Funding search · EIN 237343119 · Washington, DC

Greater Washington Community Foundation

Name: Greater Washington Community Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

5,677
grants reported: $460.2M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $22,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarship disaster relief business small hardship genreal suuport

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Direct services for low-income DC and Prince George's County residents
Education: charter schools, Catholic and independent schools, college access
Economic mobility: small business capital, asset building, workforce, housing
Immigrant and legal services in the DC region (CARECEN, Ayuda, CASA)
Faith-based relief and community organizations, Muslim, Jewish, Christian
Disaster relief through national responders like Red Cross and Salvation Army

Typical grant

Median grant is $22,500 and half of everything falls between $10,000 and $55,500, so the routine check is modest. The seven-figure awards go to a handful of DC-area anchors and intermediaries such as DC Action for Children, Greater Washington Urban League, Washington Area Community Investment Fund, and Islamic Relief USA. With 5,677 grants to 3,554 recipients over four years, most organizations come back more than once, and repeat support in similar amounts is the norm.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“GENERAL SUPPORT”
“DISASTER RELIEF”
“Greater Washington”

Positioning adjacent work

Anchor the ask in DC, Prince George's, or Montgomery County service delivery, not national scope.
Ask $25,000 to $75,000 for a first request; seven figures goes to established anchors.
Request unrestricted operating money; nearly every grant on file is coded GENERAL SUPPORT.
Connect research to their economic mobility cluster: asset building, small business capital, workforce.

Worth knowing: This is a community foundation, so most of the money moves through donor-advised funds, which is why the list holds both America First Policy Institute and the Brennan Center. Giving follows individual donor relationships rather than one institutional agenda, and roughly seven in ten recipients sit in DC or Maryland.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Gonzaga College High School4 grants · $11.0M
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School4 grants · $10.3M
Dc Action for Children1 grant · $9.1M
American Endowment Fdn1 grant · $9.1M
Catholic University of America3 grants · $8.0M
Better Markets4 grants · $6.1M
Islamic Relief USA3 grants · $5.4M
Bread for the City4 grants · $4.8M
Greater Washington Urban League1 grant · $4.5M
Islamic Relief USA1 grant · $3.8M

Giving over time

$81.0M

2021

$178.6M

2022

$83.7M

2023

$116.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 5,677 grants.

$9.1M
Dc Action for Children · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$9.1M
American Endowment Fdn · Hudson, OH · 2021
General support
$5.0M
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
$5.0M
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
$5.0M
Gonzaga College High School · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
$5.0M
Gonzaga College High School · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
$4.5M
Greater Washington Urban League · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$4.0M
Catholic University of America · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
$4.0M
Catholic University of America · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
$3.8M
Islamic Relief USA · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General support
$3.7M
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2021
General support
$3.0M
Schwab Charitable Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General Support
$2.8M
Washington Area Community Investment Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$2.6M
Reflection Park · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
General support
$2.6M
Islamic Relief USA · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General Support
$2.6M
Islamic Relief USA · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General Support
$2.4M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2023
General Support
$2.1M
Berkshire Taconic Comm Fdn · Sheffield, MA · 2021
General support
$1.9M
Bread for the City · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
$1.8M
Lockheed Martin Community Affairs · Bethesda, MD · 2024
Disaster relief
$1.7M
Mary'S Ctr for Maternal and Child Care · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
$1.6M
Better Markets · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1.5M
Better Markets · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
$1.5M
Better Markets · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
$1.5M
Better Markets · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
$1.5M
Better Markets · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
$1.5M
The Oasis Initiative Foundation · Northbrook, IL · 2024
General support
$1.5M
Gonzaga College High School · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1.5M
Americans of Faith · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General support
$1.5M
Inner-City Muslim Action Network · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$1.4M
Central American Resource Center (Carecen) · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1.3M
Bread for the City · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
$1.3M
Bread for the City · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
$1.3M
Children'S Hospital Fdn · Silver Sprg, MD · 2022
General Support
$1.3M
Children'S Hospital Fdn · Silver Sprg, MD · 2022
General Support
$1.3M
United Communities Against Poverty · Capitol Heights, MD · 2024
General support
$1.3M
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
$1.2M
Dc Fiscal Policy Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
$1.2M
America First Policy Institute · Arlington, VA · 2023
General Support
$1.2M
Citybridge Education · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
$1.2M
Empower Dc · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
$1.1M
Mothers Outreach Network · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
$1.1M
Forest Lake Seventh Day Adventist Church · Apoka, FL · 2023
General Support
$1.1M
Central American Resource Center (Carecen) · Wash, DC · 2021
General support
$1.0M
Citybridge Education · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
$1.0M
Citybridge Education · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
$1.0M
La Clinica Del Pueblo · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
$1.0M
Social Security Works Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1.0M
Tzedek Dc · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
$1.0M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2021
General support
$1.0M
Capital Area Asset Building Corporation · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
$1.0M
Council for Court Excellence · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
$1.0M
Gonzaga College High School · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
$1.0M
National Reentry Net'Wk for Return Citizen · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
$1.0M
John F Kennedy Ctr for the Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
$1.0M
America First Policy Institute · Arlington, VA · 2024
General support
$1.0M
Children'S Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2024
General support
$1.0M
Stanford University Board of Trustees · Redwood City, CA · 2024
General support
$1.0M
Alsac St Jude Children'S Resrch Hospital · Arlington, VA · 2023
General Support
$1.0M
Child Impact International · Collegedale, TN · 2023
General Support
$1.0M
Dc Justice Lab · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
$1.0M
Emerald Cities Collaborative · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
$1.0M
Fii - National · Oakland, CA · 2022
General Support
$1.0M
Fii - National · Oakland, CA · 2022
General Support
$1.0M
Southern Adventist University · Collegedale, TN · 2022
General Support
$1.0M
Southern Adventist University · Collegedale, TN · 2022
General Support
$990,771
B of a Charitable Gift Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
General Support
$990,771
B of a Charitable Gift Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
General Support
$989,000
United Way of the National Capital Area · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$956,772
Jewish Social Service Agency · Rockville, MD · 2021
General support
$922,350
Jhu - School of Ais · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
$922,350
Jhu - School of Ais · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
$920,000
Identity · Gaithersburg, MD · 2022
General Support
$920,000
Identity · Gaithersburg, MD · 2022
General Support
$900,000
Blinknow Fdn · Mendham, NJ · 2022
General Support
$900,000
Blinknow Fdn · Mendham, NJ · 2022
General Support
$863,233
Acad of Hope Adult Public Chartr Sch · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$845,000
Latin American Youth Center Career Academy Public Charter School · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$836,350
Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2023
General Support
$830,000
Project Creates · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$818,000
Washington School for Girls · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
$815,600
Centronia · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
$810,000
Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$805,000
Banyan Tree Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$791,900
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$784,020
Westin Maui · Lahaina, HI · 2023
Disaster Relief
$783,333
Dc Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
$783,333
Dc Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
$780,000
City Year Washington Dc · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$769,875
Lift · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$766,500
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2021
General support
$750,000
Banyan Tree Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
$746,000
Whitman-Walker Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
$745,100
Latin American Youth Center - Langley Park · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
$735,200
Ritz Carlton Kapalua · Kapalua, HI · 2023
Disaster Relief
$723,374
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · North Bethesda, MD · 2023
General Support
$715,000
Many Languages One Voice · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
$673,350
Lockheed Martin Community Affairs · Bethesda, MD · 2022
General Support
$673,350
Lockheed Martin Community Affairs · Bethesda, MD · 2022
General Support
$667,995
Court Appointed Special Advocate - Prince George'S County Md · Riverdale, MD · 2024
General support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.