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England Family Foundation

Bethesda, MD · EIN 52-1691418. Reported 485 grants totalling $14.0M to 304 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.

Notold the IRS it takes no unsolicited requests
$25,000median grant
$14.0Mgranted, 2021-2024
304recipients, as named on its returns
51%of grantees funded again the next year
$97.2Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". England Family Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement. A foundation can give a different answer on a later return, and this page is rebuilt when one is published. The rest of the page is its giving record: who it chose, and which of those make grants themselves.

Organizations it funds that make grants of their own

3 of the organizations England Family Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 5 grants totalling $633,000 to them. That is 9% of the $7,229,251 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.

All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.

What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.

GrantmakerKindStateReceivedGrantsYearsLastOnly funds organizations it picks?
The Jewish Federation of Greaterfederated giving programmeMaryland$580,000332023Its form does not ask
Greater Washington Community Foundationcommunity foundationDistrict of Columbia$50,000112021Its form does not ask
Park City Community Foundationgrantmaking organizationUtah$3,000112022Its form does not ask

A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $35,000; the smallest was $234 and the largest $266,347.

Under $1,000
5 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
110 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
70 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
41 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
164 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
69 grants
$100,000 and Up
26 grants

Every organization it funded

304 recipient names appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. 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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
DC Central KitchenWashington, DC$615,979542024
Jewish Federation of Greater WashingtonNorth Bethesda, MD$580,000332023
Anti-Defamation LeagueWashington, DC$331,756442024
Bread for the CityWashington, DC$292,500332023
Building Bridges Across the RiverRichmond, CA$266,347112024
Building Bridges Across the RiverWashington, DC$260,000112023
Latin American Youth CenterWashington, DC$255,000442024
Life Pieces to MasterpiecesWashington, DC$229,000442024
Community of HopeWashington, DC$220,000332024
Montgomery HospiceRockville, MD$220,000442024
Peace for DCWashington, DC$219,230222024
Jews United for JusticeWashington, DC$215,000332023
Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DCWashington, DC$206,000222024
Higher AchievementWashington, DC$195,000442024
DC Action for ChildrenWashington, DC$151,800332023
Education Forwward DCWashington, DC$150,923112024
Mcip IncWashington, DC$150,000222023
Michael J Fox FoundationNew York, NY$150,000222022
Movement Voters FundSan Francisco, CA$150,000112021
Planned Parenthood-Metro WashingtonWashington, DC$150,000222022
DC College Success FoundationWashington, DC$140,000442024
New Venture FundWashington, DC$140,000222024
The Barker Adoption FoundationBethesda, MD$140,000442024
Sitar Arts CenterPhiladelphia, PA$133,250112024
Jewish Federation of Greater WashingtonBeverly Hills, CA$131,000112024
American Jewish CommitteeWashington, DC$130,000222022
AyudaWashington, DC$130,000442024
NAACP - Legal Defense FundNy, NY$126,000112021
Civic NationWashington, DC$125,000112021
Mary's CenterSilver Spring, MD$125,000332023
Miriam's KitchenWashington, DC$125,000442024
Project CreateNy, NY$125,000112024
The Washington BalletWashington, DC$120,900332023
Children's Law CenterWashington, DC$120,000442024
The Posse FoundationWashington, DC$120,000442024
Building Bridges Acroos the RiverWashington, DC$119,750222022
Brady Center to Prevent Gun ViolenceWashington, DC$117,750442024
DC Public Education FundWashington, DC$112,152222024
Jewish Social ServicesRockville, MD$110,000222022
Martha's TableWashington, DC$109,000332023
Capital Area Food BankWashington, DC$106,500332023
IonaNew Rochelle, NY$106,106222022
Center for Reproductive RightsWashington, DC$105,000332023
DC ScoresWashington, DC$105,000332023
Diverse City FundWashington, DC$103,000332023
Council for Court ExcellenceWashington, DC$100,000442024
DC Education FundNew York, NY$100,000112021
Education Forward DCWashington, DC$100,000222022
One World EducationWashington, DC$100,000442024
AvodahWashington, DC$95,000442024
The Literacy Labdc Reading CorpsWashington, DC$95,000222022
Reach IncWashington, DC$90,000332023
Religious Action for Reform JudismWashington, DC$90,000222022
Medstar Georgetown WiseWashington, DC$80,000222022
TzedecWashington, DC$80,000222022
Tzedek DCWashington, DC$80,000222024
Sitar Arts CenterWashington, DC$77,500332023
Bread for the CityIrvine, CA$75,000112024
Center for Inspired TeachingWashington, DC$75,000332023
Changing PerceptionsWashington, DC$75,000442024
Columbia Heights Educational Campus (lincolnbell)Washington, DC$75,000112022
Critical ExposureWashington, DC$75,000332023
DC Justice LabWashington, DC$75,000332024
DcjccWashington, DC$75,000332023
Free Minds Book ClubWashington, DC$75,000332023
Impact JusticeOakland, CA$75,000332023
League of Women VotersWashington, DC$75,000112021
Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's ResearchOakland, CA$75,000112024
Multicultural Career Intern ProgramWashington, DC$75,000112024
Phillips CollectionWashington, DC$75,000332023
Project CreateWashington, DC$75,000332023
Sixth & IWashington, DC$75,000332023
The Hope Foundation Reentry NetworkWashington, DC$75,000332023
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's ResearchNew York, NY$75,000112023
YachadSilver Spring, MD$75,000332023
American Jewish CommitteeNew York, NY$65,000112023
American Jewish CommitteeBethesda, MD$65,000112024
Friends of ImpjBeverly Hills, CA$60,000222023
Jews United for JusticeBoston, MA$60,000112024
The Lymphoma & Leukemia SocietyWashington, DC$57,000222022
Jewish Social Service AgencyRockville, MD$55,000112023
Jewish Social Service AgencyBoston, MA$55,000112024
Dana Faber Cancer InstituteBoston, MA$52,000222022
Cair CoalitionWashington, DC$50,000112021
Cityschools CollaborativeNew Orleans, LA$50,000112024
Common Cause Education FundBaltimore, MD$50,000112024
DC ActionWashington, DC$50,000112024
DC Greens IncWashington, DC$50,000222023
Ed ForwardWashington, DC$50,000112023
Fair CountAtlanta, GA$50,000112021
Goodwill of Greater WashingtonWashington, DC$50,000222022
Goodwill of Greater Washington (new)Washington, DC$50,000222024
Greater Washington Community FundWashington, DC$50,000112021
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital Wise CenterBoston, MA$50,000112024
Movement Voters Fund Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CA$50,000112021
National Re-Entry Network for Returning CitizensWashington, DC$50,000222022
PaveWashington, DC$50,000112024
School Justice ProjectBeaverton, OR$50,000112024
The Greater Washington Community FoundationWashington, DC$50,000112021
The National Reentry Network for Returning CitizensWashington, DC$50,000222024
US Against AlzheimersChevy Chase, MD$47,500222022
The Washington BalletBoston, MA$46,500112024
Religious Action CenterWashington, DC$45,000112023
The Kennedy CenterWashington, DC$37,500332023
Open Goal ProjectWashington, DC$37,000442024
11TH Street Bridge ParkWashington, DC$36,000222022
DC ScoresCharleston, SC$35,000112024
Friends of Impj (fiscal Agent for Irac)Washington, DC$35,000112024
Literacy LabAtlanta, GA$35,000112024
Medstar Georgetown Wise CenterWashington, DC$35,000112023
The Literacy LabWashington, DC$35,000112023
Sidwell Friends SchoolWashington, DC$33,266442024
Community Meditation DCWashington, DC$30,000222022
Critical ExposureAnnapolis, MD$30,000112024
Free Minds Book Club & Writing WorkshopBoston, MA$30,000112024
Israeli Religious Action Center - DcjjWashington, DC$30,000112022
The WireNew Orleans, LA$30,000332023
Ballet HispanicoWashington, DC$27,000112024
Martha's TableBethesda, MD$27,000112024
Amica Center for Immigrant RightsWashington, DC$25,000112023
Amica Center for Immigrant RightsRedding, CA$25,000112024
Capital Area Food BankBoston, MA$25,000112024
Capital Area Immigrants Rights CoalitionWashington, DC$25,000112022
Center for Inspired TeachingBethesda, MD$25,000112024
Center for Technology and Civic LifePhiladelphia, PA$25,000112024
Collaborative for Jewish OrganizingWashington, DC$25,000112022
Community of Hope - General OperationsWashington, DC$25,000112023
Dana Farber Cancer InstituteBoston, MA$25,000112023
Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteWashington, DC$25,000112024
DC JusticeWashington, DC$25,000112021
DC VoteWashington, DC$25,000112021
Edlavitch DC Jewish Community CenterWashington, DC$25,000112024
Hope Foundation Re-Entry NetworkWashington, DC$25,000112024
Impact JusticePhiladelphia, PA$25,000112024
Iona Senior ServicesNew Rochelle, NY$25,000112023
Iona Senior ServicesWashington, DC$25,000112024
Lisc DCWashington, DC$25,000112024
Mary's CenterWashington, DC$25,000112024
National Network of Abortion FundsBeavertn, OR$25,000112022
ReachBethesda, MD$25,000112024
Sixth & I SynagogueWashington, DC$25,000112024
Social Good FundWashington, DC$25,000112024
The Greater Washington Community FoundationPhiladelphia, PA$25,000112024
The Leukemia & Lymphoma SocietyWashington, DC$25,000112023
YachadWashington, DC$25,000112024
Washington Area Women's FoundationWashington, DC$22,500332023
GiffordsSan Francisco, CA$20,000112022
Hope Connections for Cancer SupportBethesda, MD$20,000222022
US Holocaust Memorial MuseumWashington, DC$20,000222022
Usagainstalzheimer's C3Chevy Chase, MD$20,000112023
University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA$17,500332023
Planned Parenthood South AtlanticRaleigh, NC$17,000112022
Arena StageWashington, DC$15,000332023
Coalition for Non Profit EquityWashington, DC$15,000332023
Community Mediation DCWashington, DC$15,000112023
Community Mediation DCCharlottesville, VA$15,000112024
National Alliance on Mental IllnessArlington, VA$15,000222022
The Kennedy CenterLorton, VA$15,000112024
University of Maryland Fund for MedicineBaltimore, MD$15,000222022
World Central KitchenWashington, DC$14,000442024
UshmmWashington, DC$12,500112023
Community Justice Action Fund - Tides FoundationLos Angeles, CA$10,000112022
Cradle of Hope Adoption CenterSilver Spring, MD$10,000222022
Fair ChanceBoston, MA$10,000112024
Gun Violence Archive IncWashington, DC$10,000222023
National Museum African American HistoryWashington, DC$10,000112022
National Museum of African American History and CultureWashington, DC$10,000112023
National Network of Abortion FundsWashington, DC$10,000112024
Planned Parenthood of Greater TexasAustin, TX$10,000112022
Smithsonian InstitutionWashington, DC$10,000112021
The WireWashington, DC$10,000112024
United States Holocaust Memorial CouncilWashington, DC$10,000112024
Center for Gun Violence SolutionsAustin, TX$7,500112024
Children's National Hospital FoundationSilver Spring, MD$7,500112023
CitydanceBoston, MA$7,500112024
Francis Scott Key Elementary School PTOWashington, DC$7,500222024
Honeymoon IsraelWashington, DC$7,500112024
NAMISt Louis, MO$7,500112024
Nationals Youth Baseball AcademyWashington, DC$7,500222022
Peace Players Middle EastWashignton, DC$7,500112021
University of VirginiaMelbourne, FL$7,500112024
Project on Government OversightWashington, DC$7,000222024
Montgomery Food CouncilBethesda, MD$6,500332023
Social Capital AcademyIrvine, CA$6,500222023
Chesapeake Bay FoundationAnnapolis, MD$6,000332023
Community Servings IncJamaica Plan, MA$6,000332023
Hope Connections for Cancer SupportMontgomery, AL$6,000112024
Petey and FurendsNew York, NY$6,000112024
Special Olympics Northern California IncWashington, DC$6,000112024
ACLU of MassachusettsBoston, MA$5,500332023
American Heart AssociationDallas, TX$5,500332023
Children's Hospital FoundationSilver Spring, MD$5,500222022
Equal Justice InitiativeMontgomery, AL$5,500332023
The Rotary Club of Redding Charitable FoundationWashington, DC$5,500112024
AmafWashington, DC$5,000112024
American Friends Service Committee Gaza Emergency ReliefWashington, DC$5,000112024
American Heart AssociationWashington, DC$5,000112024
Capital City Public Charter SchoolPleasant Hill, CA$5,000112024
Center for Adoption Support and Education (case)Burtonsville, MD$5,000112022
Compass Pro BonoSilver Spring, MD$5,000112024
Dance Institute of WashingtonWashington, DC$5,000112023
Francis Scott Key Elementary School PTAWashington, DC$5,000222022
Free Library of PhiladelphiaWashington, DC$5,000112024
Friends of Compass DCWashington, DC$5,000112022
Friends of Compass IncWashington, DC$5,000112023
Honeymoon IsraelAtlanta, GA$5,000112022
J Street Education Fund IncWashington, DC$5,000112023
J Street FoundationWashington, DC$5,000112022
Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum IncWashington, DC$5,000112024
Maryland MattersRockville, MD$5,000112021
Meridian International CenterBethesda, MD$5,000112024
Mount Olive United Methodist ChurchArlington, VA$5,000112021
NAMIArlington, VA$5,000112023
National Resources Defense CouncilWashington, DC$5,000112021
No Dog Left BehindWashington, DC$5,000112024
Peace Players InternationalWashington, DC$5,000112024
Planned Parenthood of MassachusettsBoston, MA$5,000332023
Preeclampsia FoundationNy, NY$5,000112024
Redding School of the ArtsRockville, MD$5,000112024
Smithsonian National Zoological ParkWest Mifflin, PA$5,000112024
Social Capital AcademyWashington, DC$5,000112024
Spur LocalWashington, DC$5,000112024
Sustainable Agriculture & Food System FundersSanta Barbara, CA$5,000112021
The 19TH NewsWashington, DC$5,000112024
The Big Backyard Nursery SchoolRockville, MD$5,000112024
The Philadelphia OrchestraWashington, DC$5,000112024
The Rotary Club of Redding Charitable FoundationRedding, CA$5,000112022
University of MD - Dept of NeurologyWashington, DC$5,000112024
University of MD Dept of NeurologyBaltimore, MD$5,000112023
Washington Regional Association of GrantmakersWashington, DC$5,000112021
Women in Film and VideoWashington, DC$5,000112023
Giffords Law CenterWashington, DC$4,000112024
Planned Parenthood of Greater TexasWashington, DC$4,000112024
Sandy Hook Promise FoundationArlington, VA$4,000112024
The American Jewish Joint Distribution CommitteeNew York, NY$4,000112023
College of CharlestonCharleston, SC$3,500112022
Huntington Theatre CompanyBoston, MA$3,500332023
Bail ProjectPasadena, CA$3,000222022
Friends of the Public GardenWashington, DC$3,000112024
Lymphoma Research FoundationNew York, NY$3,000112023
Lymphoma Research FoundationBethesda, MD$3,000112024
Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA$3,000112021
Park City Community FoundationPark City, UT$3,000112022
Peace PlayersWashington, DC$3,000112023
Susan G Komen Breast Cancer FoundationDallas, TX$3,000112021
Ballet Hispanico of NyNew York, NY$2,500112023
Bethesda Chevy Chase Rescue SquadBethesda, MD$2,500112022
Center for Adoption Support and EducationBurtonsville, MD$2,500112023
Center for Adoption Support and EducationWashington, DC$2,500112024
College of CharlestonWashington, DC$2,500112024

101 of 304 (33%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 51%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 216 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.

Education
33 grants
Arts & Culture
30 grants
Human Services
28 grants
Crime & Legal
24 grants
Youth Development
12 grants
Civil Rights
11 grants
Environment
10 grants
Health Care
10 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
2021127$4,144,098$25,000
2022119$3,000,388$25,000
2023105$2,902,883$25,000
2024134$3,916,090$17,500

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

67% of its giving went to organizations in District of Columbia.

District of Columbia
$9.4M
Maryland
$1.7M
California
$967K
New York
$797K
Massachusetts
$384K
Pennsylvania
$217K
Georgia
$96K
Louisiana
$82K

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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. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund85 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc83 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc82 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program73 shared recipientsGreater Washington Community Foundation68 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust65 shared recipients

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from England Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 4800 Hampden Lane 233, Bethesda, MD, 20814. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.

EIN 52-1691418 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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