Private foundations in Washington, District of Columbia

412 private foundations are based in Washington. Together they paid $1.1 billion in grants in their latest year, and 83 of them accept applications. The largest is Wyss Foundation, with $223 million.

Foundations412
Accept applications83
Grants paid a year$1.1 billion

The 50 largest of 412 foundations in Washington, by grants paid
Foundation	Grants paid	Typical grant	Accepts applications
Wyss Foundation	$223 million	$223 million	No
The Norman R Rales and Ruth Rales Foundation	$132 million	$150,000	No
Indian Paintbrush Foundation	$103 million	$350,000	No
BHP Foundation	$75.0 million	$669,784	No
The Wyss Medical Foundation Inc	$41.4 million	$41.4 million	No
Democracy Fund Inc	$37.7 million	$165,000	No
Public Welfare Foundation Inc	$31.1 million	$138,500	Yes
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation	$23.1 million	$35,000	Not stated
The Quetzal Trust	$23.0 million	$23.0 million	No
Aviv Foundation Inc	$20.6 million	$20.6 million	No
Bainum Family Foundation	$19.1 million	$87,500	No
Wallace Global Fund II	$17.6 million	$75,000	No
Luminate Foundation Inc	$16.0 million	$200,000	No
Breakthrough Prize Foundation	$15.8 million	$100,000	Yes
Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation	$12.8 million	$35,000	Yes
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation	$9.0 million	$600,000	Yes
Diane & Norman Bernstein Foundation Inc	$8.9 million	$50,000	No
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Foundation	$8.5 million	$185,602	No
Carol and Gene Ludwig Family Foundation	$8.2 million	$25,000	No
Milky Way Research Foundation	$7.9 million	$1.1 million	No
The Summit Charitable Foundation Inc	$7.3 million	$50,000	No
Bender Foundation Inc	$6.2 million	$50,000	No
Wallace Genetic Foundation II Inc	$5.9 million	$50,000	No
Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation	$5.3 million	$10,000	Yes
Farvue Foundation Inc	$5.0 million	$50,000	No
The Miller-Wehrle Family Foundation	$5.0 million	$5.0 million	No
S & R Foundation	$5.0 million	$20,000	Yes
Trellis Charitable Fund	$4.9 million	$200,000	No
Resolve Uganda Incorporated	$4.6 million	$4.6 million	No
Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation	$4.3 million	$25,000	No
The Hillside Foundation Inc	$4.2 million	$477,500	No
Alexander & Margaret Stewart Trust	$4.1 million	$4.1 million	Yes
Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center Inc	$4.0 million	$123,250	No
New Mighty Foundation	$4.0 million	$2.0 million	No
Richard W Goldman Family Foundation	$3.9 million	$100,000	No
The Brendan & Helen Bechtel Foundation	$3.9 million	$25,000	No
The National Academy of Education	$3.8 million	$27,500	Yes
Richard Lounsbery Foundation Inc	$3.8 million	$55,000	Yes
The Arca Foundation	$3.8 million	$75,000	Yes
Danaher Foundation	$3.7 million	$50,000	No
Kolibri Foundation Inc	$3.7 million	$25,000	Yes
Flamboyan Foundation Inc	$3.7 million	$21,500	No
The Greenwall Foundation	$3.4 million	$49,809	Yes
Merriman Foundation	$3.3 million	$5,000	No
Bally Shannon Foundation Inc	$3.3 million	$20,000	No
Hill-Snowdon Foundation	$3.1 million	$7,500	No
Galena-Yorktown Foundation	$3.0 million	$10,000	No
Charter School Incubator Initiative	$2.9 million	$2.9 million	No
The Washington Home Inc	$2.8 million	$80,000	No
The Robert and Mary Haft Foundation Inc	$2.7 million	$2,500	Yes

Foundations are placed by the address on their IRS filing. Many give well beyond their own city; open one to see where its grants go.