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WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS GROUP

WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS GROUP (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,000 to it, the largest being EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$171k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$17k
Net assets
$47k
0/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 11%
01What it does

What Washington Government Relations Group does

Mission

The organization is a professional development association. It is a non-partisan, independent, volunteer association founded to entrich the careers and leadership abilities of african-american government relations professionals.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Tin cup awards - during this dinner program, the organization honors its fellow peers in the government relations arena who have reached certain milestones in their respective field of expertise. Proceeds from the dinner support scholarships to college students majoring in political science, public administration or other related areas.

    $0 spent
  2. Policy roundtable series - this program allows members to engage in discussion with policymakers about relevant federal public policy issues ranging from transportation and healthcare to telecommunications, education, and the evironment.

    $0 spent
  3. Salute to the hill - this is a reception for congressional and executive branch staff.

    $0 spent
  4. Table talk - this program allows members to discuss their career and seek guidance on advancing in the government relations field through informal conversations with seasoned lobbyists and government relations professionals. The discussions include their successes, challenges, and best practices.

    $0 spent
  5. Student scholarships - the organization contributes funds to Washington Government Relations Group foundation to fund scholarships to undergraduate and graduate-level african-american students who demonstrate the commitment, dedication, and work ethic to be advocates throughout their academic and professional journeys.

    $0 spent

The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($66k) Expenses 100 ($21k) Net assets 100 ($66k)2020 Revenue 42 ($28k) Expenses 82 ($17k) Net assets 117 ($76k)2021 Revenue 28 ($19k) Expenses 37 ($8k) Net assets 133 ($87k)2022 Revenue 220 ($146k) Expenses 693 ($145k) Net assets 134 ($87k)2023 Revenue 230 ($152k) Expenses 851 ($178k) Net assets 93 ($61k)2024 Revenue 259 ($171k) Expenses 883 ($185k) Net assets 72 ($47k)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (259)Expenses (883)Net assets (72)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $76k to $106k (+39%).

$66k
$76k
$106k
$87k
$61k
$47k
201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

98% of WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS GROUP’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$45k
’19
$11k
’20
$11k
’21
$120
’22
−$27k
’23
−$14k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $7k → $10k.

Funder
'19
'22
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS GROUP’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

WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS GROUP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100% 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 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS GROUP.

59%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.

“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

100% of WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS GROUP's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.

DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’22
Washington, D.C. out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS GROUP has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−8% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)21% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS GROUP?
WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS GROUP (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,000 to it, the largest being EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS GROUP have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $17,000 in grants to WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS GROUP.
Who is the largest funder of WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS GROUP?
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS GROUP find more funders?
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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 2019–2024), and the filings of 2 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