Virginia · Private foundation
The Howard Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $55k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $22,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Howard Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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 | 10 | $55k | 30% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $77k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $64k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $79k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $25k | 31% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $47k | 54% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $26k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $55k | 33% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampden-Sydney College | $163,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Washington School for Girls | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Child and Family Network Centers Inc | $36,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Campagna Center Inc | $27,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School Inc | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Duke University | $15,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Capitol Learning Academy Inc | $13,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Belle Haven Cares Fund | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-Of-The-Woods | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| San Miguel School Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampden-Sydney College | $163,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Washington School for Girls | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Child and Family Network Centers Inc | $36,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Campagna Center Inc | $27,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School Inc | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Duke University | $15,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Capitol Learning Academy Inc | $13,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Belle Haven Cares Fund | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-Of-The-Woods | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| San Miguel School Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Diocese of Arlington | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Yellow Ribbon Fund Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Thanks USA | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Father McKenna Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Inova Health Care Services | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Center for Alexandria's Children | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alexandria Rotary Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bishop Oconnell High School | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Move2Learn | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| ALIVE Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Coletta of Greater Washington Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| For the Win Inc | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Higher Achievement Program Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($70k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Howard Family Foundation 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: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Bruhn-Morris Family Foundation Inc · Act for Alexandria · Calvert and Sally Simmons Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Blackburn Foundation · The Herget Family Charitable Foundation · Move2Learn · Ivakota Assoc Inc · The Maple Tree Fund
How this is measured
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About The Howard Family Foundation
- How much does The Howard Family Foundation give?
- The Howard Family Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $55,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Howard Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (75%), Human Services (11%), Religion (9%).
- Who are The Howard Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hampden-Sydney College ($163k), Washington School for Girls ($70k), The Child and Family Network Centers Inc ($36k).
- Does The Howard Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Howard Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Howard Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc, Bruhn-Morris Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Howard Family Foundation based?
- The Howard Family Foundation is based in VA.
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