Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE FREDERICK B ABRAMSON MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
THE FREDERICK B ABRAMSON MEMORIAL FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $553,958 to it, the largest being BEECH STREET FOUNDATION ($165,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $431k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $554k
- Net assets
- $624k
What The Frederick B Abramson Memorial Foundation does
Mission
The abramson scholarship foundation provides critical financial assistance and comprehensive mentoring to promising dc public high school graduates attending four-year colleges. Our program employs a two-fold approach to accomplish the mission. First, we provide timely financial assistance to students who might not be able to attend college without our help. Second, and equally important, we provide these students with personal and professional guidance through individual mentors and programs in order to foster their academic success, emotional growth and professional development. This approach enables the foundation to support our scholars through all four years of college and beyond.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The scholarship program: since 1991, the abramson scholarship foundation has awarded over $1.5 million in scholarships to over 300 talented college-bound d.c. High school students. In order to qualify, each applicant must demonstrate financial need, academic achievement and a commitment to community service. Scholarship award amounts increase each year because the foundation has learned through experience that other sources of financial aid tend to diminish and disappear. Asf currently supports 38 scholars at different stages in their college journey. 73% of asf scholars are the first in their families to attend college. Over 85% of asf scholars earn their college degree.
$196,837 spent72% of program spendingThe mentoring program: in addition to receiving financial support, every abramson scholar is paired with a mentor. Most abramson scholars are the first in their families to attend college. Having a trusting relationship from a mentor, who can offer college and career advice, makes a significant difference in their lives. 100% of scholars agree that, through asf, they have a trusted adult who can help them navigate academic, professional and social/emotional challenges that they may face. In addition to individual mentors, abramson scholars have access to an advisor network made up of individuals who can provide college and career guidance. Scholars also benefit from a wide range of programs design to help them meet their college and career goals. 100% of scholars agree that their abramson mentor and programming have helped them achieve their academic goals in college and positively influenced their academic performance. Additionally, 100% of scholars agree that their abramson mentor and programming have helped them feel more prepared to achieve career success.
$78,065 spent28% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $274,902.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $937k to $1.0M (+11%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $26k → $79k.
7 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE FREDERICK B ABRAMSON MEMORIAL FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE FREDERICK B ABRAMSON MEMORIAL FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
51% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE FREDERICK B ABRAMSON MEMORIAL FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 48% · 2019 42% · 2020 47% · 2021 28% · 2022 43% · 2023 31% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
86% of THE FREDERICK B ABRAMSON MEMORIAL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
60% of THE FREDERICK B ABRAMSON MEMORIAL FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $214k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
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Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE FREDERICK B ABRAMSON MEMORIAL FOUNDATION?
- THE FREDERICK B ABRAMSON MEMORIAL FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $553,958 to it, the largest being BEECH STREET FOUNDATION ($165,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FREDERICK B ABRAMSON MEMORIAL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $553,958 in grants to THE FREDERICK B ABRAMSON MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FREDERICK B ABRAMSON MEMORIAL FOUNDATION?
- BEECH STREET FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $165,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FREDERICK B ABRAMSON MEMORIAL FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 18 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing