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

Start with the funders already giving to housing in Washington, D.C., currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Chicago Community Trust, National Association of Realtors. Then look at who funds the housing 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 housing funder in Washington, D.C.?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to housing organizations in Washington, D.C., $52M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

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

$566M reached 218 housing organizations in Washington, D.C., from 1,411 funders. 18% 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. · Housing

Who funds housing in Washington, D.C.

Housing funding in Washington, D.C. is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Some Inc leads, and the money reaches 218 groups. Most of it comes from outside Washington, D.C.: only 18% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$566M

granted

218

organizations

18%

from in-state

The short version

1,411 funders gave $566M to 218 housing organizations in Washington, D.C. across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
18% of that came from funders also based in Washington, D.C.; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of housing in Washington, D.C. is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $52M.
The housing organization drawing the most is Some Inc, at $52M.

Largest funders of housing in Washington, D.C.

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$52M 2The Chicago Community Trust$32M 3National Association of Realtors$24M 4Sandler Foundation$24M 5Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$22M 6Greater Washington Community Foundation$19M 7Jpmorgan Chase Foundation$19M 8Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc$16M 9Freedom Together Foundation$16M 10National Philanthropic Trust$10M

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

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

208 other housing organizations$293M

Some Inc$52M National Low Income Housing Coalition$46M Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation$36M American Property Owners Alliance$24M Luminate Foundation Inc$24M National Housing Trust$19M Rebuilding Together Inc$19M

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

1
Start with the funders already active in Washington, D.C.
The funders giving the most to housing in Washington, D.C. are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Chicago Community Trust, National Association of Realtors. A funder already writing housing checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the housing 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
82% of housing money in Washington, D.C. comes from funders elsewhere, so national housing funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Washington, D.C..

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in Washington, D.C.?: Start with the funders already giving to housing in Washington, D.C., currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Chicago Community Trust, National Association of Realtors. Then look at who funds the housing 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 housing funder in Washington, D.C.?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to housing organizations in Washington, D.C., $52M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in Washington, D.C.?: $566M reached 218 housing organizations in Washington, D.C., from 1,411 funders. 18% 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.