Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
UJIMA THE NATIONAL CENTER ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
UJIMA THE NATIONAL CENTER ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,926,799 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($1,250,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Ujima the National Center on Violence Against Women does
Mission
To mobilize the community to respond to and end domestic, sexual and community violence in the black community. We actualize this mission through research, public awareness and community engagement, and resource development. Ujima serves as a resource to: survivors of violence, advocates and service providers, and the community at-large.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Training and technical assistancesee schedule o for complete description
$4,806,000 spentof which $2,728,543 as grants$55,714 earned by the program45% of program spendingCommunity education, awareness & outreachsee schedule o for complete description
$2,670,000 spentof which $1,515,857 as grants25% of program spendingCultural specific sub-awardsee schedule o for complete description
$1,602,002 spentof which $909,514 as grants15% of program spendingResearch (10%): ujima, in collaboration with esperanza united and the asian pacific institute on gender-based violence, continued work on the second iteration of a culturally specific needs assessment and factsheet, scheduled for dissemination in spring 2025. This project extends earlier collaborations, including the coffee, charla, and chai webinar series, which brought culturally specific resource centers together to amplify the diverse experiences of survivors.ujima staff began a research project examining violent crime trends from the past five years, with a specific focus on how rates of murder, rape, assault, and robbery intersect with intimate partner violence. Special attention was given to understanding whether incidents of domestic violence and sexual assault have increased even as overall violent crime has shifted. This initial research resulted in a preliminary data set and identified key areas requiring deeper exploration and clarification, helping to inform future data-driven programming and advocacy worksystems change, policy & advocacy (5%): ujima staff continue to engage in policy development activities in support of survivors of domestic violence, dating…
$1,601,998 spentof which $909,515 as grants15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,680,000.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $541k to $2.9M (+444%).
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: 2022 85% · 2023 74% · 2024 93% · 2025 88%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of UJIMA THE NATIONAL CENTER ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (95% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Karma Cottman
CEO/executive director
Board chair
Jamien Jordan
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $121k → $909k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 UJIMA THE NATIONAL CENTER ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN’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
UJIMA THE NATIONAL CENTER ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 94%; 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: 2021 100% · 2022 75% · 2023 72% — 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
UJIMA THE NATIONAL CENTER ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $40k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
UJIMA THE NATIONAL CENTER ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN has grown faster than three-quarters of the 152 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 152 crime & legal nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like UJIMA THE NATIONAL CENTER ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UJIMA THE NATIONAL CENTER ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: 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 UJIMA THE NATIONAL CENTER ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN?
- UJIMA THE NATIONAL CENTER ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,926,799 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($1,250,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UJIMA THE NATIONAL CENTER ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $2,926,799 in grants to UJIMA THE NATIONAL CENTER ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UJIMA THE NATIONAL CENTER ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN?
- THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UJIMA THE NATIONAL CENTER ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 5 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