Sponsor A PurposeFoundations and grantmakers in Washington DC
727 grantmaking foundations based in Washington DC, from public IRS 990 filings. The table shows the 100 most active by total giving on file.
Arts and culture (34)Community development (23)Education (74)Environment (8)General grantmaking (225)Health (16)Human services (22)International (17)Science and technology (5)Youth and recreation (13)
| Foundation | City | Grants on file | Total given | Avg grant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyss Foundation | Washington | 9 | $1.5B | $161.6M |
| Blue Dot Foundation | Washington | 147 | $610.8M | $4.2M |
| Democracy Fund Inc | Washington | 2899 | $536.7M | $185K |
| The Gottesman Fund | Washington | 1077 | $421.4M | $391K |
| Breakthrough Prize Foundation | Washington | 1244 | $355.0M | $285K |
| Luminate Foundation Inc | Washington | 1486 | $345.0M | $232K |
| Public Welfare Foundation Inc | Washington | 2413 | $309.7M | $128K |
| The Wyss Medical Foundation Inc | Washington | 11 | $277.8M | $25.3M |
| Fund II Foundation | Washington | 420 | $238.1M | $567K |
| The Quetzal Trust | Washington | 13 | $228.6M | $17.6M |
| The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz | Washington | 4668 | $219.2M | $47K |
| Cognizant Us Foundation | Washington | 323 | $190.9M | $591K |
| The Norman R Rales and Ruth Rales Foundation | Washington | 225 | $172.1M | $765K |
| Wallace Global Fund II | Washington | 1708 | $143.2M | $84K |
| The Freedom Forum Inc | Washington | 621 | $139.0M | $224K |
| Milky Way Research Foundation | Washington | 167 | $120.7M | $723K |
| Bedford Falls Foundation | Washington | 77 | $113.3M | $1.5M |
| Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences | Washington | 60 | $111.0M | $1.9M |
| The Barris Foundation | Washington | 14 | $109.5M | $7.8M |
| Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation | Washington | 1911 | $98.8M | $52K |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Foundation | Washington | 115 | $98.0M | $852K |
| The Ludwig Family Foundation Inc | Washington | 858 | $96.1M | $112K |
| S & R Foundation | Washington | 453 | $73.4M | $162K |
| Bender Foundation Inc | Washington | 772 | $73.4M | $95K |
| Robertson Foundation for Government Inc | Washington | 354 | $70.3M | $199K |
| Wallace Genetic Foundation II Inc | Washington | 869 | $68.8M | $79K |
| Farvue Foundation Inc | Washington | 332 | $62.6M | $188K |
| Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family | Washington | 1367 | $61.4M | $45K |
| Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation | Washington | 1663 | $58.4M | $35K |
| The Hillside Foundation Inc | Washington | 114 | $58.0M | $509K |
| Danaher Foundation | Washington | 471 | $55.4M | $118K |
| The Washington Home Inc | Washington | 327 | $49.7M | $152K |
| Penelope and Ed Peskowitz Eolp Inc | Washington | 99 | $44.5M | $450K |
| Diane & Norman Bernstein Foundation Inc | Washington | 713 | $43.4M | $61K |
| Alexander & Margaret Stewart Trust | Washington | 9 | $39.4M | $4.4M |
| Dunleavy Foundation | Washington | 20 | $36.3M | $1.8M |
| Richard Lounsbery Foundation Inc | Washington | 562 | $36.2M | $64K |
| The Summit Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington | 624 | $36.0M | $58K |
| The National Academy of Education | Washington | 1394 | $35.7M | $26K |
| The Arca Foundation | Washington | 473 | $33.3M | $70K |
| Agua Fundinc | Washington | 735 | $32.7M | $45K |
| Hill-Snowdon Foundation | Washington | 1782 | $32.5M | $18K |
| Friedman-French Foundation Inc | Washington | 498 | $32.2M | $65K |
| Ndpi Foundation Inc | Washington | 8 | $31.0M | $3.9M |
| Richard W Goldman Family Foundation | Washington | 197 | $29.0M | $147K |
| Swanee Hunt Family Foundation | Washington | 136 | $28.7M | $211K |
| Flamboyan Foundation Inc | Washington | 874 | $28.2M | $32K |
| Citybridge Foundation | Washington | 300 | $28.1M | $94K |
| Galena-Yorktown Foundation | Washington | 955 | $28.0M | $29K |
| Merriman Foundation | Washington | 368 | $27.9M | $76K |
| Orange Crimson Foundation | Washington | 19 | $27.6M | $1.5M |
| Trellis Charitable Fund | Washington | 140 | $26.8M | $191K |
| Ngena Foundation | Washington | 5 | $23.3M | $4.7M |
| Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center | Washington | 147 | $21.9M | $149K |
| The Herb Block Foundation | Washington | 13 | $21.9M | $1.7M |
| Jensam Foundation Inc | Washington | 21 | $21.2M | $1.0M |
| Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Inc | Washington | 2374 | $20.3M | $9K |
| Wallace Genetic Foundation Inc | Washington | 2 | $19.7M | $9.9M |
| Cornerstone Foundation Inc | Washington | 119 | $19.7M | $166K |
| The Forster Family Foundation | Washington | 188 | $19.7M | $105K |
| The Nathan Seter Foundation | Washington | 583 | $18.6M | $32K |
| Washington Children's Foundation | Washington | 61 | $18.6M | $304K |
| Joseph E Robert Jr Charitable Trust | Washington | 184 | $16.1M | $88K |
| Bally Shannon Foundation Inc | Washington | 217 | $15.8M | $73K |
| Blue Sands Foundation | Washington | 211 | $15.8M | $75K |
| The Forster-Connolly Foundation | Washington | 143 | $15.2M | $106K |
| Spectemur Agendo Inc | Washington | 1720 | $14.9M | $9K |
| Developing Families Center Inc | Washington | 19 | $14.4M | $759K |
| Sachiko Kuno Foundation Inc | Washington | 226 | $14.2M | $63K |
| Foundation for Middle East Peace | Washington | 527 | $13.5M | $26K |
| Ralph S & Frances R Dweck Family | Washington | 350 | $13.4M | $38K |
| Izmirlian International Foundation | Washington | 11 | $13.4M | $1.2M |
| The Sylvan C Herman Foundation Inc | Washington | 76 | $13.3M | $175K |
| Alice and Russell True Foundation | Washington | 209 | $13.0M | $62K |
| New Mighty Foundation | Washington | 7 | $13.0M | $1.9M |
| Hecht-Levi Foundation Inc | Washington | 430 | $12.9M | $30K |
| The Miller-Wehrle Family Foundation | Washington | 277 | $12.6M | $45K |
| Vegfund Inc | Washington | 2219 | $12.2M | $5K |
| The Palmer Foundation | Washington | 458 | $12.1M | $26K |
| The Butler Family Fund | Washington | 476 | $11.7M | $25K |
| The Enfranchisement Foundation | Washington | 199 | $11.3M | $57K |
| Saul Foundation for Progress Inc | Washington | 41 | $11.2M | $272K |
| Gratis Foundation | Washington | 743 | $11.2M | $15K |
| Arnold & Porter Foundation | Washington | 224 | $11.1M | $49K |
| The Keenan Family Foundation | Washington | 32 | $10.7M | $336K |
| Forsythia Foundation Inc | Washington | 181 | $10.5M | $58K |
| Consumer Health Foundation | Washington | 436 | $10.2M | $23K |
| Isadore & Bertha Gudelsky Family Fnd Inc | Washington | 313 | $10.1M | $32K |
| Jacob & Charlotte Lehrman Foundation in | Washington | 355 | $10.0M | $28K |
| Resolve Uganda Incorporated | Washington | 2 | $9.2M | $4.6M |
| Us Justice Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington | 42 | $9.1M | $217K |
| Royal Air Force Museum American Foundation Inc | Washington | 19 | $9.1M | $478K |
| Sasakawa Peace Foundation Usa Inc | Washington | 118 | $9.1M | $77K |
| The Kelton Foundation | Washington | 24 | $9.0M | $376K |
| American Beverage Foundation | Washington | 103 | $8.9M | $86K |
| El-Hibri Foundation | Washington | 91 | $8.8M | $97K |
| Pink House Foundation Inc | Washington | 222 | $8.5M | $38K |
| The Institute for Technology in | Washington | 105 | $8.5M | $81K |
| The Bernard & Sarah Gewirz Fdn | Washington | 399 | $8.5M | $21K |
| William Orr Dingwall Foundation Inc | Washington | 895 | $8.4M | $9K |
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