Browse grantmakers · Washington DC
Research funders based in Washington DC
506 grantmakers headquartered in Washington DC have substantial grant records in IRS filings, private foundations and grantmaking charities both. Headquarters is not reach — most also give beyond the state, and the search can filter by where the money went instead.
The biggest, by total giving
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting · Washington3,863 grants · $2.33B
- Legal Services Corporation · Washington397 grants · $1.54B
- Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Washington32,081 grants · $1.40B
- New Venture Fund · Washington2,669 grants · $1.28B
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Washington3,150 grants · $1.09B
- Network for Good · Washington26,858 grants · $916.4M
- Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington4,367 grants · $577.0M
- The Pew Charitable Trusts · Washington1,692 grants · $571.8M
- Future Forward USA Action · Washington127 grants · $501.6M
- Sixteen Thirty Fund · Washington848 grants · $491.6M
- Greater Washington Community Foundation · Washington5,677 grants · $460.2M
- National Endowment for Democracy · Washington248 grants · $441.5M
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Grants in Washington DC, by research topic
Topics where funders have a real record of paying for work in Washington DC.
- renewable energy$266.7M
- infant and child health$236.2M
- economic mobility and poverty$235.9M
- democracy and civic engagement$221.4M
- conservation and biodiversity$197.9M
- environmental education$123.4M
- HIV/AIDS$114.8M
- health disparities$83.4M
- criminal justice reform$61.4M
- environmental justice$49.0M
- criminal justice reform$44.2M
- mental health$39.3M
- historic preservation$39.2M
- student-athlete mental health$36.6M
- disability services and research$34.7M
- maternal and infant health$29.4M
- women's health$22.5M
- housing and homelessness$20.9M
- climate adaptation$17.6M
- workforce development$16.4M
- early childhood education$16.1M
- higher education access$15.4M
- college access and success$15.1M
- marine and ocean science$14.3M
- water quality and access$12.7M
- domestic violence$12.6M
- rural education$12.0M
- substance use and addiction$11.6M
- vision and hearing$11.2M
- STEM education$7.9M
- special education$7.1M
- primary care access$6.3M
- ADHD and learning differences$6.2M
- math and science education$5.3M
- food security$5.1M
- water resources$5.0M
- digital humanities$4.9M
- music education$4.5M
- nutrition and food insecurity$4.2M
- arthritis and autoimmune disease$3.9M
- infectious disease$3.5M
- oral health$3.3M
- Down syndrome$3.3M
- palliative and hospice care$3.3M
- sports medicine$3.1M
- aging and gerontology$2.5M
- cancer research$2.3M