Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
Aid Association for the Blind of the District of Columbia C/O
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $245k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $51,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations Aid Association for the Blind of the District of Columbia C/O funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $245k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $255k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $322k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $545k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $580k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $551k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $551k | 22% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $532k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington National Eye Center Inc | $524,260 | 8 | 6% |
| American Council of the Blind Inc | $264,365 | 8 | 2% |
| Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs Inc | $255,455 | 7 | 1% |
| DC Center for Independent Living | $232,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Independence Now Inc | $200,080 | 8 | 2% |
| Some Inc | $198,913 | 7 | 0% |
| Bread for the City Inc | $176,910 | 6 | 0% |
| National Council on Independent Living | $154,000 | 5 | 2% |
| American Association of People With Disabilities | $138,410 | 6 | 1% |
| Iona Senior Services | $95,455 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington National Eye Center Inc | $524,260 | 8 | 6% |
| American Council of the Blind Inc | $264,365 | 8 | 2% |
| Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs Inc | $255,455 | 7 | 1% |
| DC Center for Independent Living | $232,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Independence Now Inc | $200,080 | 8 | 2% |
| Some Inc | $198,913 | 7 | 0% |
| Bread for the City Inc | $176,910 | 6 | 0% |
| National Council on Independent Living | $154,000 | 5 | 2% |
| American Association of People With Disabilities | $138,410 | 6 | 1% |
| Iona Senior Services | $95,455 | 8 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Foundation | $90,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The George Washington University | $30,440 | 1 | 0% |
| Omnium Universe Foundation Inc | $16,970 | 2 | 40% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Aid Association for the Blind of the District of Columbia C/O supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About Aid Association for the Blind of the District of Columbia C/O
- How much does Aid Association for the Blind of the District of Columbia C/O give?
- Aid Association for the Blind of the District of Columbia C/O reported 10 grants totaling $245,050 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Aid Association for the Blind of the District of Columbia C/O fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (71%), Food & Nutrition (10%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are Aid Association for the Blind of the District of Columbia C/O's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Washington National Eye Center Inc ($524k), American Council of the Blind Inc ($264k), Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs Inc ($255k).
- Does Aid Association for the Blind of the District of Columbia C/O fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Aid Association for the Blind of the District of Columbia C/O accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Aid Association for the Blind of the District of Columbia C/O?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Aid Association for the Blind of the District of Columbia C/O based?
- Aid Association for the Blind of the District of Columbia C/O is based in DC.
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