Washington Forrest Foundation
Arlington, VA · EIN 23-7002944. Reported 282 grants totalling $4,390,575 to 114 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. 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. Washington Forrest 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 $12,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $170 and the largest $64,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspire Learning | Arlington, VA | $198,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arlington Food Assistance Center | Arlington, VA | $155,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bridges to Independence | Arlington, VA | $147,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Capital Caring | Falls Church, VA | $145,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Doorways for Women and Families | Arlington, VA | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ahc Inc | Arlington, VA | $124,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arlington Thrive Inc | Arlington, VA | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Paul's Episcopal Church | Alexandria, VA | $107,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Giving Words | Louisa, VA | $106,003 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| L'arche Greater Washington DC | Washington, DC | $104,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arlington Retirement Housing Corporation | Arlington, VA | $102,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arlington Free Clinic | Arlington, VA | $102,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Educational Theatre Company | Arlington, VA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Prs | Oakton, VA | $97,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Phoenix Bikes | Arlington, VA | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bu-Gata | Arlington, VA | $92,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pathforward | Arlington, VA | $89,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arlington Community Foundation | Arlington, VA | $86,510 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Communities in Schools of Northern Virginia | Alexandria, VA | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Highland School | Warrenton, VA | $84,213 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing | Arlington, VA | $82,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Signature Theatre Inc | Arlington, VA | $80,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Scan of Northern Virginia | Alexandria, VA | $77,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Capital Treatment and Recovery | Arlington, VA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wesley Housing Development Corporation of Northern Virginia | Alexandria, VA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Insight Memory Care Center | Fairfax, VA | $68,213 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St George's School | Middletown, RI | $66,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Edu-Futuro | Arlington, VA | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Melwood Horticultural Training Center Inc | Upper Marlboro, MD | $63,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Columbia Pike Partnership | Arlington, VA | $57,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Fenwick Foundation | Arlington, VA | $57,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Church of the Holy Spirit Anglican Inc | Roanoke, VA | $56,837 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Shelter House Inc | Reston, VA | $56,125 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Leadership Center for Excellence | Arlington, VA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Real Food for Kids | Mclean, VA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vhc Pediatrics | Arlington, VA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kitchen of Purpose | Arlington, VA | $49,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Arlington Neighborhood Village | Arlington, VA | $44,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Heart Leaf Center | Fairfax, VA | $44,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Girls on the Run of Northern Virginia(new) | Fairfax, VA | $42,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Virginia Hospital Center Foundation | Arlington, VA | $42,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wsc Avant Bard (incorporated As the Washington Shakespeare Co of Arlington) | Arlington, VA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization | Arlington, VA | $34,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shirlington Employment and Education Center Inc | Arlington, VA | $32,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Residences | Chantilly, VA | $31,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Arlington Career Center | Arlington, VA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Arlington Pediatric Center | Arlington, VA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Jennifer Bush-Lawson Foundation | Falls Church, VA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Act for Alexandria | Alexandria, VA | $28,900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Melwood Community Services Inc | Upper Marlboro, MD | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Synetic Theater | Arlington, VA | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Arlington Public Schools - Kenmore Middle School | Arlington, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Space of Her Own | Alexandria, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Truro Anglican Church | Fairfax, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| La Cocina Va | Arlington, VA | $23,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Sweet Julia Grace Foundation | Manassas, VA | $23,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ethiopian Community Development Council Inc | Arlington, VA | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Offender Aid and Restoration | Arlington, VA | $22,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Britepath | Fairfax, VA | $21,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Encore Stage & Studio | Arlington, VA | $20,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arlington Public Schools-Dr Charles R Drew Elementary | Arlington, VA | $20,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jane Franklin Dance | Arlington, VA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Arlington Arts Center | Arlington, VA | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fairfax High School Athletic Boosters Club Inc | Fairfax, VA | $15,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Aps-Alice Fleet Elementary School | Arlington, VA | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Powhatan School | Boyce, VA | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Louisa United Methodist Church | Louisa, VA | $12,703 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Computer Core | Falls Church, VA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Read Early and Daily (read) | Arlington, VA | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Menokin Foundation | Warsaw, VA | $10,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 4-H Livestock Club - Louisa County | Louisa, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arlington Soccer Association | Arlington, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bush-Lawson Foundation | Falls Church, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Christchurch School | Christchurch, VA | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Latino Economic Development Center | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Meals on Wheels Arlington | Arlington, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Our Stomping Ground | Springfield, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Historic Alexandria Foundation | Alexandria, VA | $9,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trinity Episcopal Church | Arlington, VA | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rhodes College | Memphis, TN | $7,710 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Louisa Court House Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution | Louisa, VA | $6,003 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Louisa Ks Club | Louisa, VA | $6,003 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alice West Fleet PTA | Arlington, VA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington AIDS Partnership | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Johnny Apple Seed Association Inc | Manassas, VA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Metrostage | Alexandria, VA | $5,460 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Inc | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northern Virginia Family Service | Falls Church, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Prince William Cardinals Inc | Gains, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Saint James' Episcopal School | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Arlington Public Schools-Drew Model School | Arlington, VA | $3,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Davidson College | Davidson, NC | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alexandria Baseball Inc | Alexandria, VA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cyfa (center for Youth and Family Advocacy) | Arlington, VA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Lighthouserva | Richmond, VA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bishop John T Walker School for Boys | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fauquier Free Clinic | Warrenton, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Quickstart Tennis of Central Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | $2,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pohick Church Endowment Fund Inc | Lorton, VA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Shiloh Baptist Church | Lorton, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kbb Foundation | Charlottesville, NC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Potomac School | Mclean, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Lighthouse Rva | Henrico, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Together We Bake | Alexandria, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Garden Club of Alexandria | Alexandria, VA | $625 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Morgans Message Inc | Gainesville, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| San Miguel Academy | Newburgh, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The One Love Foundation in Honor of Yeardly Love Inc | Baltimore, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Pass | Vienna, VA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Association of Small Foundations | Washington, DC | $170 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
78 of 114 (68%) 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 79%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Aspire Learning
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT & DREW PROJECT SUPPORT - Arlington Thrive Inc
ARLINGTON EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND PROGRAM - Bridges to Independence
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT & BRIDGES BASH - Capital Caring
WRAPAROUND PEDIATRIC & FAMILY HOSPICE SUPPORT - Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization
COLUMBIA PIKE BUSINESS OUTREACH AND SUPPORT - Arlington Retirement Housing Corporation
AGING WITH DIGNITY ASSISTED-LIVING SERVICES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 176 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 71 | $1,168,000 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 79 | $1,193,450 | $13,500 |
| 2023 | 71 | $1,132,635 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 61 | $896,490 | $10,000 |
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
92% of its giving went to organizations in Virginia. 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 $12,500. 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 Virginia.
- 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 Washington Forrest 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: 2407 Columbia Pike Suite 200, Arlington, VA, 22204. 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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