Funding search · EIN 203672969 · Bethesda, MD

Diana Davis Spencer Foundation

$215.6M
in grants paid: 424
grants: 233
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$5.0M
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024
Construction of the graduate school of classical education and endowment
$5.0M
Donors Trust · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Donor advised fund contribution
$5.0M
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Education and research
$3.5M
Texas a&M University · College Station, TX · 2024
Bush school of government and public service graduate program
$3.0M
Donors Trust · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Donor advised fund contribution
$2.5M
Independent Women'S Forum · Winchester, VA · 2024
The winning women program
$2.0M
Donors Trust · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Donor advised fund contribution
$2.0M
The Jackson Laboratory · Farmington, CT · 2024
Vision research
$2.0M
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation · Center City, MN · 2024
Family and children's programs
$2.0M
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies · Washington, DC · 2024
Educational programs
$2.0M
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
Support of integrated clinical practice, education and research
$1.3M
Pentagon Memorial Fund · Arlington, VA · 2024
9/11 pentagon memorial visitor education center and general operating funds
$1.0M
American Council of Trustees and Alumni · Washington, DC · 2024
Reclaiming america's heritage of free speech in higher education program
$1.0M
Foundation Fighting Blindness · Columbia, MD · 2024
Research and career development award program
$1.0M
Intercollegiate Studies Institute · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Campus conference center construction support
$1.0M
Media Research Center · Herndon, VA · 2024
Unleash free speech project
$1.0M
Chapel Haven · New Haven, CT · 2024
General operating support
$1.0M
Caring for Military Families the Elizabeth Dole Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Towards heroes & history makers celebration
$1.0M
Donors Trust · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Donor advised fund contribution
$1.0M
Bullis School · Potomac, MD · 2024
Scholarships and technology inverstments
$1.0M
Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Renew universities from within project
$800,000
Mysa School · Washington, DC · 2024
Model expansion project
$750,000
Iron Star Foundation Corp · Stevensville, MD · 2024
General operating support
$700,000
Our Community Salutes-USA · New Jersey, NJ · 2024
Military enlistee and family programs
$700,000
Fund for American Studies · Washington, DC · 2024
Developing courageous leaders for liberty project
$600,000
American Private Radio · Oxford, MS · 2024
Educational programming
$600,000
American Strategy Group (the Claremont Strategy Group Inc) · Claremont, CA · 2024
Educational programming
$600,000
Gloucester Institute · Gloucester, VA · 2024
Programs and capacity building
$600,000
Teneo Network · Austin, TX · 2024
Education programs
$600,000
Middle East Media Research Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Russia-china-iran new alliance/china project
$500,000
Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Countering communist influence through public education, research, and policy studies projects
$500,000
Chapel Haven Endowment · New Haven, CT · 2024
Staff investment fund
$500,000
American Swiss Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Strengthening operations, existing programs, and activating the alumni network of the young leaders conference
$500,000
Culture Wise Studies · Camarillo, CA · 2024
General operating support
$500,000
Chapel Haven · New Haven, CT · 2024
Fund for staff salaries and benefits
$500,000
United Service Organizations · Arlington, VA · 2024
European expansion & family support campaign
$450,000
Asia America Initiative Llc · Washington, DC · 2024
Building resilient communities: vision, duty, and practice project
$400,000
Institute for Responsible Citizenship · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$400,000
International Spy Museum · Washington, DC · 2024
Youth education programs, community initiatives, and the analyst experience program
$400,000
National Center for Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2024
Able americans project
$400,000
Mount Desert Island Hospital · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
Capital campaign
$350,000
James Wilson Institute for Natural Rights and the American Founding · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Moral renewal of constitutional conservativism project
$350,000
Maine Seacoast Mission · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
Food security and health initiatives
$350,000
Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Defending the police project
$325,000
Best Friends Foundation · Chevy Chase, MD · 2024
Fall programming and general operating support
$300,000
Mighty Oaks Foundation · Magnolia, TX · 2024
General operating support
$300,000
Speech First · Washington, DC · 2024
Campus free speech project
$300,000
Prager University Foundation · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2024
The future of american ideas and values project
$300,000
National Center for Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2024
Able americans project
$300,000
Case Western Reserve University Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Improving primary health care project
$300,000
Jewish Institute for National Security of America · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$275,000
National Association of Scholars · New York, NY · 2024
The roots of antisemitism in american higher education project
$275,000
National Taxpayers Union Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$260,000
National Park Trust · Rockville, MD · 2024
Transformative park experiences for dc youth and military families programs
$250,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Reclaiming liberty in the courts of law and public opinion project
$225,000
American Foreign Policy Council · Washington, DC · 2024
Educational programming and research
$225,000
Center for Strategic and International Studies · Washington, DC · 2024
U.s. Defense and the rise of china project
$200,000
Certell · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Education program
$200,000
Becket Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$200,000
Lifeflight Foundation · Camden, ME · 2024
Enhancing access to critical care project
$200,000
Forge Leadership Network · Dayton, OH · 2024
Replenishing and expanding the ranks of the conservative movement project
$200,000
Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum · Washington, WA · 2024
Educational programming
$200,000
America'S Future Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024
Towards the creating young advocates for liberty project
$200,000
Government Accountability Institute · Tallahasse, FL · 2024
Expanding research and media footprint project
$200,000
Network of Enlightened Women · Washington, DC · 2024
Education programs
$200,000
Constituting America · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Preserving liberty through constitutional education project
$175,000
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital · Charlestown, MA · 2024
John means spencer caregiver awards
$170,000
Bethesda Green · Bethesda, MD · 2024
Innovation and incubation projects
$150,000
Special Operations Warrior Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2024
Scholarships and family outreach programs
$150,000
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2024
Sustained food insecurity programs
$150,000
Capital Clubhouse · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy · San Francisco, CA · 2024
2024-2025 health care communications strategy initiative
$150,000
Suburban Hospital Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2024
Nursing excellence programs at suburban hospital
$127,000
Wealth of Nations Institute · Wilmington, DE · 2024
General operating support
$125,000
Steamboat Institute · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2024
College campus debate program
$125,000
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars · Washington, DC · 2024
Advancing expertise on russian challenges to u.s. National security project
$125,000
Hudson Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Research and education
$125,000
Army Historical Foundation · Fort Belvoid, VA · 2024
Museum construction project capital campaign
$100,000
Acton Academy Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Entrepreneurship and growth projects
$100,000
Institute for Responsible Citizenship · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Bar Harbor Food Pantry · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Gloucester Institute · Gloucester, VA · 2024
Urgent maintenance for historic property
$100,000
Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Nursing recognition and support program
$100,000
Hero · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Vunerable refugee support
$100,000
National Historical Society · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for publishing and education in american history
$100,000
Bullis School · Potomac, MD · 2024
Financial aid
$100,000
Bradley Impact Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Donor advised fund contribution
$100,000
Young America'S Foundation · Reston, VA · 2024
Conservative campus outreach expansion project
$100,000
Chapel Haven · New Haven, CT · 2024
Staff support fund
$100,000
Enough Is Enough · Vienna, VA · 2024
General operating support
$88,000
Best Friends Foundation · Chevy Chase, MD · 2024
Summer programming and general operating support
$75,000
US Army 5th Army Association · Shavano Park, TX · 2024
The patriotism trail project
$75,000
Mount Desert Nursing Association · Northeast Harbor, ME · 2024
Capital campaign
$75,000
Mount Desert Nursing Association · Northeast Harbor, ME · 2024
General operating support
$75,000
Jack Kemp Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Educational programs
$72,000
Anne Arundel County Public Schools · Odenton, MD · 2024
Science fieldtrips and faculty luncheons
$50,000
United States Foundation for the Commemoration of the World Wars · Washington, DC · 2024
World war i commemoration performance series
$50,000
Island Readers & Writers An Initiative for Maine Children · Southwest Harbor, ME · 2024
Enhancing visibility and mission impact project
$50,000
James W Foley Legacy Foundation · Portsmouth, NH · 2024
Hostage freedom program
$50,000
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (Lecom) · Erie, PA · 2024
General operating support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.