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District of Columbia Grantmaking Charities Making Grants Over $100,000
These 75 organizations are based in District of Columbia and reported a median grant of $100,000 or more on their most recent Form 990 Schedule I filing. A typical grant is not a promise about any single gift -- some of an organization's grants are smaller than its median, some are larger -- but it is a reasonable signal for whether an application here fits the size of your ask.
A median grant over $100,000 is large by this site's standards. It is worth reading the organization's own page before treating it as a routine prospect -- Schedule I does not ask a grantmaking charity whether it only funds organizations it already knows, so unlike the private-foundation pages on this site, nothing here can tell you how open a given grantmaker actually is to a first, unsolicited approach.
Ordered by number of organizations funded, not by dollars -- the same convention as every list on this site. Funding more organizations means more turnover in who gets a grant each year, which is a reasonable proxy for how often a list like this one changes -- it is not a signal that any specific organization is open to a new, unsolicited applicant.
| Organization | Based in | Median grant | Organizations | Total granted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Venture Fund | Washington | $110,000 | 2,098 | $1.5B |
| Windward Fund | Washington | $105,000 | 775 | $457.3M |
| Sixteen Thirty Fund | Washington | $100,000 | 639 | $599.0M |
| Corporation for Public Broadcasting | Washington | $190,213 | 542 | $2.2B |
| National Education Association of the | Washington | $100,000 | 380 | $510.8M |
| Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation | Washington | $347,500 | 371 | $505.9M |
| America Votes | Washington | $150,000 | 275 | $350.3M |
| 50CAN Inc | Washington | $177,408 | 258 | $134.2M |
| Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc | Washington | $172,500 | 222 | $66.5M |
| Way to Win Action Fund Inc | Washington | $100,000 | 203 | $66.0M |
| National Academy of Sciences | Washington | $113,494 | 201 | $113.2M |
| The Center for Education Reform | Washington | $200,000 | 190 | $53.0M |
| North Fund | Washington | $150,000 | 163 | $96.5M |
| League of Conservation Voters Inc | Washington | $216,000 | 144 | $199.8M |
| Way to Rise | Washington | $100,000 | 136 | $21.6M |
| Legal Services Corporation | Washington | $2,686,176 | 134 | $2.0B |
| Our American Future Action | Washington | $300,000 | 131 | $133.4M |
| National Endowment for Democracy | Washington | $118,583 | 122 | $533.7M |
| Telescope Fund | Washington | $350,000 | 110 | $75.1M |
| Future Forward USA Action | Washington | $320,600 | 109 | $501.6M |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Washington | $100,000 | 108 | $21.8M |
| Foundation for Food and Agriculture | Washington | $541,173 | 106 | $211.9M |
| The Asian American Foundation | Washington | $100,000 | 106 | $32.0M |
| Democracy Fund Voice Inc | Washington | $200,000 | 101 | $53.1M |
| The Leukemia & Lymphoma Societyinc | Washington | $275,000 | 99 | $174.2M |
| Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund | Washington | $150,000 | 93 | $17.3M |
| Voter Registration Project | Washington | $245,510 | 89 | $98.4M |
| United Nations Foundation Inc | Washington | $137,659 | 79 | $112.8M |
| Global Ties US | Washington | $112,993 | 77 | $42.7M |
| Special Olympics Inc | Washington | $610,676 | 76 | $188.8M |
| Education Forward DC | Washington | $114,781 | 76 | $33.3M |
| State Voices | Washington | $100,000 | 73 | $28.4M |
| Alliance for Youth Organizing | Washington | $100,539 | 72 | $26.3M |
| The Computing Research Association Inc | Washington | $154,639 | 72 | $37.5M |
| Global Impact Social Welfare Fund | Washington | $250,000 | 62 | $40.4M |
| American Journalism Project Inc | Washington | $234,714 | 59 | $54.2M |
| Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation | Washington | $248,081 | 54 | $34.1M |
| Bright Future Fund | Washington | $2,000,000 | 53 | $182.1M |
| United Negro College Fund Inc | Washington | $1,083,675 | 51 | $286.0M |
| United Brotherhood of Carpenters and | Washington | $166,482 | 48 | $41.7M |
| Democracyfirst | Washington | $150,000 | 47 | $11.8M |
| The Heritage Foundation | Washington | $100,000 | 46 | $11.9M |
| The Catholic Association Foundation | Washington | $150,000 | 43 | $21.0M |
| The Corps Network | Washington | $125,720 | 42 | $25.1M |
| Paralyzed Veterans of America | Washington | $145,000 | 39 | $25.7M |
| Population Services International | Washington | $359,347 | 39 | $112.3M |
| Melanoma Research Foundation | Washington | $100,000 | 39 | $7.6M |
| Pact Inc | Washington | $234,838 | 36 | $83.1M |
| Majority Forward | Washington | $665,000 | 36 | $312.0M |
| Ab Foundation | Washington | $185,000 | 32 | $67.6M |
| America Works USA | Washington | $242,000 | 32 | $42.2M |
| US Ignite Inc | Washington | $138,025 | 32 | $31.5M |
| Rural Community Assistance | Washington | $104,982 | 30 | $87.1M |
| School-Based Health Alliance | Washington | $124,615 | 30 | $13.5M |
| Ibis Group | Washington | $275,000 | 27 | $22.4M |
| United Planning Organization | Washington | $119,357 | 27 | $5.1M |
| Native Americans in Philanthropy | Washington | $100,000 | 27 | $10.0M |
| Children's Equity Fund | Washington | $150,000 | 27 | $16.5M |
| The Fairness Project | Washington | $250,000 | 26 | $35.7M |
| National Fund for Workforce Solutions | Washington | $100,000 | 26 | $6.6M |
| American Action Network Inc | Washington | $750,000 | 25 | $118.8M |
| Democracy Matters Foundation | Washington | $193,042 | 25 | $41.1M |
| Conservative Partnership Institute | Washington | $175,000 | 25 | $19.2M |
| Society for Conservation Biology | Washington | $101,867 | 24 | $4.2M |
| Council of American Overseas Research Centers | Washington | $147,834 | 24 | $16.5M |
| Voter Registration Project | Washington | $100,000 | 23 | $8.4M |
| Building America's Future | Washington | $250,000 | 23 | $66.9M |
| The Malala Fund | Washington | $100,000 | 22 | $3.1M |
| Pharmacy Technician Certification Board | Washington | $620,000 | 21 | $17.4M |
| Fair Democracy | Washington | $255,000 | 21 | $20.2M |
| Freedom House | Washington | $267,918 | 20 | $107.4M |
| Lupus Foundation of America Inc | Washington | $140,000 | 20 | $4.6M |
| In Our Own Voice National Black Women's | Washington | $100,000 | 20 | $4.2M |
| Safe Streets Safe Communities | Washington | $225,000 | 20 | $9.9M |
| Clean Future Forum Inc | Washington | $514,460 | 20 | $48.6M |
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