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Washington, D.C. · Private foundation

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$23M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
451
Grants FY2025
423
Organizations funded FY2024
13%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$35,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,200,000
Organizations funded a year
403 to 471
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$636M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 13% of the organizations The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving441$23M12%
FY2024423$22M13%
FY2023471$21M18%
FY2022442$21M20%
FY2021403$20Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$25MEducation$17MHuman Services$14MHousing & Shelter$10MHealth$7.1MCrime & Legal$7.0MYouth Development$6.6MPhilanthropy$4.8MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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MD
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts$3,775,00051%
Smithsonian Institution$2,175,00030%
Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC Inc$1,650,00053%
Whc Foundation 1$1,400,0002n/a
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$1,329,35850%
Washington Area Women's Foundation$1,125,000520%
Education Forward DC$1,075,00055%
Building Bridges Across the River Inc$1,015,00052%
Enterprise Community Partners Inc$895,00050%
Capital Area Food Bank Inc$870,00050%
Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers$826,50048%
Rock Creek Conservancy Inc$825,000321%
Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc$740,00050%
Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC Inc$738,33455%
Dreaming Out Loud Inc$690,00049%
Manna Inc$670,000510%
The DC Central Kitchen Inc$620,00051%
Montgomery Housing Partnership Inc$612,50051%
Community of Hope$612,50051%
Identity Inc$605,00051%
Horton's Kids Inc$570,00055%
Casa Inc$540,00051%
Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum$539,999311%
Latin American Youth Center$510,00051%
Blair House Foundation$502,00030%
National Gallery of Art$500,50030%
Signature Theatre Inc$500,00051%
The George Washington University$495,00050%
Bread for the City Inc$491,66651%
Trinity College$490,00040%
The Studio Theatre Inc$486,66654%
William Wendt Center for Loss and Healing$484,00053%
Jubilee Housing Inc$478,00051%
Olney Theatre Corporation Inc$475,00052%
Sitar Arts Center$470,00054%
Calvary Women's Services Inc$450,00053%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$450,00040%
DC Public Education Fund$450,00051%
DC Charter School Alliance$430,00055%
Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and$430,00054%
The Washington Ballet$430,00041%
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc$415,00052%
Center for Inspired Teaching$397,500534%
The Washington Housing Conservancy Inc$395,00050%
Lutheran Social Services National Capital Areainc$385,00051%
The Urban Alliance Foundation Inc$382,50051%
La Clinica del Pueblo Inc$382,50051%
Levine Music Inc$375,00051%
Iona Senior Services$375,00052%
Whitman-Walker Foundation Inc$370,00025%
The Phillips Collection$369,67151%
Amherst College Trustees$368,05040%
Fair Chance$365,00054%
Appletree Institute for Education Innovation$362,50050%
Ayuda Inc$360,00051%
One World Education$360,000510%
National Building Museum$340,00042%
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition$340,00051%
Montgomery College Foundation$338,50051%
Kipp DC Public Charter Schools$337,50050%
Washington Performing Arts Society$327,50042%
Washington Drama Society Inc$325,00051%
Dance Place$325,00053%
Mamatoto Village Inc$315,00052%
Aspire Afterschool Learning$315,00057%
Medstar Health Inc$315,00030%
Davis Memorial Goodwill Industries$312,50050%
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs Inc$312,50052%
World Arts Focus$310,00053%
The Child and Family Network Centers Inc$310,00052%
The District of Columbia Children's Advocacy Center$310,00052%
D C Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative Inc$305,000515%
The Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless Inc$300,00050%
Corporation of the Washington Latin School$300,00041%
Transitional Housing Corporation$300,00051%
Abraham and Laura Lisner Home for Aged Women$300,00022%
The Shakespeare Theatre$300,00043%
DC Fiscal Policy Institute Inc$300,00053%
University of Maryland Foundation Inc$300,00030%
The Tahirih Justice Center$295,00051%
DC Greens Inc$295,00053%
Seabury Resources for Aging$295,00051%
Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital$290,00041%
Theatrewashington$290,00056%
Pathways to Housing DC$285,00050%
Friends of Compass Inc$272,50047%
Imagination Stage Inc$270,20051%
The Literacy Lab$270,00040%
Children's Law Center Inc$270,00051%
Bright Beginnings Inc$270,00051%
District Alliance for Safe Housing Inc$270,00051%
Washington Tennis & Education Foundation$270,00053%
Easter Seals Serving DC MD VA Inc$270,00050%
Washington Humane Society$265,00050%
DC Scores$265,00052%
Euphemia L Haynes Public Charter School Inc$265,00050%
Transcend Inc$265,00040%
Academy of Hope Adult Public Charter School$262,50041%
Round House Theatre Inc$260,00041%
The National Museum of Women in the Arts$260,00050%
Pathway Homes Inc$252,50050%
Reginald S Lourie Center for Infants and Young Children Inc$250,00050%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$250,00050%
Casaprince George's County Inc$250,00054%
TLC - The Treatment & Learning Centers$250,00031%
United States Foundation for the Commemoration of World Wars$250,00016%
New Futures$247,50054%
Homeless Children's Playtime Project$247,50055%
The Strathmore Hall Foundation Inc$245,00051%
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts$245,00050%
Kid Power Inc$245,000517%
Liberty's Promise$245,00054%
Prince George's Child Resource Centerinc$245,00052%
Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County Maryland Inc$240,00050%
Gala Inc Grupo de Artistas Latino Americanos$240,00043%
District of Columbia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc$240,000416%
Greater DC Diaper Bank$240,00051%
Maryland Association of Non-Profit Organizations$240,00051%
Center for Nonprofit Advancement$240,00053%
The Family Place$235,00053%
Survivors and Advocates for Empowerment Inc$235,00051%
Synetic Theater Inc$230,00056%
Dance Institute of Washington$230,00052%
Impact Silver Spring$230,00054%
District of Columbia School of Law Foundation$230,00045%
Dumbarton Arts and Education Inc$230,00055%
Florence Crittenton Services of Greater Washington$230,00053%
University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc$230,00050%
Collegetracks Inc$230,00053%
The Barker Adoption Foundation$227,50051%
Spark the Journey$225,00053%
Central American Resource Center$225,00042%
Samaritan Inns Inc$225,00051%
The Posse Foundation Inc$225,00050%
United Community Ministries Inc$222,50051%
Doorways for Women and Families Inc$220,00051%
The Piedmont Environmental Council$220,00041%
Home Care Partners Inc$220,00051%
Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington Inc$220,00051%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington$215,30050%
District of Columbia Primary Care Association$215,00041%
DC Youth Orchestra Program$215,00053%
DC Rape Crisis Center$215,00053%
The Washington Chorus Inc$215,00054%
Arts for the Aging Inc$215,00059%
Friends of the Guest House Inc$212,50053%
New Endeavors by Women$210,00052%
La Cocina Va$207,50053%
Mi Casa Inc$205,00052%
Asian Pacific American Legal$205,000510%
Generation Hope$202,50051%
Monument Academy Inc$200,00050%
Teach for America Inc$200,00030%
Crossroads Community Food Network Inc$200,00057%
Food & Friends Inc$200,00050%
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop$200,00054%
Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School$200,00021%
Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance$200,000517%
Food Research & Action Center$200,00051%
Woodley House Inc$200,00051%
The Potomac Conservancy Inc$195,00052%
Thrive DC$195,00052%
Offender Aid & Restoration Arlington Co OAR Arlington Alexandria Falls Church$195,00053%
City Blossoms Inc$192,50058%
The Training Source Inc$192,50057%
Teaching for Change$192,50054%
In Series Inc$192,50055%
Edu-Futuro$190,00052%
Hope and a Home$190,00054%
Yachad Inc$190,00058%
Red Wiggler Foundation Inc$190,00057%
Samaritan Ministry of Greater Washington$190,00045%
Sixth & I Synagogue Inc$190,00051%
DC Jazz Festival$190,00053%
Computer Core Inc$187,50058%
Gallaudet University$187,50020%
Learnserve International$187,50049%
Neighborhood Legal Services Program of DC$185,00051%
Anacostia Watershed Society Inc$185,00043%
Korean Community Service Center of Greater Washington Inc$185,00051%
Words Beats and Life Inc$185,00053%
Capitol Hill Village$185,00054%
Year Up Inc$182,50040%
The Fishing School Inc$180,00049%
Spur Local Inc$180,00058%
Capital Area Asset Building Corporation$180,00042%
Open Arms Housing Inc$180,00042%
Potomac Riverkeeper Network$180,00052%
Montgomery Coalition for Adult English Literacy$180,00052%
Open City Advocates$180,00058%
Joseph's House Inc$175,00043%
College Summit Inc$175,00042%
Stepafrika USA Inc$175,00052%
District of Columbia Coalition Against Domestic$172,50054%
826dc Inc$170,00055%
The Theatre Lab Inc$170,00053%
Project Create$170,00054%
St Anns Center for Children Youth and Families$170,00041%
Adventure Theatre Inc$170,00044%
Pentagon Memorial Fund Inc$166,66615%
University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc$165,00050%
The Mercy Health Clinic Inc$165,00051%
The Institute of Urban Living$165,000418%
Young Playwrights Theater$165,00055%
Artpreneurs Inc$165,000416%
Adoptions Together Inc Dba as Paths for Families$165,00051%
Access Inc$165,00052%
The Foundation Schools$165,00050%
Dog Tag Inc$165,00053%
Together We Bake$162,50057%
DC Public Charter School Cooperative Inc$162,50053%
M Street Center$161,700411%
City Year Inc$160,00030%
Higher Achievement Program Inc$160,00051%
Atlas Performing Arts Center$160,00042%
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia Inc$160,00052%
Friends of the National Arboretum$160,00052%
Martha's Table Inc$158,00040%
Educare DC$157,50050%
Education Pioneers$155,00033%
The Dance Exchange Inc$155,00058%
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc$150,00050%
Smith Farm Ltd$150,00053%
Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia$150,00041%
NOVA ScriptsCentral$150,00051%
Nueva Vida Inc$150,00049%
Covenant House Washington DC$150,00041%
See Forever Foundation$150,00031%
The Center for Alexandria's Children$150,00055%
DC Action for Children Today DC Act$150,00042%
The Young Women's Project$150,000411%
Common Good City Farm$150,000410%
City Teaching Alliance Inc$150,00021%
Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc$150,00052%
Beacon House Community Ministry Inc$150,00044%
Critical Exposure Inc$150,00038%
The MusicianShip DC$147,50053%
Nonprofit Montgomery Inc$145,000411%
ScholarCHIPS Inc$145,000414%
Human Services Coalition of Prince Georges County$145,000512%
Freshfarm Markets$145,00041%
Mobile Medical Care Inc$145,00050%
Lift Inc$145,00040%
Advocates for Justice and Education$145,00054%
Accokeek Foundation Inc$145,00056%
Cloverleaf Equine Center$145,00053%
Tzedek DC Inc$145,00044%
The Modern Classrooms Project Inc$145,00041%
Hope House$145,000418%
Classroom 2 Community Inc$142,50043%
Life Pieces to Masterpieces$142,50051%
Sunflower Bakery Inc$140,00043%
Leveling the Playing Field Inc$140,00051%
Habitat for Humanity of Washington DC & Northern Virginia Inc$140,00021%
Community Forklift$140,00041%
Washington English Center$140,00054%
Mary House Inc$140,00022%
Volare$140,00031%
Learning Undefeated Inc$140,00042%
Washington Improvisational Theater Company$140,00056%
City Kids to Wilderness Project Inc$137,50052%
School Leader Lab$137,50054%
Ford's Theatre Society$136,00050%
Housing Unlimited Inc$135,00042%
Community Bridges Inc$135,00054%
Jubilee Jobs Inc$135,00043%
Legal Services of Northern Virginia Inc$135,00041%
Amara Legal Center$135,00055%
Housing Counseling Services Inc$135,00040%
Foster & Adoptive Parent Advocacy Center$135,00049%
Reading Partners$135,00040%
Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International$135,00047%
Rising for Justice Inc$135,00052%
Live It Learn It$135,00037%
Arlington Free Clinic Inc$132,50031%
Citydance Ensemble Inc$130,00042%
DC Bilingual Public Charter School$130,00040%
Peace for DC$130,00032%
Council for Court Excellence$130,00043%
Bethesda Cares Inc$130,00051%
Art Enables$125,00053%
Pen Faulkner Foundation$125,00054%
Children's National$125,00020%
Neighborhood Health$125,00020%
School Justice Project Inc$125,00053%
National Children's Center Inc$125,00030%
Girls on the Run - DC$123,000311%
Family Services Inc$122,50020%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$122,50040%
Reach Education Inc$122,500411%
Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington$120,00046%
Northern Virginia Family Services Inc$120,00040%
Homeless Persons Representation Project Inc$120,00042%
HER Resiliency Center$120,000310%
Institute for Public Health Innovation$120,00040%
Community Clinic Inc$120,00020%
Recovery Cafe DC$120,000313%
Communities in Schools of Nova Inc$120,00052%
Turnaround for Children Inc$120,00031%
Arcadia Food Inc$120,00032%
My Sister's Place Inc$120,00041%
Housing Initiative Partnership Inc$120,00052%
Nature Forward$120,00041%
Dream Project Inc$120,00044%
Careercatchers Inc$120,00043%
House of Ruth$118,00050%
First Shift Justice Project$117,500414%
Men Can Stop Rape$117,50034%
Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy$115,0004n/a
Volunteer Legal Advocates$115,00041%
Washington Bach Consort Inc$115,00042%
Transformer Inc$115,00054%
Don Bosco Cristo Rey Highschool of the Archdiocese of Washington Inc$115,0003n/a
Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation$115,00041%
Goucher College$112,50020%
American University$111,10050%
Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture Inc$110,00052%
Afrithrive Inc$110,00034%
Cultural Development Corporation of the District of Columbia$110,00044%
The Urban Institute$110,00030%
Alexandria Seaport Foundation$110,00045%
Maryland Pesticide Education Network Inc$110,000512%
University Legal Services Inc$107,50031%
Benefits Data Trust$105,00030%
Rebuilding Together DC Alexandria$105,00032%
Community Family Life Services$105,00031%
The Nonprofit Village Center Inc$105,00036%
Some Inc$103,20030%
Joseph Robert Shaw Foundation Inc$101,000418%
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop$100,00041%
The Textile Museum$100,000411%
Clean Water Fund$100,00041%
Center City Public Charter Schools$100,00010%
21st Century School Fund$100,0003n/a
Germantown Cultural Arts Centerinc$100,00051%
Maryland C0mmunity Connection$100,00041%
Everyone Home DC$100,00031%
Washington Jesuit Academy$100,0002n/a
George Mason University Foundation Inc$100,00020%
Infant Toddler Family Daycare of Northern Va Inc$97,50033%
Post Classical Ensemble Inc$95,00045%
Theater Alliance of Washington DC$95,00047%
Neighborhood Design Center Inc$95,00032%
Laurel Advocacy & Referral Services Inc$95,00041%
Docs in Progress Inc$95,00057%
Scan of Northern Virginia Inc$95,000411%
Teatro de la Luna$95,000512%
Montgomery County Collaboration Council$90,00021%
Shoutmousepressinc$90,00052%
PathForward Inc$90,00030%
Community Tax Aid Inc$90,00047%
Legal Aid Justice Center$90,00021%
Artstream Inc$90,00053%
Story District Inc$90,00055%
Pyramid Atlantic Inc$90,00034%
Stepping Stones Shelter Inc$90,00043%
Rebuilding Together Montgomery County Inc$90,00024%
Ascensions Community Services Inc$90,000324%
Breast Care for Washington$90,00036%
Friends of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens$87,50048%
Farming 4 Hunger Inc$87,500310%
Moving Forward Contemporary Asian American Dance Company$85,00053%
Peace of Mind Inc$85,000310%
DC Abortion Fund$85,00032%
Cornerstone Montgomery$85,00030%
Washington Project for the Arts Inc$85,00044%
DC Bar Pro Bono Center$85,00031%
Silver Spring Village Inc$85,00058%
The Arc of Northern Virginia$85,00031%
Friends of Anacostia Park$85,00023%
Vehicles for Change Inc$82,50021%
Armed Services Arts Partnership$80,00043%
Washington School for Girls$80,0002n/a
Interplay Orchestra Inc$80,000323%
Art Works Studio School Inc$80,00043%
DC Affordable Law Firm$80,00041%
Georgetown University$80,00030%
Passion and Compassion Inc$80,000321%
DC Theater Arts Collaborative$80,00048%
Georgetown Ministry Center$80,00034%
San Miguel School Inc$80,0003n/a
Federal City Performing Arts Association$80,00052%
Just Neighbors Ministry Inc$80,00023%
Victory Housing Inc$75,00011%
Little Lights Urban Ministries Inc$75,00032%
Everymind Inc$75,00021%
Volunteer Alexandria$75,00047%
Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School Inc$75,00010%
Institute for Local Self Reliance$75,00040%
Centronia$75,00010%
Many Languages One Voice$75,00043%
Community Advocates for Family and Youth$70,00031%
Nourish Now Foundation Inc$70,00031%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and Affiliate$70,00030%
SMYAL Inc$70,0001n/a
Gearin Up Bicycles$70,000350%
The Giving Square Inc$70,000410%
District of Columbia Arts Center$70,00047%
Action Youth Media Inc$70,000213%
After-School All-Stars$70,00030%
Washington Urban Debate League Inc$70,000314%
For Love of Children$70,00022%
Centreville Immigration Forum$65,000211%
Turning the Page$65,00026%
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments$65,00020%
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United Inc$65,00020%
Court Watch Montgomery Inc$65,000417%
Reset$65,000248%
Vida Senior Center Inc$65,00032%
United States Capitol Historical Society$60,12531%
Operation Understanding of the District of Columbia$60,000241%
Leadership Greater Washington$60,00051%
Great and Small$60,00044%
EmpowerK12 Inc$60,00022%
AsylumWorks$60,00021%
Nick's Place Inc$60,00056%
Hillside Work Scholarship Connection$60,0002n/a
N Street Village Inc$60,00020%
Schooltalk Inc$60,00021%
Mosaic Theater Company of DC$60,00013%
National Park Foundation$60,00020%
DC Justice Lab$60,00031%
In The Streets Inc$60,000313%
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc$60,00020%
Deaf-Reach Inc$60,00022%
McClendon Center$60,00030%
Interfaith Conference of Metropolit$60,00052%
Equipment Connections for Children Inc$60,00042%
Capital Hospice$60,00020%
Interfaith Works$60,00020%
Museum of Science$59,06810%
Rock Recovery Inc$55,00034%
Streetwise Partners Inc$55,00022%
Braws Bringing Resources to Aid Women's Shelters$55,00036%
Community Mediation DC$55,000314%
Whitman-Walker Clinic Inc$55,00010%
The Chelsea School$55,00021%
Miriam's Kitchen$52,50020%
District of Columbia Public Library Foundation Inc$52,50031%
Changing Perceptions$50,00032%
Federal City Council$50,0001n/a
Genesys Works$50,00020%
Community Youth Advance Incorporated$50,00021%
Cityschools Collaborative$50,00011%
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Washington$50,0001n/a
Children's Hospital Foundation$50,00010%
Wilderness Leadership & Learning Inc$50,00034%
Tracys Kids Inc$50,00043%
The Ivymount School Inc$50,00020%
Soul Trak Outdoors$50,000220%
Real Food for Kids$50,00034%
Urbanarias Inc$50,000316%
Roberta's House Inc$50,00030%
Bailey's Crossroads Health Access Partne$50,00033%
Springboard Collaborative$50,00030%
Legal Counsel for the Elderly$50,00021%
Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Foundation Inc$50,00012%
The Writers Center$50,00032%
Negotiation Works$50,000314%
The District of Columbia Bar Foundation$50,00010%
Safe Sisters Circle$50,00031%
Fair Girls Inc$50,00023%
District of Columbia Forensic Nurse Examiners$45,00031%
We Are Family Senior Outreach Network Inc$45,00033%
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital$45,00032%
Engaged Community Offshoots$45,00027%
Sinai Assisted Housing Foundation Inc$45,00026%
Arlington Thrive$45,00032%
Collegiate Directions Inc$45,00021%
Kennedy Krieger Foundation Inc$45,00010%
Ecolatinos Inc$40,00028%
DC127 Inc$40,00023%
Washington Bridge Unit$40,000281%
Sasha Bruce Youthwork Inc$40,00010%
David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace$40,00030%
Edututor of Virginia Inc$40,00024%
The Charles Koiner Center for Urban Farming Incorporated$40,00027%
Chesapeake Climate Action Network Inc$40,00021%
Hamiltonian Artists Inc$40,00032%
Split This Rock Inc$40,000214%
College Success Foundation - District of Columbia$37,50021%
Kingdom Care Senior Village$37,50036%
KEYS for the Homeless Foundation Inc$35,00026%
Minds Incorporated$35,000310%
DC Kincare Alliance$35,00033%
Family and Youth Initiative Inc$35,00043%
Action in Montgomery Inc$35,00018%
DC Peace Team$35,00035%
New Partners Community Solar Corp$35,000217%
The Traron Center$30,00032%
Humanities Council of Washington DC$30,00021%
Phoenix Bikes$30,00042%
Greater Washington Jewish Coalition Contd$30,00011%
Washington Nationals Philanthropies$30,0001n/a
Ally Theatre Company Inc$30,000311%
Washington Concert Opera$30,00032%
Rails to Trails Conservancy$30,00030%
Path Partnerships$30,00033%
Seec$30,00010%
Americans for the Arts Inc$30,00011%
International Arts & Artists Inc$30,00020%
Nature Sacred$30,00021%
District of Columbia Association for the Education of Young Children (Dcaeyc)$30,00025%
Hola Cultura$30,00048%
Oye Palaver Hut Inc$30,00036%
Grace Reproductive Fund$30,00014%
The Father McKenna Center Inc$30,00012%
DC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy$30,000117%
Chorus America$25,00011%
Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland Inc$25,00010%
Pawfectly Delicious Dog Treats$25,000215%
Restoration Immigration Legal Aid$25,0001n/a
DC Fire & Emer Medical Service Foun$25,0001n/a
Lead4life Inc$25,00010%
Solutions in Hometown Connections$25,00012%
Festival Center Inc$25,0001n/a
Southeast Ministry$25,0001n/a
Public Access Corp of the District of Columbia$25,00011%
Pro-Choice Virginia Foundation$25,0001n/a
Spanish Catholic Center Inc$25,00011%
Mission of Love Charities Inc$25,00012%
Starting With Today Inc$25,000221%
Educarte Incorporated$25,00028%
The Black Swan Academy Inc$25,00012%
Young Concert Artists Inc$25,00030%
Progressive Maryland Education Fund Inc$25,0001n/a
Moveius Contemporary Ballet Inc dba Dance Loft on 14$22,50022%
St Margaret Parish of Pe Church Vestry$20,0001n/a
The Student Conservation Association Inc$20,00010%
Community Foodworks$20,0001n/a
Phillips Programs$20,00010%
The Middle East Institute$20,0001n/a
Heal Trafficking Inc$20,00014%
Family and Medical Counseling Service Inc$20,00020%
The Trigger Project$20,00012%
On-Ramps to Careers Inc$20,00014%
End Time Harvest Ministries Inc$20,00018%
Choral Arts Society of Washington$20,00011%
Life Asset Inc$20,00011%
Tenants and Workers United$20,00011%
City Center Nova Dba Our Stomping Ground (Osg)$20,00013%
Casey Trees$20,00010%
Zenith Community Arts Foundation$20,0001n/a
Friendship Public Charter School Inc$20,00010%
Hips$20,00011%
Community Development Network of Maryland Inc$20,00013%
Communities in Schools of the Nation's Capital Inc$20,00011%
Washington Area Community Investment Fund Inc$20,00010%
Hepatitis B Initiative of Washington DC$20,0001n/a
Rorschach Theatre$20,00017%
Leadership Montgomery Educational Foundation Inc$20,00012%
Junior Achievement of Greater Washington$20,00010%
Access Housing Inc (Dc)$20,00011%
A Wider Circle Inc$20,0001n/a
Open Door Sports Inc$20,00025%
Jills House Inc$20,0001n/a
Joy of Motion Dance Center Inc$20,00013%
National Wildlife Federation$20,0001n/a
Capital Fringe Inc$20,0001n/a
Diplomacy Center Foundation$20,00013%
Visionaries of the Creative Arts$20,00015%
Arch Development Corporation$17,50012%
Main Street Connect Inc$15,00021%
The Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts Inc$15,00010%
Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers$15,00021%
Afghan American Women Association$15,00019%
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders$15,00011%
Historical Society of Washington DC dba DC History Center$15,00011%
Fihankra Akoma Ntoaso$15,00013%
District Motherhued$15,0001n/a
Volunteers of America Inc$10,0001n/a
Vocal Arts Society$10,00012%
Rainbow Place Shelter for Homeless Women Inc$10,00022%
Four Mile Run Conservatory Foundation$10,00028%
Fight for Children Inc$10,00011%
DC Preservation League$10,00011%
Senior Services of Alexandria$10,00011%
Sulam Inc$10,00020%
Bowen McCauley Dance Inc$10,00013%
Charles E Smith Jewish Day School of Greater Washington Inc$10,00010%
Homes Not Borders Inc$10,00011%
Oasis Community Partners$10,0002n/a
DC Peers$10,00016%
Volunteers of America Inc$10,0001n/a
Education Reform Now Inc$10,00010%
Special Olympics District of Columbia Inc$10,0001n/a
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars$5,00010%
American Pops Orchestra$5,00011%
DC Preparatory Academy$3,00020%
Mount Vernon Virtuosi Inc$2,50011%
Christ Church Parish of Georgetown$2,3451n/a
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Inc$1,00010%
The Howard University$1,00010%
The Museum of Language Arts Inc$1,00010%
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C$9001n/a
Caringmatters Inc$30010%
Potomac Community Resources Inc$25010%
Bethesda Community Base Ball Club$20010%
Vital Voices Global Partnership Inc$20010%
Manna Food Center Inc$20010%
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad Inc$20010%
Friends of the Library Montgomery County Maryland Inc$20010%
Women's Congressional Policy Institute$10010%
Montgomery County Historical Society Inc$10010%
Fourth Presbyterian Church$1001n/a
Society of the Holy Child Jesus$1001n/a
The Arc Montgomery County Inc$10010%
George C Marshall Research Foundation$10010%
National 4-H Council$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 79 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJohn F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: $3,775,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $2,175,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC Inc: $1,650,000 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetGreater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc: $1,329,358 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetWashington Area Women's Foundation: $1,125,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetEducation Forward DC: $1,075,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetBuilding Bridges Across the River Inc: $1,015,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetEnterprise Community Partners Inc: $895,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCapital Area Food Bank Inc: $870,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWashington Regional Association of Grantmakers: $826,500 over 4y, 8.1% of budgetRock Creek Conservancy Inc: $825,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetMary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc: $740,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetEdlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC Inc: $738,334 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetDreaming Out Loud Inc: $690,000 over 4y, 8.7% of budgetManna Inc: $670,000 over 5y, 10.0% of budgetThe DC Central Kitchen Inc: $620,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetMontgomery Housing Partnership Inc: $612,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCommunity of Hope: $612,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetIdentity Inc: $605,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetHorton's Kids Inc: $570,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetCasa Inc: $540,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetLillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum: $539,999 over 3y, 11% of budgetLatin American Youth Center: $510,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetBlair House Foundation: $502,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Gallery of Art: $500,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSignature Theatre Inc: $500,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetThe George Washington University: $495,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBread for the City Inc: $491,666 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetTrinity College: $490,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Studio Theatre Inc: $486,666 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetWilliam Wendt Center for Loss and Healing: $484,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetJubilee Housing Inc: $478,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetOlney Theatre Corporation Inc: $475,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetSitar Arts Center: $470,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetCalvary Women's Services Inc: $450,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetLocal Initiatives Support Corporation: $450,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDC Public Education Fund: $450,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetDC Charter School Alliance: $430,000 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetCoalition for Nonprofit Housing and: $430,000 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetThe Washington Ballet: $430,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetWoolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc: $415,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetCenter for Inspired Teaching: $397,500 over 5y, 34% of budgetThe Washington Housing Conservancy Inc: $395,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetLutheran Social Services National Capital Areainc: $385,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetThe Urban Alliance Foundation Inc: $382,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetLa Clinica del Pueblo Inc: $382,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetLevine Music Inc: $375,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetIona Senior Services: $375,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings CompanyVA261.5× affinity159 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · William S Abell Foundation Inc · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation · Venable Foundation Inc · Nora Roberts Foundation · Corina Higginson Trust Co Laura Ford Trustee

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.

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Find your warmest path to The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

How much does The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation give?
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation reported 451 grants totaling $23,052,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 403 and 471 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (23%), Education (15%), Human Services (12%).
Who are The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ($3.8M), Smithsonian Institution ($2.2M), Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC Inc ($1.6M).
Does The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company, Clark-Winchcole Foundation, Greater Washington Community Foundation.
Where is The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation based?
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation is based in DC.

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 695 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-PF 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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