Whitman-Walker Foundation Inc

Analysis

Whitman-Walker Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Whitman-Walker Foundation Inc reported income of $4.3m and spending of $3.0m, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.4m to $4.3m (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Whitman-Walker Foundation Inc sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 78th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Saint Francis Childrens Center Inc ($4.3m), Sharecare Foundation Inc ($4.3m) and Cheney Golden Age Home Inc ($4.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $181k (5.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $343k. It paid $148k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $8.3m against liabilities of $1.0m, net assets of $7.3m.