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THE PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION

THE PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,000 to it, the largest being JOHN JAY HOPKINS FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$6k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$7k
Net assets
$40k
1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 23%
01What it does

What The Philanthropic Foundation does

Program

  1. Not applicable

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-PF.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue -14 ($-1806) Expenses 100 ($10k) Net assets 100 ($50k)2021 Revenue 100 ($13k) Expenses 98 ($10k) Net assets 152 ($76k)2022 Revenue 69 ($9k) Expenses 31 ($3k) Net assets 135 ($68k)2023 Revenue -19 ($-2386) Expenses 59 ($6k) Net assets 139 ($70k)2024 Revenue 25 ($3k) Expenses 104 ($11k) Net assets 140 ($70k)2025 Revenue 47 ($6k) Expenses 67 ($7k) Net assets 81 ($40k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (47)Expenses (67)Net assets (81)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 2024 to 2025, from $70k to $40k (−42%).

$50k
$76k
$68k
$70k
$70k
$40k
202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

202020212022202320242025
Listed844444
Joined·+1+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·50000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income held at $2k.

From the IRS filings of THE PHILANTHROPIC 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

THE PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

71%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 50% · 2022 50% — 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.

Where its funders are

THE PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION draws 71% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 2 states in all.

CA
DC

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

’18
’19
’21
’22
Washington, D.C. out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

THE PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.

Revenue growth (annualized)−17% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION: 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 PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION?
THE PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,000 to it, the largest being JOHN JAY HOPKINS FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $7,000 in grants to THE PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION?
JOHN JAY HOPKINS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE PHILANTHROPIC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 3 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