The National Society of the Colonial
The National Society of the Colonial dames of America actively promotes our national heritage through historic preservation, patriotic service, and educational projects.
The National Society of the Colonial at a glance
- Total assets
- $17,679,554
- +10.0% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $3,865,498
- +60.2% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $435,966
- -34.6% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $2,857,015
- +4.1% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to The National Society of the Colonial
Open Grants
7 open opportunities from The National Society of the Colonial
American Heritage Awards
The National Society of the Colonial
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
American Indian Medical Scholarship
The National Society of the Colonial
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
Attingham Scholarship
The National Society of the Colonial
Amount
Full tuition and travel stipend
Deadline
Deadline not published
Who The National Society of the Colonial funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
6 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 3 grants of 6 (50%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
How The National Society of the Colonial gives
- Giving fell 56% from 2021 to 2024. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $50K (2023) to $647K (2020). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $64K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Friends of Sulgrave Manor Richmond, VA | Contribution | $64,022 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $17,679,554 | $3,865,498 | $2,857,015 | — | — | $435,966 |
| 2024 | $16,077,245 | $2,412,943 | $2,745,154 | $64,022 | 1 | $666,843 |
| 2023 | $16,061,950 | $3,767,850 | $2,744,145 | $50,000 | 1 | $1,369,146 |
| 2022 | $15,915,610 | $3,302,013 | $2,823,313 | $66,000 | 2 | $776,160 |
| 2021 | $17,260,658 | $2,786,843 | $2,270,798 | $146,000 | 2 | $271,444 |
| 2020 | $14,811,687 | $2,703,261 | $2,789,090 | $647,136 | 2 | $12,869 |
| 2019 | $13,782,940 | $3,067,146 | $2,699,381 | $105,500 | 3 | $290,965 |
About The National Society of the Colonial
Based on IRS filings
The National Society of the Colonial is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Washington, DC. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $17.7M in total assets. Net investment income was $436K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
The National Society of the Colonial is led by Carol Cadou, Executive Director - since 2025 (on filings since 2022); 3 of 81 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Carol Cadou
Executive Director -
Executive Director Dumbarton House → Executive Director -, 2025
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$46K (2022) → $146K (2025)
Stephen Mutty
Interim Executive Director - From
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$16K (2025)
Mary Heyward Mundy
President
Recording Secretary → President, 2025
On filings since 2023
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jayne L. Middleton
Chair & Governance Committee
National Board Member → Chair & Governance Committee, 2023
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Catherine Lanier Cooper
Chair & Museum Alliance Committee
On filings since 2023
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Caroline B. Goedhart
Chair & Membership Committee
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Evelyn Griswold
Chair, Scholarships, Grants & Awards Committee
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Katherine Bergholtz
Chair & Media-Publications Committee
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kathryn Zabriskie
Chair & Philanthropy Committee
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Laura Roberts
Chair & Codification Committee
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Liles
Chair & Founding Females Initiative
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Marianna T. Macintyre
Chair & Mission Outreach Committee
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mary Jordan Carey
Chair & Founding Females Initiative
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Virginia Whelan
Chair & Nominating Committee
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Edith Laurencin
Director of Finance & Administration
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$101K (2025)
Charbra A. Jestin
Senior Representative & Sulgrave Manor Trustee
Junior Representative - Sulgrave Manor → Junior Representative-Sulgrave Manor, 2024
Junior Representative-Sulgrave Manor → Senior Representative & Sulgrave Manor Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anne Folkes
Junior Representative & Sulgrave Manor Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Brewster Robinson
Vice President & Advancement
Chair & National Strategic → Chair & Strategic Planning Committee, 2023
Chair & Strategic Planning Committee → Vice President & Advancement, 2025
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Katherine Taylor Cammack
National Board Member
National Board Member → President - Nscda, 2021
President - Nscda → National Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mary J. Bennett
National Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elsie Smith
Vice President & Mission Initiatives
Chair & Historical Activities Committee → Chair & Historical Act. Committee, 2024
Chair & Historical Act. Committee → Vice President & Mission Initiatives, 2025
On filings since 2021
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
A. Corkran Nimick
National Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alice Hyland
National Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Angelyn Bridges
National Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Caro T. Williams
National Board Member
Vice President of Region I → National Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eleanore Boyse
National Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Frances Anne Root
Vice President, Finance & Investments
Assistant Treasurer → Vice President, Finance & Investments, 2025
On filings since 2023
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Hilary F. Gripekoven
National Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joan Wickersham
National Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Lacy White
Vice President & Corporate Society Engagement
Vice President of Region III → Vice President & Corporate Society Engagement, 2025
On filings since 2023
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lois I. Mackin
National Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marcy Moody
National Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Margaret B. Schutrumpf
National Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marguerite E. H. Morrison
National Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mary L. Henderer
National Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Virginia Stuart Chapman Cobb
National Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Winifred D. Hayes
Assistant Treasurer for Mission
National Board Member → Assistant Treasurer for Mission, 2025
On filings since 2023
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Bucholz
National Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Irene Holmes
National Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anabel Bowen
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ann W. Talcott
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anna Duff
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anne H. Dor
Assistant Treasurer for Operations
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Anne Wilson
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Betty Sue Bird
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Candice Ainsworth
Assistant Secretary
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carol S. Gould
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carolyn Hawley
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Catherine Von Stroh
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Charlotte Goering
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Courtenay R. Wood
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dixie H. Wilson
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Edith Huntley Stickney
Vice President & Nhq Dumbarton House
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eileen N. Moody
Secretary
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elaine Blaylock
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Howard
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Hyman
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Frances W. Smyth
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gail P. Faherty
Registrar
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Hermine Granberry
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jane Grantham
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jane Quinn
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jeri Crawford
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joyce Artz
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Juanita Allen
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Julia Ernest
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Julia G. Sanford
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Julia Preston Stover
National Archivist
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Julie Sarno
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Katherine Adams
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Barr
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lucy M. Jackson
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Margaret Chabonnet
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Margaret D. Beasley
Historian
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mary G. Taylor
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mary H. Monroe
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Patricia Tague
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sarah Sage Bolt
Assistant Registrar
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susanna Meyer
National Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Virginia C. Nicholson
First Regent - Gunston Hall
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
W. Avery Jenkins
Treasurer
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (185)
- Former: Barbara Joan Meyer (2019–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Charles Andrew Liles Sr. (2019–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Ellen Macbeth Boomer (2019–2024) — Vice President of Region IV
- Former: Harold Edward Gippe (2019–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: James Goedhart (2019–2024) — Senior Representative-Sulgrave Manor
- Former: James Otey Walker III (2019–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Jonathan Trace (2019–2024) — Chair & Gh Regents Nom. Committee
- Former: Kemp Crocker Stickney Sr. (2019–2024) — Vice President & Nhq-Dumbar
- Former: Richard Thomas Crawford (2019–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Steven Wayne Duff (2019–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Robert Fletcher Goldsmith Sr. (2020–2024) — Registrar
- Former: Daniel Martin Kimball (2021–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Elizabeth Kinney Moore (2021–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Elizabeth Longley Donald (2021–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Elizabeth Stewart Standish Sackson (2021–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Jeffrey A. Artz (2021–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Lee Dougherty Staak (2021–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Mark David Gould (2021–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Mark Richard Allen (2021–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Peter Raymond Beasley II (2021–2024) — Archivist
- Former: Richard Lee Wilson (2021–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Robert W. Hagopian (2021–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Steven B. Wirts (2021–2024) — Chair & Nominating Committee
- Former: William Ayers Roberts (2021–2024) — Chair & Codification Committee
- Former: Ann Harder (2023–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Catherine Cardin Bradley (2023–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Daniel Prado (2023–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: David Lewis Cain (2023–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Elizabeth Lee Scott (2023–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Genevieve Brown (2023–2024) — Chair & Development Committee
- Former: Holly Hunt (2023–2024) — Chair & Membership Committee
- Former: Howard Milton Wall Jr. (2023–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Hunter Numa Charbonnet (2023–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Jane Colonno (2023–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Jeffrey Stewart Amling (2023–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Justin Marshall Nicolson (2023–2024) — First Regent-Gunston Hall
- Former: Kenneth C. Fleming (2023–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Laura Clark (2023–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Lyn Hunt (2023–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Margaret Freeman (2023–2024) — Chair & Patriotic Services Committee
- Former: Marian J. Bliss (2023–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Mark Allen Koltiska (2023–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Martin A. Hyman (2023–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Mary Fields (2023–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Molly Carey (2023–2024) — Corresponding Secretary
- Former: Robert Whittemore Boomer (2023–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Ruediger Schultz (2023–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Russell James Walker (2023–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Sally Connelly (2023–2024) — Historian
- Former: Sonya Wosley-Paige (2023–2024) — Chair & Communications-Marketing
- Former: Stephanie Hockensmith (2023–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Steven E. Keller (2023–2024) — Vice President of Region II
- Former: Steven Michael Logan (2023–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Susan Betts (2023–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Todd Lightbody (2023–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: William Senton Granberry Jr. (2023–2024) — National Board Member
- Former: Christy F. James (2019–2022) — National Board Member
- Former: John Parks Boylin Jr. (2019–2022) — Vice President & Nhq-Dumbar
- Former: John Stephen Moody (2019–2022) — National Board Member
- Former: Leonora Alice Branca (2019–2022) — National Parliamentarian
- Former: Malcolm Wallop (2019–2022) — Chair & Development Committee
- Former: Michael Doring Connelly (2019–2022) — Historian
- Former: Richard Ward Mundy (2019–2022) — Recording Secretary
- Former: Robert Houston Perry (2019–2022) — National Board Member
- Former: Gail Sollid (2020–2022) — Chair & New Business Committee
- Former: Gene Mason White (2020–2022) — Chair & Governance Committee
- Former: Harris Matarazzo (2020–2022) — National Board Member
- Former: Hugh A. Merrill (2020–2022) — Chair & National Museum All
- Former: Mark Adams Whitehead (2020–2022) — National Board Member
- Former: Robert G. Rogers Jr. (2020–2022) — Chair & National Finance Co
- Former: Rosalie Lange (2020–2022) — Assistant Treasurer
- Former: William B. Blaylock (2020–2022) — Chair & Codification Committee
- Former: C. Kirtland Hayes Jr. (2021–2022) — National Board Member
- Former: David Arthur Spooner (2021–2022) — National Board Member
- Former: Ernest Edward Hunt IV (2021–2022) — Chair & Membership Committee
- Former: Graham Berkeley Williams (2021–2022) — Vice President of Region
- Former: Jeffrey Loud Kern (2021–2022) — National Board Member
- Former: Jere D. Freeman III (2021–2022) — Chair & National Patriotic
- Former: John Robertson Arnold Jr. (2021–2022) — National Board Member
- Former: K. Derrick Powell (2021–2022) — Vice President of Region II
- Former: L. Martin Gibbs (2021–2022) — National Board Member
- Former: Lee Findlay Potter (2021–2022) — National Board Member
- Former: Margaret Myer Hurst (2021–2022) — Vice President of Region III
- Former: Mark Marion Heatwole (2021–2022) — National Board Member
- Former: Mark Wolsey-Paige (2021–2022) — Chair & Communications-Mark
- Former: Marta Miller Dunetz (2021–2022) — National Board Member
- Former: Mrsbrian E. Schutrumpf (2021–2022) — National Board Member
- Former: Patricia Michl (2021–2022) — National Board Member
- Former: Sally Kernan (2021–2022) — National Board Member
- Former: Saunders M. Bridges Jr. (2021–2022) — National Board Member
- Former: Stephen Lawrence Prendergast (2021–2022) — National Board Member
- Former: Susan Dunnavan (2021–2022) — National Board Member
- Former: Susan Griffiths Dunlap (2021–2022) — National Board Member
- Former: Thomas Forress Rayford Sr. (2021–2022) — National Board Member
- Former: Thomas K. McAteer (2021–2022) — First Regent - Gunston Hal
- Former: Walter Mills Lucy (2021–2022) — National Board Member
- Former: Walter Watson Nixon III (2021–2022) — National Board Member
- Former: William Worth Geddes Jr. (2021–2022) — National Board Member
- Former: Sally Congdon (2022) — Senior Representative - Su
- Former: Karen Daly (2019–2021) — Executive Director Dumbarton House
- Former: Bartholomew Thomas Lynam (2019–2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Charles Stakely Willcox Jr. (2019–2020) — National Board Member
- Former: David Gilbert Linville (2019–2020) — Chair & National Historic A
- Former: Donald Frank Rochford (2019–2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Elizabeth Moore Hagopian (2019–2020) — Assistant Treasurer
- Former: Ernest Waddill Larkin III (2019–2020) — National Board Member
- Former: George Manning Richards (2019–2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Hope Powel Alexander (2019–2020) — National Board Member
- Former: James Chris Cammack III (2019–2020) — Chair & Audit Committee
- Former: James G. Rogers (2019–2020) — National Board Member
- Former: James Lee Osborne Jr. (2019–2020) — National Board Member
- Former: James Phillip Atkinson (2019–2020) — Chair & National Membership
- Former: John J. Sikora Sr. (2019–2020) — Chair & History Highlights
- Former: Joseph M. Blew III (2019–2020) — Chair & National Strategic
- Former: Karen Buckley (2019–2020) — National Parliamentarian
- Former: Kenan E. Sahin (2019–2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Lee Crandall Park (2019–2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Lee Scott Waples (2019–2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Margaret Cecelia Malloy (2019–2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Marshall C. Hunt Jr. (2019–2020) — Chair & History Highlights
- Former: Mary Shepherd (2019–2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Mary W. Daley (2019–2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Morton Noel Lane (2019–2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Richard C. Dale Jr. (2019–2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Robert Armstead Naud (2019–2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Robert C. Caylor II (2019–2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Robert Gipsy Lineberry (2019–2020) — Chair & National Patriotic
- Former: Roberts Wyckoff Brokaw III (2019–2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Ronald Graham Albury (2019–2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Tammis A. McMillan (2019–2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Thomas Richard Schulz (2019–2020) — National Recording Secretary
- Former: Anne Campbell Merrifield (2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Curtis Uhre (2020) — National Board Member
- Former: David Alexander Robb (2020) — National Board Member
- Former: David Thomas Moody (2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Dennis Theodore Miller (2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Earnest Wadill Larkin III (2020) — National Board Member
- Former: James Rc Cobb (2020) — National Board Member
- Former: John M. Turner Jr. (2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Joseph B. Hurst Jr. (2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Mark Alan Copes (2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Martin Richard Dunetz (2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Nancy Drake Bullard Reed (2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Ruth Howard Cloudman (2020) — National Board Member
- Former: William Marshall Courtney Jr. (2020) — National Board Member
- Former: Allan Winston Ayers (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: Anthony Robert Guerra (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: Arrington Johnston Cox (2019) — Vice President Residing in
- Former: Barbara Stenson Spaeth (2019) — National Archivist
- Former: Christopher Carey (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: Cynthia Ann Cole (2019) — Vice Chair & Communications
- Former: Dale Moore (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: David Lawrence Sloane (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: David Read Burnett (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: Donald Richard Jackson (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: Dora L. Rogers (2019) — National Treasurer
- Former: Douglas Sayles Vanderzee (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: Frederika Ver Hulst (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: Fredric Thomas Siskron III (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: Geoffrey Seymour (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: George E. Smith (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: James Boote Congdon (2019) — Junior Representative & Sul
- Former: James Macklin Cox (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: Jeffrey Winslow Hamilton (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: John Alexander McCormick (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: John Francis McDermott Jr. (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: Joy Daniels Schwartz (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: Keith Walter Lerch (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: Laurence A. Clark (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: Martha Elizabeth Macmillan (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: Marvin E. Bradshaw (2019) — Senior Representative & Sul
- Former: Mary Buckner Bradley (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: Michael K. Benton (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: Patrick Cifford Graney III (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: Peter Irving Channing Knowles I. (2019) — Chair & Gunston Hall Regent
- Former: Rebecca Darling Alford (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: Richard Keith Young (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: Richard Marius Tempero (2019) — Vice President Residing in
- Former: Richard Simon Cleary (2019) — First Regent Gunston Hall
- Former: Robert Nisbet Holt Jr. (2019) — Vice President Residing in
- Former: Ruth Donohugh (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: Stephen Garesche Bell (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: Thomas Allen Wilson (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: Thomas Woodward Houghton (2019) — National Board Member
- Former: William Tm Smith (2019) — National Board Member
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $146K, to Carol Cadou (Exec DIR - Until 10/2024). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about The National Society of the Colonial
How large is The National Society of the Colonial?
The National Society of the Colonial reported $17.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $3.9M.
What is The National Society of the Colonial?
The National Society of the Colonial is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Washington, DC. It holds $17.7M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does The National Society of the Colonial operate?
The National Society of the Colonial has awarded grants in Virginia.
What is The National Society of the Colonial's EIN?
The National Society of the Colonial's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 53-0224364. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
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When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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WK Kellogg Foundation
Battle Creek, MI
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation funds work to help children, families, and communities thrive, including early education, health equity, food systems, family economic well-being, and racial equity. In 2025, its grants ranged from $50 to nearly $5 million, with a median of $100,000; it funds across the United States, with long-term commitments in several states and communities, as well as parts of Mexico and Haiti. It accepts unsolicited proposals online at any time.
Assets
$481.0M
Grants
1,818
Total Given
$303.9M
The Daugette Family Foundation
Gadsden, AL
The Daugette Family Foundation supports churches, education, social services, and historical and civic organizations, primarily in Alabama. Its 2024 grants ranged from $400 to $40,210, with a median of $2,362. The foundation accepts unsolicited requests.
Assets
$1000K
Grants
14
Total Given
$90K
The Comegys Bight Charitable Foundation
Wickenburg, AZ
The Comegys Bight Charitable Foundation supports organizations in education, the arts, history, and other areas, with 2025 grants ranging from $400 to $25,000 and a median of $5,000. It is based in Arizona, with recent grants concentrated in Arizona, Maryland, Virginia, Colorado, and New York; it gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
Assets
$1.9M
Grants
37
Total Given
$312K
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