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Humanities Council of Washington DC
Washington, DC · EIN 52-1166432. Reported 197 grants totalling $4,774,609 to 138 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, 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 Humanities Council of Washington DC, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T31Z).
- How spread out its giving is. 138 distinct organizations, with 4% 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. 30% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. 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 $25,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,080 and $29,592; the smallest was $6,000 and the largest $80,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Historical Society of Washington DC | Washington, DC | $189,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Capitalbop Inc | Washington, DC | $143,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| One Common Unity Inc | Washington, DC | $115,400 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Street Sense Inc | Washington, DC | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Women in Film & Video Inc | Washington, DC | $104,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| DC Jazz Festival | Washington, DC | $98,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Live It Learn It | Washington, DC | $97,200 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Womens Foundation | Washington, DC | $88,200 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| One World Education | Washington, DC | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Inc | Washington, DC | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| African American Music Association Inc | Washington DC, DC | $79,890 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| 826DC Inc | Washington, DC | $78,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| DC Scores | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Words Beats and Life Inc | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dance Institute of Washington Inc | Washington, DC | $73,200 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| DC Preservation League | Washington, DC | $68,200 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Global Kids Inc | New York, NY | $68,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Young Playwrights Theater Inc | Washington, DC | $68,200 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Hola Cultura | Washington, DC | $66,880 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| District of Columbia Arts Center Inc | Washington, DC | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Musicianship Inc | Washington, DC | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reading Partners | Oakland, CA | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Howard University | Washington, DC | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| D C Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative Inc | Washington, DC | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Heurich House Foundation | Washington, DC | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Critical Exposure Inc | Washington, DC | $52,265 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| President Lincolns Cottage at the Soldiers Home | Washington, DC | $52,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cultural Development Corporation of the District of Columbia | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Environmental Film Festival in the Nations Capital | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Inner Loop Inc | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation Inc | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Theatrewashington | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kama DC | Washington, DC | $49,964 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of Peirce Mill Inc | Washington, DC | $46,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Day Eight | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Home Rule Music and Film Preservation Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Zora Neale Hurston - Richard Wright Foundation | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dumbarton Arts and Education Inc | Washington, DC | $44,400 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Empower DC | Washington, DC | $44,400 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Film Collaborative Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gallaudet University | Washington, DC | $37,730 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Archaeology in the Community | Washington, DC | $36,075 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Many Languages One Voice | Washington, DC | $35,080 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Metro DC Community Center Inc | Washington, DC | $35,080 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Community Wellness Collective | Washington, DC | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mosaic Theater Company of DC | Washington, DC | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Video Action Inc | Washington, DC | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Think Local First DC | Washington, DC | $33,200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| All Souls Church Unitarian Non-Profit Housing Corporation | Washington, DC | $31,492 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Justice Policy Institute | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pictures on Silence | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Create | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic University of America | Washington, DC | $29,592 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Life Pieces to Masterpieces | Washington, DC | $28,800 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Alliance for New Music-Theatre | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American University | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| An Open Book Foundation | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Capoeiradc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Nonprofit Advancement | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Corazon Folklorico DC | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Counterpoint Concerts | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cultural Tourism DC Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dacor Bacon House Foundation | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dia De Los Muertos DC | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Downtowndc Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| East of River Boys and Girls Steelband Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Esther Productions Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Fdr Memorial Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the National Arboretum Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| High Tea Society Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hung Tao Choy Mei Leadership Institute | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Latin American Youth Center Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Learnserve International | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Multi-Media Training Institute | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Building Museum | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rainbow History Project | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shout Mouse Press Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| So Others Ascend Righteously Soar | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Story District Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Story of Our Schools | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Studio Acting Conservatory Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thurgood Marshall Academy | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Transformer Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Visionaries of the Creative Arts | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Washington D C International Film Festival Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Well-Read Black Girl Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Young Mens Christian Association | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Zuri Works for Women's Health | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Hand Dance Association | Washington, DC | $24,080 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| 1882 Project Foundation | Washington, DC | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Shaw Main Streets Inc | Washington, DC | $23,040 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Atlas Performing Arts Center | Washington, DC | $21,600 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cleveland Park Village Inc | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rhizome DC | Washington, DC | $18,580 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $18,366 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Adams Morgan Community Alliance | Washington, DC | $17,650 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Edgewood-Brookland Family Support Collaborative | Washington, DC | $17,080 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Vision House Inc | Washington, DC | $15,995 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mexican Cultural Institute | Washington, DC | $15,080 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Council on Independent Living | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The in Series Inc | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Washington Jazz Art Institutes | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Asbury United Methodist Church | Washington, DC | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Cathedral Choral Society of Washington DC Washington Cathedral | Washington, DC | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| DC Music Summit | Washington, DC | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Metropolitan a M E Church | Washington, DC | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| More | Washington, DC | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Associates Corporation | Laurel, MD | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sncc Legacy Project Inc | Washington, DC | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| United Nation of Individuals Fighting Impossibilities | Washington, DC | $10,080 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Alliance to Preserve the Civil War Defenses of Washington | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Art Enables | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arts for Our Children Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Capitol Hill Arts Workshop | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Communication First | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| DC Murals Spectacle and Story | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| District of Columbia School of Law Foundation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dumbarton United Methodist Church | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| M Street Center | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Old Naval Hospital Foundation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Trabajadores Unidos De Washington DC | Washington, DC | $9,940 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Grassroots DC | Washington, DC | $8,640 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ward 8 Woods Conservancy Inc | Washington, DC | $8,640 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pen Faulkner | Washington, DC | $8,290 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Care and Progress Community Development | Washington, DC | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dap Acknowledgement Project Inc | Washington, DC | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| DC Fire & Emergency Medical Services Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| DC Greens Inc | Washington, DC | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| DC Theatre Arts Collaborative | Washington, DC | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reparation Education Project | Washington, DC | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| William V Campbell Family Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Women Involved in Reentry Efforts | Washington, DC | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Poetry Museum | Washington, DC | $7,200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Marshall Heights Community Development Organization | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Community Church | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| St George Episcopal Church | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
47 of 138 (34%) 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.
- Historical Society of Washington DC
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES SUSTAINING THE HUMANITIES THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN (NEH SHARP); EVENT SPONSORSHIP - Street Sense Inc
DC ORAL HISTORY COLLABORATIVE (DCOHC); DC DOCUMENTARY; NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES SUSTAINING THE HUMANITIES THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN (NEH SHARP) - Women in Film and Video
2024 DC/DOX PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP AWARD AND VISIONS GRANT - One Common Unity
CAPACITY BUILDING; NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES SUSTAINING THE HUMANITIES THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN (NEH SHARP) - Howard University
HUMANITIES VISION PARTNERSHIP GRANT AND DCOHC GO-GO STORIES GRANT PHASE 1 AND 2 - One World Education
HUMANITIES VISION PARTNERSHIP GRANT; NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES SUSTAINING THE HUMANITIES THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN (NEH SHARP)
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 116 of 138 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 | 46 | $1,052,200 | $15,040 |
| 2021 | 66 | $1,879,978 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 44 | $892,995 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 41 | $949,436 | $25,000 |
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
95% 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
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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 Humanities Council of Washington DC'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 41 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 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: 1804 T Street Nw, Washington, DC, 20009.
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