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Greater Washington Community Foundation

Washington, District of Columbia · EIN 23-7343119 · Philanthropy & Grantmaking · tax-exempt since 1974

B

Charity Clarity grade B (score 71.3 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended March 2025.

Graded against 1,859 philanthropy & grantmaking nonprofits with revenue over $50M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.44.2 months29
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.100% of practices100
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.75
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.69% from one source74
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.97.9%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.0.6%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.02not scored

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Year by year

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Mar 2025Form 990$123.24M$130.10M−$6.86M$478.69M44.243B
Mar 2024Form 990$99.98M$100.75M−$766K$493.93M58.841C
Mar 2023Form 990$93.50M$107.43M−$13.93M$463.91M51.841D
Mar 2022Form 990$244.70M$94.85M$149.85M$502.74M63.638D
Mar 2021Form 990$159.40M$118.00M$41.40M$379.69M38.647C
Mar 2020Form 990$81.68M$77.02M$4.66M$298.22M46.557B
Mar 2019Form 990$78.11M$73.71M$4.40M$330.23M53.856C
Mar 2018Form 990$96.73M$94.12M$2.61M$331.79M42.353C
Mar 2017Form 990$85.32M$87.92M−$2.60M$321.02M43.848C
Mar 2016Form 990$68.32M$80.96M−$12.64M$305.06M45.248C

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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