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Washington Nationals Philanthropies

WASHINGTON NATIONALS PHILANTHROPIES is the official charitable arm of the washington nationals.

$167k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$57k
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 2024.

Recreation & Sports$909kFood & Nutrition$386kHealth$361kEducation$347kHuman Services$220kYouth Development$218kEmployment$153kCrime & Legal$111kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $122,510, the rows itemized in this filing. The $167,463 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $44,953 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 · FY2024

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $66k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $57k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PROJECT 34$57,000
BANANAS FOSTER INC$15,510
CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK$15,000
JACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION$15,000
DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC$10,000
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC$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 (FY18–24, $275k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 61% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BANANAS FOSTER INC: $16k → 16%NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICE: $58k → 6%NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICE: $50k → 6%SEXUAL MINORITY YOUTH ASSISTANCE LEAGUE INC: $13k → 14%SEXUAL MINORITY YOUTH ASSISTANCE LEAGUE: $10k → 14%BEACON HOUSE COMMIUNITY MINISTRY INC: $15k → 14%UNITED PLANNING ORGANIZATION: $25k → 14%PATHWAYS TO HOUSING DC: $25k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON: $17k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON: $17k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON: $15k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON: $15k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
OH
CA
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
OK
GA
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 22 repeat orgs$979k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
49

Total granted

$2.0M
$906k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+23%

Still filing today

95%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $73k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationFood & NutritionHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CA
    CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC
    3× · 2019–2024 · $200k · revenue +76%
  • TD
    THE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $153k · revenue +85%
  • NV
    NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $108k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • KD
    KIPP DC PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLSgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +36%
  • FM
    FEED MORE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +29%
  • LC
    LA CLINICA DEL PUEBLO INC
    one grant, 2019 · $46k · revenue +15%
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
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
2
Dc Bilingual Public Charter School

The mission of dc bilingual public charter school is to create a learning community that ensures high academic achievement for all students in both spanish and english, develops leadership, and values all cultures.

Education
3
Washington Nationals Philanthropies

Washington nationals philanthropies is the official charitable arm of the washington nationals. its mission is to help children, families, and communities thrive through sports-based youth development and access to healthy food. the…

Youth Development
4
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
5
Youthbuild Dc Public Charter School Inc

Youthbuild pcs seeks to transform the lives of disconnected youth by offering a program, in english and spanish, that combines rigorous academic instruction with vocational training, life and employability skills- building, and community…

Education
6
Ingenuity Prep

Ingenuity prep public charter school was formed to prepare students to succeed in college and beyond as impactful civiic leaders.

Education
7
Global Kids Inc

Global kids educates, inspires and mobilizes youth to become global citizens who are positively engaged in the world and are prepared for their future.

Youth Development
8
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
9
Open Dc
Community Improvement
10
Washington Commanders Foundation

The Washington Commanders Foundation is committed to building a more vibrant and enriched DMV community by investing in education, honoring public service, and broadening access to youth football programs. By harnessing the transformative…

Philanthropy
11
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Create a more accessible, sustainable, prosperous and livable national capital region by being a discussion forum, expert resource, issue advocate, and catalyst for action.

Public Benefit
12
Washington Dc Meals on Wheels Inc

We deliver healthy delicious meals to our home-bound neighbors. With a vision of creating a more interconnected resilient and compassionate community our program supports entire family systems. In 2024 236 volunteers delivered 55,642 meals…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Washington Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Project 34. 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

71 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. 71 of the 75 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
68/71
Grantees still filing
45/71
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WASHINGTON NATIONALS YOUTH BASEBALL ACADEMY: $817,296 · OtherWASHINGTON NATIONALS YOUTH BASEBALL ACADEMYTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $153,446 · OtherTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INCProject 34: $57,000 · OtherWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $67,374 · Other+31 more: $609,601 · Other+31 moreCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $200,303 · Food & NutritionCAPITAL AREA …FEED MORE INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionFEED MORE INCMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $45,000 · Food & NutritionMARTHA'S TABL…FRESHFARM MARKETS: $30,000 · Food & NutritionFRESHFARM MAR…MONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD COUNCIL INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionMONTGOMERY CO…+2 more: $13,833 · Food & NutritionNORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC: $107,931 · Human ServicesNORTHERN V…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON: $63,160 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'…PATHWAYS TO HOUSING DC: $25,000 · Human ServicesPATHWAYS T…UNITED PLANNING ORGANIZATION: $25,000 · Human ServicesUNITED PLA…SMYAL Inc: $23,300 · Human ServicesSMYAL IncBANANAS FOSTER INC: $15,510 · Human ServicesBANANAS FO…BEACON HOUSE COMMUNITY MINISTRY INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesBEACON HOU…KIPP DC PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS: $100,000 · EducationKIPP DC P…A WIDER CIRCLE INC: $66,268 · EducationA WIDER C…EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR PGCPS INC: $25,000 · EducationEXCELLENC…EDUCATE FAIRFAX: $25,000 · EducationEDUCATE F…DC CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP INC: $15,000 · EducationDC CREATI…DIGITAL PIONEERS ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL: $10,000 · Education+3 more: $19,560 · Education+3 moreLA CLINICA DEL PUEBLO INC: $45,758 · HealthBREAST CARE FOR WASHINGTON: $35,600 · HealthWHITMAN-WALKER FOUNDATION INC: $28,863 · HealthTHE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION: $28,783 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $16,000 · HealthWILLIE STRONG FOUNDATION LIMITED: $15,150 · HealthDON'T EVER GIVE UP INC: $14,565 · HealthINOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC: $8,333 · Health+1 more: $5,530 · HealthZIMS FOUNDATION INC: $59,295 · PhilanthropyGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyGOOD PROJECTS INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyMAGICAL BUILDERS: $12,500 · PhilanthropyEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $73,380 · Crime & LegalPEACE FOR DC: $37,330 · Crime & LegalWASHINGTON DC POLICE FOUNDATION: $8,333 · Crime & Legal
Other$1,704,717Food & Nutrition$364,136Human Services$274,901Education$260,828Health$208,582Philanthropy$141,795Crime & Legal$119,043

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWASHINGTON NATIONALS YOUTH BASEBALL ACADEMY: $817,296 over 3y, 12% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $200,303 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $153,446 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC: $107,931 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKIPP DC PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $73,380 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $67,374 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $66,268 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON: $63,160 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetZIMS FOUNDATION INC: $59,295 over 3y, 23% of budgetJACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION INC: $55,910 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFEED MORE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLA CLINICA DEL PUEBLO INC: $45,758 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe House DC: $45,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetHORTON'S KIDS INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPEACE FOR DC: $37,330 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBREAST CARE FOR WASHINGTON: $35,600 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetWASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $30,780 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRESHFARM MARKETS: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetWHITMAN-WALKER FOUNDATION INC: $28,863 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION: $28,783 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $28,711 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBANNEKER CITY BASEBALL: $25,000 over 2y, 31% of budgetPATHWAYS TO HOUSING DC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLittle League Baseball Inc 3460404 Arlington National LL: $25,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetEXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR PGCPS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetWINDWARD FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATE FAIRFAX: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD COUNCIL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetUNITED PLANNING ORGANIZATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSMYAL Inc: $23,300 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSOUTHWEST BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT: $20,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE FALLS CHURCH KIWANIS LITTLE LEAGUE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetGOOD PROJECTS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBANANAS FOSTER INC: $15,510 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILIATE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLATIN AMERICAN YOUTH CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEENS RUN DC: $15,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetDC CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP INC: $15,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetCITYDANCE ENSEMBLE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCritical Exposure Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetKID POWER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAMPUTEE COALITION OF AMERICA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe MusicianShip DC: $15,000 over 1y, 6.7% 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.

Greater Washington Co…United Way of the Nat…The Morris and Gwendo…Hattie M Strong Found…Clark-Winchcole Found…The Albertsons Compan…Eugene & Agnes E Meye…Philip L Graham Fund …Bender Foundation IncWorld Bank Community …Clark Charitable Foun…Max & Victoria Dreyfu…
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC47.3× affinity26 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 · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Hattie M Strong Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Bender Foundation Inc · World Bank Community Connections Fund · Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation · Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Inc

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 Nationals Philanthropies funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Washington Nationals Philanthropies. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • A Wider Circle Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Ballet Theatre Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
22report 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 75 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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