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)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 | 1172 | $447.5M | $382K |
| Breakthrough Prize Foundation | Washington | 953 | $346.0M | $363K |
| 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 |
| The Quetzal Trust | Washington | 14 | $251.8M | $18.0M |
| Fund II Foundation | Washington | 420 | $238.1M | $567K |
| The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz | Washington | 4201 | $199.4M | $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 | 170 | $122.1M | $718K |
| 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 |
| The Ludwig Family Foundation Inc | Washington | 940 | $102.6M | $109K |
| Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation | Washington | 1911 | $98.8M | $52K |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Foundation | Washington | 115 | $98.0M | $852K |
| S & R Foundation | Washington | 399 | $73.1M | $183K |
| Wallace Genetic Foundation II Inc | Washington | 882 | $69.3M | $79K |
| Bender Foundation Inc | Washington | 687 | $67.9M | $99K |
| Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family | Washington | 1462 | $64.5M | $44K |
| Farvue Foundation Inc | Washington | 332 | $62.6M | $188K |
| The Hillside Foundation Inc | Washington | 114 | $58.0M | $509K |
| Danaher Foundation | Washington | 462 | $55.9M | $121K |
| Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation | Washington | 1482 | $53.5M | $36K |
| The Washington Home Inc | Washington | 327 | $49.7M | $152K |
| Penelope and Ed Peskowitz Eolp Inc | Washington | 96 | $48.7M | $507K |
| Diane & Norman Bernstein Foundation Inc | Washington | 713 | $43.4M | $61K |
| Robertson Foundation for Government Inc | Washington | 287 | $40.3M | $141K |
| Richard Lounsbery Foundation Inc | Washington | 616 | $39.8M | $65K |
| Alexander & Margaret Stewart Trust | Washington | 9 | $39.4M | $4.4M |
| Dunleavy Foundation | Washington | 20 | $36.3M | $1.8M |
| The Summit Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington | 624 | $36.0M | $58K |
| The Arca Foundation | Washington | 473 | $33.3M | $70K |
| The National Academy of Education | Washington | 1278 | $32.9M | $26K |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Orange Crimson Foundation | Washington | 19 | $27.6M | $1.5M |
| Trellis Charitable Fund | Washington | 140 | $26.8M | $191K |
| Merriman Foundation | Washington | 337 | $26.1M | $77K |
| Richard W Goldman Family Foundation | Washington | 166 | $25.3M | $152K |
| 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 |
| Izmirlian International Foundation | Washington | 12 | $15.4M | $1.3M |
| The Forster-Connolly Foundation | Washington | 143 | $15.2M | $106K |
| Bally Shannon Foundation Inc | Washington | 196 | $15.1M | $77K |
| Blue Sands Foundation | Washington | 193 | $14.8M | $77K |
| Developing Families Center Inc | Washington | 19 | $14.4M | $759K |
| Spectemur Agendo Inc | Washington | 1569 | $13.9M | $9K |
| Vegfund Inc | Washington | 2432 | $13.8M | $6K |
| Foundation for Middle East Peace | Washington | 527 | $13.5M | $26K |
| Ralph S & Frances R Dweck Family | Washington | 350 | $13.4M | $38K |
| The Sylvan C Herman Foundation Inc | Washington | 76 | $13.3M | $175K |
| Alice and Russell True Foundation | Washington | 209 | $13.0M | $62K |
| The Palmer Foundation | Washington | 488 | $13.0M | $27K |
| 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 |
| The Butler Family Fund | Washington | 519 | $12.3M | $24K |
| Gratis Foundation | Washington | 812 | $12.2M | $15K |
| The Enfranchisement Foundation | Washington | 206 | $12.0M | $58K |
| Saul Foundation for Progress Inc | Washington | 41 | $11.2M | $272K |
| Arnold & Porter Foundation | Washington | 224 | $11.1M | $49K |
| Sachiko Kuno Foundation Inc | Washington | 177 | $10.5M | $59K |
| The Keenan Family Foundation | Washington | 30 | $10.3M | $343K |
| Consumer Health Foundation | Washington | 436 | $10.2M | $23K |
| Isadore & Bertha Gudelsky Family Fnd Inc | Washington | 313 | $10.1M | $32K |
| Forsythia Foundation Inc | Washington | 158 | $9.4M | $59K |
| Jacob & Charlotte Lehrman Foundation in | Washington | 319 | $9.3M | $29K |
| Resolve Uganda Incorporated | Washington | 2 | $9.2M | $4.6M |
| Royal Air Force Museum American Foundation Inc | Washington | 20 | $9.2M | $462K |
| Pink House Foundation Inc | Washington | 231 | $9.2M | $40K |
| Us Justice Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington | 42 | $9.1M | $217K |
| 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 |
| The Mark and Anne Hansen Foundation | Washington | 244 | $8.8M | $36K |
| The Charles I and Mary Kaplan | Washington | 49 | $8.6M | $176K |
| The Institute for Technology in | Washington | 105 | $8.5M | $81K |
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