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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$123,242,853
Total expenses
$130,100,629
Contributions and grants received
$84,525,355
Grants paid
$120,341,984
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$38,320,454
Other revenue
$397,044
Total assets, end of year
$518,339,863
Total liabilities, end of year
$39,646,708
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$478,693,155
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$122,014,557
Management and general expenses
$6,287,619
Fundraising expenses
$1,798,453
Program service expenses (Part III)
$122,014,557

Program services were 93.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $628,172

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,015,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $82,882,183

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $25,398,430

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $24,362,579 · unrelated business -$23,770 · excluded $24,386,349

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $294,430

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $294,430 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $294,430 · excluded $294,430

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $282,374,761

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $268,416,886

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $13,957,875 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $13,957,875 · excluded $13,957,875

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $153,485

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $628,172

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $406,075

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$252,590 · excluded -$252,590

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $216,234 · excluded $216,234

  • 11b · Other revenue: FEES FOR SERVICE

    total $126,730 · excluded $126,730

  • 11c · Other revenue: MANAGEMENT FEES

    total $12,240 · excluded $12,240

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $355,204

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $119,378,786 · program services $119,378,786

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $390,275 · program services $390,275

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $572,923 · program services $572,923

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,154,506 · program services $12,109 · management and general $796,510 · fundraising $345,887

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,169,142 · program services $867,189 · management and general $1,786,461 · fundraising $515,492

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $168,778 · program services $34,300 · management and general $100,877 · fundraising $33,601

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $362,783 · program services $73,727 · management and general $216,832 · fundraising $72,224

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $323,564 · program services $65,756 · management and general $193,392 · fundraising $64,416

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $1,001,164 · program services $203,462 · management and general $598,387 · fundraising $199,315

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $53,800 · management and general $53,800

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $160,177 · management and general $160,177

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $66,859 · program services $12,963 · management and general $41,196 · fundraising $12,700

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,154,560 · management and general $1,154,560

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $77,716 · program services $15,794 · management and general $46,450 · fundraising $15,472

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $90,953 · program services $18,484 · management and general $54,362 · fundraising $18,107

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $418,765 · program services $85,104 · management and general $250,292 · fundraising $83,369

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $543,918 · program services $110,538 · management and general $325,095 · fundraising $108,285

  • 17 · Travel

    total $28,810 · program services $5,855 · management and general $17,219 · fundraising $5,736

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $191,669 · program services $38,952 · management and general $114,559 · fundraising $38,158

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $452,772 · program services $92,015 · management and general $270,618 · fundraising $90,139

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $155,363 · program services $31,574 · management and general $92,859 · fundraising $30,930

  • 24a · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT

    total $157,168 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $157,168

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS

    total $13,093 · program services $2,661 · management and general $7,826 · fundraising $2,606

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT & MAINTENANCE

    total $10,284 · program services $2,090 · management and general $6,147 · fundraising $2,047

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER EVENT EXPENSES

    total $2,801 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $2,801

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,241,264

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $66,426,260 · end of year $52,131,380

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $7,689,306 · end of year $24,277,593

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,064,872 · end of year $712,076

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $452,412 · end of year $1,603,234

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $424,606 · end of year $426,773

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,119,774

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $970,320

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $441,782 · end of year $149,454

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $409,814,679 · end of year $384,345,713

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $40,195,248 · end of year $49,381,085

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,367,668 · end of year $3,071,291

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $609,969 · end of year $1,426,031

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $11,244,151 · end of year $29,757,420

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $2,759,769 · end of year $2,946,536

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $22,333,188 · end of year $5,516,721

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $482,334,465 · end of year $467,364,307

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,595,291 · end of year $11,328,848

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IGNITES THE POWER OF PHILANTHROPY TO RESPOND TO CRITICAL COMMUNITY NEEDS AND BUILD A THRIVING REGION WHERE EVERY PERSON PROSPERS. THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HELPS INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, BUSINESSES, AND GOVERNMENT PARTNERS MAKE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE THROUGHOUT THIS REGION AND BEYOND. AS THE REGION'S LARGEST LOCAL FUNDER, WE PARTNER ON A WIDE RANGE OF IMPACT FUNDS, PROGRAMS, AND INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE LIVES AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO LEAD, MOBILIZE, AND IGNITE THE POWER OF PHILANTHROPY TO BUILD A JUST AND THRIVING REGION WHERE EVERY PERSON PROSPERS.

  • ADMINISTRATION OF CHARITABLE GIVING VEHICLES DESIGNED TO FACILITATE THE PHILANTHROPIC INTENT OF INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND GROUPS VIA DONOR ADVISED, FIELD OF INTEREST, DESIGNATED OR OTHER FUND TYPES. ADMINISTRATION CONSISTS OF GIFT RECEIPT AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, INVESTMENT OF FUND ASSETS, PROCESSING, AND DISBURSING GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ENTITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF EACH FUND AS WELL AS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION'S TERMS AND CONDITIONS. THE GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CURRENTLY PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES TO OVER 750 FUNDS.

    Expenses $117,089,354 · Grants $116,356,629

  • FISCAL SPONSORSHIPS - THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SELECTIVELY EXTENDS ITS NONPROFIT STATUS TO GROUPS AND/OR ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE A PHILANTHROPIC MISSION BUT HAVE EITHER NOT RECEIVED SEPARATE EXEMPT STATUS FROM THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE YET OR ARE ORGANIZED FOR A LIMITED DURATION OR PURPOSE. THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SUPPLIES THE SAME ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AS THOSE LISTED IN #1 ABOVE. IN ADDITION THE FOUNDATION EXERCISES EXPENDITURE CONTROL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL DISBURSEMENTS MADE BY THESE FUND TYPES.

    Expenses $3,674,413 · Grants $3,091,581

  • INTERNAL PROGRAM INITIATIVES - PROGRAM INITIATIVES ARE DISCRETIONARY ACTIVITIES OF THE GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DESIGNED TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC AREAS OF NEED WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA OF THE GREATER WASHINGTON REGION. PROGRAM INITIATIVES OF THE CURRENT REPORTING PERIOD INCLUDE PARTNERSHIP TO END HOMELESSNESS, HEALTH EQUITY FUND, AND VOICES DMV. THE PARTNERSHIP TO END HOMELESSNESS BRINGS TOGETHER THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS TO ENSURE HOMELESSNESS IS RARE, BRIEF, AND NON-RECURRING. BY JOINING ACROSS SECTORS, PTEH WORKS TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BOLSTER THE RESPONSE SYSTEM TO HELP MORE PEOPLE OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN STABLE HOUSING, AND ULTIMATELY END HOMELESSNESS IN DC. VOICES OF THE COMMUNITY: DC, MARYLAND, VIRGINIA (VOICESDMV) IS A COMMUNITY LISTENING AND ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE CONDUCTED EVERY THREE YEARS TO HELP UNDERSTAND THE EXPERIENCES OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THE GREATER WASHINGTON REGION.

    Expenses $1,250,790 · Grants $893,774

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • CLIFFORD WHITE

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID E SHIFFRIN

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • QUANDA M ALLEN

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SEAN D MORRIS

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ARCHIE SMART

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ARTIS HAMPSHIRE-COWAN

    BOARD MEMBER (END 09/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CATHERINE LEGGETT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID ROODBERG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DENIELLE PEMBERTON-HEARD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JILL LANDEFELD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAREN LEDER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LESLEY-JANE DIXON

    BOARD MEMBER (END 06/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LIA DEAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATTHEW W EDWARDS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL A ECHOLS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHELLE L BENDER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RACHEL GOSLINS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD K BYNUM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RONALD MACHEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • S DECKER ANSTROM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARAH MOORE JOHNSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIAM W TAYLOR III

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JULIANA S MITROJORGJI

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $234,758
    From this org
    $217,308
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,450
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,900
    Bonus
    $20,333
    Other
    $75
    Deferred
    $9,519
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,931
    Filer's total
    $234,758

  • TONIA R WELLONS

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $431,192
    From this org
    $395,141
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,051
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $357,756
    Bonus
    $37,310
    Other
    $75
    Deferred
    $14,374
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,677
    Filer's total
    $431,192

  • MARCUS L BRAXTON

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $257,365
    From this org
    $239,910
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,455
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,805
    Bonus
    $18,030
    Other
    $75
    Deferred
    $10,064
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,391
    Filer's total
    $257,365

  • TIFFANIE PURVIS

    GEN COUNSEL & SR PHILAN ADV

    Total calculated
    $205,140
    From this org
    $190,015
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,125
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,214
    Bonus
    $11,726
    Other
    $75
    Deferred
    $8,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,125
    Filer's total
    $205,140

  • CHRISTOPHER HOWIE

    MD, DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $170,073
    From this org
    $151,541
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,532
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,466
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $75
    Deferred
    $7,269
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,263
    Filer's total
    $170,073

  • DANIELLE L YATES

    MD, MARKETING & COMMUNICATION

    Total calculated
    $178,868
    From this org
    $164,269
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,599
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,954
    Bonus
    $12,240
    Other
    $75
    Deferred
    $6,860
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,739
    Filer's total
    $178,868

  • DARIUS GRAHAM

    MD, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT

    Total calculated
    $206,379
    From this org
    $190,075
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,304
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,000
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $75
    Deferred
    $7,877
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,427
    Filer's total
    $206,379

  • DAWNN LEARY

    SR DIRECTOR GRANTS & SPECIAL INITIATIVES

    Total calculated
    $149,242
    From this org
    $133,357
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,885
    Hours/week
    40

  • HELEN CONTEH-DAVIES

    CONTROLLER (END 12/2024)

    Total calculated
    $155,753
    From this org
    $135,656
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,097
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,581
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $75
    Deferred
    $5,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,397
    Filer's total
    $155,753

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202640449349302259

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