Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
SMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY FOUNDATION INC
SMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY FOUNDATION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,560,633 to it, the largest being The James Irvine Foundation ($5,020,000). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.6M
- Funders on record
- 57
- Grants received
- $28M
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What Small Business Majority Foundation Inc does
Mission
Small business majority is a national small business advocacy organization, founded by small business owners to ensure that small businesses are at the heart of a thriving, inclusive economy. We actively engage small business owners across america to drive smart public policy and get entrepreneurs the resources they need to thrive.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Outreach, education & advocacy - we conduct outreach from our offices in washington, dc, california, colorado, georgia, illinois, new mexico and new york, with a focus on serving the needs of under-resourced small business owners. We provide a suite of educational programs and connections to resources to empower entrepreneurs to start and grow their enterprises and maximize their economic prosperity on topics like access to responsible capital, healthcare and other essential benefits, and level playing field. Furthermore, we provide small business owners opportunities to advocate for public policy changes in these areas that advance entrepreneurship. Our network is comprised of more than 85,000 small business owners and more than 1,500 business organizations. Our work is guided by a national and state small business councils of active small business owners.
$3,157,529 spent72% of program spendingCommunications - we communicate our message to policymakers and the media via extensive public relations efforts targeting mainstream electronic, print and online media. Our work includes one-on-one communication with reporters, press releases, op-eds, letters to the editor, multiple web sites, a monthly newsletter and daily communication via a host of social media channels.
$785,903 spent18% of program spendingResearch - we conduct wide-ranging research to understand small business owners' needs, challenges and opportunities. Focused on uncovering the perspectives of small business owners, we communicate our findings to policymakers, the media and other stakeholders. Our research products include scientific opinion polling, internal network surveys, focus groups and roundtable discussions. We work with academic and other research institutions to aggregate and synthesize data to better understand the challenges faced by under-resourced entrepreneurs and assess the benefit of public policies and targeted resource interventions.
$445,972 spent10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,389,404.
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 2023 to 2024, from $9.1M to $6.0M (−34%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of SMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
John Arensmeyer
Founder & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $1.7M → $5.6M.
17 of 57 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 SMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 57 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
SMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
39% 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 SMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 44% · 2019 36% · 2020 20% · 2021 28% · 2022 24% · 2023 21% — 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
47% of SMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
SMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 15 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
SMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY FOUNDATION INC's funding base is broadening — from 12 funders to 25 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like SMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY FOUNDATION 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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 7 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY FOUNDATION 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 SMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY FOUNDATION INC?
- SMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY FOUNDATION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,560,633 to it, the largest being The James Irvine Foundation ($5,020,000). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 57 organizations giving $27,560,633 in grants to SMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY FOUNDATION INC, 39 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY FOUNDATION INC?
- The James Irvine Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $5,020,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY FOUNDATION 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.
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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 57 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