· Private foundation
John and Rachel King Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ROUND HOUSE THEATRE | $5,000 |
| CITIZEN POWER INITIATIVES FOR CHINA | $4,000 |
| SNAP | $3,000 |
| AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE - SILVER THEATER - 2023 PAID IN 2024 | $3,000 |
| WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| HOUSE OF RUTH - 2023 PAID IN 2024 | $3,000 |
| HOUSE OF RUTH | $3,000 |
| NEW AMERICA | $3,000 |
| BETHESDA CARES | $2,000 |
| BETHESDA CHEVY CHASE RESCUE SQUAD | $2,000 |
| C & O CANAL TRUST | $2,000 |
| FRIENDS OF DARMOUTH ROWING DARTMOUTH COLLEGE | $2,000 |
| WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION - 2023 PAID IN 2024 | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against -39% for those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HOHOUSE OF RUTH3× · 2022–2025 · $11k · revenue +37%
- TATHE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE2× · 2022–2023 · $9k · revenue +6%
- WFWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC3× · 2022–2025 · $8k · revenue +22%
Funded once
- TWThe William S Baer Schoolgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +29%
- HGHORIZONS GREATER WASHINGTON INCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $8k · revenue +27%
- TITHIS IS WHAT WE DIDone grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -48%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The mission of the d.c. policy center is to arm decision makers with fact-based, unbiased, and reliable research and analyses to help create a vibrant local economy that can maximize opportunities for residents, workers, and businesses in…
Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.
Sustained dialogue develops leaders able to transform differences into the strong relationships essential to equitable decision-making, democratic governance, and peace.
Capitol Hill Day School is a co-educational independent school serving students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. Capitol Hill Day School deeply engages a diverse community of students in connecting the classroom with the larger…
The District of Columbia Arts Center serves the Washington DC area by presenting high caliber and challenging works. It encourages professionalism among artists by providing a forum for educational and cultural exchange. DCAC was founded…
Transforming global storytelling by using data-driven research, education, and advocacy to mitigate bias, inspiring authentic portrayals in entertainment, advertising, and gaming that reflect the true diversity of the population.
SFFILM is a nonprofit organization whose mission ensures independent voices in film are welcomed, heard, and given the resources to thrive. SFFILM connects and inspires audiences, students and teachers, and filmmakers through our film…
The DC History Center deepens understanding of our city to connect, empower, and inspire. We engage with neighborhoods across DC and elevate the stories of Washington's diverse people, communities, and institutions. We aim to do this work…
Artist Trust supports the livelihoods of artists working in all disciplines to create a more vibrant and equitable Washington State.
See schedule o.inspired by our home city, baltimore center stage acts as a cultural catalyst for all communities to access theater in every form and engage in compelling conversations. programming: capture the collective imagination and…
Northwest Film Forum incites public dialogue and creative action through collective cinematic experiences. A nonprofit film and arts center located in Seattle, Northwest Film Forum presents hundreds of films, festivals, community events,…
The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.
How this is measured
17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 26 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds HOUSE OF RUTH ↗
- Who funds The William S Baer School ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE MINDFULNESS CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds HORIZONS GREATER WASHINGTON INC ↗
- Who funds C&O CANAL TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds SURVIVORS NETWORK OF THOSE ABUSED BY PRIESTS ↗
- Who funds ROUND HOUSE THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE RESCUE SQUAD INC ↗
- Who funds NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DOCS IN PROGRESS INC ↗
- Who funds Jung Society of Washington ↗
- Who funds BETHESDA CARES INC ↗
- Who funds THIS IS WHAT WE DID ↗
- Who funds Center for Humane Technology ↗
- Who funds Denis Theatre Foundation ↗
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: Nora Roberts Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John and Rachel King Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John and Rachel King Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Bethesda Cares Inc: 100% of income from government
- Round House Theatre Inc: 5% of income from government
How this is measured
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