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Foundations that fund arts and culture in District of Columbia

2,361 private foundations gave $208 million for arts and culture to organizations in District of Columbia in their latest year. The largest was The Andrew W Mellon Foundation, with $22.7 million in 18 grants.

Foundations ranked by arts and culture grants to recipients in District of Columbia, latest year
FoundationGrantsAmountAccepts applications
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation (New York)18$22.7 millionYes
Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts (Delaware)2$17.1 millionNo
Clark Charitable Foundation Inc DBA A James & Alice B Clark Foundation (Maryland)2$10.0 millionNo
Lilly Endowment Inc (Indiana)4$8.0 millionYes
Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc (Maryland)7$7.6 millionNo
The Carl H and Edyth B Lindner Foundation (Ohio)3$7.2 millionNo
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (New Jersey)20$7.0 millionYes
The Ford Foundation (New York)24$6.1 millionYes
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation63$4.0 millionNot stated
The Bush Foundation (Minnesota)1$3.1 millionYes
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation (California)7$2.5 millionYes
Foundation to Promote Open Society (New York)2$2.3 millionNo
The J Paul Getty Trust (California)8$2.2 millionYes
Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation (California)3$2.1 millionNo
Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated (Pennsylvania)4$2.0 millionYes
Freedom Together Foundation (New York)1$2.0 millionNo
Royal Air Force Museum American Foundation Inc1$2.0 millionNo
The Schmidt Family Foundation (California)1$1.8 millionYes
Glenstone Foundation (Maryland)1$1.8 millionNo
Collectible Art Preservation Foundation (California)2$1.6 millionNo
The Henry Luce Foundation Inc (New York)11$1.6 millionYes
The Hillside Foundation Inc2$1.4 millionNo
The Shubert Foundation Inc (New York)16$1.3 millionYes
Walton Family Foundation Inc (Arkansas)2$1.3 millionNo
Samerian Foundation Inc (Indiana)2$1.1 millionYes

Amounts count grants whose purpose or recipient matches arts and culture, paid to recipients in District of Columbia. A foundation based in another state appears when it gives here.

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