Public Charity

WASHINGTON MONTHLY INSTITUTE

Based in WASHINGTON, DC, WASHINGTON MONTHLY INSTITUTE operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $957K in revenue, $1.4M in expenses, $1.3M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 32 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $2.0M.

EIN: 800434806 WASHINGTON, DC Political Science NTEE: V24 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$957K
Total Expenses$1.4M
Total Assets$1.3M
Grant Records32
Funding Total$2.0M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

DEDICATED TO INCREASING PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THROUGH WASHINGTON MONTHLY MAGAZINE AND WEBSITE WWW.WASHINGTONMONTHLY.COM PUBLISHED SINCE 1969, THE PRINT MAGAZINE IS THE COUNTRY'S MOST IMPORTANT WATCHDOG OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, FOCUSING ON WHAT'S WRONG AND HOW TO FIX IT.

Where $100 goes at Washington Monthly Institute

How Washington Monthly Institute divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$80 Programs the work itself
$20 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $80 for programs

$80
While small local newspapers and big digital outlets alike have continued to downsize, the Washington monthly's media outlet is celebrating its 57th year of publication, still doing what…
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DEPUTY DIREC Alice Gallin-Dwyer
DIRECTOR Michael Sorrell
DIRECTOR Michelle Cottle
CHAIR Nicholas Lemann
DIRECTOR / EDITOR IN CH Paul Glastris
DIRECTOR Steven Waldman

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$1,835,577 28 grants
Education
$125,000 3 grants
Research & Policy
$12,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $957K $1.4M $1.3M
2024 $2.1M $1.5M $2.1M
2023 $703K $1.5M $1.6M
2022 $2.0M $1.4M $2.5M
2021 $1.2M $1.4M $1.5M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $1.2M to $957K (-23%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.3M.

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