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Grants and funding in District of Columbia

16,733 foundations reported granting into District of Columbia on their most recent IRS filings: 47,984 itemized grants worth $8.2B between them. On top of that, 0 live grant programs and 84 contract opportunities are specific to District of Columbia, alongside 3,344 nationwide programs also open here.

foundations granting into the state
16,733
of 129,981 grantmaking foundations on file
in itemized grants into the state
$8.2B
across 47,984 grants on IRS filings
live grants specific to District of Columbia
0
of 3,984 live grants tracked nationwide
community lenders serving the state
44
of 483 CDFIs on file

What a typical foundation grant runs here

The 16,733 foundations granting into 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 is thousands, not millions.

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 August 29, 2026.

Who gives the most into District of Columbia

The five foundations reporting the largest itemized grant dollars into District of Columbia on their most recent filings. Size and openness are different things: the giants here are mostly endowments that choose their own recipients, which is why the list worth working from is the 16,733 above filtered to funders that accept applications.

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 District of Columbia from each foundation's most recent IRS filing, as of August 29, 2026. A linked name accepts applications and has a profile here.

Who the District of Columbia-specific grants are for

District of Columbia has 0 live grant programs specific to the state right now. That is too few to chart honestly, so we will not. The 3,344 nationwide programs open to District of Columbia organizations are where the volume is.

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The lenders almost nobody checks

44 community development lenders serve 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 all 483 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

The foundations above, cut by what they fund and filtered to the ones that accept applications.

Opportunity figures count live, unexpired programs as of September 1, 2026 and refresh twice monthly. Foundation figures come from IRS filings for tax year 2022 and move as new filings arrive. Segment counts are programs that explicitly name the segment; programs open to any organization type are reported separately, never double-counted.

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