Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Washington Parks & People
Washington Parks & People (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $394,058 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($194,805). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $991k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $394k
- Net assets
- $4.2M
What Washington Parks & People does
Mission
To protect, restore and promote sound park management in the Washington DC metropolitan area. (See Continuation on Schedule O)
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
DC Green Corps- the DC Green Corps, based at the New Marvin Gaye Community Greening Center in the watts branch sub- watershed of the Anacostia River, provides a city- wide gateway to 50 different green career tracks in urban and community forestry and forest- based ecosystem and watershed restoration helping under- served sub- watershed communities across the city. The Green Corps job program focuses on environmental justice, sustainable native reforestation, riparian buffer planting, invasive removal, urban agriculture and arboriculture, and green controls of urban systems, such as storm and sewer flows. The Green Corps and Center have a referral system to help participants connect to jobs through a wide range of agencies, professional and trade associations, trades and professions and industries. Education and Outreach- Washington Parks and People offers programs that inform the public about the various uses and the history of public parks located in the Washington DC metro area. Community Harvest- The Community Harvest program reconnects underserved people with land, food, jobs and justice. The centerpiece of the program is community partnership awards of mini- grants, land…
$651,337 spent$796,549 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $651,337.
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 2020 to 2021, from $2.3M to $4.6M (+99%).
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 4% · 2018 6% · 2019 7% · 2020 5% · 2021 4% · 2022 2% · 2023 9% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
19% of Washington Parks & People’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% 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.
Chief executive
Steve Coleman
Executive Director
Board chair
John Theoharis
Chair and Treasurer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $25k → $59k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 Washington Parks & People’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 Parks & People leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% 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
55% 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 Parks & People.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 84% · 2022 100% · 2023 85% — 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
51% of Washington Parks & People's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $194k that is directly attributable, 92% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $201k 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
Washington Parks & People runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding Washington Parks & People receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $50k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$50k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Washington Parks & People
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Washington Parks & People: 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 Washington Parks & People?
- Washington Parks & People (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $394,058 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($194,805). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Washington Parks & People have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $394,058 in grants to Washington Parks & People, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Washington Parks & People?
- GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $194,805 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Washington Parks & People 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 6 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