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Cultural Development Corporation of the District of Columbia

Washington, District of Columbia · EIN 52-2122445 · Arts, Culture & Humanities · tax-exempt since 1998

D

Charity Clarity grade D (score 46.3 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended September 2026.

Graded against 23,660 arts, culture & humanities nonprofits with revenue under $100K 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.0.0 months0
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.82% of practices82
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.1
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.14% from one source80
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.99.4%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.0.6%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.00not scored

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Year by year

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Sep 2026Form 990$3,610$706K−$702K$00.03D
Sep 2025Form 990$2.97M$2.24M$733K$702K3.85A
Sep 2024Form 990$689K$1.16M−$468K−$31K-0.35D
Sep 2023Form 990$951K$1.22M−$265K$437K4.35B
Sep 2022Form 990$1.09M$1.09M$5,690$698K7.74A
Sep 2021Form 990$868K$811K$57K$694K10.34B
Sep 2020Form 990$678K$856K−$178K$642K9.03B
Sep 2019Form 990$842K$805K$36K$835K12.47B
Sep 2018Form 990$809K$1.09M−$280K$799K8.810B
Sep 2017Form 990$816K$1.39M−$575K$1.08M9.311B

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.

Read the filings

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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