Funding search · EIN 566784266 · Capitol Heights, MD

The John J Pohanka Family Foundation

Name: The John J Pohanka Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

215
grants reported: $4.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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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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.

Top recipients

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

Gettysburg College3 grants · $350,000
Kennedy Center3 grants · $315,000
Wolf Trap Foundation3 grants · $298,456
Miami Music Festival3 grants · $280,878
Ut Md Anderson Cancer Center2 grants · $250,000
Catholic Charities3 grants · $194,633
The Metropolitan Opera3 grants · $175,000
Dr Charles Balch - Ut Md Anderson Cancer Center1 grant · $125,000
Competitive Enterprise Institute1 grant · $100,000
Stand Together Trust - Seize the Moment1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$1.4M

2022

$1.3M

2023

$1.9M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 215 grants.

$215,000
Kennedy Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$150,000
Gettysburg College · Gettysburg, PA · 2024
General purpose
$130,878
Miami Music Festival · Springfield, VA · 2024
General purpose
$125,000
Ut Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2024
General purpose
$125,000
Ut Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2023
General purpose
$125,000
Dr Charles Balch - Ut Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2022
General purpose
$100,000
Gettysburg College · Gettysburg, PA · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
Stand Together Trust - Seize the Moment · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
Wolf Trap Foundation · Vienna, VA · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
Competitive Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$100,000
Gettysburg College · Gettysburg, PA · 2022
General purpose
$100,000
Wolf Trap Foundation · Vienna, VA · 2022
General purpose
$98,456
Wolf Trap Foundation · Vienna, VA · 2024
General purpose
$80,000
Saint James School · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
General purpose
$75,800
Catholic Charities · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$75,000
The Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$75,000
The Miami Music Festival · Springfield, VA · 2024
General purpose
$75,000
Miami Music Festival · Burke, VA · 2023
General purpose
$75,000
Miami Music Festival · Burke, VA · 2022
General purpose
$74,333
Catholic Charities · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$57,000
Junior Achievement · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Kennedy Center · Arlington, VA · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
The Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
Kennedy Center · Arlington, VA · 2022
General purpose
$50,000
The Heartland Institute · Arlington Heights, IL · 2022
General purpose
$50,000
The Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$50,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$44,500
Catholic Charities · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$42,500
Washington National Opera · Arlington, VA · 2024
General purpose
$40,000
Carson Scholars Fund · Towson, MD · 2024
General purpose
$40,000
The Hill School · Middleburg, VA · 2022
General purpose
$32,200
Forestville Boys & Girls Club of Prince Georges · District Heights, MD · 2024
General purpose
$30,240
University of Mary Washington Foundation · Fredericksburg, VA · 2024
General purpose
$30,000
The Hill School · Middleburg, VA · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Community Foundation of Western North Carolina · Asheville, NC · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Glimmerglass Festival · Cooperstown, NY · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Lehigh University · Bethleham, PA · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Levine Music · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Next Gen Personal Finance · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Shakespeare Theatre Company · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
The Denyce Graves Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
US Army War College Foundation · Carlisle, PA · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
American Cancer Society - Hope Lodge Baltimore · Salisbury, MD · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Army War College Foundation · Carlisle, PA · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Children'S National Hospital Foundation · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Denyce Graves Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Junior Achievement of Greater Washington · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
National Sporting Library & Museum · Middleburg, VA · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Next Gen Personal Finance · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Glimmerglass Festival · Cooperstown, NY · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
Junior Achievement of Greater Washington · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
Lehigh University · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
Miriam'S Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
Mission of Love · Capitol Heights, MD · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
The Denyce Graves Foundation · Parkton, MD · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
US Army War College · Carlisle, PA · 2022
General purpose
$20,579
Educational Products · Dallas, TX · 2022
General purpose
$20,030
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
Sea Turtle Adventures · Boynton Beach, FL · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
Lehigh University · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
Levine School of Music · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
Miriam'S Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
Pawfectly Delicious Dog Treats · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
American Cancer Society - Hope Lodge Baltimore · Salisbury, MD · 2022
General purpose
$20,000
Institute for Young Dramatic Voices · Sun Valley, NV · 2022
General purpose
$20,000
Levine School of Music · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$19,200
Rappahannock Area Ymca · Falmouth, VA · 2023
General purpose
$19,087
Prince George'S County Public Schools · Upper Marlboro, MD · 2023
General purpose
$18,164
Pawfectly Delicious Dog Treats · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General purpose
$17,500
Washington National Opera · Arlington, VA · 2023
General purpose
$17,500
National Sporting Library & Museum · Middleburg, VA · 2022
General purpose
$17,500
Washington National Opera · Arlington, VA · 2022
General purpose
$16,000
National Ms Society · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$15,700
National Ms Society · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$15,000
Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation · Marblehead, MA · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
Miriam'S Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
Wanada Auto Dealer Education Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation · Marblehead, MA · 2023
General purpose
$15,000
New York Sign Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General purpose
$15,000
Sea Turtle Adventures · Boynton Beach, FL · 2023
General purpose
$15,000
The Hill School · Middleburg, VA · 2023
General purpose
$15,000
Wagner Society of Washington Dc · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$15,000
Wanada Adei · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$15,000
American Transparency · Hinsdale, IL · 2022
General purpose
$15,000
Northern Piedmont Community Foundation · Warrenton, VA · 2022
General purpose
$15,000
Pawfectly Delicious Dog Treats · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General purpose
$15,000
Wagner Society of Washington Dc · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$12,500
Greater Prince Georges County Business Roundtable · Bowie, MD · 2024
General purpose
$12,500
Josh Freeman Foundaton · Selbyville, DE · 2024
General purpose
$12,500
Rdk Melanoma Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General purpose
$12,500
Freeman Arts Pavillion · Selbyville, DE · 2023
General purpose
$12,500
Prmc Foundation · Salisbury, MD · 2023
General purpose
$12,500
Salisbury University · Salisbury, MD · 2023
General purpose
$12,500
Greater Prince Georges Business Roundtable · Bowie, MD · 2022
General purpose
$12,500
Joshua M Freeman Foundation · Selbyville, DE · 2022
General purpose
$12,500
Peninsula Regional Medical Center · Salisbury, MD · 2022
General purpose
$12,500
Salisbury University · Salisbury, MD · 2022
General purpose
$12,000
Tucker Community Foundation · Parsons, WV · 2024
General purpose
$11,794
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose

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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.