GrantmakersDistrict of Columbia

National Society Daughters of the

Washington, DC · EIN 53-0205923. Reported 126 grants totalling $8,789,940 to 95 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.

95organizations funded
$24,418median reported grant
$8,789,940granted, 2021-2024
40%of grantees funded again the next year
19%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:

  1. What kind of organization it is. For National Society Daughters of the, the IRS classifies it under arts & culture rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE A800) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
  2. How spread out its giving is. 95 distinct organizations, with 19% 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.
  3. How much its list changes. 40% 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 $24,418. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $60,000; the smallest was $5,719 and the largest $736,196. 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.
$5,000 - $10,000
17 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
47 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
25 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
13 grants
$100,000 - $250,000
10 grants
$250,000 Or More
14 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Kate Duncan Smith Daughters of the American Revolution SchoolGrant, AL$1,668,344442024
Crossnore School Childrens FoundationCrossnore, NC$1,218,998332024
Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation IncArlington, VA$485,000432024
New England Historic Genealogical Society IncBoston, MA$350,000112023
Womens Suffrage National Monument FoundationWashington, DC$350,000112024
Berry College IncMount Berry, GA$320,000442024
Crossnore Communities for ChildrenNewland, NC$303,041112021
National Society of the Daughters of the American RevolutionBoonville, MO$290,943112021
Homecoming 250 Navy Marine CorpsCamden, NJ$250,000112023
National Genealogical SocietyRichmond, VA$250,000112024
Trust for the National MallWashington, DC$250,000112022
American Battlefield TrWashington, DC$237,109222024
Hindman Settlement School IncHindman, KY$230,436442024
Marian Anderson Historical SocietyPhiladelphia, PA$220,000332024
Hillside SchoolMarlborough, MA$217,233442024
Army Historical Foundation IncFort Belvoir, VA$150,000112021
Washington Heritage MuseumsFredericksbrg, VA$150,000112024
Tamassee Hope Village IncTamassee, SC$126,273332024
Chemawa Indian SchoolSalem, OR$104,000332023
National Coast Guard Museum Association IncNew London, CT$100,000112024
Bacone Baptist ChurchOklahoma City, OK$96,557222022
The Fort Ticonderoga Association IncTiconderoga, NY$96,000222024
United Service Organizations IncArlington, VA$60,836322024
Veterans Farm of North CarolinaCameron, NC$60,000112024
Ptsd Foundation of AmericaHouston, TX$50,000112023
Veterans Community ProjectKansas City, MO$50,000112022
Battlebetty FoundationFairforest, SC$40,000112023
Marine Corps Community ServicesWashington DC, DC$40,000112023
Museum of the American RevolutionPhiladelphia, PA$40,000222024
Operation RehabilitationGreenville, SC$40,000112024
Robins Home IncButler, PA$40,000112021
Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania IncPittsburgh, PA$40,000112021
Veterans War Memorial Foundation of TexasMcallen, TX$40,000112023
Her Foundation IncPensacola, FL$39,946112024
The George Washington FoundationFredericksbrg, VA$39,000222022
Steps 4 Life Community ServicesRedlands, CA$30,000112022
Academy of Music of Philadelphia IncPhiladelphia, PA$25,000112024
Genesis Joy House Homeless Shelter IncWarner Robins, GA$25,000112023
Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the UnionMount Vernon, VA$25,000112021
Office of the Veteran and Military AffairsSyracuse, NY$25,000112021
Veterans Multi-Service Center IncPhiladelphia, PA$25,000112022
Military & Family Readiness CenterMcconnell Afb, KS$21,350112023
Haven for HeroesAnoka, MN$20,000112021
Naval Base San Diego MwrSan Diego, CA$20,000112024
Operation Stand Down Rhode IslandJohnston, RI$20,000112022
Sequoyah National Research CenterLittle Rock, AR$20,000112024
Veterans Life CenterRaleigh, NC$20,000112023
Clackamas Womens ServicesOregon City, OR$15,000112023
Wreaths Across AmericaColumbia Fls, ME$15,000112021
Patricia Locke FoundationDelray Beach, FL$14,850112022
National Military Family Association IncAlexandria, VA$14,000222024
USO San AntonioSan Antonio, TX$12,310112024
Asymca of Hampton RoadsVirginia Beach, VA$12,000112024
Friends of the State Historic Sites of the Hudson HighlandsNew Burgh, NY$11,500112021
Military Child Education CoalitionAustin, TX$10,980112023
Heritage Alliance of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest VirginiaJonesborough, TN$10,578112021
Afro-American Historical and Genealogical SocietyWashington, DC$10,000112024
Afroamerican Genealogical and Historical Society of Chicago IncChicago, IL$10,000112023
Chickahominy Indian Tribe IncProvdence Frg, VA$10,000112024
Eastern Shore of Va Historical SocietyOnancock, VA$10,000112022
First Baptist ChurchCanastota, NY$10,000112021
Friends of Jerusalem Mill IncKingsville, MD$10,000112024
Haskell FoundationLawrence, KS$10,000112021
Historic TrappeCollegeville, PA$10,000112024
Honor Flight NetworkMilton, WA$10,000112021
Houston Christian UniversityHouston, TX$10,000112024
Indian Youth of America IncSioux City, IA$10,000112021
Jamestown Rediscovery FoundationRichmond, VA$10,000112024
Massie Committee Inc Friends ofSavannah, GA$10,000112024
Memorial Society of the Columbus Police Honor GuardColumbus, OH$10,000112022
National Society of the Children of the American RevolutionWashington, DC$10,000112024
National Society of the Daughters of the American RevolutionSaint Joseph, MI$10,000112024
Navy-Marine Corps Relief SocietyArlington, VA$10,000112023
Northwestern Band of the Shoshone NationOgden, UT$10,000112023
Preserve Rhode IslandProvidence, RI$10,000112021
Project Recover IncWoodland, CA$10,000112022
Saginaw Chippewa Trible LibrariesMt Pleasant, MI$10,000112024
Society of the Honor Guard Tomb of the Unknown SoldierHermitage, PA$10,000112021
St Josephs Indian SchoolChamberlain, SD$10,000112024
The Corporation for Jeffersons Poplar ForestForest, VA$10,000112021
Tragedy Assistance Program for SurvivorsArlington, VA$10,000112021
Victorian Society of the Vaile Mansion Dewitt MuseumIndependence, MO$10,000112023
Warren County Historical SocietyQueensbury, NY$10,000112021
Ward Melville Heritage Organization LtdStony Brook, NY$9,848112021
Conservation FoundationNaperville, IL$8,716112021
Nicholas Gibbs Historical SocietyCorryton, TN$8,200112024
National Society of the Daughters of the American RevolutionWashington, DC$7,002112023
Wilton Historical Society IncorporatedWilton, CT$7,000112024
Unity Temple Restoration FoundationOak Park, IL$6,570112023
National Society of the Daughters of the American RevolutionCohoes, NY$6,351112021
Eastern Cherokee Southern Iroquois and United Tribes of South CarolinDuncan, SC$6,200112024
Historical Rock Chapel Methodist ChurchYork Spring, PA$6,050112021
Boosters of Old Town San Diego State Historic ParkSan Diego, CA$6,000112021
Omaha Public Schools FoundationOmaha, NE$6,000112022
Republic County Historical SocietyBelleville, KS$5,719112021

16 of 95 (17%) 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 25 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 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 64 of 95 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.

Arts & Culture
31 orgs
Public & Societal Benefit
10 orgs
Education
7 orgs
Housing & Shelter
6 orgs
Mental Health
2 orgs
Human Services
2 orgs
Recreation & Sports
2 orgs
Employment
1 org

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants reportedTotalMedian grant
202135$1,775,882$15,000
202221$1,695,302$30,000
202330$2,140,365$24,918
202440$3,178,391$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

19% of its giving went to organizations in Alabama. 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.

Alabama
$1.7M
North Carolina
$1.6M
Virginia
$1.2M
District of Columbia
$904K
Massachusetts
$567K
Pennsylvania
$416K
Georgia
$355K
Missouri
$351K

Down to the city

Grant, AL
$1.7M
Crossnore, NC
$1.2M
Washington, DC
$864K
Arlington, VA
$566K
Boston, MA
$350K
Mount Berry, GA
$320K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund43 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc36 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc32 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program28 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust22 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation20 shared recipients

How to approach this grantmaker

  1. 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.
  2. Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $24,418 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
  3. Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Alabama.
  4. 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 National Society Daughters of the'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 40 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: 1776 D Street Nw, Washington, DC, 20006.

EIN 53-0205923 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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