Maryland · Public charity
The DSFederal IDEA Foundation
DSFederal IDEA Foundation is founded on the belief that to unleash the potential of an Afghan woman, they need only the opportunity, for strength and power already lie within them. Founded on the spirit of entrepreneurship and executed through the belief in education and small business, DSFederal IDEA Foundation is determined to empower…
- $116k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $113k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $27,600
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 11
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The DSFederal IDEA Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k 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 | 4 | $113k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $74k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $207k | 82% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $90k | 86% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $170k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $151k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $30k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amitofo Care Center International | $160,000 | 3 | 40% |
| Collegetracks Inc | $87,600 | 4 | 1% |
| New Hope Integrated Behavioral Health Care Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Maryland Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Inn at Nih Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chinese Culture and Community Service Center Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hearts and Homes for Youth Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Citizen Power Initiatives for China Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Ukraine Volya Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Congregation Tifereth Zvi | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amitofo Care Center International | $160,000 | 3 | 40% |
| Collegetracks Inc | $87,600 | 4 | 1% |
| New Hope Integrated Behavioral Health Care Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Maryland Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Inn at Nih Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chinese Culture and Community Service Center Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hearts and Homes for Youth Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Citizen Power Initiatives for China Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Ukraine Volya Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Congregation Tifereth Zvi | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $13,840 | 1 | 0% |
| Melting Pot Foundation USA Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Hack Foundation D/B/A Hack Club | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Asian American Professional Association | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Jewish Learning Institute of Sf | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montgomery County Public Schools Educational Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Childhelp Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($368k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The DSFederal IDEA Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The DSFederal IDEA Foundation
- How much does The DSFederal IDEA Foundation give?
- The DSFederal IDEA Foundation reported 4 itemized grants totaling $112,600, out of $115,700 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 11 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The DSFederal IDEA Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (29%), Education (22%), Health (22%).
- Who are The DSFederal IDEA Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Amitofo Care Center International ($160k), Collegetracks Inc ($88k), New Hope Integrated Behavioral Health Care Inc ($40k).
- Does The DSFederal IDEA Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The DSFederal IDEA Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, Network for Good, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The DSFederal IDEA Foundation based?
- The DSFederal IDEA Foundation is based in MD.
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