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NATIONAL WOMEN'S FOUNDATION

NATIONAL WOMEN'S FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $274,920 to it, the largest being HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON DC ($108,080). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$291k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$275k
Net assets
$317k
2/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 25%
01What it does

What National Women's Foundation does

Mission

Dedicated to the education of the public concerning: (I) the history of the women's rights movement, (ii) the achievements and contributions of women in our society, (iii) conflict resolution, (iv) outreach and education of the public, especially women, about economic, civic, and cultural issues, and (v) preservation of the whittemore house museum, its history and contents.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Women's voices: history and education focused on politically active women in the dc area.

    $138,153 spent$437 earned by the program
    78% of program spending
  2. Historic preservation: preservation of the whittemore house and its collection of art and antiques.

    $22,101 spent
    12% of program spending
  3. Youth civic education, engagement, and outreach

    $17,515 spentof which $5,000 as grants$65 earned by the program
    10% of program spending
  4. Young women's leadership program: works with dc area high schools to engage young women in public affairs and public service.

The 4 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $177,769.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($167k) Expenses 100 ($104k) Net assets 100 ($208k)2020 Revenue 137 ($229k) Expenses 189 ($197k) Net assets 87 ($180k)2021 Revenue 141 ($236k) Expenses 271 ($283k) Net assets 70 ($147k)2022 Revenue 174 ($291k) Expenses 289 ($302k) Net assets 58 ($122k)2023 Revenue 129 ($216k) Expenses 89 ($93k) Net assets 146 ($305k)2024 Revenue 174 ($291k) Expenses 155 ($162k) Net assets 152 ($317k)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (174)Expenses (155)Net assets (152)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $122k to $310k (+154%).

$310k
$207k
$148k
$122k
$310k
$318k
201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 13% · 2024 37%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

93% of NATIONAL WOMEN'S FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$63k
’19
$32k
’20
−$48k
’21
−$11k
’22
$123k
’23
$129k
’24
17
months of
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.

Board chair

Pamela R Johnson

President and board chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

201920202021202220232024
Listed151617151619
Joined·+6+6+5+5+5
No longer listed·55742
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $41k → $10k.

4 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 WOMEN'S 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 WOMEN'S FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

61% 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 WOMEN'S FOUNDATION.

39%
largest funder
96%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 52% · 2021 75% · 2022 72% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.

“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

61% of NATIONAL WOMEN'S FOUNDATION'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 $108k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Washington, D.C. funders.

DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’21
’22
Washington, D.C. out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $167k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

NATIONAL WOMEN'S FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin44% · top quartile
Months of reserve16.6mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)12% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding NATIONAL WOMEN'S FOUNDATION receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $313k on record.

Federal$313k
grants $313kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Department of the Interior$313k

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

65% of spending goes to programs.

Program 65%Management 32%Fundraising 3%

Governance

16
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

84%

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 WOMEN'S FOUNDATION?
NATIONAL WOMEN'S FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $274,920 to it, the largest being HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON DC ($108,080). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does NATIONAL WOMEN'S FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $274,920 in grants to NATIONAL WOMEN'S FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL WOMEN'S FOUNDATION?
HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON DC is the largest funder on record, with $108,080 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NATIONAL WOMEN'S 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), 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