Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
The Economic Club of Washington DC
The Economic Club of Washington DC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $839,885 to it, the largest being CLARK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC DBA A JAMES & ALICE B CLARK FOUNDATION ($400,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.6M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $840k
- Net assets
- $14M
What The Economic Club of Washington DC does
Mission
To provide a forum for the study and discussion of timely economic, business, and political issues. To increase regional understanding of national and international economic issues amongst the region's business, professional, governmental, and international leadership. To provide a prominent forum where eminent global leaders can share their insights about major issues of the day; and to promote a robust peer community for the area's top executives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Program Events: Providing regional business leaders and their guests the opportunity to hear featured speakers and gain a better understanding of global economic issues. These signature events promote a greater sense of community among the area's top executives, regional and national government officials, and the diplomatic community. Throughout the year, our members gather to listen to , and learn from, thought-leaders in the global business, policy and diplomatic sectors. Executive Conversations generally are smaller group gatherings of approximately 30-100 members. The intimate setting allows club members to interact with speakers through an in-depth exploration of compelling global topics of interest to the business world. Additional virtual and in-person events provide members regular opportunity for small-group peer interaction. These sessions include more frequent member led forums that foster community education through topic driven discussions.
$2,739,465 spent$189,625 earned by the program46% of program spendingScholarship programs: College scholarships, in the amount of $20,000 each, are awarded to up to 50 Washington, DC, public and charter high school seniors based on academic achievement and other factors. With oversight provided by the Education Committee, extensive additional support is provided to students selected for the scholarship award including mentoring, internships, and other seminars devised to enhance successful graduation from college and provide job opportunities. Through a vigorous application process, up to 3 fellowships in the amount of $10,000 each are also awarded to prior scholarship winners to support graduate - level study across all disciplines.
$1,745,493 spentof which $1,148,639 as grants$616,910 earned by the program29% of program spendingMembership: The Economic Club of Washington DC is a non-profit peer group organization. Our exclusive membership is restricted to executive-level leaders of top tier businesses based in the Washington region. Through our programs, members gain valuable insight into critical global, economic, business, and political issues that impact their company's success. They also interact with peers in ways that strengthen the area business community and support their ability to effectively guide their firms' commerce. Economic Club members include heads of regional and national corporations, entrepreneurs, investment professionals, government affairs experts, lawyers, accountants, and business leaders from the Washington, DC region. The Executive Fellows program welcomes individuals from annual sponsor organizations, who are on a leadership track, and provides opportunities to develop and cultivate leadership skills.
$1,186,197 spent$3,344,733 earned by the program20% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$313,820 spent5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,984,975.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $16M to $19M (+22%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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
Mary Brady
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $29k → $131k.
3 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $123k from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest American Gas Association). These are real filings, and they are not money The Economic Club of Washington DC raised.
From the IRS filings of The Economic Club of Washington DC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 22 of 23 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
The Economic Club of Washington DC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 76%; 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 61% · 2018 33% · 2019 63% · 2020 71% · 2021 94% · 2022 81% · 2023 77% — 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.
How long its funders stay
38% of The Economic Club of Washington DC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% 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
The Economic Club of Washington DC draws 77% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $52k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Organizations like The Economic Club of Washington DC
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds The Economic Club of Washington DC?
- The Economic Club of Washington DC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $839,885 to it, the largest being CLARK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC DBA A JAMES & ALICE B CLARK FOUNDATION ($400,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Economic Club of Washington DC have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $839,885 in grants to The Economic Club of Washington DC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Economic Club of Washington DC?
- CLARK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC DBA A JAMES & ALICE B CLARK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Economic Club of Washington DC 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 23 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