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Washington, D.C. · Public charity

Downtown Business Improvement District Corporation

To enhance the economic vitality of the members of the downtown bid area by providing additional safety and maintenance services, and other services.

$1.1M
Granted FY2021
121
Itemized grants FY2021
119
Organizations funded FY2021
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Itemized, FY2021
$1.0M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2021
$7,500
Largest grant, FY2021
$15,000
States reached, FY2021
2
Total assets, FY2021
$19M

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cuba Libre DC LLC$15,0001n/a
Farmers and Distillers DC LLC$15,0001n/a
Joe's Seafood Prime$15,0001n/a
Compass Coffee$15,0001n/a
The Shakespeare Theatre$15,00010%
Oyamel DC LLC$15,0001n/a
1201 K Street Street F&B Tenant LLC$15,0001n/a
Ford's Theatre Society$15,00010%
Rpm DC LLC Co Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises$15,0001n/a
Live Nation Worldwide Inc$15,0001n/a
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All grantees of Downtown Business Improvement District Corporation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cuba Libre DC LLC$15,0001n/a
Farmers and Distillers DC LLC$15,0001n/a
Joe's Seafood Prime$15,0001n/a
Compass Coffee$15,0001n/a
The Shakespeare Theatre$15,00010%
Oyamel DC LLC$15,0001n/a
1201 K Street Street F&B Tenant LLC$15,0001n/a
Ford's Theatre Society$15,00010%
Rpm DC LLC Co Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises$15,0001n/a
Live Nation Worldwide Inc$15,0001n/a
The National Theatre Foundation$15,00011%
Tym Merger Company LLC$15,0001n/a
White House Gift Center Whgc LLC$15,0001n/a
Park Place Inc Ta the Park at 14th$15,0001n/a
Mezze and More LLC Dba Zaytinya$15,0001n/a
Haagen Dazs Gallery Place$12,5001n/a
Rasika LLC$12,0001n/a
Chef Amy B LLC$12,0001n/a
Rpm Restaurant LLC$10,5001n/a
505 Ninth Street Partners LLC Dba Minibarbarmini$10,5001n/a
Bantam King$10,5001n/a
Top Shelf LLC$10,5001n/a
Bento Box Inc Trading as Teaism Penn Quarter Restaurant$10,5001n/a
Twice-Baked LLC$10,5001n/a
Bobby Van's Steakhouse$10,5001n/a
The Dubliner Restaurant & Pub$10,5001n/a
Steakhouse DC LLC$10,5001n/a
Winners Chinatown Inc$10,5001n/a
Bibiana LLC$10,5001n/a
Chinatown Garden Inc Dba Chinatown Garden$10,5001n/a
Theatrewashington$10,00011%
Washington DC Convention & Tourism Corporation$10,00010%
Tamak Spn LLC$10,0001n/a
Smithsonian Institution$10,00010%
Seldar DC Holdings LLC$10,0001n/a
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc$10,00010%
La Trattoria LLC$8,5001n/a
Tj Enterprise LLC$8,5001n/a
P&D Ventures Inc (Operating as Eye Street Grill)$8,5001n/a
D&A Nails Spa LLC$8,5001n/a
All Places LLC$8,5001n/a
Centerpoint Nine Inc$8,5001n/a
Karma Healthy Foods LLC$8,5001n/a
Bp Group Inc$8,5001n/a
Sook & Ho Inc$8,5001n/a
Pdc Ny Ave Inc$8,5001n/a
Paul French Bakery and Cafe - Paul 1275 K LLC$8,5001n/a
Tony Cheng's Restaurant$8,5001n/a
Ellas Wood Fired Pizza LLC$8,5001n/a
Mikes Cafe Inc$8,5001n/a
Starlight Inc$8,5001n/a
Potomac River Running Inc$8,5001n/a
Rice Bar 12th St Inc$7,5001n/a
Rice Bar DC 15th St Inc$7,5001n/a
Ming Ming Inc$7,5001n/a
Spice China Town LLC$7,5001n/a
West Wing Cafemi and Ho Inc$7,5001n/a
Rainbow Inn Inc$7,5001n/a
Purple Feet LLC$7,5001n/a
Paul Bakery at Columbia Sq LLC$7,5001n/a
Fai Pizza LLC$7,5001n/a
Succotash F Street LLC$7,5001n/a
Aoi Inc (Dba Noodles on 11)$7,5001n/a
Zeke's Coffee of DC$7,5001n/a
Press Liquor$7,5001n/a
Cha Corporation$7,5001n/a
Charoeninc$7,5001n/a
Haad Thai Restaurant$7,5001n/a
Hcv 712 7nw DC LLC$7,5001n/a
Skeena Food Inc$7,5001n/a
Grill Kabob$7,5001n/a
Chaia Tacos$7,5001n/a
Me Swing Company Inc$7,5001n/a
Cornerstone Food Services Inc$7,5001n/a
Ww901 Inc$7,5001n/a
James and Susan Inc$7,5001n/a
Sixth & I Synagogue Inc$7,00010%
Bozzelli Frontier Vt LLC$6,5001n/a
Fishcraft Poke DC LLC$6,5001n/a
14l Jj Sandwich Company$6,5001n/a
Y & y LLC$6,5001n/a
Jnb Corporation$6,5001n/a
Cobblers and Cleaners$6,5001n/a
614 E St Nw$6,5001n/a
New York Convenience Store$6,5001n/a
Piccanteli LLC$6,5001n/a
H&H Management Inc$6,5001n/a
Lincoln's Waffle Shop$6,5001n/a
Jp LLC$6,5001n/a
Ssp Inc$6,5001n/a
Coup DC LLC Dba Coup de Foudre Lingerie$6,5001n/a
William Fox & Company$6,5001n/a
Metropolitan Square News$6,5001n/a
Yjkdc Inc$5,5001n/a
Tokyo Express LLC$5,5001n/a
12g Jj Sandwiches LLC$5,5001n/a
Bambini Play & Learn at Federal Triangle$5,5001n/a
Jjk Inc Sharetea$5,5001n/a
Morris Group LLC$5,5001n/a
Smoked & Stacked LLC$5,5001n/a
Arepa Zone LLC$5,0001n/a
Art and Framing Pro Inc$5,0001n/a
Theatre Downtown Inc$5,00011%
Woosung Inc$5,0001n/a
Tr Investment Group LLC Zagg$5,0001n/a
Ida's Idea$5,0001n/a
Dua Coffee Dua Dua LLC$5,0001n/a
App Salon Inc$5,0001n/a
Confident Care Medical LLC$5,0001n/a
Tae H Kim Ta Sunrise Deli$5,0001n/a
Shu Kwan Ng$5,0001n/a
Spring Glo Inc$5,0001n/a
The Theatre Lab Inc$5,00010%
Glass House Coffee Three LLC$5,0001n/a
Flw LLC$5,0001n/a
Soulex Incorporated$5,0001n/a
Chamber Dance Project$5,00011%
Nino's Bakery LLC$5,0001n/a
Jhes LLC$5,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Downtown Business Improvement District Corporation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Shakespeare Theatre: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFord's Theatre Society: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe National Theatre Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTheatrewashington: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWashington DC Convention & Tourism Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWoolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSixth & I Synagogue Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTheatre Downtown Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetThe Theatre Lab Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChamber Dance Project: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% 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 11.

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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.

City First Enterprises IncDC75.1× affinity43 shared granteesties to 1 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: City First Enterprises Inc · Latino Economic Development Corporation · Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Inc · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Nora Roberts Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Downtown Business Improvement District Corporation

How much does Downtown Business Improvement District Corporation give?
Downtown Business Improvement District Corporation reported 121 itemized grants totaling $1,008,000, out of $1,105,511 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing.
What does Downtown Business Improvement District Corporation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2021, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (42%), Human Services (21%), Food & Nutrition (15%).
Who are Downtown Business Improvement District Corporation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2021: Cuba Libre DC LLC ($15k), Farmers and Distillers DC LLC ($15k), Joe's Seafood Prime ($15k).
Which funders back the same organizations as Downtown Business Improvement District Corporation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include City First Enterprises Inc, Latino Economic Development Corporation, Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Inc.
Where is Downtown Business Improvement District Corporation based?
Downtown Business Improvement District Corporation is based in DC.

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 119 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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