Virginia · Nonprofit
William McDonough Foundation
William McDonough Foundation (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $776,000 to it, the largest being THE BRIGHT FOUNDATION ($776,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $292k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $776k
- Net assets
- $171k
What William McDonough Foundation does
Program
In 2024 the Foundation continued curating a library of principles and practices from William McDonoughs body of work his curated library and relevant expertise in sustainability. The Foundation also designed an online training program curriculum based on McDonoughs principles. Additionally a platform is being created to celebrate leaders and organizations exemplifying intergenerational design and advancing visionary projects supporting the development of eco-friendly materials globally. An AI is being developed to enhance accessibility to sustainability-focused content for consumers and consultants advising major brands on sustainable practices.
$384,911 spent
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $388k to $266k (−31%).
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
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $150k → $377k.
From the IRS filings of William McDonough Foundation’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.
Where its funders are
William McDonough Foundation draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
William McDonough Foundation's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Virginia
Nationally
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Questions and answers
- Who funds William McDonough Foundation?
- William McDonough Foundation (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $776,000 to it, the largest being THE BRIGHT FOUNDATION ($776,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does William McDonough Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $776,000 in grants to William McDonough Foundation, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of William McDonough Foundation?
- THE BRIGHT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $776,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like William McDonough Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2022–2024), and the filings of 1 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