Funding search · EIN 526029540 · Arlington, VA
Downtown Jaycees Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 52
- grants reported
- $100,056
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $2,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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3 grants matching “wanda” · $9,000
- $3,000
Wanda Alston Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To support programs offering housing and support services to homeless or at-risk lgbtq youth.
- $3,000
Wanda Alston Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
To support programs offering housing and support services to homeless or at-risk lgbtq youth.
- $3,000
Wanda Alston Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
To support programs offering housing and support services to homeless or at-risk lgbtq youth.
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Food and Friends3 grants · $12,405
- Wanda Alston Foundation3 grants · $9,000
- The American Experience Foundation3 grants · $8,620
- Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League3 grants · $6,500
- The Trevor Project3 grants · $6,068
- City Blossoms2 grants · $6,066
- Juliet Grace Smith Foundation2 grants · $5,750
- Donors Choose2 grants · $5,277
- Core Foundation2 grants · $3,006
- Bright Beginnings1 grant · $3,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 52 reported grants, largest first.
- $5,305
Food and Friends · Washington, DC · 2024
To support children and families in hunger by providing nutritious food.
- $4,200
Food and Friends · Washington, DC · 2023
To support children and families in hunger by providing nutritious food.
- $4,000
City Blossoms · Washington, DC · 2022
To cultivate the well being of our community through creative, kid-driven gardens.
- $3,300
The American Experience Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
To support unique programming that connects low income dc residents to education opportunities in the hospitality industry.
- $3,171
Donors Choose · New York, NY · 2024
To support programs that provide dc classrooms with needed infrastructure and equipment to support educational programming.
- $3,150
The American Experience Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
To support unique programming that connects low income dc residents to educations opportunities in the hospitality industry.
- $3,100
Juliet Grace Smith Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2022
To assist in the development of premature babies.
- $3,000
Wanda Alston Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To support programs offering housing and support services to homeless or at-risk lgbtq youth.
- $3,000
Bright Beginnings · Washington, DC · 2023
To support programs that provide care and education to dc homeless children
- $3,000
Wanda Alston Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
To support programs offering housing and support services to homeless or at-risk lgbtq youth.
- $3,000
Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League · Washington, DC · 2022
To provide support to youth leadership programs for lbgtq youth to build self-confidence and develop critical life skills.
- $3,000
Wanda Alston Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
To support programs offering housing and support services to homeless or at-risk lgbtq youth.
- $2,900
Food and Friends · Washington, DC · 2022
To support children and families in hunger by providing nutritious food.
- $2,650
Juliet Grace Smith Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2023
To assist in the development of premature babies.
- $2,600
Human Rights Campaign Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
To support programs such as the hrc coming out projects which encourgages glbt americans to live their lives openly.
- $2,524
Arlington Soccer Association · Arlington, VA · 2024
To support youth soccer players with financial needs.
- $2,500
Dc Jazz Festival Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To support jazzin' after school weekly instrument training sessions for dc public school students.
- $2,500
Norweigan Society · Arlington, VA · 2023
To support norweigan and norweigan american youth cultural and family events in the great washington dc area.
- $2,500
Jubilee Jumpstart · Washington, DC · 2022
To assist in programs that provide children with childcare and academic enhancement.
- $2,500
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2022
To support crisis intervention programs for lgbtq youth.
- $2,170
The American Experience Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To support unique programming that connects low income dc residents to education opportunities in the hospitality industry.
- $2,106
Donors Choose · New York, NY · 2022
To support d.c. Public school teachers to fund various equipment in their classrooms to improve academic performance by students.
- $2,068
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2024
To support crisis intervention programs for lgbtq youth.
- $2,066
City Blossoms · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the youth entrepreneurship cooperative program, teaching youth basic business skills and community development skills.
- $2,029
Team Dc · Alexandria, VA · 2023
To support programs for dc lgbtq youth that foster participation in national and international amateur sports competition.
- $2,000
Arlington Thrive · Arlington, VA · 2022
To support children and families in financial crisis to pay for essentials.
- $2,000
Capital City Robotics · Washington, DC · 2022
To provide underrepresented students with stem access and education through robotics and engineering and computer science.
- $2,000
The Finishing School · Washington, DC · 2022
Support for at-risk youth programs to prioritize outcomes for academic success, healthy lifestyles, good character and citizenship.
- $1,750
Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League · Washington, DC · 2024
To provide support to youth leadership programs for lbgtq youth to build self-confidence and develop critical life skills.
- $1,750
Core Foundation · Reston, VA · 2023
To support programs to bring therapeutic play and child life specialists to patients in pediatric wings of major hospital centers.
- $1,750
Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League · Washington, DC · 2023
To provide support to youth leadership programs for lbgtq youth to build self-confidence and develop critical life skills.
- $1,590
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NJ · 2023
To support programs that improve the quality of life of blood cancer patients and their families.
- $1,500
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2023
To support crisis intervention programs for lgbtq youth.
- $1,334
Mattie Miracle Cancer Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024
To support psychosocial support services to children with cancer.
- $1,256
Core Foundation · Reston, VA · 2024
To support programs to support child life programs with therapeutic play kits.
- $1,000
Latina Reading Tomorrow · Arlington, VA · 2024
To support programs that connect and expose latinas to opportunities that enrich their future through education, mentoring and leadership development.
- $1,000
Metro Dc Community Center · Washington, DC · 2024
To support programs that celebrate, strengthen and support community through arts.
- $1,000
Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington · Arlington, VA · 2023
To support art classes for school age children including drawing, painting, clay modeling and collage.
- $1,000
Kid Pan Alley · Washington, VA · 2022
To support creative and musical education for children.
- $915
Southern Invitational Smoke Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
To support family assistance program in the food and beverage industry who are in crisis.
- $900
Federal City Performing Arts Association · Washington, DC · 2022
To support youth music programs of the genout chorus
- $600
Arlington Public Schools · Arlington, VA · 2022
To improve teacher skills at disadvantaged school.
- $536
Alexandria Jaycees Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2022
To support community development efforts including human services and scholarships.
- $500
Doorways · Arlington, VA · 2024
To support programs that create pathways for families out of homelessness, leading to safe, stable and empowered lives.
- $500
Girls On the Run of Northern Virginia · Fairfax, VA · 2024
To support programs dedicated to enhancing 3rd-8th grade participants societal, emotional, and physical skills to navigate life's challenges.
- $500
Moca Arlington · Arlington, VA · 2024
To support art classes for school age children including drawing, painting, clay modeling and collage.
- $500
Path Forward · Arlington, VA · 2024
To support programs that provide families programs that transform lives by delivering housing solutions and pathways to stability.
- $500
Scan of Northern Virginia · Alexandria, VA · 2024
To support programs that prevent child abuse and neglect.
- $500
Columbia Pike Partnership · Arlington, VA · 2023
To support programs that foster a vibrant, safe, connected and diverse columbia pike community.
- $457
Aspire After School Learning · Arlington, VA · 2024
To support the expansion of learning oppurtunities for underserved students through after school and summer learning programs.
- $229
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NJ · 2024
To support programs that improve the quality of life of blood cancer patients and their families.
- $150
Two Hands Mentoring · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To support programs to connect mentors and mentees in the lgbtq youth community.
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