Arlington Community Foundation

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We exist to identify and elevate the needs in our Community, and to attract and deploy charitable resources to address those needs. Acf stewards the gifts and charitable legacies of individuals, families and businesses to meet needs in Arlington and beyond.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 200 volunteers and 8 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2.9M a year · 31% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$620K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
15 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 14.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $2K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$8.5M
17% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 17% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$16.5M
+118% vs prior year
Spent
$5.5M
To programs
85%
Net assets
$42.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$16.5M
FY2025▲ +118%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$6.2M
FY2021$4.3M
FY2022$17.6M
FY2023$4.4M
FY2024$7.6M
FY2025$16.5M
Expenses
$5.5M
FY2025▼ -10%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$13.1M
FY2021$3.5M
FY2022$5.0M
FY2023$5.7M
FY2024$6.1M
FY2025$5.5M
Net assets
$42.1M
FY2025▲ +47%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$15.2M
FY2021$18.9M
FY2022$23.0M
FY2023$24.6M
FY2024$28.6M
FY2025$42.1M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 1992.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $4.7M Management & general 7% · $373K Fundraising 8% · $438K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

19 people listed on the 990; $620K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President & CEO
$250,274Pt VII · Sec A
Dir of Philanthropy
$149,231Pt VII · Sec A
Dir Grants/Initiatives
$119,594Pt VII · Sec A
Dir of Communications
$101,027Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jennifer Owens’s $250K as President & CEO is at the 55th percentile of top reported officer pay among 661 $10–100M philanthropy & grantmaking nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jennifer Owens$250,274$239,994$225,347$231,736$211,350$201,517
Christina Cole$149,231$127,019$109,319———
Anne Vor Der Bruegge—$133,299$130,004$142,703$123,674$95,333
Brian Marroquin$119,594$102,069————
Nicholas Knock$101,027—————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Grants scholarships to local students and provides charitable leadership and funding to improve the quality of life in the Arlington community.

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2 programs · $4.7M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Arlington community foundation's community grantmaking includes both discretionary awards aligned with our strategic initiatives and grants made in partnership with donors through field-of-interest and donor-advised funds.

$4.1Mprogram expense
02

Arlington community foundation administers a well-established scholarship program that makes awards to approximately 200 students each year. The program is funded by generous individuals, families, businesses, and organizations, many of whom establish named scholarships to honor loved ones, employees, or community members.

$582Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$2K
Grants paid · 476 grants · $27.3M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$556,400
Ahc INCVA · FY2024$252,856
Marymount UniversityVA · FY2024$112,500
St Mary's Food Bank AllianceAZ · FY2024$110,000
911 DayCA · FY2024$100,000
True Ground Housing Partners INCVA · FY2024$81,776
Arlington Thrive INCVA · FY2024$71,699
Tough2gether FoundationKS · FY2024$70,500
Just Neighbors Ministry INCVA · FY2024$61,900
Legal Aid Justice CenterVA · FY2024$57,500
Aspire Afterschool LearningVA · FY2024$54,450
Challenging RacismVA · FY2024$51,250
Newport Central Catholic High SchoolFY2024$50,000
See all 476 grants →

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$16.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$15.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$49K
Money outPt IX
$5.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.7M
Managementcol C$373K
Fundraisingcol D$438K
Owns and owesPt X
$42.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$6.7M
Total assetsLn 16$50.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8.5M
PeoplePt VI, VII
19
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$15.4M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$5.0M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$239K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$49K
Investment incomeLn 3$1.1M
Gains on assetsLn 7$57K
Total revenueLn 12$16.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$26K
SavingsLn 2$6.6M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$6.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$43.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$10K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$50.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8.5M
Net assetsLn 32$42.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 6200
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$6.8M$6.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$27.8M$43.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$12K$10K
Total assetsLn 16$35.1M$50.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.5M$8.5M
Net assetsLn 32$28.6M$42.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$3.5M$3.5M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$582K$582K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$316K$146K$58K$112K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$569K$263K$104K$203K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$16K$7K$3K$6K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$21K$10K$4K$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10$60K$28K$11K$21K
Accounting feesLn 11c$211K$140K$26K$45K
Investment management feesLn 11f$114K$114K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$32K$32K
Office expensesLn 13$31K$5K$23K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$17K$8K$3K$6K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$17K$9K$9K
InsuranceLn 23$7K$7K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$17K$3K$11K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.5M$4.7M$373K$438K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $16.5M$5.5M$11.0M$42.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $7.6M$6.1M$1.4M$28.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.4M$5.7M−$1.3M$24.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $17.6M$5.0M$12.7M$23.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.3M$3.5M$766K$18.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 $6.2M$13.1M−$6.9M$15.2M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $16,507,053 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $7,334,289$15,409,993
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $44,704$48,751
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $252,218$1,082,486
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$57,420−$34,177
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $7,573,791$16,507,053
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $4,470,508$4,065,119
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,017,338$982,086
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $642,391$446,141
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $6,130,237$5,493,346
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,443,554$11,013,707
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $16,507,053 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$238,628
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$15,171,365
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$5,048,071
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$15,409,993
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $48,751$48,751
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,025,083$1,025,083
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $57,403$57,403
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$53,836−$53,836
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $19,659$19,659
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $48,751 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,048,309$16,507,053
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,493,346 across 15 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $3,482,950$3,482,950
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $582,169$582,169
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $145,875 · Management $57,661 · Fundraising $112,384$315,920
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $262,893 · Management $103,915 · Fundraising $202,536$569,344
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $7,494 · Management $2,962 · Fundraising $5,774$16,230
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $9,549 · Management $3,775 · Fundraising $7,357$20,681
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $27,663 · Management $10,935 · Fundraising $21,313$59,911
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $139,705 · Management $26,338 · Fundraising $45,036$211,079
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $114,132$114,132
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $31,665$31,665
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,528 · Management $22,898 · Fundraising $3,508$30,934
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $8,158 · Management $3,224 · Fundraising $5,841$17,223
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $8,528 · Management $8,528$17,056
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $7,360$7,360
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,089 · Management $11,222 · Fundraising $2,381$16,692
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,682,601 · Management $372,950 · Fundraising $437,795$5,493,346
Part X · Balance sheet $50,626,160 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $9,970$26,251
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $6,798,377$6,638,118
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $215,500$27,500
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $36,867$67,838
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $11,862$10,149
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $27,848,710$31,069,489
X-12 Other securities$12,786,815
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $181,370$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $35,102,656$50,626,160
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $91,581$56,901
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $694,917$611,420
X-19 Deferred revenue$15,309
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $186,849$100,804
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $6,479,045$8,501,552
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $26,631,370$40,069,481
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,992,241$2,055,127
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $28,623,611$42,124,608
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $35,102,656$50,626,160
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $42,124,608 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$16,507,053
XI-2 Total expenses$5,493,346
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$11,013,707
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$28,623,611
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$2,487,290
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$42,124,608

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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