How much does Humanities Council of Washington DC give?

Humanities Council of Washington DC reported 46 itemized grants totaling $1,062,384, out of $1,333,851 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 66 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Humanities Council of Washington DC fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (60%), Education (11%), Youth Development (7%).

Who are Humanities Council of Washington DC's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Women in Film & Video Inc ($343k), Historical Society of Washington DC dba DC History Center ($254k), Capitalbop Inc ($168k).

Does Humanities Council of Washington DC fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Where is Humanities Council of Washington DC based?

Humanities Council of Washington DC is based in DC.

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Humanities Council of Washington DC

To enrich the quality of life, foster intellectual stimulation, and promote cross-cultural understanding and appreciation of local history and culture in all neighborhoods of the district through humanities programs and grants.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 46
Itemized grants FY2025: 41
Organizations funded FY2024: 29%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $1.1M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $25,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $124,000
Organizations funded a year: 13 to 66; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $1.3M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Humanities Council of Washington DC funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $224k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	46	$1.1M	30%
FY2024	41	$949k	29%
FY2023	44	$893k	57%
FY2022	66	$1.9M	35%
FY2021	46	$1.1M	54%
FY2020	62	$1.2M	76%
FY2019	35	$604k	77%
FY2018	13	$110k	92%

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What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$4.7MEducation$904kYouth Development$575kPublic Safety & Disaster$289kHousing & Shelter$244kCivil Rights$223kCommunity Improvement$217kHealth$165kOther$0

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
Women in Film & Video Inc	$343,000	7	18%
Historical Society of Washington DC dba DC History Center	$254,200	5	4%
Capitalbop Inc	$168,200	4	43%
One Common Unity	$145,400	3	2%
One World Education	$140,000	4	5%
826dc Inc	$129,045	6	5%
Street Sense Inc	$125,000	4	10%
Young Playwrights Theater	$124,045	5	5%
DC Scores	$119,345	3	1%
Words Beats and Life Inc	$115,845	3	8%

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All grantees of Humanities Council of Washington DC by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Women in Film & Video Inc	$343,000	7	18%
Historical Society of Washington DC dba DC History Center	$254,200	5	4%
Capitalbop Inc	$168,200	4	43%
One Common Unity	$145,400	3	2%
One World Education	$140,000	4	5%
826dc Inc	$129,045	6	5%
Street Sense Inc	$125,000	4	10%
Young Playwrights Theater	$124,045	5	5%
DC Scores	$119,345	3	1%
Words Beats and Life Inc	$115,845	3	8%
National Women's Foundation	$108,080	3	18%
DC Jazz Festival	$105,587	4	3%
Hola Cultura	$100,225	8	20%
African American Music Association Inc	$100,040	3	64%
Live It Learn It	$97,200	4	7%
The MusicianShip DC	$93,000	2	5%
The Howard University	$90,520	3	0%
Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation	$89,000	4	1%
Global Kids Inc	$88,200	3	1%
Day Eight	$83,345	2	17%
Mosaic Theater Company of DC	$82,845	5	1%
Critical Exposure Inc	$82,265	4	3%
Learnserve International	$80,845	4	4%
Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum	$80,000	3	1%
American University	$80,000	3	0%
DC Preservation League	$79,045	3	5%
Empower DC	$75,400	4	2%
African-American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation	$74,975	3	n/a
Kama DC	$74,964	3	n/a
All Souls Church Unitarian Non-Profit Housing Corporation	$74,627	4	n/a
Dance Institute of Washington	$73,200	2	3%
Heurich House Foundation	$72,845	2	11%
Home Rule Music Film Preservation Fund	$70,000	3	43%
Zora Neale Hurston Richard Wright Foundation	$69,855	3	8%
Life Pieces to Masterpieces	$69,645	3	2%
D C Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative Inc	$65,845	3	5%
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital	$65,845	3	3%
Reading Partners	$65,000	1	0%
District of Columbia Arts Center	$65,000	2	11%
Latin American Youth Center	$63,000	3	0%
Archaeology in the Community	$61,075	3	29%
Story District Inc	$60,845	3	7%
The Washington DC International Film Festival Inc	$60,845	3	7%
Center for Nonprofit Advancement	$60,000	2	2%
Many Languages One Voice	$58,580	4	2%
Shoutmousepressinc	$58,345	3	3%
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Washington	$55,000	2	0%
Multi-Media Training Institute	$53,350	2	24%
Arts for Our Children	$52,025	2	66%
President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers Home	$52,000	2	2%
National Building Museum	$50,845	3	0%
The Old Naval Hospital Foundation	$50,845	3	1%
Georgetown University	$50,363	4	0%
Esther Productions Inc	$50,000	2	29%
Cultural Development Corporation of the District of Columbia	$50,000	2	4%
The High Tea Society	$50,000	2	58%
Inner Loop Inc	$50,000	2	23%
Theatrewashington	$50,000	2	2%
Soar	$50,000	2	74%
Video Action Inc	$47,000	2	6%
Friends of Peirce Mill Inc	$46,600	2	21%
Dumbarton Arts and Education Inc	$44,400	2	3%
Shaw Main Streets Inc	$40,885	2	4%
The Film Collaborative Inc	$40,000	1	0%
DC Murals Spectacle and Story	$40,000	2	n/a
1882 Project Foundation	$40,000	4	5%
Gallaudet University	$37,730	2	0%
Turning the Page	$35,845	2	4%
Metro DC Community Center Inc	$35,080	2	3%
Community Wellness Collective	$35,000	1	n/a
Think Local First DC	$33,200	1	14%
Washington Architectural Foundation	$32,845	3	3%
American Poetry Museum	$32,200	2	47%
University of DC Foundation Inc	$31,750	2	1%
Atlas Performing Arts Center	$31,600	2	1%
Split This Rock Inc	$30,845	2	2%
DC Doors Inc	$30,000	1	1%
Children of Mine	$30,000	1	27%
Project Create	$30,000	1	3%
Friendship Public Charter School Inc	$30,000	1	0%
Pictures on Silence	$30,000	1	n/a
Justice Policy Institute	$30,000	1	1%
Documentary Educational Resources Inc	$29,750	1	2%
The Catholic University of America	$29,592	1	0%
Roadwork Center for Cultures in Disputed Territories	$28,345	2	18%
Cleveland Park Village Inc	$28,000	3	3%
Sncc Legacy Project	$27,000	2	29%
DC Music Summit	$26,000	2	n/a
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop	$26,000	1	2%
In Series Inc	$25,845	2	2%
Capoeiradc	$25,000	1	10%
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States	$25,000	1	0%
Visionaries of the Creative Arts	$25,000	1	7%
Corazon Folklorico DC Inc	$25,000	1	23%
Museum of the Palestinian People	$25,000	1	n/a
Inclusion Zone	$25,000	1	6%
Hung Tao Choy Mei Leadership Institute	$25,000	1	13%
Metro Theater Arts Inc	$25,000	1	32%
Counterpoint Concerts	$25,000	1	22%
More Than Our Crimes	$25,000	1	n/a
Friends of the National Arboretum	$25,000	1	1%
East of the River Boys and Girls Steelband Inc	$25,000	1	7%
Thurgood Marshall Academy	$25,000	1	0%
An Open Book Foundation	$25,000	1	5%
Dia De Los Muertos DC	$25,000	1	n/a
Rainbow History Project	$25,000	1	45%
Well Read Black Girl	$25,000	1	n/a
Urban Learning and Teaching Center	$25,000	1	n/a
Transformer Inc	$25,000	1	3%
Reach Education Inc	$25,000	1	3%
Building Bridges Across the River Inc	$25,000	1	n/a
Alliance for New Music-Theatre	$25,000	1	n/a
Zuriworks for Womens Health	$25,000	1	n/a
Asian American LEAD	$25,000	1	2%
The Studio Acting Conservatory Inc	$25,000	1	4%
Story of Our Schools	$25,000	1	n/a
Asian Pacific American Film Inc	$25,000	1	n/a
Downtowndc Foundation	$25,000	1	4%
Cultural Tourism DC Inc	$25,000	1	n/a
DC Archives Foundation	$25,000	1	n/a
Dacor Bacon House Foundation	$25,000	1	2%
National Hand Dance Association	$24,080	3	55%
Whitman-Walker Clinic Inc	$22,400	3	0%
Teaching for Change	$20,845	1	3%
Shaw Community Ministry Inc	$20,000	1	n/a
Bloomingdale Civic Association	$20,000	1	n/a
College Bound Inc	$20,000	1	2%
Washington Informer Charities	$20,000	1	17%
Bard College	$20,000	1	0%
Alliance to Preserve the Civil War Defenses of Washington	$20,000	2	n/a
The George Washington University	$20,000	1	0%
The Futuro Media Group	$19,976	1	0%
Friends of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens	$19,000	2	2%
Rhizome DC	$18,580	2	6%
DC Independent Film Festival	$18,345	1	n/a
Asbury United Methodist Church	$18,000	3	n/a
Adams Morgan Community Alliance	$17,650	1	85%
EdgewoodBrookland Family Support Collaborative	$17,080	2	0%
Trabajadores Unidos de Washington DC	$16,940	2	3%
Vision House Inc	$15,995	2	76%
Sixth & I Synagogue Inc	$15,845	1	0%
Ward 8 Woods Conservancy Inc	$15,640	2	5%
Mexican Cultural Institute	$15,080	1	7%
National Council on Independent Living	$15,000	1	1%
Washington Jazz Arts Institute	$15,000	1	n/a
Pen Faulkner Foundation	$14,835	2	1%
Ncnw Inc - Washington DC Section	$14,000	1	n/a
Women Involved in Reentry Efforts	$14,000	2	18%
US Helping US People Into Living Inc	$13,715	1	n/a
More	$13,000	1	2%
Cathedral Choral Society of Washington DC	$13,000	1	1%
Metropolitan a M E Church	$13,000	1	n/a
Advocates for Youth	$13,000	1	0%
Neighborhood Associates Corporation	$12,500	1	0%
Capitol Hill Restoration Society Inc	$12,000	1	14%
Jewish War Veterans of the USA National Memorial Inc	$10,845	1	2%
Collections & Stories of American Muslims Inc	$10,845	1	3%
Mentors of Minorities In Education Inc	$10,845	1	2%
United Nation of Individuals Fighting Impossibilities	$10,080	1	n/a
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting	$10,000	1	0%
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Convocation & Alumni Federation	$10,000	1	n/a
MusicianShip Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Greater Washington Urban League Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop	$10,000	1	1%
Art Enables	$10,000	1	1%
District of Columbia School of Law Foundation	$10,000	1	1%
Communication First	$10,000	1	4%
M Street Center	$10,000	1	2%
Dumbarton United Methodist Church	$10,000	1	n/a
DANCE METRODC Inc	$10,000	1	8%
DC Legendary Musicians	$9,000	1	n/a
Black Lives Matter DC Ico Grassroots DC	$8,640	1	n/a
Rich Capital Concepts	$8,345	1	5%
Amy Jacques Garvey Institute	$8,345	1	n/a
Mt Zion - Female Union Band Historic Memorial Park Inc	$8,345	1	11%
Dap Acknowledgement Project Inc	$8,000	1	n/a
The William V Campbell Family Foundation	$8,000	1	0%
DC Theater Arts Collaborative	$8,000	1	2%
DC Greens Inc	$8,000	1	0%
Opportunities for Deserving Children	$8,000	1	n/a
Christ House	$8,000	1	n/a
Care and Progress Community Development	$8,000	1	11%
Reparation Education Project	$8,000	1	4%
Giveland Foundation	$8,000	1	n/a
DC Fire & Emer Medical Service Foun	$8,000	1	2%
New Community Church	$7,000	1	n/a
St George Episcopal Church	$7,000	1	n/a
Defending Rights and Dissent Inc	$7,000	1	1%
Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation	$7,000	1	5%
Marshall Heights Community Development	$7,000	1	0%
Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive	$7,000	1	n/a
Dance Place	$6,000	1	0%
Ayuda Inc	$6,000	1	0%
Allied Media Projects Inc	$6,000	1	0%
Gen2gen Media	$6,000	1	n/a
Latino Glbt History Project	$6,000	1	n/a
DC Wheels Productions Inc Dba Dance Place	$6,000	1	n/a
Peace Thru Culture Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
Filipino Young Professionals Inc	$5,000	1	n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Humanities Council of Washington DC supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 16 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 151 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 151.

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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.

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationDC98.4× affinity54 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Nora Roberts Foundation · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Inc · Hattie M Strong Foundation · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · Weissberg Foundation · Harman Family 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 Humanities Council of Washington DC

How much does Humanities Council of Washington DC give?: Humanities Council of Washington DC reported 46 itemized grants totaling $1,062,384, out of $1,333,851 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 66 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Humanities Council of Washington DC fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (60%), Education (11%), Youth Development (7%).
Who are Humanities Council of Washington DC's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Women in Film & Video Inc ($343k), Historical Society of Washington DC dba DC History Center ($254k), Capitalbop Inc ($168k).
Does Humanities Council of Washington DC fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Humanities Council of Washington DC?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Greater Washington Community Foundation, United Way of the National Capital Area.
Where is Humanities Council of Washington DC based?: Humanities Council of Washington DC is based in DC.