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Center for Nonprofit Advancement
Washington, DC · EIN 52-1139669. Reported 99 grants totalling $1,327,837 to 94 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Center for Nonprofit Advancement, the IRS classifies it under human services rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE P20C) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 94 distinct organizations, with 3% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 8% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 1 year-to-year transition. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $5,105 and the largest $25,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mommas Safe Haven | Washington, DC | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Black Women Thriving East of the River | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Central Community Development Corporation Dba Congress Heights Arts and Cul | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Childrens Legacy Theater Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| DC Scores | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| District Workforce Coalition Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fihankra Akoma Ntoaso | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fresh Wind Community Development Corporation | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Guns Down Friday Gdf | Suitland, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Open Goal Project | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Scholarchips Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shining Starz Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Safe Sister Circle | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Trigger Project | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Traron Center | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Well-Read Black Girl Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| William Lockridge Educational and Scholarship Fund | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Women Advancing Nutrition Dietetics and Agriculture | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women Involved in Reentry Efforts | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| DC Scores | Washington, DC | $23,458 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Best Kids | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Metroball Youth Outreach | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mute the Violence DC | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Center for Children and Families | Bethesda, MD | $20,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tech Turn Up | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Woodland Tigers Youth Sports and Educational Program | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| All American Sports Corp (riddell All American Sports) | North Ridgeville, OH | $19,992 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Metropolitan Basketball League | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yaay Me | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| District Alliance for Safe Housing Inc | Washington, DC | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| District Alliance for Safe Housing | Washington, DC | $10,530 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Agro Culture | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alabama Avenue Community Development Corporation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Anacostia Amp Community Center Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Armor of Righteousness Ministry | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beacon House | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beacon House | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Behind the Facade Clothier | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bj S Sister Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bookshelf Project Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bread for the City Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bucketndoitfitness LLC | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cdma Business Model Foundation Inc | Fredericksburg, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community of Hope Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dance Visions of Art | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Discover Fun Camp | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| East River Family Strengthening Collaborative | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Expert Works | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fort Davis Family Cdc Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fun Camp Inc | Reno, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Giveland Foundation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Growing Up Inc | Upper Marlboro, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Horizons Greater Washington | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jah Boxing & Mentorship | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jubilee Housing | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Konsiderdis | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lee Little League | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lime-Lite Fitness | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Little League Baseball Inc | Ft Washington, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mamie Johnson Little League | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Merry Pin | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Military Chaplains Association of the United States of America | Laporte, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mint Project | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Multi-Media Training Institute | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Black Movie Association | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Next Level Tennis and Education | Chesapeake, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Out Teach | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peace Thru Culture | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stand Foundation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Bookshelf Project Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Future Moguls Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Language Key | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Webster Foundation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Theatre 202 | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trapp Stars Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trapp Stars Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ward 7 Blue Bulls Youth Organization | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Washington DC Police Foundation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Washington Tennis & Ed Fdn | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Washington Tennis & Education | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Webster Foundation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wilderness Leadership & Learning Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Young Playwrights Theater Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tools for Life Inc | Washington, DC | $9,953 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Christ Child Society | Washington, DC | $9,883 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Many Languages One Voice (v) | Washington, DC | $9,485 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Carpenters Shelter Inc | Alexandria, VA | $8,530 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rogers Athletic Company | Clare, MI | $8,430 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sitar Arts Center | Washington, DC | $7,360 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bsn Sports | Farmers Branch, TX | $6,611 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hellbender Brewing Company | Washington, DC | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Lovely Lady Boutique LLC | Washington, DC | $5,105 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
4 of 94 (4%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- District Workforce Coalition Inc
TPMS DC MAIN STREETS GRANTS - Carpenter's Shelter Inc
BOARD LEADERSHIP AWARD WINNER 2021
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 41 of 94 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | $20,530 | $10,265 |
| 2022 | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 53 | $702,307 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 43 | $595,000 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
87% of its giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in District of Columbia.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Center for Nonprofit Advancement's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 34 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 9 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 1717 K Street Nw 900, Washington, DC, 20006.
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