear legal framework, empowering charitable nonprofits to advocate for their missions while ensuring full and transparent compliance. NCN and its staff comply in all respects with federal lobbying disclosure laws.
$129,612 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,683,462.
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 2024 to 2025, from $5.9M to $14M (+137%).
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.
95% of National Council of Nonprofits’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (80% 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
Diane Yentel
President & CEO
Board chair
Sabeen Perwaiz
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $600k → $3.6M.
9 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 Council of Nonprofits’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 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 Council of Nonprofits has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% 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
45% 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 Council of Nonprofits.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 40% · 2019 41% · 2020 24% · 2021 56% · 2022 27% · 2023 68% — 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
85% of National Council of Nonprofits's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% 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 Council of Nonprofits draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 Council of Nonprofits runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 452 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 452 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like National Council of Nonprofits
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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 26 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for National Council of Nonprofits: 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 Council of Nonprofits?
- National Council of Nonprofits (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,717,505 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,564,600). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does National Council of Nonprofits have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $17,717,505 in grants to National Council of Nonprofits, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of National Council of Nonprofits?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $5,564,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like National Council of Nonprofits 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 32 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