Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
TZEDEK DC INC
TZEDEK DC INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,356,801 to it, the largest being THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BAR FOUNDATION ($1,909,847). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.6M
- Funders on record
- 48
- Grants received
- $8.4M
- Net assets
- $4.3M
What Tzedek DC Inc does
Mission
Drawing from the jewish teachings of "tzedek, tzedek tirdof, or "justice, justice you shall pursue," tzedek dc's mission is to safeguard the legal rights and financial health of dc residents with low incomes dealing with the often (continued on schedule o) devastating consequences of abusive debt collection practices and other consumer related issues.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Tzedek dc provides direct legal services to vulnerable d.c. Residents. Specifically, tzedek dc provides quality pro-bono legal services to d.c. Residents who are at or below the 400 percent of the federal poverty line (including those under the 200 percent threshold) and facing debt collection and other consumer-related legal problems.tzedek dc provides services to the subset of potential clients who:(I) go through the intake process and provide the required information;(ii) meet the income eligibility requirements;(iii) have a debt or consumer-related or other civil legal issue forwhich tzedek dc can provide legal assistance; and(iv) for which tzedek dc management makes the (continued on schedule o)judgment that through its staff and pro bono volunteer partners, tzedek dc has the capacity and expertise to handle.
$1,941,173 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,941,173.
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 2023 to 2024, from $3.1M to $4.4M (+40%).
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: 2018 18% · 2019 14% · 2020 14% · 2021 13% · 2022 13% · 2023 7% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of TZEDEK DC INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Board chair
Rachel Kronowitz
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $104k → $1.7M.
9 of 48 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 TZEDEK DC INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 48 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
TZEDEK DC INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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
70% 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 TZEDEK DC INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 53% · 2019 35% · 2020 28% · 2021 29% · 2022 34% · 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
54% of TZEDEK DC INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
58% of TZEDEK DC INC'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. $3.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
TZEDEK DC INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,337 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,337 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like TZEDEK DC INC
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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TZEDEK DC INC?
- TZEDEK DC INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,356,801 to it, the largest being THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BAR FOUNDATION ($1,909,847). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TZEDEK DC INC have?
- IRS filings report 48 organizations giving $8,356,801 in grants to TZEDEK DC INC, 33 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TZEDEK DC INC?
- THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BAR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,909,847 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TZEDEK DC INC 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.
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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 48 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