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GREATER WASHINGTON URBAN LEAGUE INC

EIN 53-0208981 WASHINGTON, DC

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Revenue 2024
$170,236,163
Expenses 2024
$170,155,766

Program services were 98.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P22Z
Classification
2100
Street
2901 14TH ST NW

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE GREATER WASHINGTON URBAN LEAGUE ("GWUL OR "THE LEAGUE") ENVISIONS A DC METRO AREA INCLUSIVE OF FLOURISHING, MULTI-GENERATIONAL, BLACK COMMUNITIES WHERE MEMBERS THRIVE WITHOUT THE HINDRANCE OF SYSTEMIC MINORITIZATION AND RACIAL VIOLENCE. THUS, THE LEAGUE IS ON A MISSION TO INCREASE THE MONETARY AND POLITICAL WELLNESS AND POWER OF HISTORICALLY DISENFRANCHISED AND ECONOMICALLY EXCLUDED BLACK AND OTHER POPULATIONS OF COLOR. GWUL CONCURRENTLY WORKS TO ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY AS A MECHANISM TO ACHIEVE EQUITY WHILE ALSO PROMOTING SELF-RELIANCE AND POLITICAL PARITY. OUR WORK COMBATS GENERATIONAL WEATHERING, PSYCHOLOGICAL OPPRESSION, STRUCTURAL BARRIERS, LOST WEALTH, AND COMMUNITY DISPLACEMENT.FOR 84 YEARS, THE LEAGUE HAS IMPACTED MILLIONS OF LIVES, STANDING BOTH ON SOCIETY'S FRONTLINES AND IN THE TRENCHES, SERVING AS A SAFETY NET AND OPPORTUNITY FACILITATOR IN THE GREATER WASHINGTON DC COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE GREATER WASHINGTON URBAN LEAGUE (GWUL OR THE LEAGUE) IS ON A MISSION TO INCREASE THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL POWER OF HISTORICALLY ENDANGERED, EXCLUDED, AND DIVERSE POPULATIONS. FOR OVER 83 YEARS, THE LEAGUE HAS STOOD ON SOCIETY'S FRONTLINES AS WELL AS IN THE TRENCHES SERVING AS A SAFETY NET AND FACILITATOR OF OPPORTUNITY IN WASHINGTON, DC AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND. AS ONE OF THE DISTRICT'S OLDEST CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS, THE LEAGUE CONTINUES TO CARVE A DISTINCTIVE PATH TOWARDS JUSTICE AND FAIR PLAY BY PUTTING FAMILIES FIRST AND CATERING TO THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY, AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN. SINCE 1938, GWUL HAS GUIDED INDIVIDUALS ON THE ROAD TO SELF-RELIANCE, IMPACTING OVERFIVE MILLION LIVES. THE GREATER WASHINGTON URBAN LEAGUE IS A 501(C) (3) NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATION, A MEMBER AGENCY OF THE UNITED WAY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA AND ONE OF OVER 90 AFFILIATES OF THE NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE.

  • EMERGENCY ASSISTANCESTABILITY PATHWAYS: EASING ACCESS TO EMERGENCY FUNDS AND PUBLIC BENEFITSWE PROVIDE CHANNELS OF FINANCIAL RECOVERY BY DISTRIBUTING EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES AT RISK OF EVICTION, FOOD INSECURITY, UTILITY DISRUPTIONS, EDUCATION DELAYS OR MEDICAL NEGLECT. OUR FINANCIAL AID INCLUDES: PAYMENT OF RENTAL ARREARS PAYDOWN OF PAST DUE UTILITY BILLS CASH FOR LIFE'S EMERGENCIES EVICTION DIVERSION SUPPORT ACCESS SUPPORT FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP ADVOCACY TO END POVERTY POLICIES

    Expenses $9,685,503

  • HOUSING SERVICESHOMEOWNERSHIP PATHWAYS: FROM ROOMING TO RENTING TO OWNINGOUR WORK STRETCHES FROM PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS TO MAKING HOMEOWNERSHIP A REALITY BY HELPING CLIENTS AVOID THE TRAUMAS OF EVICTION AND FORECLOSURE WHILE PREPARING OTHERS FOR THE RIGORS AND REWARDS OF HOME OWNERSHIP. OUR SERVICES INCLUDE: CLOSING COST & DOWN PAYMENT FUNDING HOUSING COUNSELING & EDUCATION HOME OWNERSHIP ACADEMY FORECLOSURE & LOAN MODIFICATION SUPPORT WEATHERIZATION ADVOCACY FOR FAIR CREDIT REPORTING

    Expenses $156,448,707 · Grants $30,000

  • FAMILY WELLNESS

    Expenses $1,263,329

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Dawn C Hendricks Pmp

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Rev Dr Kendrick Curry

    FIRST VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Brandi Petway

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Rizwan Rizzy Qureshi Esq

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Charles W Johnson IV

    CHAIR GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • David R White

    CHAIR FINANCE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Jesse J Price

    CHAIRMAN-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Monique Lanaux

    CHAIR DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • John Houston

    PRESIDENT, THURSDAY NETWORK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Robin T Browder

    PRESIDENT, GWUL GUILD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Richard Fortune

    GENERAL BOARD MEMBERS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • David Geanacopoulos

    GENERAL BOARD MEMBERS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Michelle Kimbrough Ma

    GENERAL BOARD MEMBERS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Anna Schneider

    GENERAL BOARD MEMBERS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Travoris Culpepper

    GENERAL BOARD MEMBERS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Ellen Granberg

    GENERAL BOARD MEMBERS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Barbara Mitchell Esq

    GENERAL BOARD MEMBERS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Tatiana Royster

    GENERAL BOARD MEMBERS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • George H Lambert Jr

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $225,184
    From this org
    $225,184
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,556
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $24,628
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $225,184
  • Kimberly Corbin

    CAFO

    Total calculated
    $221,612
    From this org
    $221,612
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,253
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $27,359
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $221,612
  • Fells Erica

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $129,155
    From this org
    $129,155
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lafontant Sylvie

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $126,986
    From this org
    $126,986
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Oates Kendra

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $114,334
    From this org
    $114,334
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tate Furard

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $115,549
    From this org
    $115,549
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Cummings Betsy

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $114,930
    From this org
    $114,930
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $170,236,163
    Expenses
    $170,155,766
    Contributions
    $170,164,107
    Grants paid
    $30,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $159,911,816
    Expenses
    $159,261,808
    Contributions
    $160,083,520
    Grants paid
    $50,885
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $125,125,831
    Expenses
    $124,329,016
    Contributions
    $125,515,862
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $125,125,831
    Expenses
    $124,329,016
    Contributions
    $125,515,862
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $37,579,443
    Expenses
    $37,670,139
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,622,213
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,848,206
    Expenses
    $10,784,626
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,816,976
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,559,769
    Expenses
    $4,531,116
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,556,240
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,351,919
    Expenses
    $4,272,203
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,512,911
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,169,934
    Expenses
    $5,242,064
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,861,951
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,822,991
    Expenses
    $4,860,421
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,345,828
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,698,245
    Expenses
    $4,647,910
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,508,292
  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $4,667,622
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,504,478
  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $4,991,667
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,970,099

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.