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Alfred N Watson Family Foundation
Washington, DC · EIN 51-0404909. Reported 143 grants totalling $142,886 to 76 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Alfred N Watson Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $1,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $9,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Trinity | Washington, DC | $26,800 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Abby's House | Worcester, MA | $5,336 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Catholic Charities | Alexandria, VA | $5,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Food for the Poor | Coconut Creek, FL | $4,250 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Capital Area Food Bank | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catholic Relief Service | Baltimore, MD | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Atlanta, GA | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Amnesty International | Washington, DC | $3,750 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| So Others Might Eat | Washington, DC | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Feeding America | Washington, DC | $3,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Weta | Arlington, VA | $3,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bread for the City | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Our Sisters School | New Bedford, MA | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Way of Greater Fall River | Fall River, MA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Partners in Health | Boston, MA | $2,750 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jubliee Jobs | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Westport Land Conv Trust | Westport, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Woodley House | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| St John's Church | Washington, DC | $2,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| N St Village | Washington, DC | $2,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Georgetown Ministries | Washington, DC | $2,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Edmund Burke School | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Westport River Watershed Alliance | Westport, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Salvation Army | Washington, DC | $1,850 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Buzzards Bay Coalition | New Bedford, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kingswood Oxford | West Hartford, CT | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Westport Historical Society | Westport, MA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wider Circle | Silver Spring, MD | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Care | Atlanta, GA | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Oxfam | Washington, DC | $1,250 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Buzzards Bay Coaltion | New Bedford, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| DC Bar Pro Bono Center | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Easterseals DC MD Va | Silver Spring, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friendship Place | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Islp | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Larger Than Life | Long Island City, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Levine School | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Capital Food Bank | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Vet Services | Arlington, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ocra | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oxfam | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pine Cobble School | Williamstown, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Trinity College | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wlct | Lafayette, TN | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Columbus Academy | Washington, DC | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| DC Bar Bro Bono Center | Washington, DC | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fisher Center for Alzheimers | New York, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Georgetown Ministry | Washington, DC | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| House of Ruth | Washington, DC | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Chicago, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Cancer Society | Ashburn, VA | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bread for the World | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bread for the World Institute | Washington, DC | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Citizens Association of Georgetown | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Common Cause | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| DC Committee for Civil Rights | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friendship Peace | West Hartford, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| International Lawyer Project | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Levine Music | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Levine School Fund | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Manhattanville College | Purchase, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mary's House | Woodsboro, MD | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mercy By the Sea | Madison, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Save the Children | Fairfield, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| United Way of the Nca | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| World Kitchen Central | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wamu | Washington, DC | $350 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cove | Waco, TX | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friendship Peace | West Hartford, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ignatian Spirituality | Chicago, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Idr Foundation | New York, NY | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Holocaust Museum | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Way of the Nca | Vienna, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
35 of 76 (46%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 54%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 44 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 42 | $41,040 | $625 |
| 2021 | 24 | $20,660 | $500 |
| 2022 | 35 | $24,136 | $500 |
| 2023 | 42 | $57,050 | $1,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 54% of this one's giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in District of Columbia.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Alfred N Watson Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 3317 N Street Nw, Washington, DC, 20007. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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