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Washington Area Women's Foundation

To invest in the power of women and girls of color in the washington, dc area.

$483k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$107k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$1.4MEducation$1.4MYouth Development$904kCrime & Legal$485kCommunity Improvement$309kArts & Culture$300kEmployment$265kHealth$245kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 17 grants below total $461,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $483,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $21,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k16 grants · $355k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $107k
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BLACK SWAN ACADEMY$106,500
DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT$40,000
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY RESOURCE CENTER$30,000
DC FAMILY CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION$30,000
DC FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE$30,000
THE MULTICULTURAL SPANISH SPEAKING PROVIDERS ASSOCIATION$30,000
COMMUNITY CHANGE$30,000
MONTGOMERY COUNTY CHILDREN'S OPPORTUNITY ALLIANCE INC$30,000
EDUCARE DC$20,000
VOICES FOR VIRGINIA'S CHILDREN$20,000
MARYLAND EARLY CHILDHOOD LEADERSHIP PROGRAM$20,000
MARYLAND STATE FAMILY CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION$20,000
WOMEN PALANTE$15,000
FIHANKRA AKOMA NTOASO$10,000
THE TRARON CENTER$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%THE TIDES CENTER - RIGHTS4GIRLS: $40k → 10%INFANT TOODLER FAMILY DAY CARE: $48k → 6%THE TIDES CENTER-RIGHTS FOR GIRLS: $15k → 10%LIBERTY'S PROMISE: $15k → 9%PRINCE GEORGE'S CHILD RESOURCE CTR INC: $80k → 11%PGCRC: $72k → 11%NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICE: $50k → 6%PRINCE GEORGE'S CHILD RESOURCE CENTER: $50k → 11%PRINCE GEORGE'S CHILD RESOURCE CENTER: $40k → 11%PGCRC: $75k → 11%CHILD RESOURCE CONNECT: $50k → 11%PRINCE GEORGE'S CHILD RESOURCE CENTER (PGCRC): $50k → 11%EDUCARE DC: $20k → 14%THE SAFE SISTERS CIRCLE: $15k → 14%PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY RESOURCE CENTER: $30k → 11%MAMATOTO VILLAGE: $15k → 14%PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY RESOURCE CENTER: $30k → 11%THE TRARON CENTER: $10k → 14%YWCA NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA: $50k → 14%YWCA NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA: $47k → 14%YWCA OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA: $40k → 14%AYUDA: $15k → 14%YWCA OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA: $30k → 14%DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN: $34k → 14%THE SAFE SISTERS CIRCLE: $15k → 14%DC FAMILY CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION: $25k → 14%DC FAMILY CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION: $25k → 14%DCFCA: $15k → 14%DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT: $40k → 14%DC ACTION: $40k → 14%DEAF ABUSED WOMEN'S NETWORK (DAWN): $20k → 14%DC ACTION: $40k → 14%ACCESS YOUTH INC: $15k → 14%DEAF ABUSED WOMEN'S NETWORK (DAWN): $15k → 14%DC FAMILY CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION: $30k → 14%DC FAMILY CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION: $25k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.3M · 31 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
41

Total granted

$4.3M
$987k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+34%

Still filing today

97%
93%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k 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
Human ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementHealthYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • THE BLACK SWAN ACADEMY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $605k · revenue +91%
  • PG
    PRINCE GEORGE'S CHILD RESOURCE CENTERINC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $476k · revenue +66%
  • WE
    WONDERS EARLY LEARNING EXTENDED DAY
    4× · 2018–2021 · $275k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • DO
    DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2021 · $65k · revenue -17%
  • CA
    CAPITAL AREA ASSET BUILDING CORPORATION
    one grant, 2017 · $54k · revenue +8%
  • NV
    NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +17%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Arc of the District of Columbia Inc

To improve the quality of life for all persons with intellectual disabilities and their families through supports and advocacy.

Human Services
2
Council for Court Excellence

Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.

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3
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
4
Foster & Adoptive Parent Advocacy Center

Empower and advocate for families and youth involved in the child welfare system, to promote the long-term stability of families in the nation's capital.

Human Services
5
Casa for Children of the District of Columbia

Court appointed special advocates of DC (CASA DC) promotes court-appointed volunteer advocacy so that every abused and neglected child in the DC foster care or juvenile justice system can be safe, establish permanence and have the…

Human Services
6
Empowered

Our mission is to promote the ideas wellbeing and retention of DCs educators amplifying their solutions to create a more just and equitable education system for all DC students and families.

Education
7
Volunteer Legal Advocates

To advocate for domestic violence victims, at-risk children, and other vulnerable individuals by providing over $22.8m in pro bono legal services, social service referrals, and on-going support; to train and support a strong network of…

Housing & Shelter
8
District of Columbia Access to Justice

Work with DC courts, private bar & legal services providers to increase legal representations for low & moderate income DC residents, enhance efficiency of legal services, and reduce barriers to the judicial system.

Crime & Legal
9
Thrive Dc

Thrive dc works to prevent and end homelessness by providing vulnerable individuals with a comprehensive range of services to help stabilize their lives.

Food & Nutrition
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
Asylee Women Enterprise Inc

Asylee Women Enterprise (AWE), journeys with asylum seekers and other forced migrants as they navigate the immigration legal process, begin to heal from past trauma, and rebuild their lives in Baltimore.

International
12
Anne Arundel County Casa Inc

Advocate for and support abused and neglected children to ensure their right to safe, stable and permanent homes.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ywca National Capital Area; the most unlike its peers is The Person Center Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 81 of the 83 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
79/81
Grantees still filing
54/81
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WONDERS EARLY LEARNING EXTENDED DAY: $275,000 · OtherWONDERS EARLY LEARNING EXTENDED DAYDC RAPE CRISIS CENTER: $275,000 · OtherDC RAPE CRISIS CENTERFRESHH INC: $270,000 · OtherFRESHH INCMARYLAND STATE FAMILY CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION INC: $107,000 · OtherNORTHERN VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN: $80,000 · OtherGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $189,334 · OtherGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONHOUSE OF RUTH: $155,000 · OtherHOUSE OF RUTHDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC: $110,000 · Other+27 more: $646,445 · Other+27 morePRINCE GEORGE'S CHILD RESOURCE CENTERINC: $476,013 · Human ServicesPRINCE GEORGE'S CHILD RE…YWCA NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA: $167,000 · Human ServicesYWCA NATIONAL CAPITAL AR…DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT: $154,000 · Human ServicesDC ACTION FOR CHILDREN T…DC FAMILY CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION: $120,000 · Human ServicesDC FAMILY CHILD CARE ASS…TIDES CENTER: $55,000 · Human ServicesNORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesINFANT TODDLER FAMILY DAYCARE OF NORTHERN VA INC: $47,725 · Human Services+9 more: $174,513 · Human Services+9 moreTHE BLACK SWAN ACADEMY INC: $605,300 · Youth DevelopmentTHE BLACK SWA…COMMUNITY YOUTH ADVANCE INCORPORATED: $70,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITY YOU…+1 more: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (DCAEYC): $145,000 · EducationDISTRICT OF…Multicultural Spanish Speaking Providers: $140,000 · EducationMulticultur…Montgomery County Childrens Opportunity Alliance: $60,000 · EducationMontgomery …PRINCE GEORGE'S COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · EducationPRINCE GEOR…YEAR UP INC: $35,000 · EducationYEAR UP INCFAIRFAX FUTURES: $30,000 · EducationTechbridge Girls: $28,513 · EducationMARYLAND BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE FOR EDUCATION INC: $20,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Education+4 more: $54,000 · Education+4 moreFUSION PARTNERSHIP INC: $180,000 · Community ImprovementFUSION PA…DC FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $170,000 · Community ImprovementDC FISCAL…CAPITAL AREA ASSET BUILDING CORPORATION: $54,000 · Community ImprovementCAPITAL A…NONPROFIT MONTGOMERY INC: $40,000 · Community ImprovementNONPROFIT…CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE: $30,000 · Community ImprovementCENTER FO…ACT FOR ALEXANDRIA: $20,000 · Community Improvement+1 more: $10,000 · Community ImprovementIDENTITY INC: $132,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S NATIONAL: $100,000 · HealthDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION: $65,000 · HealthEaster Seals Serving DC MD VA Inc: $30,000 · HealthWASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER CORPORATION: $14,513 · Health+1 more: $10,000 · HealthVOICES FOR VIRGINIA'S CHILDREN: $190,000 · Civil RightsAsian Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project: $40,000 · Civil RightsTHE TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER: $25,000 · Civil Rights
Other$2,107,779Human Services$1,244,251Youth Development$690,300Education$572,513Community Improvement$504,000Health$351,513Civil Rights$255,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE BLACK SWAN ACADEMY INC: $605,300 over 6y, 9.0% of budgetPRINCE GEORGE'S CHILD RESOURCE CENTERINC: $476,013 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetWONDERS EARLY LEARNING EXTENDED DAY: $275,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetDC RAPE CRISIS CENTER: $275,000 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetVOICES FOR VIRGINIA'S CHILDREN: $190,000 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $189,334 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFUSION PARTNERSHIP INC: $180,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetDC FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $170,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetYWCA NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA: $167,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetHOUSE OF RUTH: $155,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetDC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT: $154,000 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (DCAEYC): $145,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetMulticultural Spanish Speaking Providers: $140,000 over 4y, 42% of budgetIDENTITY INC: $132,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetDC FAMILY CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION: $120,000 over 5y, 53% of budgetDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC: $110,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetMARYLAND STATE FAMILY CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION INC: $107,000 over 5y, 54% of budgetCHILDREN'S NATIONAL: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHERN VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN: $80,000 over 4y, 54% of budgetCOMMUNITY YOUTH ADVANCE INCORPORATED: $70,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION: $65,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDOORWAYS FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES INC: $64,513 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetMontgomery County Childrens Opportunity Alliance: $60,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL AREA ASSET BUILDING CORPORATION: $54,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetNORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorthern Virginia Community College Educational Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetINFANT TODDLER FAMILY DAYCARE OF NORTHERN VA INC: $47,725 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetWASHINGTON REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GRANTMAKERS: $45,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSOME INC: $45,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDAVIS MEMORIAL GOODWILL INDUSTRIES: $45,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNONPROFIT MONTGOMERY INC: $40,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetPRINCE GEORGE'S COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetAsian Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project: $40,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetACADEMY OF HOPE ADULT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL: $37,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunication Service For The Deaf Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ADVOCATES FOR FAMILY AND YOUTH: $30,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetFAIRFAX FUTURES: $30,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetEaster Seals Serving DC MD VA Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSafe Sisters Circle: $30,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetThe Training Source Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetKINDRED INC: $30,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Playwrights Theater: $29,533 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetTechbridge Girls: $28,513 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVIRGINIA ANTI-VIOLENCE PROJECT: $20,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

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.

The Morris and Gwendo…Greater Washington Co…Eugene & Agnes E Meye…United Way of the Nat…Philip L Graham Fund …Richard E & Nancy P M…If FoundationDimick Foundation Joh…Truist Foundation IncCorina Higginson Trus…John Edward Fowler Me…Foley Hoag Foundation
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationDC74× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Richard E & Nancy P Marriott Foundation · If Foundation · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Truist Foundation Inc · Corina Higginson Trust Co Laura Ford Trustee · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · Foley Hoag Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Washington Area Women's Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Washington Area Women's Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Easter Seals Serving Dc Md Va Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Community Advocates for Family and Youth: 23% of income from government
  • Prince George's Child Resource Centerinc: 17% of income from government
  • Identity Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Fusion Partnership Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
31report 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
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

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 83 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 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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where grant money is based, and what stays home