How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Washington, D.C.?

Start with the funders already giving to community development in Washington, D.C., currently Sixteen Thirty Fund, New Venture Fund, Gates Foundation. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Washington, D.C. from out of state.

How much grant money goes to community development in Washington, D.C.?

$1.9B reached 603 community development organizations in Washington, D.C., from 2,146 funders. 34% came from funders also based in Washington, D.C..

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Washington, D.C. · Community development

Who funds community development in Washington, D.C.

$1.9B reached 603 community development organizations in Washington, D.C., from 2,146 funders, with no single one dominating.

$1.9B

granted

603

organizations

34%

from in-state

The short version

2,146 funders gave $1.9B to 603 community development organizations in Washington, D.C. across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
34% of that came from funders also based in Washington, D.C.; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of community development in Washington, D.C. is Sixteen Thirty Fund, at $227M.
The community development organization drawing the most is America Votes, at $322M.

Largest funders of community development in Washington, D.C.

The funders giving the most to community development organizations in Washington, D.C., in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Sixteen Thirty Fund$227M 2New Venture Fund$101M 3Gates Foundation$81M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$74M 5National Philanthropic Trust$71M 6Northeastern University$50M 7The Ford Foundation$45M 8Mastercard Foundation$45M 9Silicon Valley Community Foundation$38M 10Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance$38M

Community development organizations in Washington, D.C. that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

593 other community development organizations$1.0B

America Votes$322M US Chamber of Commerce Foundation$94M Prosperity Now$78M Opportunity Finance Network$64M

How to find community development funders in Washington, D.C.

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Start with the funders already active in Washington, D.C.
The funders giving the most to community development in Washington, D.C. are Sixteen Thirty Fund, New Venture Fund, Gates Foundation. A funder already writing community development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
66% of community development money in Washington, D.C. comes from funders elsewhere, so national community development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Washington, D.C..

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Washington, D.C.?: Start with the funders already giving to community development in Washington, D.C., currently Sixteen Thirty Fund, New Venture Fund, Gates Foundation. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Washington, D.C. from out of state.
Who is the largest community development funder in Washington, D.C.?: Sixteen Thirty Fund gives the most to community development organizations in Washington, D.C., $227M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to community development in Washington, D.C.?: $1.9B reached 603 community development organizations in Washington, D.C., from 2,146 funders. 34% came from funders also based in Washington, D.C..
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.