Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
WASHINGTON REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GRANTMAKERS
WASHINGTON REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GRANTMAKERS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 62 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,445,493 to it, the largest being THE MORRIS AND GWENDOLYN CAFRITZ FOUNDATION ($826,500). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 62
- Grants received
- $6.4M
- Net assets
- $301k
What Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers does
Mission
Promotes increased effective and responsible philanthropy to improve the health and vitality of the region and all who live here.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
During the year, the organization ceased conducting the capital experience lab and the sports impact leadership certificate programs.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Washington grantmakers operates multiple programs outside of the work of the previously mentioned funding collaboratives. It provides training, technical assistance and information to its members through affinity groups and working groups. It provides skill building,and educational opportunities to its membership. It serves as the vehicle for communicating on behalf of the philanthropic sector in the national capital region.
$1,415,801 spent$1,715 earned by the program52% of program spendingThe break a difference (bad) program's mission is to strategically engage individuals and institutions through service to make positive impacts in communities and in those who serve. Bad accomplishes this by engaging corporations in large-scale service projects, preparing skilled leaders to serve on nonprofit boards, expanding the volunteer service capacity for nonprofits, and partnering with organizations to engage college students in week-long immersive service trips, otherwise known as alternative breaks.
$865,122 spentof which $859,000 as grants32% of program spendingThe national family support network (nfsn) is a membership-based organization comprised of statewide networks of two or more family support and strengthening programs, such as family resource centers, working together within a collective impact framework to ensure coordinated quality support for families.
$186,611 spentof which $185,735 as grants7% of program spendingFrank karel
$15,896 spentof which $15,896 as grants1% of program spendingWalker's legacy
$76,978 spent3% of program spendingWashington aids partnership: funds several aids prevention and service organizations throughout the metropolitan washington, dc area.
$95,892 spent4% of program spendingHaitian ladies network
$75,366 spentof which $55,976 as grants3% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,731,666.
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 $3.9M to $6.6M (+67%).
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 6% · 2019 2% · 2020 13% · 2021 11% · 2022 3% · 2023 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of WASHINGTON REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GRANTMAKERS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Gloria Nauden
CEO (until 11/2024)
Board chair
Dr Marla M Dean
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $1.1M → $1.4M.
5 of 62 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.7M from 9 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Greater Washington Community Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money WASHINGTON REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GRANTMAKERS raised.
From the IRS filings of WASHINGTON REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GRANTMAKERS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 62 funders by total. 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 REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GRANTMAKERS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 33% · 2019 20% · 2020 19% · 2021 22% · 2022 19% · 2023 18% — 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
36% of WASHINGTON REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GRANTMAKERS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
WASHINGTON REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GRANTMAKERS draws 64% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 15 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $240k 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
WASHINGTON REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GRANTMAKERS's funding base is broadening — from 11 funders to 20 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like WASHINGTON REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GRANTMAKERS
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WASHINGTON REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GRANTMAKERS?
- WASHINGTON REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GRANTMAKERS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 62 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,445,493 to it, the largest being THE MORRIS AND GWENDOLYN CAFRITZ FOUNDATION ($826,500). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WASHINGTON REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GRANTMAKERS have?
- IRS filings report 62 organizations giving $6,445,493 in grants to WASHINGTON REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GRANTMAKERS, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WASHINGTON REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GRANTMAKERS?
- THE MORRIS AND GWENDOLYN CAFRITZ FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $826,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WASHINGTON REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GRANTMAKERS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 62 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