District of Columbia foundations

Name: Top 20 Foundations in District of Columbia
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There are 1,035foundations and grantmaking organizations in District of Columbia. Combined, these Washingtonianfoundationsemploy 1,815 people, earn more than $3 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $15 billion.

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Types of foundations in District of Columbia

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Private foundations	760	537	$2,009,548,743	$12,819,491,956
Grantmaking public charity foundations	126	208	$897,154,402	$1,102,310,946
Corporate foundations	25	56	$176,212,580	$2,812,336,542
Community foundations	16	41	$96,102,395	$494,666,576
Organizations supporting a single foundation	14	27	$29,454,672	$109,980,407
Organizations supporting multiple foundations	13	79	$12,480,407	$11,356,459
Foundation professional societies	7	92	$12,087,344	$26,074,661
Foundation alliances and advocates	6	378	$90,664,288	$104,040,768
Foundation technical and management assistance providers	4	1	$906,649	$3,360,087
Foundation research and public policy institutes	3	226	$57,666,497	$121,064,439

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Foundations by major District of Columbia cities

Metro area	Nonprofits	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Washington DC	1,034	1,815	$3,214,487,351	$14,519,815,620

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Job trends for District of Columbia foundations

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	366
1-10	80
11-25	24
26-100	11
101 to 1,000	3
1,000+	0

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in District of Columbia foundations is driven by large organizations like Share Our Strength, New America, GlobalGiving, The Forum for Youth Investment (FYI), and Democracy Fund.

Sizes of foundations in District of Columbia

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	429
$250k to $1M	128
$1M to $5M	88
$5M to $25M	38
$25M to $100M	14
$100M+	4

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like The Gottesman Fund, PayPal Giving Fund, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation, GlobalGiving, and Breakthrough Prize Foundation earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in District of Columbia foundations.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 2.5% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in District of Columbia foundations with more than $100 million account for 54.9% of nonprofit earnings.

Directory of foundations in District of Columbia

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1-20 of 1,035

Greater Washington Community Foundation

The mission of the Community Foundation for the national capital region is to strengthen the Washington metropolitan region by encouraging and supporting effective giving and by providing leadership on critical issues in our Community.

Revenue

$93.5m

Assets

$477.3m

Employees

EIN

23-7343119

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Meyer Foundation

The Meyer Foundation pursues and invests in solutions that build an equitable Greater Washington community in which economically disadvantaged people thrive.

Revenue

$463.4k

Assets

$210.7m

Employees

EIN

53-0241716

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Freedom Forum

The Freedom Forum -- dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people -- is a nonpartisan foundation that champions the five freedoms of the First Amendment.

Revenue

$6.6m

Assets

$568.8m

Employees

EIN

54-1604427

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Citybridge Foundation

Citybridge Foundation is a private foundation in Washington, DC whose mission is: CityBridge Foundation is the private family foundation of Katherine and David Bradley.

Revenue

$128.5k

Assets

$7.8m

Employees

EIN

52-1870074

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Philanthropy Roundtable

The Philanthropy Roundtable fosters excellent philanthropy, protects freedom, and supports donors advancing liberty, opportunity, and personal responsibility.

Revenue

$11.1m

Assets

$15.9m

Employees

EIN

13-2943020

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Council on Foundations

The Council on Foundations is a nonprofit membership association providing philanthropic organizations with the leadership and tools they need to expand, enhance and sustain their ability to advance the common good.

Revenue

$11.5m

Assets

$37.6m

Employees

EIN

13-6068327

IRS type

501(c)(3)

GlobalGiving

GlobalGiving is 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in the United States that provides a global crowdfunding platform for grassroots charitable projects.

Revenue

$151.6m

Assets

$100.3m

Employees

100

EIN

30-0108263

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Youth Invest Partners (VPP)

VPP invests in high-performing nonprofit organizations that are serving the core healthy developmental, learning, and educational needs of children from low-income families in the National Capital Region.

Revenue

$3.8m

Assets

$5.1m

Employees

EIN

31-1713618

IRS type

501(c)(3)

PayPal Giving Fund

Harnessing PayPal's assets, PayPal Giving Fund is working to create a network of donors, businesses and charities so all can participate in helping charities raise new, unrestricted funds.

Revenue

$350.0m

Assets

$70.1m

Employees

EIN

45-0931286

IRS type

501(c)(3)

New America

New America fosters innovation, promoting open-source technology and objective education policy solutions while elevating new ideas and voices in public discourse.

Revenue

$40.2m

Assets

$84.3m

Employees

201

EIN

52-2096845

IRS type

501(c)(3)

S & R Foundation

S&R Foundation supports talented individuals in the arts, sciences, and social entrepreneurship, especially those who are furthering international cultural collaboration.

Revenue

$1.7m

Assets

$93.3m

Employees

EIN

52-2284478

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Share Our Strength

The No Kid Hungry campaign connects kids in need with nutritious food and teaches their families how to cook healthy, affordable meals. The campaign also engages the public to make ending child hunger a national priority.

Revenue

$83.6m

Assets

$89.7m

Employees

348

EIN

52-1367538

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Independent Sector

Independent Sector leads and catalyzes the charitable community towards an engaged, equitable, and sustainable world.

Revenue

$5.5m

Assets

$29.8m

Employees

EIN

52-1081024

IRS type

501(c)(3)

BHP Foundation

The BHP Billiton Foundation works with leading civil society organisations and international institutions to promote responsible governance of natural resource wealth.

Revenue

$36.5m

Assets

$297.1m

Employees

EIN

61-1714573

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Bender Foundation

The Bender Foundation is a private foundation that makes grants to Bank Of America Charitable Gift Funds. Last year, it made 102 grants. Its trustees are Julie Bender Silver, David S Bender, and Barbara A Bender.

Revenue

$5.5m

Assets

$142.5m

Employees

EIN

52-6054193

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Bedford Falls Foundation

The Bedford Falls Foundation is a private foundation located in Washington, D.C. It made 17 grants last year to organizations such as the University Of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc.

Revenue

$63.5m

Assets

$95.1m

Employees

EIN

52-6834462

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Black Economic Alliance Foundation

The Black Economic Alliance Foundation advances economic progress in Black communities by supporting research, education, and public policy development around work, wages, and wealth. The organization supports these efforts to empower the Black community.

Revenue

$16.2m

Assets

$12.3m

Employees

EIN

83-3790370

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Orange Crimson Foundation

The Orange Crimson Foundation is a private foundation that made 22 grants last year. Grantees include The Reach (Kennedy Center). Trustees are Daniel D'aniello, Gayle D'aniello. It is located in Washington, DC.

Revenue

$8.7m

Assets

$162.4m

Employees

N/A

EIN

46-1233894

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Gottesman Fund

The Gottesman Fund provides grants to support research and educational initiatives in the life sciences. Their grantees include Albert Einstein College Of Medicine and they made 107 grants last year.

Revenue

$1.0b

Assets

$1.3b

Employees

EIN

52-6061469

IRS type

501(c)(3)

S.C. Herman & Associates

To operate a profitable full service commercial real estate company, provide the highest quality service in a safe environment, and build long lasting tenant relationships.

Revenue

$12.1m

Assets

$60.0m

Employees

EIN

20-3265230

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.

This category corresponds to the "T00: Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.

District of Columbia foundations

Types of foundations in District of Columbia

Foundations by major District of Columbia cities

Job trends for District of Columbia foundations

Sizes of foundations in District of Columbia

Directory of foundations in District of Columbia

Greater Washington Community Foundation

Meyer Foundation

Freedom Forum

Citybridge Foundation

The Philanthropy Roundtable

Council on Foundations

GlobalGiving

Youth Invest Partners (VPP)

PayPal Giving Fund

New America

S & R Foundation

Share Our Strength

Independent Sector

BHP Foundation

Bender Foundation

Bedford Falls Foundation

Black Economic Alliance Foundation

Orange Crimson Foundation

The Gottesman Fund

S.C. Herman & Associates

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