Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
WANDA ALSTON FOUNDATION INC
WANDA ALSTON FOUNDATION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,317,040 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($340,200). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $446k
What Wanda Alston Foundation Inc does
Mission
The mission of the wanda alston foundation (waf) is to eradicate homelessness and poverty for lgbtqia2s+ youth ages 18-24 and to ensure that they have access to services that improve their overall quality of life through advocacy and programming. The waf opened its doors in 2008 as the only housing program in washington, dc, solely dedicated to offering pre-independent transitional living and support services to lgbtqia2s+ youth who are experiencing homelessness or who are at risk in all eight wards. Complementing this, the wanda alston counseling center (wacc) provides a comprehensive range of trauma-informed and culturally competent services, including mental health support, emergency housing, and general support, to lgbtqia2s+ individuals in the d.c. Area who are survivors of intimate partner violence and sexual assault. This comprehensive approach ensures that all aspects of their well-being are addressed, making the audience feel reassured and supported.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Wanda alston house: the wanda alston foundation serves as the first housing program in washington, dc that is solely dedicated to offering pre-independent living services to homeless lgbtq youth ages 16-24. These services include: include-term transitional living, case management, educational guidance and support, job training and guidance, and support service referrals. House residents have their own rooms and live with an advocate with extensive experience with housing and lgbtq issues. House residents are also offered a life skills counselor who works with the residents daily on issues relating to education/vocational training, housing, and other matters as necessary.
$1,194,298 spent$120,723 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,194,298.
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 2021 to 2022, from $588k to $1.3M (+123%).
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: 2017 76% · 2018 57% · 2019 66% · 2020 81% · 2021 79% · 2022 87% · 2023 84% · 2024 81%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of WANDA ALSTON FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Darrin Glymph
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $33k → $221k.
7 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 WANDA ALSTON FOUNDATION INC’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
WANDA ALSTON FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% 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
75% 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 WANDA ALSTON FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 81% · 2019 45% · 2020 49% · 2021 28% · 2022 30% · 2023 34% — 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
64% of WANDA ALSTON FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
WANDA ALSTON FOUNDATION INC draws 70% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $583k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
WANDA ALSTON FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,973 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,973 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like WANDA ALSTON FOUNDATION 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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WANDA ALSTON FOUNDATION INC?
- WANDA ALSTON FOUNDATION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,317,040 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($340,200). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WANDA ALSTON FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $1,317,040 in grants to WANDA ALSTON FOUNDATION INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WANDA ALSTON FOUNDATION INC?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $340,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WANDA ALSTON FOUNDATION 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 23 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