Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
VAN NESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION
VAN NESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,501,507 to it, the largest being NEW SCHOOLS FUND ($705,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $73k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $139k
What Van Ness Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization does
Mission
We are a 501c3 non-profit open to any current Van Ness teacher parent or guardian. All current families are automatically part of the PTO. The PTO is guided by a board of elected parents guardians and appointed teachers who work together to support our school foster connections between families and raise money for teacher support field trips and community-building events. Our work focuses on the following: CONNECTING: Providing community building opportunities for families to get to know each other through efforts such as new parent outreach community events like Fall Festival and forums such all-parent PTO meetings newsletters and maintaining a community listserv. SUPPORTING: Supporting Van Ness through organizing to meet the schools volunteer needs making sure teachers and staff know they are appreciated and providing administrative support. FUNDING: Supporting Van Ness through raising money at fundraising events building partnerships with local businesses,
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
We support teachers with setting up their classrooms and funding field trips
$0 spentWe build community with parents students teachers and staff.
$0 spentWe support the school administration with supplies and communication.
$0 spent
The 3 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
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 2019 to 2020, from $85k to $351k (+314%).
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.
100% of VAN NESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 10 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $155k → $18k.
4 of 10 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 VAN NESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION’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
VAN NESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
96% 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 VAN NESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 57% · 2020 60% · 2021 66% · 2022 58% · 2023 57% — 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
38% of VAN NESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
VAN NESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $613k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
VAN NESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,807 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,807 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like VAN NESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION
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.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VAN NESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION?
- VAN NESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,501,507 to it, the largest being NEW SCHOOLS FUND ($705,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VAN NESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,501,507 in grants to VAN NESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VAN NESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION?
- NEW SCHOOLS FUND is the largest funder on record, with $705,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VAN NESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 10 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