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Alfred N Watson Family Foundation
Washington, DC · EIN 51-0404909. Reported 182 grants totalling $179,236 to 85 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Alfred N Watson Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $750. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $1,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $9,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Trinity | Washington, DC | $32,800 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities | Alexandria, VA | $6,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Abby's House | Worcester, MA | $5,336 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $5,100 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Catholic Relief Service | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Atlanta, GA | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Amnesty International | Washington, DC | $4,750 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Capital Area Food Bank | Washington, DC | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| So Others Might Eat | Washington, DC | $4,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Food for the Poor | Coconut Creek, FL | $4,250 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Our Sisters School | New Bedford, MA | $4,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Jubliee Jobs | Washington, DC | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Woodley House | Washington, DC | $3,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| St John's Church | Washington, DC | $3,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Feeding America | Washington, DC | $3,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Partners in Health | Boston, MA | $3,250 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Weta | Arlington, VA | $3,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Georgetown Ministries | Washington, DC | $3,100 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bread for the City | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Edmund Burke School | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| N St Village | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Way of Greater Fall River | Fall River, MA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Westport Land Conv Trust | Westport, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wider Circle | Silver Spring, MD | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Washington, DC | $2,350 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| DC Bar Pro Bono Center | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kingswood Oxford | West Hartford, CT | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Vet Services | Arlington, VA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ocra | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Trinity College | Hartford, CT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Westport River Watershed Alliance | Westport, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Westport Historical Society | Westport, MA | $1,750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Buzzards Bay Coalition | New Bedford, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Levine School Fund | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oxfam | Boston, MA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Care | Atlanta, GA | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Oxfam | Washington, DC | $1,250 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Holocaust Museum | Washington, DC | $1,100 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United Way of the Nca | Vienna, VA | $1,100 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bread for the World | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Buzzards Bay Coaltion | New Bedford, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Easter Seals | Beltsville, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Easterseals DC MD Va | Silver Spring, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foundation of Ailu | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friendship Place | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Islp | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Larger Than Life | Long Island City, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Levine School | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Capital Food Bank | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nrda | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pine Cobble School | Williamstown, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| St Catherine | Little Compton, RI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wlct | Lafayette, TN | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Columbus Academy | Washington, DC | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| DC Bar Bro Bono Center | Washington, DC | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fisher Center for Alzheimers | New York, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Georgetown Ministry | Washington, DC | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| House of Ruth | Washington, DC | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Chicago, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Cancer Society | Ashburn, VA | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bread for the World Institute | Washington, DC | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Citizens Association of Georgetown | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Common Cause | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| DC Committee for Civil Rights | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friendship Peace | West Hartford, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| International Lawyer Project | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Levine Music | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Manhattanville College | Purchase, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mary's House | Woodsboro, MD | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mercy By the Sea | Madison, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Save the Children | Fairfield, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Traveling Toys | Gailford, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of the Nca | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Westport Food Pantry | Westport, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Westport Land Conservation | Westport, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| WGBH Ed Foundation | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Kitchen Central | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wamu | Washington, DC | $350 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bright Beginnings | Washington, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cove | Waco, TX | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friendship Peace | West Hartford, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ignatian Spirituality | Chicago, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Idr Foundation | New York, NY | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
47 of 85 (55%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 62%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 54 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 42 | $41,040 | $625 |
| 2021 | 24 | $20,660 | $500 |
| 2022 | 35 | $24,136 | $500 |
| 2023 | 42 | $57,050 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 39 | $36,350 | $1,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
54% of its giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $750. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in District of Columbia.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Alfred N Watson Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 3317 N Street Nw, Washington, DC, 20007. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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