Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
NATIONAL HUMANITIES ALLIANCE FOUNDATION
NATIONAL HUMANITIES ALLIANCE FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,009,765 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($2,947,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $538k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $3.0M
- Net assets
- $544k
What National Humanities Alliance Foundation does
Mission
To advance the cause of the humanities through, but not limited to, conducting and supporting research, and disseminating information about the contribution of the humanities and of humanities scholars to society, and about the state of the humanities in society.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The national humanities alliance (nha) foundation researches and communicates the value of the humanities to a range of audiences. Neh for all - the National Humanities Alliance Foundation's neh for all initiative documents the impact of humanities projects supported by the national endowment for the humanities (neh) and works to create a clearing house of profiles of compelling national endowment for the humanities (neh) grants and a series of humanities town hall meetings to educate the public and policy makers about the important role that the neh plays in national and community life. Study the humanities - the National Humanities Alliance Foundation's study the humanities initiative strengthens efforts to attract more undergraduates to the humanities by researching effective recruitment strategies and developing resources that showcase the range of approaches; aggregating existing data and articles into a toolkit that presents arguments for studying the humanities as an undergraduate; and convening the community of faculty and administrators committed to attracting more undergraduates to the humanities.
$149,181 spent$10,000 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $149,181.
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 2019 to 2020, from $754k to $1.3M (+70%).
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: 2023 37%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of NATIONAL HUMANITIES ALLIANCE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Stephen Kidd
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $750k → $30k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 HUMANITIES ALLIANCE FOUNDATION’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
NATIONAL HUMANITIES ALLIANCE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 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
NATIONAL HUMANITIES ALLIANCE FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 HUMANITIES ALLIANCE FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like NATIONAL HUMANITIES ALLIANCE FOUNDATION
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The National Humanities Alliance · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL HUMANITIES ALLIANCE FOUNDATION?
- NATIONAL HUMANITIES ALLIANCE FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,009,765 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($2,947,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL HUMANITIES ALLIANCE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $3,009,765 in grants to NATIONAL HUMANITIES ALLIANCE FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL HUMANITIES ALLIANCE FOUNDATION?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,947,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL HUMANITIES ALLIANCE FOUNDATION 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 5 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