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WOMEN'S CONGRESSIONAL STAFF FOUNDATION

WOMEN'S CONGRESSIONAL STAFF FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being THE PG&E CORPORATION FOUNDATION ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$167k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$30k
Net assets
$198k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 16%
01What it does

What Women's Congressional Staff Foundation does

Mission

To increase the number of women staffers in senior positions on capitol hill, and to provide grants for women congressional interns.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. The annual event is the primary award reception event of the wcsf for the purpose of awarding scholarships to female congressional interns. The event features a keynote speaker and an honorary award.

    $44,547 spent
    33% of program spending
  2. Awarding monetary scholarships to females who would otherwise not be able to pursue internships. The funds are for housing, transportation, and living expenses.

    $80,825 spentof which $65,000 as grants
    59% of program spending
  3. Designing and providing leadership/professional development in order to provide education and skills based training for women working on capitol hill.

    $11,633 spent
    8% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $137,005.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($81k) Expenses 100 ($30k) Net assets 100 ($135k)2022 Revenue 195 ($158k) Expenses 222 ($67k) Net assets 167 ($226k)2023 Revenue 117 ($95k) Expenses 374 ($113k) Net assets 154 ($208k)2024 Revenue 206 ($167k) Expenses 583 ($176k) Net assets 147 ($198k)
2021202220232024
Revenue (206)Expenses (583)Net assets (147)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $135k to $226k (+67%).

$135k
$226k
$208k
$198k
2021202220232024
Total assets

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of WOMEN'S CONGRESSIONAL STAFF FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,828 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$51k
’21
$91k
’22
−$18k
’23
−$9k
’24

Leadership and staff

Board chair

Sarah Lonardo

Chair of the

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $15k.

Funder
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of WOMEN'S CONGRESSIONAL STAFF 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

WOMEN'S CONGRESSIONAL STAFF FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.

CA

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

’22
’23
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

WOMEN'S CONGRESSIONAL STAFF FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−6% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)27% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

DC

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WOMEN'S CONGRESSIONAL STAFF FOUNDATION: 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 WOMEN'S CONGRESSIONAL STAFF FOUNDATION?
WOMEN'S CONGRESSIONAL STAFF FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being THE PG&E CORPORATION FOUNDATION ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WOMEN'S CONGRESSIONAL STAFF FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $30,000 in grants to WOMEN'S CONGRESSIONAL STAFF FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WOMEN'S CONGRESSIONAL STAFF FOUNDATION?
THE PG&E CORPORATION FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WOMEN'S CONGRESSIONAL STAFF FOUNDATION 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 2021–2024), 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