Foundations

Private foundations in District of Columbia

Foundations that fund causes in District of Columbia

• Education
  $1.0 billion from 3,481 foundations
• International
  $778 million from 1,808 foundations
• Health
  $524 million from 1,913 foundations
• Science and research
  $466 million from 1,132 foundations
• Environment and conservation
  $459 million from 2,736 foundations
• Youth programs
  $411 million from 1,225 foundations
• Human services
  $322 million from 2,253 foundations
• Community development
  $273 million from 426 foundations
• Arts and culture
  $208 million from 2,361 foundations
• Faith communities
  $201 million from 1,693 foundations
• Food and hunger
  $165 million from 1,138 foundations
• Housing and homelessness
  $50.5 million from 228 foundations
• Animals
  $31.0 million from 822 foundations
• Disability
  $21.8 million from 390 foundations
• Veterans
  $15.3 million from 516 foundations
• Seniors
  $11.6 million from 96 foundations

These count grants to recipients in District of Columbia, including from foundations based elsewhere.

Foundations by city in District of Columbia

• Washington
  412 foundations · $1.1 billion

District of Columbia foundations that accept applications

• Public Welfare Foundation Inc · Washington
  Accepts applications $31.1 million a year · typical grant $138,500 · Education
• Breakthrough Prize Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $15.8 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Science and research
• Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $12.8 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Education
• Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $9.0 million a year · typical grant $600,000 · Science and research
• Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $5.3 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• S & R Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $5.0 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Arts and culture
• Alexander & Margaret Stewart Trust · Washington
  Accepts applications $4.1 million a year · typical grant $4.1 million
• The National Academy of Education · Washington
  Accepts applications $3.8 million a year · typical grant $27,500 · International
• Richard Lounsbery Foundation Inc · Washington
  Accepts applications $3.8 million a year · typical grant $55,000 · Education
• The Arca Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $3.8 million a year · typical grant $75,000 · Education
• Kolibri Foundation Inc · Washington
  Accepts applications $3.7 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · International
• The Greenwall Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $3.4 million a year · typical grant $49,809 · Education
• The Robert and Mary Haft Foundation Inc · Washington
  Accepts applications $2.7 million a year · typical grant $2,500 · Education
• United States - Japan Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $2.4 million a year · typical grant $19,022 · International
• Webb Family Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $2.0 million a year · typical grant $150,000 · Education
• Blue Sands Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $2.0 million a year · typical grant $8,751 · International
• The Institute for Technology in Health Care · Washington
  Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $40,050 · Education
• The Loyola Foundation Inc · Washington
  Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $1.5 million · Faith communities
• The Herb Block Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $1.4 million a year · typical grant $1.4 million
• If Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $1.3 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Community development
• William Orr Dingwall Foundation Inc · Washington
  Accepts applications $1.1 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Bench Trail Fund · Washington
  Accepts applications $909,500 a year · typical grant $909,500
• Spectemur Agendo Inc · Washington
  Accepts applications $775,000 a year · typical grant $40,000 · International
• Walter A Bloedorn Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $727,500 a year · typical grant $7,500 · Education
• Vegfund Inc · Washington
  Accepts applications $682,571 a year · typical grant $1,170 · International
• Fund II Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $668,331 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• The Mark and Anne Hansen Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $528,744 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• The Kevin and Lesley Lilly Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $527,500 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Faith communities
• The Bernard & Sarah Gewirz Fdn · Washington
  Accepts applications $492,140 a year · typical grant $1,500 · Education
• Clarence Manger & Audrey Cordero Plitt Trust · Washington
  Accepts applications $488,400 a year · typical grant $100,000 · Education
• Joan L and Robert C Gilkison Fami · Washington
  Accepts applications $449,215 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Faith communities
• Beech Street Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $429,500 a year · typical grant $15,000 · Arts and culture
• Johnston-Hanson Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $390,010 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Joseph P Kennedy Jr Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $323,333 a year · typical grant $102,500
• El-Hibri Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $320,000 a year · typical grant $17,500 · International
• Continuing to Serve Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $290,000 a year · typical grant $20,000 · Veterans
• The Masonic Foundation of the District · Washington
  Accepts applications $266,000 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Union Plus Education Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $215,700 a year · typical grant $1,000 · Education
• The Concordia Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $208,500 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• The Corlette Glorney Foundation Inc · Washington
  Accepts applications $200,000 a year · typical grant $200,000 · Education
• Miller & Chevalier Charitable Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $197,200 a year · typical grant $3,450 · Education
• Virginia S Warner Foundation Inc · Washington
  Accepts applications $186,280 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• The Russert Family Foundation Inc · Washington
  Accepts applications $173,750 a year · typical grant $2,250 · Youth programs
• Institute of Current World Affairs Inc · Washington
  Accepts applications $171,690 a year · typical grant $41,433
• Gorlitz Foundation LTD · Washington
  Accepts applications $154,000 a year · typical grant $2,000 · International
• The Florence S Mahoney Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $150,000 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Gail D Bassin Family Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $139,385 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Health
• Windom Fund · Washington
  Accepts applications $134,000 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Ceca Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $111,055 a year · typical grant $55,528
• The CPMG Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $110,926 a year · typical grant $3,000 · Education

Largest foundations in District of Columbia

• Wyss Foundation · Washington
  Preselected only $223 million a year · typical grant $223 million
• The Norman R Rales and Ruth Rales Foundation · Washington
  Preselected only $132 million a year · typical grant $150,000 · Education
• Indian Paintbrush Foundation · Washington
  Preselected only $103 million a year · typical grant $350,000 · Education
• BHP Foundation · Washington
  Preselected only $75.0 million a year · typical grant $669,784 · International
• The Wyss Medical Foundation Inc · Washington
  Preselected only $41.4 million a year · typical grant $41.4 million
• Democracy Fund Inc · Washington
  Preselected only $37.7 million a year · typical grant $165,000 · Education
• Public Welfare Foundation Inc · Washington
  Accepts applications $31.1 million a year · typical grant $138,500 · Education
• The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Washington
  $23.1 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Arts and culture
• The Quetzal Trust · Washington
  Preselected only $23.0 million a year · typical grant $23.0 million
• Aviv Foundation Inc · Washington
  Preselected only $20.6 million a year · typical grant $20.6 million
• Bainum Family Foundation · Washington
  Preselected only $19.1 million a year · typical grant $87,500 · Education
• Wallace Global Fund II · Washington
  Preselected only $17.6 million a year · typical grant $75,000 · Environment and conservation
• Luminate Foundation Inc · Washington
  Preselected only $16.0 million a year · typical grant $200,000 · International
• Breakthrough Prize Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $15.8 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Science and research
• Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $12.8 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Education
• Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $9.0 million a year · typical grant $600,000 · Science and research
• Diane & Norman Bernstein Foundation Inc · Washington
  Preselected only $8.9 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Faith communities
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise Foundation · Washington
  Preselected only $8.5 million a year · typical grant $185,602
• Carol and Gene Ludwig Family Foundation · Washington
  Preselected only $8.2 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education
• Milky Way Research Foundation · Washington
  Preselected only $7.9 million a year · typical grant $1.1 million · Science and research
• The Summit Charitable Foundation Inc · Washington
  Preselected only $7.3 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · International
• Bender Foundation Inc · Washington
  Preselected only $6.2 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education
• Wallace Genetic Foundation II Inc · Washington
  Preselected only $5.9 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Environment and conservation
• Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $5.3 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Farvue Foundation Inc · Washington
  Preselected only $5.0 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Environment and conservation
• The Miller-Wehrle Family Foundation · Washington
  Preselected only $5.0 million a year · typical grant $5.0 million
• S & R Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $5.0 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Arts and culture
• Trellis Charitable Fund · Washington
  Preselected only $4.9 million a year · typical grant $200,000 · International
• Resolve Uganda Incorporated · Washington
  Preselected only $4.6 million a year · typical grant $4.6 million
• Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation · Washington
  Preselected only $4.3 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Faith communities
• The Hillside Foundation Inc · Washington
  Preselected only $4.2 million a year · typical grant $477,500 · Arts and culture
• Alexander & Margaret Stewart Trust · Washington
  Accepts applications $4.1 million a year · typical grant $4.1 million
• Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center Inc · Washington
  Preselected only $4.0 million a year · typical grant $123,250 · Health
• New Mighty Foundation · Washington
  Preselected only $4.0 million a year · typical grant $2.0 million · Education
• Richard W Goldman Family Foundation · Washington
  Preselected only $3.9 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Human services
• The Brendan & Helen Bechtel Foundation · Washington
  Preselected only $3.9 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Youth programs
• The National Academy of Education · Washington
  Accepts applications $3.8 million a year · typical grant $27,500 · International
• Richard Lounsbery Foundation Inc · Washington
  Accepts applications $3.8 million a year · typical grant $55,000 · Education
• The Arca Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $3.8 million a year · typical grant $75,000 · Education
• Danaher Foundation · Washington
  Preselected only $3.7 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Youth programs
• Kolibri Foundation Inc · Washington
  Accepts applications $3.7 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · International
• Flamboyan Foundation Inc · Washington
  Preselected only $3.7 million a year · typical grant $21,500 · Education
• The Greenwall Foundation · Washington
  Accepts applications $3.4 million a year · typical grant $49,809 · Education
• Merriman Foundation · Washington
  Preselected only $3.3 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Bally Shannon Foundation Inc · Washington
  Preselected only $3.3 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Education
• Hill-Snowdon Foundation · Washington
  Preselected only $3.1 million a year · typical grant $7,500 · Education
• Galena-Yorktown Foundation · Washington
  Preselected only $3.0 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Faith communities
• Charter School Incubator Initiative · Washington
  Preselected only $2.9 million a year · typical grant $2.9 million · Community development
• The Washington Home Inc · Washington
  Preselected only $2.8 million a year · typical grant $80,000 · Health
• The Robert and Mary Haft Foundation Inc · Washington
  Accepts applications $2.7 million a year · typical grant $2,500 · Education

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