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Grants and funding in the District of Columbia

16,733 foundations reported granting into the District of Columbia on their most recent IRS filings: 47,984 itemized grants worth $8.2B between them. On top of that, 122 contract opportunities are specific to the District of Columbia, alongside 4,125 nationwide programs also open here.

foundations granting into the District
16,733
of 129,000+ funders on file
in itemized grants into the District
$8.2B
across 47,984 grants on IRS filings
contract opportunities specific to the District of Columbia
122
of 16,000+ open contracts tracked nationwide
community lenders serving the District
44
of 480+ CDFIs on file

What a typical foundation grant runs here

The 16,733 foundations granting into the District of Columbia, grouped by the average size of their grants. The middle of this chart is where most applications belong: funders whose typical check runs in the thousands.

826
3,733
5,966
3,872
2,000
252
Under $1K$1K–5K$5K–25K$25K–100K$100K–1MOver $1M
Grantmaking foundations that reported granting into this state, bucketed by their average grant size. Foundation figures come from IRS filings for tax year 2022, as of October 1, 2026.

Who gives the most into the District of Columbia

The five foundations reporting the largest itemized grant dollars into the District of Columbia on their most recent filings.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$612M
Wyss Foundation$223M
Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$203M
Majority Forward$172M
The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation$159M
Itemized grants into the District of Columbia from each foundation’s most recent IRS filing, as of October 1, 2026. A linked name accepts applications and has a profile here.

Who the District of Columbia-specific grants are for

The 4,125 nationwide programs open to the District of Columbia organizations are where the volume is.

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The lenders almost nobody checks

Forty-four community development lenders serve the District of Columbia: below-market debt that takes no ownership, for organizations a bank would make wait. Among them: Community Reinvestment Fund, Inc., NDN Fund, Inc., Community Impact Loan Fund, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund, Seed Commons. Quillify tracks 480+ nationwide alongside the grants, because the right answer to a funding gap is sometimes a loan you can actually get.

District of Columbia foundation grants by focus

Foundations based in the District of Columbia that accept applications, grouped by what they fund. Or see all sixty-eightDistrict of Columbia foundations that accept applications.

Opportunity figures count live, unexpired programs as of November 1, 2026. Foundation figures come from IRS filings for tax year 2022.

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