Virginia · Public charity
Community First - America's Charities
To support, and be organized and operate to promote and support the activities and purposes of other 501(c)(3)organizations that assist children, families, adults & communities by providing services that further their exempt purposes.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 22
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $895k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,086
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $134,688
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 26
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Community First - America's Charities funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 22 | $895k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $818k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $1.4M | 8% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $996k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $1.1M | 8% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $1.4M | 19% |
| FY2017 | 24 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | $1,384,058 | 8 | 0% |
| House of Ruth | $902,764 | 8 | 1% |
| A Wider Circle Inc | $876,860 | 8 | 2% |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington Inc | $859,716 | 7 | n/a |
| Children's Inn at Nih Inc | $573,319 | 8 | 1% |
| The Salvation Army | $493,430 | 7 | n/a |
| Miriam's Kitchen | $471,529 | 8 | 1% |
| Food for Others Inc | $411,142 | 8 | 1% |
| American University | $390,529 | 2 | 0% |
| National Capital Area Council Boy Scouts of America | $387,972 | 8 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Community First - America's Charities supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: America's Charities · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · United Way of the National Capital Area · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Act for Alexandria · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · World Bank Community Connections Fund · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About Community First - America's Charities
- How much does Community First - America's Charities give?
- Community First - America's Charities reported 22 itemized grants totaling $894,863, out of $1,178,186 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Community First - America's Charities fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (25%), Arts & Culture (15%), Health (15%).
- Who are Community First - America's Charities's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc ($1.4M), House of Ruth ($903k), A Wider Circle Inc ($877k).
- Does Community First - America's Charities fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Community First - America's Charities?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include America's Charities, The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc, United Way of the National Capital Area.
- Where is Community First - America's Charities based?
- Community First - America's Charities is based in VA.
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