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DONORS TRUST INC

EIN 52-2166327 ALEXANDRIA, VA

Largest nonprofits in Virginia

Revenue 2024
$294,438,756
Expenses 2024
$291,549,081

Program services were 98.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T99
Classification
1000
Street
1800 DIAGONAL RD STE 280

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 280). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Support charities & sponsor programs which alleviate, through education, research & private initiatives, society's most pervasive and radical needs, including those relating to social welfare, health, environment, economics, foreign relations, arts and culture. Encourage private philanthropy and individual giving as opposed to governmental solutions to society's problems.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Support charities & sponsor programs that promote liberty- See Part III

  • A Donor Advised Fund (DAF) program allowing DAF contributors to advise grants that support charities which alleviate, through education, research and private initiatives, society's most pervasive and radical needs, including those relating to social welfare, health, environment, economics, governance, foreign relations and arts and culture; and which encourage private philanthropy and individual giving and responsibility as an answer to society's needs, as opposed to governmental involvement.

    Expenses $285,164,806 · Grants $283,170,830

  • Donors Trust serves as an incubator for organizations with missions that align with that of Donors Trust and that are in the process of applying for tax-exempt status, thereby allowing these start-up organizations a chance to begin operations while waiting for formal recognition of their non-profit status.

    Expenses $630,407 · Grants $626,012

  • Donors Trust initiated a program to make grants to foreign NGOs for which Donors Trust receives an equivalency determination that finds had the foreign organization been (1) a U.S. based organization and (2) applied for tax-exempt status the NGO would have received recognition as a 501(c)(3) publicly supported charity.

    Expenses $326,806 · Grants $326,806

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.

  • Kimberly O Dennis

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • James Piereson

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas E Beach

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • George GH Coates Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lawson R Bader

    President and CEO

    Total calculated
    $507,792
    From this org
    $399,997
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $107,795
    Hours/week
    42 + 3 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $380,997
    Bonus
    $19,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $51,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $56,045
    Filer's total
    $507,792

  • Jeffrey C Zysik

    CFO, COO and Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $402,850
    From this org
    $312,413
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $90,437
    Hours/week
    42 + 3 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $298,913
    Bonus
    $13,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $47,202
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,235
    Filer's total
    $402,850

  • Peter A Lipsett

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $312,788
    From this org
    $240,536
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $72,252
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $227,036
    Bonus
    $13,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $36,915
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,337
    Filer's total
    $312,788

  • Stephen M Johnson

    CTO

    Total calculated
    $235,129
    From this org
    $188,141
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,988
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,641
    Bonus
    $11,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $28,781
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,207
    Filer's total
    $235,129

  • Gregory P Conko

    Vice President of Programs

    Total calculated
    $303,845
    From this org
    $236,087
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,758
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $222,587
    Bonus
    $13,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $35,644
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,114
    Filer's total
    $303,845

  • Lukas C Dwelly

    Philanthropic Advisor

    Total calculated
    $232,656
    From this org
    $186,290
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,366
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,790
    Bonus
    $14,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,253
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,113
    Filer's total
    $232,656

  • Stephanie L Giovanetti

    Philanthropic Advisor

    Total calculated
    $196,142
    From this org
    $170,558
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,584
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,058
    Bonus
    $11,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,584
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $196,142

  • Christopher D Renner

    Controller

    Total calculated
    $212,846
    From this org
    $163,134
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,712
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,134
    Bonus
    $4,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,253
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,459
    Filer's total
    $212,846

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
    $294,438,756
    Expenses
    $291,549,081
    Contributions
    $232,107,427
    Grants paid
    $284,123,648
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $158,252,948
    Expenses
    $357,941,924
    Contributions
    $226,046,613
    Grants paid
    $351,237,082
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $323,050,038
    Expenses
    $248,109,953
    Contributions
    $303,257,214
    Grants paid
    $242,230,612

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
    $1,094,663,581
    Expenses
    $191,858,622
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,504,903,651

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $360,225,715
    Expenses
    $185,809,701
    Assets (EOY)
    $607,685,575

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

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

Where these grants went next →

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

  • Donors Capital Fund Inc

    501(c)(3) · Grant making organization · MD

  • Project Liberty Inc

    501(c)(3) · Direct charitable program activity · DE

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • Donors Trust LLC

    Inactive · MD

  • Talent Market LLC

    Inactive, holding cash to be granted · MD

  • DT Investments I LLC

    Hold investment property · DE

  • Galen Institute at Donors LLC

    Charitable program activity · VA

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.