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Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers

Promotes increased effective and responsible philanthropy to improve the health and vitality of the region and all who live here.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1.1M
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.

Health$3.0MCommunity Improvement$1.6MHuman Services$593kCrime & Legal$320kPhilanthropy$311kYouth Development$205kSocial Science$37kCivil Rights$35kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,116,607
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BREAK A DIFFERENCE (BAD)$1,116,607
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $737k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $16k → 14%SMYAL: $92k → 14%SMYAL: $92k → 14%SEXUAL MINORITY YOUTH ASSISTANCE LEAGUE: $80k → 14%SEXUAL MINORITY YOUTH ASSISTANCE LEAGUE: $25k → 14%MAMATOTO VILLAGE: $35k → 14%SEXUAL MINORITY YOUTH ASSISTANCE LEAGUE: $20k → 14%MAMATOTO VILLAGE: $22k → 14%COMMUNITY FAMILY LIFE SERVICES: $25k → 14%COMMUNITY FAMILY LIFE SERVICES: $20k → 14%HIPS: $73k → 14%HIPS: $70k → 14%HELPING INDIVIDUAL PROSTITUTES SURVIVE: $66k → 14%HELPING INDIVIDUAL PROSTITUTES SURVIVE: $40k → 14%HIPS: $20k → 14%HIPS: $15k → 14%DC ABORTION FUND: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
NJ
CA
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.5M · 16 repeat orgs$334k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
17

Total granted

$5.5M
$334k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+70%

Still filing today

100%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
HealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementInternationalOther
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

  • WC
    WHITMAN-WALKER CLINIC INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $918k · revenue +58%
  • LC
    LA CLINICA DEL PUEBLO INC
    6× · 2018–2023 · $513k · revenue +25%
  • MC
    Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc
    7× · 2017–2023 · $458k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • UH
    US HELPING US PEOPLE INTO LIVING INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +240%
  • CE
    CAPITAL EXPERIENCE LAB
    one grant, 2023 · $37k
  • K
    KNONAP
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
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
University of Maryland Facultyphysicians Inc

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland, school of medicine, administrative support services are provided to the physician practices of the university of maryland, including but not limited to information technology,…

Health
2
Healthcare Access Maryland Inc

We are making maryland healthier by connecting residents to insurance and care, educating the community about healthier living, and advocating a more equitable health care system.

Health
3
Children's Hospital

Organization's mission to improve health outcomes for children; be a leader in creating innovative solutions to pediatric healthcare problems; and excel in care, advocacy, research. as the nation's children's hospital, the mission of…

Health
4
Health Care Without Harm

The mission of health care without harm (hcwh) is to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health…

Environment
5
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
6
University Health Inc

Primary functions are the coordination and delivery of health care resources and services, health care education for the hospital service area, long range analysis of health care needs and development of programs, and arranging for…

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7
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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8
Delta Dental of Washington

See schedule oddwa will revolutionize the oral health industry and improve overall health. this includes, but is not limited to, the following: to secure dental service for employer groups, individuals and their families; provide…

Health
9
Western Healthconnect

Support significant improvements in health care delivery and outcomes within the context of nonprofit, charitable ownership.

Health
10
Aids Foundation of Chicago

The aids foundation of chicago mobilizes communities to create equity and justice for people living with and vulnerable to hiv and related chronic disease.

Health
11
University of Maryland Family Medicine Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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12
University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Washington Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Break a Difference. 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

27 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. 27 of the 34 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
24/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WHITMAN-WALKER CLINIC INC: $917,900 · HealthWHITMAN-WALKER CLINIC INCLA CLINICA DEL PUEBLO INC: $513,300 · HealthLA CLINICA DEL PUEBLO INCPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON DC INC: $395,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON …FAMILY AND MEDICAL COUNSELING SERVICE INC: $255,000 · HealthFAMILY AND MEDICAL COUNSELING SERVICE INCCHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $233,500 · HealthCHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTEINOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $90,000 · Health+2 more: $130,000 · HealthBREAK A DIFFERENCE: $1,466,607 · Community ImprovementBREAK A DIFFERENCESMYAL Inc: $309,600 · Human ServicesSMYAL IncHIPS: $284,200 · Human ServicesHIPSMAMATOTO VILLAGE INC: $57,000 · Human ServicesMAMATOTO VILL…COMMUNITY FAMILY LIFE SERVICES: $45,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY FAM…DC ABORTION FUND: $25,000 · Human Services+1 more: $15,924 · Human ServicesMary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc: $458,100 · OtherMary's Cente…CAPITAL EXPERIENCE LAB: $37,009 · OtherCAPITAL EXPE…KNONAP: $25,000 · Other+11 more: $166,500 · Other+11 moreGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $310,611 · PhilanthropyOPENCOLLECTIVE FOUNDATION: $15,000 · PhilanthropyDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC: $290,000 · Crime & LegalWho Speaks for Me Project: $30,000 · Crime & LegalWANDA ALSTON FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · Housing & Shelter
Health$2,534,700Community Improvement$1,466,607Human Services$736,724Other$686,609Philanthropy$325,611Crime & Legal$320,000Housing & Shelter$45,000

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 budgetBREAK A DIFFERENCE: $1,466,607 over 2y, 91% of budgetWHITMAN-WALKER CLINIC INC: $917,900 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetLA CLINICA DEL PUEBLO INC: $513,300 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetMary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc: $458,100 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON DC INC: $395,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $310,611 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSMYAL Inc: $309,600 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC: $290,000 over 6y, 6.7% of budgetHIPS: $284,200 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetFAMILY AND MEDICAL COUNSELING SERVICE INC: $255,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $233,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetINOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJOSEPH'S HOUSE INC: $80,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetMAMATOTO VILLAGE INC: $57,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetUS HELPING US PEOPLE INTO LIVING INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetWANDA ALSTON FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY FAMILY LIFE SERVICES: $45,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWho Speaks for Me Project: $30,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetDC ABORTION FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $22,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLATIN AMERICAN YOUTH CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $15,924 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPENCOLLECTIVE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetROOTS OF DEVELOPMENT INC: $14,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTHE BLACK SWAN ACADEMY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% 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…The Morris and Gwendo…Association of Americ…World Bank Community …If FoundationAIDS UnitedThe George Washington…Eugene & Agnes E Meye…Philip L Graham Fund …United Way of the Nat…Princeton Area Commun…Open Society Institute
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC28.9× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Association of American Medical Colleges · World Bank Community Connections Fund · If Foundation · AIDS United · The George Washington University · Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · United Way of the National Capital Area · Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · Open Society Institute

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 34 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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