Funding search · health disparities · Washington DC
Who funds health disparities work in Washington DC
15 funders have a record of paying for health disparities work by Washington DC recipients: 251 grants totaling $83.4M, most recently in 2024 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ($51.4M), The California Endowment ($6.3M) and Wk Kellogg Foundation ($8.4M).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Washington DC recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $1.3M to HOWARD U — 80654 supporting the center for journalism & democracy to continue investigative reporting that addresses health disparities and advances health equity
Largest: $100,000 to NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — health and medicine division - promoting health equity in california: to promote health equity and eliminate health disparities by advancing the visibility and understanding of the…
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
34 matching grants · $8.4M · through 2024Largest: $400,000 to GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF RESEARCH SERVICES — strengthen state medicaid advocacy that improves child health and promotes health equity through research, analysis and technical assistance
Largest: $1.5M to URBAN INSTITUTE — to support learning in and across cities on how to achieve shared prosperity by helping local leaders align federal investments with local goals; building a new urban practice thro…
Direct ReliefSanta Barbara, CACharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2024Largest: $405,000 to COMMUNITY OF HOPE HEALTH SERVICES — fund for health equity
Largest: $500,000 to NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — accelerating health equity in the context of climate change: co-designing solutions with people and communities most impacted
Largest: $100,000 to PROJECT HOPE THE PEOPLE TO PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — project support for health affairs to publish a 2nd themed issue of empirical research, commentary & other supporting content on the link between structural racism & health to adva…
American Medical AssociationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $315,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to GLMA HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ADVANCING LGBTQ EQUALITY — health equity advocacy and leadership fellowship
Largest: $25,859 to National Committee for Quality Assurance — data collection, use, and reporting for health equity
American Diabetes AssociationArlington, VACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $538,312 · through 2023Largest: $73,036 to Children's Research Institute — postdoctoral fellowship health disparities award
Altamed Health Services CorporationLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $345,000 · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to LATINO VICTORY PROJECT — reduce health disparity in underserved communities.
Largest: $72,923 to GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — addressing the roots of disability health disparities
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