WASHINGTON DC CONVENTION AND TOURISM CORPORATION

2024 · Form 990 · revenue $55.0M · expenses $53.6M · assets $24.9M

Also known as

DESTINATION DC

EIN

52-1070609

Address

901 7TH ST NW STE 400, WASHINGTON, DC 20001-3885

Website

WWW.WASHINGTON.ORG

NTEE code

S41

Exempt type

501(c)(6): business league or chamber of commerce (corporation)

Ruling date

July 1977 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗

Tax-deductible donations

No

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Mission

TO INCREASE AND IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC BASE OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND THE GREATER WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA THROUGH THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE PUBLIC IMAGE OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND THE PROMOTION OF TOURISM, TRADE SHOWS, SPECIAL EVENTS AND CONVENTIONS IN THE WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER AND OTHERWISE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND THE GREATER WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

13 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

106 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

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• THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE FOUNDATION INC Washington, DC · 4 people in common (Claire Carlin, Elliott Ferguson, John Snedden)
• DOWNTOWN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT CORPORATION Washington, DC · 3 people in common (Angie M Gates, Elliott Ferguson, Robin Mcclain)
• UNION STATION REDEVELOPMENT CORP Washington, DC · 3 people in common (Emeka Moneme, Leif Dormsjo, Nina Albert)
• DOWNTOWN BID SERVICES CORPORATION Washington, DC · 3 people in common (Angie M Gates, Elliott Ferguson, Robin Mcclain)
• FEDERAL CITY COUNCIL Washington, DC · 3 people in common (Emeka Moneme, Julissa Marenco, Paul J Cohn)
• CAPITAL REGION USA INC Richmond, VA · 3 people in common (Elliott Ferguson, Robin Mcclain, Theresa Belpulsi)
• RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITIAN WASHINGTON INC Washington, DC · 3 people in common (Diane Gross, John Snedden, Shawn Townsend)
• NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL COMMITTEE INC Washington, DC · 2 people in common (Emeka Moneme, Theresa Belpulsi)
• WASHINGTON DC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP Washington, DC · 2 people in common (Angie M Gates, Nina Albert)
• DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Washington, DC · 2 people in common (Angie M Gates, Solomon Keene)
• DC POLICY CENTER Washington, DC · 2 people in common (Donna Westmoreland, Solomon Keene)
• CULTURAL TOURISM DC INC Washington, DC · 2 people in common (Emeka Moneme, Theresa Belpulsi)
• RAMW EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC Washington, DC · 2 people in common (John Snedden, Shawn Townsend)
• HOSPITALITY HIGH SCHOOL WASHINGTON DC A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL Washington, DC · 2 people in common (Solomon Keene, Stacy Smith)
• UNITE HERE LOCAL 25 & HOTEL ASSOC OF WASH DC HEALTH & WELFARE FUND Sparks, MD · 1 person in common (Solomon Keene)
• GREATER WASHINGTON BOARD OF TRADE Washington, DC · 1 person in common (Randy Clarke)
• HOTEL AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES LOCAL 25 AND HOTEL ASSOCIATION Sparks, MD · 1 person in common (Solomon Keene)
• DC JAZZ FESTIVAL Washington, DC · 1 person in common (Angie M Gates)
• TOURISM DIVERSITY MATTERS Woodbury, MN · 1 person in common (Elliott Ferguson)

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $18,500 in all, tax years 2017 to 2020. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.