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Arlington Community Foundation

We exist to identify and elevate the needs in our community, and to attract and deploy charitable resources to address those needs. Acf stewards the gifts and charitable legacies of individuals, families and businesses to meet needs in arlington and beyond.

$4.1M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
114
Itemized grants FY2025
100
Organizations funded FY2024
58%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$3.0M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$12,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$252,856
Organizations funded a year
36 to 100
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
21
Total assets, FY2025
$51M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 58% of the organizations Arlington Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationFood & NutritionPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving103$3.0M40%
FY2024100$3.1M58%
FY202351$1.9M45%
FY202248$2.1M25%
FY202146$1.8M28%
FY202083$11M55%
FY201936$1.4M39%
FY201839$1.1M41%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$5.7MRecreation & Sports$5.1MHealth$3.4MHuman Services$2.7MEducation$2.4MPhilanthropy$2.2MFood & Nutrition$1.1MReligion$1.1MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Arlington County Department of Parks Recreation and Cultural Resources$5,821,2296n/a
True Ground Housing Partners Inc$1,722,296810%
Ahc Inc$1,719,48194%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington$1,042,05051%
Marymount University$881,13580%
Wesley Housing Development Corporation of Northern Virginia$795,00025%
The Virginia Hospital Center Foundation$734,350910%
Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation$693,20072%
PathForward Inc$684,35095%
Arlington Free Clinic Inc$553,37592%
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All grantees of Arlington Community Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Arlington County Department of Parks Recreation and Cultural Resources$5,821,2296n/a
True Ground Housing Partners Inc$1,722,296810%
Ahc Inc$1,719,48194%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington$1,042,05051%
Marymount University$881,13580%
Wesley Housing Development Corporation of Northern Virginia$795,00025%
The Virginia Hospital Center Foundation$734,350910%
Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation$693,20072%
PathForward Inc$684,35095%
Arlington Free Clinic Inc$553,37592%
Doorways for Women and Families Inc$477,79493%
The Catholic Charities Foundation of the Archdiocese of Washington$397,00039%
Warrior Canine Connection Inc$321,60044%
Arlington Food Assistance Center$302,75381%
Aspire Afterschool Learning$278,02588%
Arlington Thrive$260,94995%
National Capital Treatment and Recovery$258,50071%
Inova Health System Foundation$250,0001n/a
United Way of Greater St Louis Inc$247,65210%
Deed Community Giving Foundation$224,3031n/a
Don Bosco Cristo Rey Highschool of the Archdiocese of Washington Inc$218,5009n/a
United Way of Greater St Joseph$181,24915%
Animal Welfare League of Arlington$166,00061%
Bowen McCauley Dance Inc$163,500612%
Arlington County$163,3753n/a
Trinity Presbyterian Church of Arlington Virginia$162,0006n/a
Offender Aid & Restoration Arlington Co OAR Arlington Alexandria Falls Church$161,10082%
Culpepper Garden III Incorporated$156,50051%
Province of St Augustine of the Capuchin Order$150,0006n/a
Church of the Little Flower$145,0005n/a
St Agnes R C Church$142,7504n/a
American Cancer Society Inc$138,96910%
Goodwin House Foundation$137,29022%
Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc$134,36120%
Leadership Center of Arlington$130,85057%
Arlington Community Access Corporation dba Arlington Independent Media$129,245212%
Little Flower Catholic Church$125,0004n/a
Leadville Institute$124,6408n/a
Washington School for Girls$116,00070%
St Mary's Food Bank Alliance$110,00010%
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Washington$107,70090%
Landon School$102,50010%
The Pack Shack$100,83031%
911 Day$100,0001n/a
Young Adult Development in Action Inc$100,00012%
Sucede Inc$100,000423%
Reach for Ugandainc$100,000211%
Arlington Public Schools$91,9184n/a
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington$90,0006n/a
Junior League of Northern Virginia$88,600154%
World Central Kitchen Inc$85,00640%
Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC Inc$81,00040%
Tough2gether Foundation$70,5001n/a
Trustees of Boston University$70,00040%
Feeding America$69,19620%
Northern Virginia Conservation Trust$68,48734%
Legal Aid Justice Center$67,50020%
Challenging Racism$65,92439%
Junior Achievement of Greater Washington$62,00031%
Just Neighbors Ministry Inc$61,90012%
The Pacific Pediatric Neuro-Oncolog Consortium Foundation$60,00013%
Center for Renewable Energy and Appropriate Technology for the Envi$60,0001n/a
Temple Rodef Shalom$59,3475n/a
Chautauqua Institution$57,50040%
Ronald McDonald House Global$56,03610%
Bridges to Independence$55,54561%
St George's Episcopal Church$55,0003n/a
Signature Theatre Inc$54,96630%
La Cocina Va$53,38442%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio$52,77210%
Inspire Access$50,0001n/a
Georgetown University$50,00010%
New Orleans Habitat for Humanity$50,00010%
Newport High School Alumni and Associates Incorporated$50,0001n/a
Newport Central Catholic High School$50,0001n/a
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation$50,00010%
The First 72$50,00013%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$48,39220%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$45,71120%
Arlington Bridge Builders$45,00026%
Little League Baseball Inc 3460404 Arlington National LL$44,000210%
United Way of the Piedmont Inc$43,90720%
Community Residences INC$43,50030%
Girls on the Run International Inc$41,17310%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$40,49710%
Children's Hospital Foundation$40,00010%
Human Rights Campaign Foundation$38,63320%
Virginia Hospital Center Arlington Health System$37,50020%
Edu-Futuro$36,20042%
Our Lady Queen of Peace Church$36,0002n/a
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts$35,40030%
Capuchin Friars of North America$35,0002n/a
The Morgan Adams Foundation$35,0001n/a
Children's Law Center Inc$35,00020%
Vhl Alliance Inc$34,82614%
Mary's Place Seattle$34,77920%
Shirlington Employment and Education Center Inc$34,16036%
Arlington Pediatric Center Inc$33,50012%
American Heart Association Inc$33,15710%
Dream Project Inc$32,80023%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America$32,51420%
Bu-Gata$32,500116%
Miriam's Kitchen$30,50010%
Annie's Home$30,0001n/a
DC Scores$30,00011%
Share Our Strength$30,00020%
Chautauqua Foundation Inc$30,00020%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$30,0002n/a
Food Lifeline$29,87520%
National Capital Treatment and Recovery Property Management$28,50021%
American Diabetes Association$28,03210%
National Gallery of Art$28,00020%
Phoenix Bikes$27,90632%
Clothesline for Arlington Kids$26,00023%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington Inc$26,0003n/a
Columbia Pike Partnership Inc$25,45015%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc$25,00010%
The Student Conservation Association Inc$25,00010%
Friends of Argus and Aurora House$25,0001n/a
Culpepper Garden I Inc$25,000212%
Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc$25,00010%
California Restaurant Foundation Inc$25,0001n/a
Tilting Futures Incorporated$25,00010%
L C Pastoral Services Inc$25,0002n/a
Ecoaction Arlington Inc$23,96023%
Legal Services of Northern Virginia Inc$22,00020%
Arlington Neighborhood Village$21,91322%
Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc$21,22610%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$21,04420%
Capital Hospice$20,48310%
Northern Virginia Family Services Inc$20,00010%
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United Inc$20,00010%
Gates Hudson Barcroft Apartments$20,0001n/a
Long Beach State Foundation$20,00010%
Marjorie F Hughes Fund for Children Inc$20,0001n/a
Year Up Inc$20,00010%
Ethiopian Community Dev Council Inc$20,00010%
The Salvation Army$20,0001n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$20,00020%
West Louisville Tennis Club Inc$20,0001n/a
Mission Network Programs USA Inc$20,0001n/a
Arlington School Administrators$19,670121%
Bonder and Amanda Johnson Community Development Corporation$19,5002n/a
Alliance for Arlington Senior Programs Corp$18,9251n/a
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$18,60020%
La Mano Amiga$17,5001n/a
United Way of Northern Chautauqua C$17,01616%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and Affiliate$16,98410%
Curry College$16,66810%
Black Heritage Museum of Arlington Inc$16,2002n/a
Meals on Wheels America$16,09910%
Council on Foundations Inc$15,65010%
1000 Dreams Fund$15,00014%
Common Threads$15,00010%
Freshfarm Markets$15,0001n/a
The W-L Crew Boosters Inc$15,00017%
Chance for Life$15,00012%
Capital Area Food Bank Inc$14,71510%
Nami-Northern Virginia$14,50023%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$13,00020%
University of Miami$12,50010%
Together We Bake$12,50011%
Randolph-Macon College$12,50010%
Franciscan Monastery USA Inc$12,3302n/a
Northern Virginia Community College Educational Foundation Inc$12,00020%
Caring Foundation$12,00011%
703 Warriors$12,000114%
Ayuda Inc$12,00020%
Mid-Ohio Foodbank$11,84610%
Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington$11,50020%
Center For Youth and Family Advocacy$11,5001n/a
United Way of Central and Southern Utah$10,78520%
Hopelink Behavioral Health$10,75010%
Arlington County Bar Foundation$10,66027%
Rebuilding TogetherArlingtonFairfax Falls Church Inc$10,61312%
United Way of Clinton County Iowa$10,03113%
Arlington Foundation for Families & Youth$10,0131n/a
Western Reserve Academy$10,00110%
Telluride Humane Society Inc$10,000114%
Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers$10,0001n/a
LARCHE Inc$10,00010%
National Institute of Governmental Purchasing Inc$10,00010%
Rx Drug Access Partnership$10,00012%
The Church at Clarendon$10,0001n/a
Johns Hopkins University$10,00010%
Friends of the Guest House Inc$10,00010%
Mount Olive Baptist Church$10,0001n/a
Atlanta Union Mission Corporation$10,00010%
The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy$10,00016%
Real Food for Kids$10,00013%
NOVA ScriptsCentral$10,00010%
St Marys Episcopal Church$10,0001n/a
Fountain House Inc$10,00010%
The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc$10,00010%
Best Buddies International Inc$10,00010%
The Hope Association$10,00013%
Icna Council for Social Justice$10,0001n/a
Virginians Organized for Interfaith$10,00012%
Lemontree Foods Inc$10,00011%
New Hope Housing Inc$10,00010%
St Charles Borromeo Catholic Church$10,0001n/a
Arlington Education Association$10,00013%
Volunteers of America Inc$10,0001n/a
The College Foundation of the University of Virginia$10,00010%
The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Food Rescue US Inc$10,00010%
Culinary Care$10,0001n/a
Church of the Good Shepherd$10,0001n/a
Lyon Park Community Center$10,00016%
Assets Toledo$10,000128%
Ursinus College$10,00010%
University of Washington$10,0001n/a
Hope For The Warriors$10,00010%
Congregation of the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart$10,0001n/a
Military Family Advisory Network Inc$9,92710%
The Lab School of Washington$9,74510%
Greater Washington Foundation of Insurance & Financial Advisors$9,040110%
Rappahannock Concert Association Inc$9,00018%
Central Illinois Foodbank Inc$8,69810%
Jane Franklin Dance$8,5001n/a
Prairieland United Way Inc$8,44612%
Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers$8,1901n/a
Arlington Retirement Housing Corporation Inc$8,00012%
Farestart$7,82210%
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School Inc$7,7001n/a
Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers$7,5601n/a
Volunteers of America Inc$7,5001n/a
Justin-Sienna High School Corporate Board of Trustees Inc$7,5001n/a
Wreaths Across America$7,50010%
The Invisible Hand Foundation Inc$7,50014%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$7,50010%
Educational Theatre Company$7,25011%
The Arc of Northern Virginia$7,24510%
Economic Mobility Pathways Inc$7,0201n/a
International Catholic Migration Commission Inc$7,0001n/a
Democracy Forward Foundation$6,75010%
The Jennifer Bush-Lawson Foundation$6,65015%
National Links Trust$6,5001n/a
Cherrydale United Methodist Church$6,5001n/a
United Way of Northern Arizona Inc$6,42510%
United Way of Union County Inc$6,38615%
Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers Discovery Elementary School PTA$6,12717%
Arlington Soccer Association$6,00010%
Holy Trinity Church$6,0001n/a
Dog Tag Inc$6,00010%
Northwest Arkansas Food Bank$5,99510%
Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers$5,8261n/a
James Madison University$5,6031n/a
Lubber Run Amphitheater Foundation Incorporated$5,5251n/a
Arlington Outdoor Education Association Inc$5,52511%
Arlington Historical Society Inc$5,5001n/a
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$5,50010%
Recovery Program Solutions of Virginia Inc$5,15810%
Piano & More$5,11311%
Va Foundation for Independent Colleges$5,10010%
Girls on the Run of NOVA$5,06010%
Seabury Resources for Aging$5,05010%
Read Early and Daily READ$5,05011%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($7k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Arlington Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 189 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTrue Ground Housing Partners Inc: $1,722,296 over 8y, 9.7% of budgetAhc Inc: $1,719,481 over 9y, 3.9% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington: $1,042,050 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetMarymount University: $881,135 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetWesley Housing Development Corporation of Northern Virginia: $795,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetThe Virginia Hospital Center Foundation: $734,350 over 9y, 9.8% of budgetSibley Memorial Hospital Foundation: $693,200 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetPathForward Inc: $684,350 over 9y, 5.1% of budgetArlington Free Clinic Inc: $553,375 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetDoorways for Women and Families Inc: $477,794 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetThe Catholic Charities Foundation of the Archdiocese of Washington: $397,000 over 3y, 8.7% of budgetWarrior Canine Connection Inc: $321,600 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetArlington Food Assistance Center: $302,753 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetAspire Afterschool Learning: $278,025 over 8y, 7.9% of budgetArlington Thrive: $260,949 over 9y, 5.3% of budgetNational Capital Treatment and Recovery: $258,500 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetUnited Way of Greater St Louis Inc: $247,652 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way of Greater St Joseph: $181,249 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetAnimal Welfare League of Arlington: $166,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetBowen McCauley Dance Inc: $163,500 over 6y, 12% of budgetOffender Aid & Restoration Arlington Co OAR Arlington Alexandria Falls Church: $161,100 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetCulpepper Garden III Incorporated: $156,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $138,969 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGoodwin House Foundation: $137,290 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetGreater Cleveland Food Bank Inc: $134,361 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLeadership Center of Arlington: $130,850 over 5y, 6.9% of budgetArlington Community Access Corporation dba Arlington Independent Media: $129,245 over 2y, 12% of budgetWashington School for Girls: $116,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetSt Mary's Food Bank Alliance: $110,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Washington: $107,700 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLandon School: $102,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Pack Shack: $100,830 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetYoung Adult Development in Action Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSucede Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetReach for Ugandainc: $100,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetJunior League of Northern Virginia: $88,600 over 1y, 54% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $85,006 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC Inc: $81,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $69,196 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorthern Virginia Conservation Trust: $68,487 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetLegal Aid Justice Center: $67,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetChallenging Racism: $65,924 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetJunior Achievement of Greater Washington: $62,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetJust Neighbors Ministry Inc: $61,900 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetThe Pacific Pediatric Neuro-Oncolog Consortium Foundation: $60,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetChautauqua Institution: $57,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $56,036 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 189.

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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.

Washington Forrest FoundationVA85× affinity39 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Washington Forrest Foundation · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Act for Alexandria · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Reinsch Pierce Family Foundation Inc · Venable Foundation Inc · Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Arlington Community Foundation

How much does Arlington Community Foundation give?
Arlington Community Foundation reported 114 itemized grants totaling $3,040,922, out of $4,065,119 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 100 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Arlington Community Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (21%), Recreation & Sports (19%), Health (12%).
Who are Arlington Community Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Arlington County Department of Parks Recreation and Cultural Resources ($5.8M), True Ground Housing Partners Inc ($1.7M), Ahc Inc ($1.7M).
Does Arlington Community Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Arlington Community Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Washington Forrest Foundation, The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.
Where is Arlington Community Foundation based?
Arlington Community Foundation is based in VA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 269 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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