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

Start with the funders already giving to education in Washington, D.C., currently Gates Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Consortium for Elections &. Then look at who funds the education 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 education funder in Washington, D.C.?

Gates Foundation gives the most to education organizations in Washington, D.C., $206M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

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

$3.0B reached 559 education organizations in Washington, D.C., from 3,770 funders. 16% 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. · Education

Who funds education in Washington, D.C.

Most of it comes from outside Washington, D.C.: only 16% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Washington, D.C.'s education organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 7 funders each.

$3.0B

granted

559

organizations

16%

from in-state

The short version

3,770 funders gave $3.0B to 559 education organizations in Washington, D.C. across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
16% of that came from funders also based in Washington, D.C.; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in Washington, D.C. is Gates Foundation, at $206M.
The education organization drawing the most is Georgetown University, at $419M.

Largest funders of education in Washington, D.C.

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

1Gates Foundation$206M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$163M 3Consortium for Elections &$147M 4National Endowment for Democracy$107M 5Blue Meridian Partners Inc$103M 6The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc$91M 7Fairfax Educational Foundation Inc$91M 8National Philanthropic Trust$75M 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$61M 10Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$60M

Education organizations in Washington, D.C. that draw the most

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

549 other education organizations$1.5B

Georgetown University$419M International Republican Institute$257M United Negro College Fund Inc$208M The Howard University$130M 50can Inc$116M Washington Institute for Education and R$91M Thurgood Marshall College Fund$72M

How to find education funders in Washington, D.C.

1
Start with the funders already active in Washington, D.C.
The funders giving the most to education in Washington, D.C. are Gates Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Consortium for Elections &. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education 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
84% of education money in Washington, D.C. comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Washington, D.C..

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Washington, D.C.?: Start with the funders already giving to education in Washington, D.C., currently Gates Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Consortium for Elections &. Then look at who funds the education 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 education funder in Washington, D.C.?: Gates Foundation gives the most to education organizations in Washington, D.C., $206M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in Washington, D.C.?: $3.0B reached 559 education organizations in Washington, D.C., from 3,770 funders. 16% 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 regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

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

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; 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.