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THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRUST AND ESTATE COUNSEL

THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRUST AND ESTATE COUNSEL (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $62,000 to it, the largest being THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRUST AND ESTATE COUNSEL FOUNDATION ($62,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$9.1M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$62k
Net assets
$4.3M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($5.8M) Expenses 100 ($5.6M) Net assets 100 ($3.5M)2018 Revenue 108 ($6.3M) Expenses 105 ($5.9M) Net assets 111 ($3.9M)2019 Revenue 112 ($6.5M) Expenses 116 ($6.5M) Net assets 114 ($4.0M)2020 Revenue 112 ($6.5M) Expenses 120 ($6.7M) Net assets 110 ($3.8M)2021 Revenue 75 ($4.4M) Expenses 65 ($3.7M) Net assets 149 ($5.2M)2022 Revenue 103 ($6.0M) Expenses 108 ($6.1M) Net assets 129 ($4.5M)2023 Revenue 128 ($7.4M) Expenses 142 ($8.0M) Net assets 116 ($4.0M)2024 Revenue 153 ($8.9M) Expenses 154 ($8.7M) Net assets 122 ($4.3M)2025 Revenue 156 ($9.1M) Expenses 164 ($9.2M) Net assets 122 ($4.3M)
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Revenue (156)Expenses (164)Net assets (122)Peer revenue range

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

1% of THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRUST AND ESTATE COUNSEL’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,406 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$196k
’17
$378k
’18
$21k
’19
−$211k
’20
$710k
’21
−$88k
’22
−$542k
’23
$240k
’24
−$104k
’25
1.9
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRUST AND ESTATE COUNSEL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.

Where its funders are

100% of THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRUST AND ESTATE COUNSEL's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.

DC

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRUST AND ESTATE COUNSEL's revenue grew 56% between 2017 and 2025.

Operating margin−1% · below the median
Months of reserve1.9mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,812 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRUST AND ESTATE COUNSEL

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.

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04Profile & governance

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

Governance

41
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 6 related entities

  • Florida Fellows Institute LLC · disregarded
  • Heart of America Fellows Institute LLC · disregarded
  • Mid-Atlantic Fellows Institute LLC · disregarded
  • New England Fellows Institute LLC · disregarded
  • Rocky Mountain Fellows Institute LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRUST AND ESTATE COUNSEL?
THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRUST AND ESTATE COUNSEL (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $62,000 to it, the largest being THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRUST AND ESTATE COUNSEL FOUNDATION ($62,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRUST AND ESTATE COUNSEL have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $62,000 in grants to THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRUST AND ESTATE COUNSEL, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRUST AND ESTATE COUNSEL?
THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRUST AND ESTATE COUNSEL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $62,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRUST AND ESTATE COUNSEL 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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. What this page cannot tell you · view filing