Washington, D.C. · Public charity
The DC Central Kitchen Inc
We use food as a tool to strengthen bodies, empower minds, and build communities. Dcck prepares people facing high barriers to employment for culinary careers, and creates jobs for our graduates through innovative programs that expand access to healthy foods.
- $911k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $422k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $43M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The DC Central Kitchen Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $397k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $38k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $35k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $117k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $49k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $46k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $56k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dreaming Out Loud Inc | $229,300 | 4 | 2% |
| The Campus Kitchen Project Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 13% |
| David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace | $145,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Dc Food Project | $136,586 | 5 | 24% |
| American University | $81,891 | 3 | 0% |
| Playworks Education Energized | $38,004 | 1 | 0% |
| House of Ruth | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Food Rescue US Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| My Seniors Keeper Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dreaming Out Loud Inc | $229,300 | 4 | 2% |
| The Campus Kitchen Project Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 13% |
| David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace | $145,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Dc Food Project | $136,586 | 5 | 24% |
| American University | $81,891 | 3 | 0% |
| Playworks Education Energized | $38,004 | 1 | 0% |
| House of Ruth | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Food Rescue US Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| My Seniors Keeper Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Suited for Change | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Good Projects Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Casa Ruby Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($7k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The DC Central Kitchen Inc 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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The DC Central Kitchen Inc
- How much does The DC Central Kitchen Inc give?
- The DC Central Kitchen Inc reported 7 itemized grants totaling $422,382, out of $910,751 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The DC Central Kitchen Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (73%), Philanthropy (15%), Education (8%).
- Who are The DC Central Kitchen Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Dreaming Out Loud Inc ($229k), The Campus Kitchen Project Inc ($200k), David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace ($145k).
- Does The DC Central Kitchen Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The DC Central Kitchen Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Network for Good, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The DC Central Kitchen Inc based?
- The DC Central Kitchen Inc is based in DC.
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