Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
NATIONAL WIC ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL WIC ASSOCIATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,782,347 to it, the largest being WAL-MART FOUNDATION ($3,727,697). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.4M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $9.8M
- Net assets
- $7.2M
What National Wic Association does
Mission
The National Wic Association provides its members with tools and leadership to expand and sustain effective nutrition services for mothers and young children.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Member services: nwa conferences offer an excellent opportunity for wic agency leaders and staff, nwa partners and other wic stakeholders to acquire new skills and to network with an estimated 1,000 peers, and colleagues from across the country. In addition, exhibitors will share examples and information on the newest wic-related products and services for wic staff and participants. Nwa offers both in-person and virtual conferences. Nwa conferences also offer an opportunity for attendees to hear from usda officials and to dialogue on relevant updates and challenges that the program faces. Content for conferences is solicited through a competitive abstract process and curated by a conference committee and nwa staff. (continued on schedule o)moreover, nwa's conferences support ongoing professional development by offering continuing education credits for registered dietitians and international board certified lactation consultants. The core function of member services revenue is to ensure a positive nwa member experience and to support the operating expenses of nwa. This includes staffing expenses across the organization. The nwa staff are organized into five teams: member services,…
$1,908,025 spent$1,562,291 earned by the program36% of program spendingCenter for innovative practices in wic: nwa receives grants from charitable foundations that support progress towards nwa's mission. Grant-funded work at nwa builds capacity for nwa members to reduce barriers to wic participation, drives wic research and innovation, and elevates wic to a range of stakeholders through communications activities. Specifically, the grant-funded portfolio enables nwa to provide subgrants to pilot innovative practices in wic state and local agencies; build grassroots advocacy capacity through education, advocacy programming, resource development, reports, and webinars; story collection campaigns and more recently, elevating wic participant voices through initiatives such as the participant advisory council and a multistate participant satisfaction survey. (continued on schedule o)additionally, grant funding has enabled nwa to lead groundbreaking research on equity, diversity, and inclusion in wic and build a health equity champion program. Ultimately, grant-funded work at nwa supports the association to provide additional support and resources to members and build internal capacity to enhance core services. Nwa also directly advocates for policy…
$1,787,860 spentof which $109,876 as grants33% of program spendingNwa communications: nwa communications creates resources and tools to support nwa members in their outreach efforts to recruit and retain wic participants. This includes a recruitment and retention campaign that was provided to members at no cost. The campaign includes creative assets that nwa members can leverage to promote wic participation. In addition, the communications team creates and markets a wic recipe book. The recipe book is an outreach tool and nutrition education tool for wic providers. This collection of recipes uses ingredients that can be purchased using wic available foods, is purchased by state and local wic agencies and provided to wic participants in wic clinics and at outreach events, empowering families to prepare nutritious meals while maximizing their wic benefits.
$1,654,373 spent$838,889 earned by the program31% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,350,258.
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 $8.8M to $10M (+18%).
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 18% · 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
56% of NATIONAL WIC ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% 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
Georgia Machell
President & CEO (from 6/24)
Board chair
Kate Franken
Chair(from 5/24)
As listed on its FY2024 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 1 funder to 10 funders, grant income rose $30k → $2.7M.
4 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 WIC ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 17 of 18 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 WIC ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 68% · 2019 50% · 2020 55% · 2021 28% · 2022 44% · 2023 44% — 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
83% of NATIONAL WIC ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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 WIC ASSOCIATION draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 WIC ASSOCIATION's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 10 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,003 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding NATIONAL WIC ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $15.4M on record — $15.0M federal, $378k state.
- Department of Agriculture$15.0M
- VT$171k
- MA$94k
- FL$45k
- NJ$41k
- DE$27k
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 WIC ASSOCIATION
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
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL WIC ASSOCIATION?
- NATIONAL WIC ASSOCIATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,782,347 to it, the largest being WAL-MART FOUNDATION ($3,727,697). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL WIC ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $9,782,347 in grants to NATIONAL WIC ASSOCIATION, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL WIC ASSOCIATION?
- WAL-MART FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,727,697 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL WIC ASSOCIATION 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 18 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