Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 105 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,674,050 to it, the largest being CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ($16,353,800). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $30M
- Funders on record
- 105
- Grants received
- $40M
- Net assets
- $69M
What Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars does
Mission
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars promotes policy, relevant (see sch o)
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Kennan institute - brings scholars and governmental specialists together to discuss political, social, and economic issues affecting russia and other successor states to the soviet union.
$1,695,056 spentof which $203,530 as grants8% of program spendingScience and technology program - brings forsight to the frontier. Our experts explore emerging technologies through vital conversations, making science policy accessible to everyone.
$1,558,762 spent7% of program spendingMiddle east program - brings scholars and governmental specialists together to discuss political, social, and economic issues affecting the middle east region.
$1,220,228 spentof which $126,000 as grants6% of program spendingAsia program, canadian institute, european studies, middle east program, division of international studies, kissinger institute, science and technology programs provided workshops and conferences in their major area of study. Expenses $ 21,463,777 including grants of $ 800,407 revenue $ 0.
$16,989,731 spentof which $470,877 as grants79% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $21,463,777.
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 2021 to 2022, from $106M to $62M (−42%).
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 43% · 2018 45% · 2019 39% · 2020 43% · 2021 52% · 2022 113% · 2023 68% · 2024 51%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS’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. 4 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.
Board chair
Joseph Max Asher
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 28 funders to 33 funders, grant income rose $3.2M → $4.7M.
25 of 105 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 105 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
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 60%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 49% · 2019 62% · 2020 32% · 2021 31% · 2022 40% · 2023 47% — 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.
How long its funders stay
25% of WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 22 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS's funding base is broadening — from 28 funders to 33 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 43 social science nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.6M on record.
- Department of State$2.3M
- Department of Homeland Security$750k
- Agency for International Development$325k
- Department of Defense$169k
- National Science Foundation$45k
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 WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS
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
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS?
- WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 105 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,674,050 to it, the largest being CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ($16,353,800). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS have?
- IRS filings report 105 organizations giving $39,674,050 in grants to WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS, 47 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS?
- CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK is the largest funder on record, with $16,353,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS 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 105 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