Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
The Washington Home Inc
THE WASHINGTON HOME, INC., A NOT-FOR PROFIT 501 (C)(3) ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN 1888, PROVIDES FUNDING TO ENTITIES THAT PROVIDE INNOVATIVE, COMPASSIONATE, AND WELL-MANAGED PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ELDERLY AND/OR TERMINALLY ILL RESIDENTS IN THE WASHINGTON, DC METROPOLITAN AREA. Its FY2025…
- $4.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 41
- Grants FY2025
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 34%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $425,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 35
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $73M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 34% of the organizations The Washington Home Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M 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 | 34 | $4.6M | 26% |
| FY2024 | 35 | $5.2M | 34% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $5.2M | 31% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $3.3M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $4.4M | 63% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $254k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Caring Health | $3,557,375 | 3 | n/a |
| Iona Senior Services | $2,122,718 | 6 | 14% |
| The George Washington University | $2,088,551 | 5 | 0% |
| Washington Hospital Center Corporation | $1,256,633 | 5 | 0% |
| Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation | $1,250,281 | 6 | 4% |
| Georgetown University | $1,013,000 | 3 | 0% |
| East River Family Strengthening Colloborative Inc | $868,150 | 6 | 4% |
| Northwest Neighbors Village | $803,184 | 4 | 40% |
| Capital Hospice | $796,972 | 2 | 1% |
| Seabury Resources for Aging | $750,550 | 6 | 4% |
Show all 56 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Washington Home Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 51 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · United Way of the National Capital Area · Ada L and Albert M Wibel Foundation · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · Walter a Bloedorn Foundation · William S Abell Foundation Inc · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · AARP Foundation · Agua Fundinc · Corina Higginson Trust Co Laura Ford Trustee
How this is measured
About The Washington Home Inc
- How much does The Washington Home Inc give?
- The Washington Home Inc reported 41 grants totaling $4,641,673 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 35 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Washington Home Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (37%), Human Services (26%), Education (17%).
- Who are The Washington Home Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Capital Caring Health ($3.6M), Iona Senior Services ($2.1M), The George Washington University ($2.1M).
- Does The Washington Home Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Washington Home Inc 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 Washington Home Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company.
- Where is The Washington Home Inc based?
- The Washington Home Inc is based in DC.
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