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Community Improvement and Capacity Building foundations in District of Columbia

253 grantmaking foundations in District of Columbia focused on community improvement and capacity building, ranked by recent giving reported to the IRS (about $1.7B combined).

Top foundations by giving (page 4)

  1. Invisible Children Inc
    Washington, DC
    $1.7M (2025)
  2. National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
    Washington, DC
    $1.6M (2024)
  3. Jobs with Justice Education Fund
    Washington, DC
    $1.6M (2025)
  4. Nareit Foundation
    Washington, DC
    $1.5M (2025)
  5. The Leadership Center for Attorney General Studies
    Washington, DC
    $1.5M (2024)
  6. Capital Pride Alliance Incorporated
    Washington, DC
    $1.4M (2025)
  7. Population Reference Bureau Inc
    Washington, DC
    $1.4M (2025)
  8. States United Democracy Center Inc
    Washington, DC
    $1.4M (2024)
  9. United States Holocaust Memorial Council
    Washington, DC
    $1.3M (2025)
  10. American Psychiatric Association
    Washington, DC
    $1.3M (2024)
  11. Blockchain Charity Foundation USA
    Washington, DC
    $1.3M (2024)
  12. Atchley & Associates Llp
    Washington, DC
    $1.3M (2024)
  13. National Fund for Workforce Solutions
    Washington, DC
    $1.2M (2024)
  14. Society for Neuroscience
    Washington, DC
    $1.2M (2025)
  15. Fdrlst Media Foundation
    Washington, DC
    $1.2M (2024)
  16. Matthews Carter & Boyce
    Washington, DC
    $1.2M (2024)
  17. Howard Sckolnik
    Washington, DC
    $1.2M (2024)
  18. Leadership Conference Education Fund Inc
    Washington, DC
    $1.1M (2024)
  19. American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges
    Washington, DC
    $1.1M (2025)
  20. Paralyzed Veterans of America Spinal Cord Research Foundation
    Washington, DC
    $1.1M (2025)
  21. Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers
    Washington, DC
    $1.1M (2024)
  22. District of Columbia Primary Care Association
    Washington, DC
    $1.1M (2024)
  23. The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation
    Washington, DC
    $1.1M (2025)
  24. Gelman Rosenberg & Freedman
    Washington, DC
    $1M (2024)
  25. American Educational Research Association
    Washington, DC
    $1M (2024)

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