Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE ADVOCACY PROJECT
THE ADVOCACY PROJECT (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,064,751 to it, the largest being GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ($261,401). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $148k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $48k
What The Advocacy Project does
Mission
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As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The Advocacy Project helped ten community based organizations to work for social change in 2024 in seven countries. In india we helped to fund a program to help tribal women reduce their exposure to malaria. We raised funds for refugees in thailand who fled from the war in myanmar. Also in asia we helped a partner in central nepal to research the impact of caste on the tharu people and develop projects. We also supported a program in vietnam to help families that were still recovering from the impact of the war. In africa we supported two community driven campaigns in kenya one helped women in the settlements of nairobi to compost their food waste and grow vegetables in kitchen gardens the second project brought together herders from the pokot and ilchamus tribes to take common action against the threat from drought and conflict. In zimbabwe we offered advice and funding to help a long standing partner protect girls against early marriage and put vulnerable girls through school. Our partner in uganda installed toilets handwashing and a changing room for girl students at a primary school in gulu district. Finally we supported two projects in the us for high school students. We…
$149,370 spentof which $89,520 as grants$3,553 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $149,370.
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 2017 to 2018, from $131k to $56k (−57%).
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.
97% of THE ADVOCACY PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% 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
Iain Guest
Secretary executive director
Board chair
Bobbi Fitzsimmons
Chairperson/treasurer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $147k → $151k.
6 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 THE ADVOCACY PROJECT’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
THE ADVOCACY PROJECT has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% 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
85% 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 THE ADVOCACY PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 32% · 2019 44% · 2020 41% · 2021 41% · 2022 29% · 2023 30% — 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
60% of THE ADVOCACY PROJECT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 80% 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
62% of THE ADVOCACY PROJECT's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $448k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
THE ADVOCACY PROJECT's funding base is broadening — from 6 funders to 8 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,524 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE ADVOCACY PROJECT
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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
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE ADVOCACY PROJECT: 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 THE ADVOCACY PROJECT?
- THE ADVOCACY PROJECT (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,064,751 to it, the largest being GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ($261,401). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ADVOCACY PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $1,064,751 in grants to THE ADVOCACY PROJECT, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ADVOCACY PROJECT?
- GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $261,401 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ADVOCACY PROJECT 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 15 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