Congressional Sports for Charity
Alexandria, VA · EIN 81-2118591. Reported 145 grants totalling $3,593,100 to 59 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 Congressional Sports for Charity, by its IRS classification it raises and distributes funds for youth development (NTEE O12).
- How spread out its giving is. 59 distinct organizations, with 17% 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. 73% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $15,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $7,500 and the largest $150,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington Inc | Washington, DC | $600,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Washington Nationals Philanthropies | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Washington Literacy Center | Washington, DC | $240,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Capitol Hill Arts Workshop | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Washington Nationals Youth Baseball | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trust for the National Mall | Washington, DC | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fight for Children Inc | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of the National Arboretum Inc | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hortons Kids Inc | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Make-a-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Inc | Bethesda, MD | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The First Tee of Greater Washington | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Veterans Fishing Adventure | Alexandria, VA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Posse Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| DC Grays Baseball LLC | Washington, DC | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Housing Up | Silver Spring, MD | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Prince Georges Child Resource Center Inc | Largo, MD | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cloverleaf Equine Center | Clifton, VA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Coletta of Greater Washington Inc | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Family Place Incorporated | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Giving Dogs | Santa Rsa Bch, FL | $48,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fishing School Inc | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hope and a Home-Inc | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Guard Educational Foundation | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United States Park Police Horse Mounted Patrol | Herndon, VA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Year Up Inc | Boston, MA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena Inc | Waldorf, MD | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Military Family Association Inc | Alexandria, VA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pathway Homes Inc | Fairfax, VA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gala Inc Groupo De Artistas Latinoamericanos | Washington, DC | $39,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Carpenters Shelter Inc | Alexandria, VA | $37,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The District of Columbia Childrens Advocacy Center | Washington, DC | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Bridges Incorporated | Silver Spring, MD | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Greater DC Diaper Bank | Silver Spring, MD | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Headwaters Rappahannock County Public Education Foundation Inc | Washington, VA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| League of Dreams Inc | Catonsville, MD | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Leveling the Playing Field Inc | Rockville, MD | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Miriams Kitchen | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Ann's Center for Children | Hyattsville, MD | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Theatre Lab | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Youth Leadership Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pioneer Baseball Softball Inc | Alexandria, VA | $21,600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 826DC Inc | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| An Open Book Foundation | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Calvary Womens Services Inc | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dance Place | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| DC Youth Orchestra Program | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hands of Hope USA | Vienna, VA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Healthy Babies Project Inc | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Minds Incorporated | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Reading Partners | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alexandria Police Foundation | Alexandria, VA | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Reach Out and Read Inc | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tracys Kids Inc | Bethesda, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Becky Lee Womens Support Fund | Washington, DC | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bethany House of Northern Virginia Inc | Mclean, VA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Adoptions Together Inc | Greenbelt, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Everybody Wins D C Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girls on the Run - DC | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Morehouse College | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
50 of 59 (85%) 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.
- Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington
TO FUND THE MISSION AND PURPOSE OF BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER WASHINGTON. - Washington Nationals Philanthropies
TO FUND THE MISSION AND PURPOSE OF WASHINGTON NATIONALS PHILANTHROPIES. - Washington Nationals Youth Baseball
TO FUND THE MISSION AND PURPOSE OF WASHINGTON NATIONALS YOUTH BASEBALL. - Washington Literacy Center
TO FUND THE MISSION AND PURPOSE OF WASHINGTON LITERACY CENTER. - Capitol Hill Workshop - for DC Arts Education Alliance
TO FUND THE MISSION AND PURPOSE OF THE CAPITOL HILL WORKSHOP - FOR DC ARTS EDUCATION ALLIANCE. - Make a Wish Mid Atlantic
TO FUND MISSION AND PURPOSE OF MAKE A WISH
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 46 of 59 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 | 22 | $575,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 41 | $972,500 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 42 | $1,040,500 | $15,500 |
| 2024 | 40 | $1,005,100 | $15,000 |
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
73% 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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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available 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 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 $15,000 -- 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 Congressional Sports for Charity'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.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 1987, Alexandria, VA, 22313.
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