Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THINK OF US
THINK OF US (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 50 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,455,695 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,059,300). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $9.6M
- Funders on record
- 50
- Grants received
- $33M
- Net assets
- $41M
What Think of US does
Mission
Our mission is to help youth and families heal, develop and thrive.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
"virtual support services (vss) is a tech-enabled resource navigation model that helps young people and caregivers quickly find and access the resources they need. Through vss, users can search and apply for support based on their priorities, urgency, and preferences-backed by a team of locally based community responders who guide them every step of the way. Since 2021, Think of US has used vss in california, georgia, and the greater boston area to empower transition-age foster youth, kin caregivers, resource families, and adoptive families to meet immediate basic needs and build toward long-term success. Users can request support and connect with community responders via text, chat, email, or phone to explore options, identify solutions, and handle time-consuming administrative tasks such as research, paperwork, and follow-up. In 2024, tou responded to 5,841 requests on behalf of 1,827 families- helping them access over $ 28.9 million in resources.
$2,671,494 spent$14,999 earned by the program23% of program spendingThe center for lived experience (cle) - a groundbreaking participatory research, proximate policy, and community-building initiative - integrates the insights, data, and leadership of people with lived experience to re-architect the child welfare system. We publish groundbreaking research, work with cities, states, and tribes to co-design and implement solutions to long-standing challenges, and advise federal and state policy makers on effective, bipartisan solutions. The center for lived experience strives to create a world where individuals with lived experience, and their insights, drive an accessible and effective child and family wellbeing system. By building a community of lived experts and organizations where lived expertise is fully integrated into the functions and infrastructure of systems, the center seeks to make lived experience a core element of systems change that results in better outcomes for individuals. The center for lived experience is a hub for developing the knowledge, skills, and practices that integrate lived expertise into the child welfare system. A bridge between theory and practice, the center works with both individuals lived experts and organizations…
$2,372,455 spentof which $632 as grants20% of program spendingOur systems change lab leverages our research and design method - rooted in the principles of human-centered problem-solving that powers the private sector - to drive innovation. Partners have little capacity to design and test new solutions. As a result, it can take decades for research to inform policy. We accelerate this process by bringing nimble and responsive research and design capabilities to the public sector.
$1,685,308 spent14% of program spendingOther programs - general programs, lobbying, communications and technology.
$5,061,718 spentof which $2,752,963 as grants43% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,790,975.
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. 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 2022 to 2023, from $7.2M to $46M (+546%).
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: 2019 0% · 2020 2% · 2021 1% · 2022 0% · 2023 3% · 2024 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of THINK OF US’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Sixto Cancel
CEO
Board chair
Matthew Gemello
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $180k → $13M.
16 of 50 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 THINK OF US’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 50 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
THINK OF US has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
45% 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 THINK OF US.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 56% · 2019 48% · 2020 35% · 2021 38% · 2022 41% · 2023 20% — 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
61% of THINK OF US's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
THINK OF US draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $14M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
THINK OF US holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THINK OF US
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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
61%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THINK OF US: 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 THINK OF US?
- THINK OF US (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 50 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,455,695 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,059,300). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THINK OF US have?
- IRS filings report 50 organizations giving $33,455,695 in grants to THINK OF US, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THINK OF US?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $5,059,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THINK OF US 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 50 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing