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The Washington Commanders Charitable Foundation Inc

The mission of the washington commanders charitable foundation is to make a positive and measurable impact in the lives of children in our community.

$333k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$77k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0165% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2025.

Education$992kPhilanthropy$606kHealth$530kFood & Nutrition$503kYouth Development$467kRecreation & Sports$227kHuman Services$201kCommunity Improvement$182kInternational$171kOther$2.4M
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 4 grants below total $173,193 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $333,432 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $160,239 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $46k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $127k
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$176k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Children's Hospital Foundation$76,980
Capital Area Food Bank$50,000
Toys for Tots Foundation$31,213
Simon's Fund dba Simon's Heart$15,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–21, $192k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%St Joseph's Villa: $10k → 9%TeamSmile: $10k → 8%Sasha Bruce Youthwork: $50k → 14%Sasha Bruce Youthwork: $50k → 14%Arnold Place: $10k → 11%Sasha Bruce Youthwork: $11k → 14%Sasha Bruce Youthwork Inc: $11k → 14%Beacon House Community Ministry: $10k → 14%Edgewood-Brookland Family Support Collaborative: $10k → 14%Covenant House: $10k → 14%Good Ground Good Life: $10k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CA
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
DC
LA
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.7M · 26 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +77% since the first grant, against +19% for the ones you funded once.

26 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
71

Total granted

$4.7M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+77%
+19%

Still filing today

77%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CA
    CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $503k · revenue +80%
  • MT
    MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2025 · $319k · revenue +59%
  • OT
    OUT TEACH
    3× · 2017–2022 · $250k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • EI
    EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR PGCPS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $300k · revenue +44% · 92% of their budget
  • KD
    Kevin Durant Charitable Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • EW
    EVERYBODY WINS DC INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $85k · revenue +36%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Center City Public Charter Schools

Center city public charter schools (center city pcs) empowers our students for lifelong success by building strong character, promoting academic excellence, and generating public service throughout washington, d.c.

Education
2
Dc Preparatory Academy

Dc prep's mission is to bridge the educational divide in washington, dc by increasing the number of students from underserved communities with the academic preparation and personal character to succeed in competitive high schools and…

Education
3
Wonders Early Learning Extended Day

To create and advance high quality, diverse educational communities that teach children the foundations of life-long learning and social responsibility.

—
4
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…

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5
Cityworks Dc

Our mission is to dramatically improve the early career outcomes of dc youth and young adults of color by creating innovative programs and by mobilizing employers, educators, and city leaders to create a local, diverse talent pipeline. our…

Education
6
Bullis School

Bullis school provides a student-centered balanced experience in academics, arts, athletics and community service. bullis uniquely prepares all students to become caring citizens and creative, critical thinkers who will thrive in…

Education
7
New Classrooms Innovation Partners Inc

To create and inspire better ways to give every student an educational foundation for lifelong success. we imagine a world where every student attends a school that meets them where they are, adapts to the unique ways they learn, and…

Education
8
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
9
Youthbuild Global Inc

With love and respect, we partner with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. youthbuild strives to create a world where all young people are seen for their…

Employment
10
District of Columbia College Access Program

The district of columbia college access program's (dc cap's) primary purpose is to encourage and enable district of columbia students to attend and graduate college.

Education
11
City Year Inc

City year helps students and schools succeed, while preparing the next generation of civically engaged leaders who can work across lines of difference. partnering with teachers, teams of city year americorps members cultivate learning…

Unclassified
12
Achievement Preparatory Academy Public Charter School

To prepare students to excel as high-achieving scholars and leaders in high school, college and beyond.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Good Sports Inc and the most unlike its peers is Beyond the Entertainer Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyHealth Access Advocacy and …Food Banks and PantriesMilitary Veterans SupportYouth Sports ProgramsIndependent K-12 SchoolsAnimal Rescue and ShelterYouth Development CentersCommunity FoundationsUnited Way AffiliatesCommunity Food PantriesDomestic Violence ServicesCancer Support ServicesChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 26 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%6%<5yr14%6%5–10yr19%21%10–20yr16%32%20–35yr13%31%35–55yr16%4%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%8%5–10yr19%23%10–20yr16%33%20–35yr13%29%35–55yr16%7%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 6% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%2/93
the rest of the field
13%
240,394/1,819,472

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

72 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 72 of the 99 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
68/72
Grantees still filing
49/72
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Prince George's County Public Schools — $799,130 · OtherPrince George's County Public SchoolsYouth Invest Partners Inc — $256,934 · OtherYouth Invest Partners IncWashington Redskins Alumni Association — $240,435 · OtherWashington Redskins Alumni AssociationBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILIATE — $238,450 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILI…Kevin Durant Charitable Foundation — $100,000 · OtherSASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK INC — $131,580 · OtherHEART OF AMERICA FOUNDATION — $181,514 · OtherHEART OF AMERICA FOUNDATIONJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER WASHINGTON — $140,550 · Other+52 more — $840,719 · Other+52 moreEXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR PGCPS INC — $300,000 · EducationEXCELLENCE IN EDU…OUT TEACH — $250,000 · EducationOUT TEACHPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE — $100,000 · EducationPOSITIVE COACHING…EVERYBODY WINS DC INC — $85,000 · EducationEVERYBODY WINS DC…DIGITAL PIONEERS ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL — $75,000 · EducationDIGITAL PIONEERS …BEYOND THE ENTERTAINER INC — $40,200 · EducationZETA TAU ALPHA FOUNDATION — $38,954 · Education+8 more — $102,400 · Education+8 moreMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION — $319,053 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOY…JUST KEEP LIVIN FOUNDATION — $229,500 · PhilanthropyJUST KEEP …UNITED WAY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA — $35,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…+2 more — $22,500 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $221,940 · HealthCHILDREN'…BREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCER — $195,371 · HealthBREM FOUN…TEAMSMILE INC — $32,693 · HealthTEAMSMILE…WALKING WITH ANTHONY — $20,000 · Health+5 more — $60,315 · Health+5 moreCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC — $502,896 · Food & NutritionCAPITAL A…ATHLIFE FOUNDATION INC — $210,125 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH FOR TOMORROW-NEW LIFE CENTER INC — $111,500 · Youth DevelopmentGOOD SPORTS INC — $110,000 · Youth Development+3 more — $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentKABOOM INC — $182,350 · Recreation & SportsLEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD INC — $35,000 · Recreation & SportsLEWIS SPORTS BOOSTER CLUB — $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$2,929,312Education$991,554Philanthropy$606,053Health$530,319Food & Nutrition$502,896Youth Development$466,625Recreation & Sports$227,350

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC — $502,896 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION — $319,053 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR PGCPS INC — $300,000 over 1y, 92% of budgetYouth Invest Partners Inc — $256,934 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetOUT TEACH — $250,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILIATE — $238,450 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetJUST KEEP LIVIN FOUNDATION — $229,500 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $221,940 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetATHLIFE FOUNDATION INC — $210,125 over 4y, 26% of budgetBREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCER — $195,371 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetKABOOM INC — $182,350 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetHEART OF AMERICA FOUNDATION — $181,514 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER WASHINGTON — $140,550 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetSASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK INC — $131,580 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH FOR TOMORROW-NEW LIFE CENTER INC — $111,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGOOD SPORTS INC — $110,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE — $100,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetEVERYBODY WINS DC INC — $85,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetDIGITAL PIONEERS ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL — $75,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCORNUCOPIA INC — $39,063 over 1y, 14% of budgetZETA TAU ALPHA FOUNDATION — $38,954 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD INC — $35,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA — $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTEAMSMILE INC — $32,693 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetWOLF TRAP ANIMAL RESCUE — $30,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRYAN KERRIGAN'S BLITZ FOR THE BETTER FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC — $22,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWALKING WITH ANTHONY — $20,000 over 2y, 41% of budgetTOYS FOR TOTS INC — $15,887 over 1y, 19% of budgetPRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetSIMON'S FUND — $15,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetHORTON'S KIDS INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $12,715 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC — $12,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shack Harris and Doug Williams Foundation — $12,500 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC — $10,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEdgewoodBrookland Family Support Collaborative — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFAIRMONT HEIGHTS FOOTBALL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION — $10,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetMISSION OF LOVE CHARITIES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOORWAYS FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFORKIDS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN OHIO — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBETHANY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetKIPP DC PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Greater Washington Co…United Way of the Nat…Tickets for Kids Foun…The Morris and Gwendo…The Albertsons Compan…Philip L Graham Fund …Venable Foundation IncClark-Winchcole Found…Nfl Foundation IncDominion Energy Chari…Association of Americ…Richard E & Nancy P M…
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC28.3× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Tickets for Kids Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Venable Foundation Inc · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Nfl Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Association of American Medical Colleges · Richard E & Nancy P Marriott Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Washington Commanders Charitable Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Mission of Love Charities Inc — 9% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to The Washington Commanders Charitable Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Washington Commanders Charitable Foundation Inc 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.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 99 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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