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Greater Washington Community Foundation
Washington, DC · EIN 23-7343119. Reported 4,366 grants totalling $324.5M to 2,039 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
2,039organizations funded
$25,000median reported grant
$324.5Mgranted, 2020-2023
62%of grantees funded again the next year
3%of dollars to its largest recipient
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 Greater Washington Community Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T310).
- How spread out its giving is. 2,039 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. 62% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
2,039 recipients is a very large number, and it usually means a particular kind of funder. Grantmakers at this scale are normally donor-advised fund sponsors or workplace-giving platforms: the money is directed by thousands of individual account holders, not awarded by a committee. There may still be a grants programme here, but most of the list below is the sum of many separate donors' choices, and writing to the organization is unlikely to reach whoever chose them.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $25,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $57,500; the smallest was $5,010 and the largest $9,098,791. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
Every organization it funded
All 2,039 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this grantmaker actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Endowment Foundation | Hudson, OH | $9,098,791 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gonzaga College High School | Washington, DC | $7,040,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Better Markets Inc | Washington, DC | $6,148,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sisters of the Visitation of Georgetown | Washington, DC | $5,481,250 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Catholic University of America | Washington, DC | $4,335,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Lockheed Martin Community Affairs | Bethesda, MD | $4,078,850 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bread for the City Inc | Washington, DC | $3,993,865 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Donor Advised Charitable Giving | Lone Tree, CO | $3,800,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Boston, MA | $3,698,558 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Philanthropic Tr | Jenkintown, PA | $3,471,561 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cityschools Collaborative | Washington, DC | $3,203,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $2,898,100 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Islamic Relief USA | Alexandria, VA | $2,850,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Identity Inc | Gaithersburg, MD | $2,735,037 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Marys Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc | Washington, DC | $2,485,490 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Capital Area Asset Building Corporation | Washington, DC | $2,441,201 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Childrens Hospital Foundation | Washington, DC | $2,378,264 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc | Sheffield, MA | $2,148,112 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Davenport Hotel Spokane | Wailea, HI | $2,141,220 | 8 | 1 | 2023 |
| DC Central Kitchen Inc | Washington, DC | $1,907,666 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| World Resources Institute | Washington, DC | $1,751,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc | North Bethesda, MD | $1,715,141 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Empower DC | Washington, DC | $1,690,881 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Capital Area Food Bank | Washington, DC | $1,688,405 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Social Good Fund Inc | Richmond, CA | $1,685,400 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| DC Fiscal Policy Institute Inc | Washington, DC | $1,673,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund | Boston, MA | $1,628,689 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Latin American Youth Center Inc | Washington, DC | $1,557,750 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Lords Place Inc | West Palm Bch, FL | $1,550,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Building Bridges Across the River | Washington, DC | $1,531,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hortons Kids Inc | Washington, DC | $1,515,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Tzedek DC Inc | Washington, DC | $1,462,900 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Maryland Foundation Inc | Adelphi, MD | $1,359,926 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Manna Food Center Inc | Silverspring, MD | $1,353,015 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Central American Resource Center- Carecen | Washington, DC | $1,272,981 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Marthas Table | Washington, DC | $1,254,281 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Council for Court Excellence | Washington, DC | $1,234,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The National Reentry Network for Returning Citizens | Washington, DC | $1,231,620 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Reflection Park Inc | Rockville, MD | $1,225,500 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Washington, DC | $1,220,772 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| World Central Kitchen Incorporated | Washington, DC | $1,216,721 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mothers Outreach Network Inc | Washington, DC | $1,216,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| La Clinica Del Pueblo Inc | Washington, DC | $1,209,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| America First Policy Institute | Fort Worth, TX | $1,200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Center on Nonviolent Conflict | Washington, DC | $1,200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Southern Adventist University | Collegedale, TN | $1,150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Museum of Language Arts Incorporated | Washington, DC | $1,150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Life Pieces to Masterpieces | Washington, DC | $1,142,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jewish Social Service Agency | Rockville, MD | $1,127,272 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Forest Lake Sda | Altamonte Spg, FL | $1,125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $1,091,800 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| DC Justice Lab | Washington, DC | $1,080,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $1,075,407 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| Usagainstalzheimers | Washington, DC | $1,055,547 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Some Inc | Washington, DC | $1,055,400 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| DC Public Education Fund | Washington, DC | $1,048,243 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Inge Benevolent Ministries | Baltimore, MD | $1,045,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Don Bosco Cristo Rey Highschool of the Archdiocese of Washington Inc | Takoma Park, MD | $1,044,850 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| William J Brennan JR Center for Justice Inc | New York, NY | $1,034,750 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Many Languages One Voice | Washington, DC | $1,032,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Lebanese Syrian Assoc Char Inc | Memphis, TN | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Child Impact International | Collegedale, TN | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Emerald Cities Collaborative Inc | Washington, DC | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fii - National | Concord, CA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Prince Georges Financial Services Corporation | Uppr Marlboro, MD | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Springside Chestnut Hill Academy | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Christ Fellowship Church Inc | Palm Bch Gdns, FL | $985,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| House of Ruth | Washington DC, DC | $981,550 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Washington School for Girls | Washington, DC | $977,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Centronia | Washington, DC | $945,600 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Collegetracks | Silver Spring, MD | $944,550 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| City Year Inc | Boston, MA | $930,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Blinknow Foundation a Nj Nonprofitcorporation | Morristown, NJ | $911,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of School in the Square Inc | New York, NY | $900,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Capitol Hill Arts Workshop | Washington, DC | $880,788 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Georgetown Day School Inc | Washington, DC | $875,572 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| General Conference of Seventh Day Adventist | Silver Spring, MD | $850,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Davids | Washington, DC | $820,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | Brookhaven, GA | $820,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bullis School Inc | Potomac, MD | $815,700 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Samaritans Purse | Boone, NC | $810,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| CASA Inc | Hyattsville, MD | $807,237 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| District Alliance for Safe Housing Inc | Washington, DC | $795,531 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $783,411 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Impact Silver Spring | Silver Spring, MD | $773,907 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $769,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Phillips Collection | Washington, DC | $768,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Interfaith Works Inc | Rockville, MD | $751,131 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Banyan Tree Foundation | Washington, DC | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Calvary Womens Services Inc | Washington, DC | $748,500 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Whitman-Walker Institute Inc | Washington, DC | $746,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop | Washington, DC | $726,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| District of Columbia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc | Washington, DC | $713,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Benedictine Fathers of the Priory | Portola Vally, CA | $709,490 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hampden-Sydney College | Hmpden Sydney, VA | $702,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ayuda Inc | Washington, DC | $701,302 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Compass Pro Bono | Washington, DC | $682,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| A Wider Circle Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $662,255 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc | New York, NY | $660,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Family Life Services Inc | Washington, DC | $654,881 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Academy of Hope Adult Public Charter School | Washington, DC | $653,242 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Way of the National Capital Area | Vienna, VA | $652,500 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Church of the Epiphany | Washington, DC | $647,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Spur Local Inc | Washington, DC | $629,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Family Services Inc | Gaithersburg, MD | $622,220 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mamatoto Village Inc | Washington, DC | $621,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation | Washington, DC | $620,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Inc | Washington, DC | $618,300 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Miriams Kitchen | Washington, DC | $610,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Generation Hope | Washington, DC | $607,925 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Battlefield Tr | Washington, DC | $602,763 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Washington Ballet | Washington, DC | $596,563 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Adventist Development and Relief Agency International | Silver Spring, MD | $592,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| My Sisters Place Inc | Washington, DC | $588,381 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Montgomery College Foundation Inc | Rockville, MD | $586,494 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Dreaming Out Loud Foundation | Washington, DC | $585,900 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Legal Aid Justice Center | Charlottesvle, VA | $572,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Siena School | Silver Spring, MD | $562,757 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research | New York, NY | $561,800 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Live It Learn It | Washington, DC | $560,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Citydance Ensemble Inc | Washington, DC | $558,698 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Organizing Neighborhood Equity | Washington, DC | $558,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| San Miguel School Inc | Washington, DC | $553,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rising for Justice Inc | Washington, DC | $542,881 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Educational Systems Federal Credit Union | Greenbelt, MD | $529,510 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sasha Bruce Youthwork Inc | Washington, DC | $523,881 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Integrated Design Electronics Acade My Public Charter School | Washington, DC | $520,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Moveius Contemporary Ballet Inc | Washington, DC | $520,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Inova Health System Foundation | Fairfax, VA | $508,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rebuilding Together DC Alexandria | Washington, DC | $505,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $503,030 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| City College of New York | New York, NY | $500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Echoing Green Inc | New York, NY | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Edesia Inc | N Kingstown, RI | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hips | Washington, DC | $490,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $482,900 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc | College Park, MD | $481,401 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Economic Architecture | Washington, DC | $477,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Thousand Currents | San Francisco, CA | $475,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Equal Justice Works | Washington, DC | $474,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington Inc | Washington, DC | $472,975 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Court Appointed Special Advocate -CASA- Prince Georges County Inc | Riverdale, MD | $470,881 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Lehigh University | Bethlehem, PA | $470,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Taq Waqf Inc | Stephens City, VA | $470,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | New York, NY | $464,610 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Council | Washington, DC | $455,800 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Project Hood Communities | Chicago, IL | $450,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Urban Sustainability Directors Network | Chicago, IL | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| DC Action for Children Today DC Act | Washington, DC | $449,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Higher Achievement Program Inc | Washington, DC | $445,500 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Unrwa USA National Committee Inc | Washington, DC | $441,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fair Chance | Washington, DC | $436,396 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Washington Drama Society Inc | Washington, DC | $435,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | $432,750 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bright Beginnings Inc | Washington, DC | $430,201 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Swarthmore College | Swarthmore, PA | $430,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Washington & Lee University | Lexington, VA | $429,223 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Critical Exposure Inc | Washington, DC | $429,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| M Street Center | Washington, DC | $426,159 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| DC Affordable Law Firm | Washington, DC | $423,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Crisis Service Inc | Hyattsville, MD | $422,181 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Urban Alliance Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $420,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| International Rescue Committee Inc | New York, NY | $418,750 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Groundswell Fund | San Francisco, CA | $410,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Communities Against Poverty Inc | Capitol Hgts, MD | $407,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Round House Theatre Inc | Bethesda, MD | $401,700 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood Association of Metropolitan Washington D C Inc | Washington, DC | $401,361 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Childrens Law Center Incorporated | Washington, DC | $401,081 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Peace for DC | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Oasis Initiative Foundation | Chicago, IL | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ubi Charitable Inc | San Francisco, CA | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Atlas Performing Arts Center | Washington, DC | $395,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $390,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc | Orlando, FL | $390,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Journey of Faith Church Inc | Baltimore, MD | $387,873 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Corporation for Supportive Housing | New York, NY | $380,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jobs With Justice Education Fund | Washington, DC | $380,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Geographic Society | Washington, DC | $380,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Redistricting Foundation | Washington, DC | $378,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Shenandoah Valley Academy | New Market, VA | $375,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Edu Futuro | Arlington, VA | $373,926 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Shakespeare Theatre | Washington, DC | $371,251 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mosaic Theater Company of DC | Washington, DC | $371,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Moco Kidsco | Bethesda, MD | $365,822 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Smithsonian Institute | Washington, DC | $363,500 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | Washington, DC | $363,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Beloved Community Incubator Inc | Washington, DC | $362,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Memorial Baptist Church | Arlington, VA | $360,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Childrens National | Washington, DC | $355,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Horizons Greater Washington Inc | Washington, DC | $355,031 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Washington Jesuit Academy | Washington, DC | $354,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | Arlington, VA | $353,800 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless Inc | Rockville, MD | $351,381 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Protect Democracy Project | Washington, DC | $351,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United States Fund for Unicef | New York, NY | $350,500 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Grace Community Church | Cashiers, NC | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| West Virginia Health Right Inc | Charleston, WV | $350,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| 21 Wilberforce Global Freedom Center | Falls Church, VA | $347,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Street Sense Inc | Washington, DC | $337,700 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Volunteer Legal Advocates | Washington, DC | $337,381 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Fort Ticonderoga Association Inc | Ticonderoga, NY | $337,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Venture Philanthropy Partners Inc | Washington, DC | $335,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Coral Reef Alliance | San Francisco, CA | $330,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Homeless Childrens Playtime Project Inc | Washington, DC | $328,881 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Next Wave Muslim Initiative Inc | Bethesda, MD | $327,500 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Campaign Legal Center Inc | Washington, DC | $327,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Issue One | Washington, DC | $326,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Afghan Relief Fund Inc | Manassas, VA | $325,800 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Pathways to Housing DC | Washington, DC | $324,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Impactassets Inc | Bethesda, MD | $318,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC Inc | Washington, DC | $314,100 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Germantown Cultural Arts Center Inc | Germantown, MD | $311,920 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Dance Place | Washington, DC | $310,860 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sidwell Friends School | Washington, DC | $310,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $308,110 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of | New York, NY | $305,647 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| George Mason University Foundation Inc | Fairfax, VA | $305,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| DC Doors | Washington, DC | $304,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Floc for Love of Children | Washington, DC | $302,370 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American University of Beirut | New York, NY | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Capital Youth Empowerment Program | Alexandria, VA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide | Eugene, OR | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maranatha Volunteers International Inc | Roseville, CA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mercy Ships International | Lindale, TX | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Red Bridge Education | San Francisco, CA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Right to the City Alliance Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Takoma Academy | Takoma Park, MD | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc | Arcata, CA | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Crossroads Community Food Network Inc | Takoma Park, MD | $299,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Literacy Lab | Washington, DC | $297,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Studio Theatre Inc | Washington, DC | $297,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American University | Washington, DC | $297,050 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Greater DC Diaper Bank | Silver Spring, MD | $297,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sitar Arts Center | Washington, DC | $297,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Marlborough School | Los Angeles, CA | $295,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Healthy Babies Project Inc | Washington, DC | $292,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Seed Commons | New York, NY | $290,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Yaay Me | Washington, DC | $283,853 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| D C Preparatory Academy | Washington, DC | $283,361 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Gala Inc Groupo De Artistas Latinoamericanos | Washington, DC | $283,250 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | New York, NY | $282,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Conservation Nation | Washington, DC | $280,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Kakenyas Dream | Arlington, VA | $280,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Survivors and Advocates for Empowerment Safe Inc | Washington, DC | $273,381 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $273,089 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Housing Counseling Services Inc | Washington, DC | $270,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Richard Nixon Foundation | Yorba Linda, CA | $270,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative | Washington, DC | $267,857 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Latino Economic Development Corporation of Washington DC | Washington, DC | $266,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
1,061 of 2,039 (52%) 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.
It also reported 5 groups of grants to individuals -- scholarships, emergency assistance and similar. Schedule I reports these by category with a headcount and never by name, so there is nothing here we could publish about the recipients even if we wanted to.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 1,571 of 2,039 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1,088 | $70.5M | $25,000 |
| 2021 | 1,132 | $81.0M | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 983 | $89.3M | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 1,163 | $83.7M | $20,000 |
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
49% 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.
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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 $25,000 -- 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 Greater Washington Community Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 1,112 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 51 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: 1325 G Street Nw Suite 480, Washington, DC, 20005.
EIN 23-7343119 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
This is history, not an open call. Form 990 is published about a year after the tax year it covers. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this organization has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next.
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