Downtown Jaycees Foundation
Arlington, VA · EIN 52-6029540. Reported 69 grants totalling $132,582 to 43 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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. Downtown Jaycees 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 $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $2,600; the smallest was $150 and the largest $5,305. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Friends | Washington, DC | $14,405 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wanda Alston Foundation | Washington, DC | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City Blossoms | Washington, DC | $9,066 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The American Experience Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $8,620 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League | Washington, DC | $8,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Donors Choose | New York, NY | $8,302 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Trevor Project | West Hollywood, CA | $8,068 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Juliet Grace Smith Foundation Inc | Arlington, VA | $5,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Capital City Robotics Inc | Washington, DC | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Arlington Thrive | Arlington, VA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jubilee Jumpstart | Washington, DC | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Finishing School | Washington, DC | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Core Foundation | Reston, VA | $3,006 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bright Beginning Inc | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bright Beginnings Inc | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Human Rights Campaign Foundation | Washington, DC | $2,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arlington Soccer Association | Arlington, VA | $2,524 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| DC Jazz Festival Foundation | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Junior Chamber International Senate Foundation | Virginia Beach, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Norweigan Society | Arlington, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Team DC | Alexandria, VA | $2,029 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Easter Seals | Silver Spring, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kid Pan Alley | Washington, VA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society | Rye Brook, NJ | $1,819 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mattie Miracle Cancer Foundation | Arlington, VA | $1,334 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement of Greater Washington | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Latina Reading Tomorrow | Arlington, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Metro DC Community Center Inc | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington | Arlington, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southern Invitational Smoke Foundation | Houston, TX | $915 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Federal City Performing Arts Association | Washington, DC | $900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arlington Public Schools | Arlington, VA | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alexandria Jaycees Foundation | Alexandria, VA | $536 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Washington Elementary PTA | Arlington, VA | $501 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Columbia Pike Partnership | Arlington, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Doorways | Arlington, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girls on the Run of Northern Virginia | Fairfax, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Moca Arlington | Arlington, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Path Forward | Arlington, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Scan of Northern Virginia | Alexandria, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aspire After School Learning | Arlington, VA | $457 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Two Hands Mentoring Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
15 of 43 (35%) 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 44%, 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Food and Friends
TO SUPPORT CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN HUNGER BY PROVIDING NUTRITIOUS FOOD. - City Blossoms
TO CULTIVATE THE WELL BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH CREATIVE, KID-DRIVEN GARDENS. - The American Experience Foundation Inc
TO SUPPORT UNIQUE PROGRAMMING THAT CONNECTS LOW INCOME DC RESIDENTS TO EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY. - Donors Choose
TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE DC CLASSROOMS WITH NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING. - Juliet Grace Smith Foundation Inc
TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PREMATURE BABIES. - Wanda Alston Foundation
TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS OFFERING HOUSING AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO HOMELESS OR AT-RISK LGBTQ YOUTH.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 46 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | $32,526 | $2,000 |
| 2022 | 16 | $35,292 | $2,303 |
| 2023 | 16 | $32,434 | $1,889 |
| 2024 | 20 | $32,330 | $1,295 |
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. 59% 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 $2,000. 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 Downtown Jaycees Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: P Scholl 1300 Crystal Drive 1204, Arlington, VA, 22202. 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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