The Concord Fund
Vienna, VA · EIN 20-2303252. Reported 152 grants totalling $142.7M to 80 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. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
- How spread out its giving is. 80 distinct organizations, with 14% 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. 54% 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.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $375,000. Half of what it reported fell between $100,000 and $1,000,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $17.3M. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protect Women Ohio Action | Arlington, VA | $20.3M | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| One Nation | Haymarket, VA | $14.5M | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Susan B Anthony List Inc | Arlington, VA | $13.9M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Republican Attorney Generals Assoc | Washington, DC | $11.8M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Republican Governors Association | Washington, DC | $8,750,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Right Vote Inc | Washington, DC | $8,050,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heritage Action for America | Washington, DC | $5,187,883 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Republican State Leadership | Washington, DC | $5,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bluegrass Freedom Action | Newport, KY | $3,300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Advancing American Freedom Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $3,250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Club for Growth Action Missouri | New Bloomfield, MO | $3,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Independent Womens Voice | Winchester, VA | $2,850,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fidelis | Carmel, IN | $2,750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Foundation for Fair Courts LLC | Downers Grove, IL | $2,750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Club for Growth | Washington, DC | $2,650,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| State Armor Action | Austin, TX | $2,300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Faith and Freedom Coalition Inc | Lawrenceville, GA | $2,210,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| People United for Privacy | Washington, DC | $2,100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fga Action Inc | Tallahassee, FL | $2,090,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Fair Lines America Inc | Alexandria, VA | $2,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Americans for Limited Government Inc | Fairfax, VA | $1,850,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Do No Harm Action | Glen Allen, VA | $1,670,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New England Fishermen's Stewardship Assoc | South Portland, ME | $1,233,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Winning for Women | Culpeper, VA | $1,200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| People for Opportunity Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,040,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Worker Progress Action Inc | Midland, MI | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| N2 America Inc | Washington, DC | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wmc Issues Mobilization Council | Madison, WI | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Consumers Defense | Reston, VA | $940,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Stand for America Inc | Houston, TX | $800,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Concerned Women for America | Alexandria, VA | $775,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Patriot Voices Inc | Spring City, PA | $752,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| American Action Network Inc | Washington, DC | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Green Dragon Coalition | Hudson, WI | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aaplog Action | Fort Wayne, IN | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Defend Missouri | Kirkwood, MO | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Ron Desantis | Tampa, FL | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Get Families Back to Work | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law Defense Fund | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Turning Point Action | Phoenix, AZ | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Frontline Policy Action | Newnan, GA | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Americans for Tax Reform | Washington, DC | $410,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Resolve Project Fund | Springfield, VA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| For Our Future | Richmond, ME | $375,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Renew Virginia Pac | Alexandria, VA | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Dinner Table | Richmond, ME | $325,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heartland Impact | Cheyenne, WY | $285,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| 1776 Education Project Inc | Maspbeth, NY | $270,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tea Party Patriots Action | Woodstock, GA | $265,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| 45COMMITTEE Inc | Herndon, VA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Congressional Leadership Fund | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Protect Our Values Political Committee | Ponte Verde Beach, FL | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| SC4US | Columbia, SC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Women's Alliance Inc | Washington, DC | $235,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Family Foundation Action | Richmond, VA | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Job Creators Action Fund | Sugar Land, TX | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Government Accountability Alliance | Chicago, IL | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lexington Fund | Fort Worth, TX | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Prairie Fire Freedom | Springfield, IL | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Legislative Exchange Council | Arlington, VA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| CO2 Coalition Inc | Fairfax, VA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Defend American Ideals | Sacramento, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Strength and Prosperity | Ridgeland, MS | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Virginia Rising Action | Arlington, VA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| America Rising Squared AR2 | Arlington, VA | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Coalition for Law Order and Safety | Glen Allen, VA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Republican National Lawyers Association | Washington, DC | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Better Jobs Coalition | Littleton, CO | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Opportunity Alliance | Arlington, VA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Coalitions for America | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Colorado Christian University | Lakewood, CO | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Texans for Lawsuit Reform | Houston, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Council for National Policy | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Defend Your Vote | Okemos, MI | $44,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Research Council Action | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The 60 Plus Association Inc | Alexandria, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Tempe, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hispanic Leadership Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Polaris Action Inc | Beverly, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Committee for Justice | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
37 of 80 (46%) 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 kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 36 of 80 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 | 37 | $27.7M | $250,000 |
| 2021 | 25 | $16.7M | $500,000 |
| 2022 | 46 | $44.3M | $475,000 |
| 2023 | 44 | $54.0M | $500,000 |
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
43% of its giving went to organizations in Virginia. 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 $375,000 -- 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 Virginia.
- 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 The Concord Fund'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 3 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 41 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: 8300 Boone Blvd Ste 500, Vienna, VA, 22182.
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