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Junior League of the City of Washington Inc

Jlw is committed to developing exceptionally qualified civic leaders who are prepared to address the ever-evolving needs of the washington, dc community through volunteer service, meaningful programs and initiatives and innovative solutions.

$84k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$123kFood & Nutrition$50kEmployment$30kHealth$30kHousing & Shelter$15kArts & Culture$12k
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $30,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $83,672 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $53,672 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DUMBARTON ARTS AND EDUCATION INC$15,000
SUITED FOR CHANGE$15,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Beacon House Community Ministry Inc: $12k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

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.

1
Dc Bilingual Public Charter School

The mission of dc bilingual public charter school is to create a learning community that ensures high academic achievement for all students in both spanish and english, develops leadership, and values all cultures.

Education
2
Ingenuity Prep

Ingenuity prep public charter school was formed to prepare students to succeed in college and beyond as impactful civiic leaders.

Education
3
Youthbuild Dc Public Charter School Inc

Youthbuild pcs seeks to transform the lives of disconnected youth by offering a program, in english and spanish, that combines rigorous academic instruction with vocational training, life and employability skills- building, and community…

Education
4
Covenant House Washington Dc

Covenant house washington, dc ("chw") provides shelter, crisis care, community services, and outreach services to youth in the washington dc area.

Human Services
5
Educare Dc

Educare dc's mission is to eliminate the opportunity gap for young children living in poverty and give them the skills necessary for success in kindergarten and beyond. we work at the intersection of practice, policy, and research to…

Human Services
6
The Children's Home Inc

Provides residential and community services to promote long-term well-being and success for young people and families who experience disruption in their lives.

Human Services
7
The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Inc

To provide a safe, affordable and comprehensive program of high-quality early childhood education, parental and family support, as well as academic enrichment and recreational programs.

Human Services
8
Community College Preparatory Academy Public Charter School

The mission of the community college preparatory academy public charter school is to provide the education and skills development to empower and prepare under-credited adults for postsecondary educational success, viable employment and…

Education
9
Early Childhood Academy Public Charter School

It is the mission of early childhood academy public charter school to foster the academic and social/emotional growth and development of each student in a safe and holistic learning environment that will equip all students with the…

Education
10
Breakthrough Montessori Public Charter School

The mission of breakthrough montessori public charter school is to provide families in washington, dc with a fully implemented, public montessori program that enables children to develop within themselves the power to shape their lives and…

Education
11
Freshfarm Markets

Freshfarm is a washington, dc-based nonprofit that builds a more equitable, sustainable, and resilient food system in the mid-atlantic region by producing innovative solutions in partnership with local communities and organizations. we…

Food & Nutrition
12
Capital Area Food Bank Inc

The mission of the capital area food bank (the food bank or cafb) is to help our neighbors thrive by creating more equitable access to food and opportunity through community partnerships.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Beacon House Community Ministry Inc; the most unlike its peers is Reading Is Fundamental Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

12 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE FOUNDATION SCHOOLS: $30,000 · EducationTHE FOUNDATION SCHOOLSREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $26,939 · EducationREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INCA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $15,000 · EducationA WIDER CIRCLE INCTHE MAYA ANGELOU PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL: $12,000 · EducationTHE MAYA ANGELOU PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLTHE CHILD AND FAMILY NETWORK CENTERS INC: $12,000 · EducationTHE CHILD AND FAMILY NETWORK CENTERS INCNOURISH NOW FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionNOURISH NOW FOUNDATION INCBREAD FOR THE CITY INC: $15,000 · Food & NutritionBREAD FOR THE CITY INCWOODLEY HOUSE INC: $30,000 · HealthWOODLEY HOUSE…Jubilee Jumpstart: $30,000 · OtherJubilee Jumps…CALVARY WOMEN'S SERVICES INC: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterThe MusicianShip DC: $12,000 · Arts & CultureBEACON HOUSE COMMUNITY MINISTRY INC: $12,000 · Human Services
Education$95,939Food & Nutrition$65,000Health$30,000Other$30,000Housing & Shelter$15,000Arts & Culture$12,000Human Services$12,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNOURISH NOW FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetWOODLEY HOUSE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION SCHOOLS: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $26,939 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCALVARY WOMEN'S SERVICES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBREAD FOR THE CITY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MAYA ANGELOU PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILD AND FAMILY NETWORK CENTERS INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe MusicianShip DC: $12,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBEACON HOUSE COMMUNITY MINISTRY INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budget
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.

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.

Greater Washington Co…The Morris and Gwendo…Clark-Winchcole Found…Sidgmore Family Found…Dimick Foundation Joh…Philip L Graham Fund …Mgm Resorts FoundationMax & Victoria Dreyfu…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC21.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Sidgmore Family Foundation · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Mgm Resorts Foundation · Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Junior League of the City of Washington Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Junior League of the City of Washington Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • A Wider Circle Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 12 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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