The Philip L. Graham Fund awards grants to groups providing educational, health, community enrichment, and arts programs and services to communities in and around Washington, D.C.
Donor Name: Philip L. Graham Fund
State: Maryland, Virginia
County: Arlington County (VA), Charles County (MD), Fairfax County (VA), Loudoun County (VA), Montgomery County (MD), Prince Georges County (MD), Prince William County (VA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/04/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Fund is always looking for innovative and efficient organizations to support. Over the past several decades, the Fund has invested tens of millions of dollars in the physical infrastructure, information technology, and transportation needs of local nonprofit organizations.
Focus Areas
From its inception, the Fund’s mission has been to use its resources for the betterment of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. In the past, the Fund also worked to foster improvements in the fields of journalism and communications. Grantees include large, regional organizations as well as small, community-based groups; all share a commitment to the community.
- Health & Human Services
- The Health & Human Services segment of the Fund’s portfolio is the largest portion of the Fund’s giving and includes a wide array of services designed to ensure everyone in the greater metropolitan area has access to the tools necessary for healthy and productive living. Nonprofits providing shelter, food, medical care, and workforce development programs to members of the community are a high priority for the Fund as well as efforts to increase access to fresh foods, legal services, routine primary care and dental visits, and comprehensive behavioral health services for children and adults.
- Education
- The Philip L. Graham Fund is committed to supporting efforts to advance and expand educational offerings for children and adults in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. The Fund gives high priority to programs that improve public education and adult literacy.
- Arts & Humanities
- From its earliest days, the Philip L. Graham Fund has supported both large and small arts organizations in and around Washington, D.C. Many of the city’s largest and most innovative theater companies, museums, dance companies, and arts education programs can trace their earliest funding back to the Graham Fund. The Fund remains committed to supporting longstanding organizations devoted to bringing high-quality and unique programs to the community and to seeking out new organizations bringing fresh ideas and offerings to the metropolitan area. The Fund is specifically interested in arts programming that shows a clear intersection with one of the Fund’s other focus areas.
- Community Endeavors
- Recognizing the importance of Washington, D.C., to the nation and the world, the Fund considers requests from institutions that tell the stories of the country’s history, values, and accomplishments and strengthen the greater metropolitan community as a whole. This includes support for a broad spectrum of organizations, such as institutions of national significance located in the metropolitan area, improvement of local parks and playgrounds, and efforts to help the community through programs that strengthen families and neighborhoods.
Funding Information
The Fund typically awards grants ranging in size from $30,000 to $75,000, with larger grants awarded on occasion.
Eligibility Criteria
To be considered for a grant, an organization must:
- Be a 501(c)(3) public charity
- Serve residents of one or more of the jurisdictions in the Fund’s giving footprint, which includes:
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- Washington, D.C.
- Maryland: Charles, Montgomery, and Prince George’s counties
- Virginia: Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William counties and the cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park
- The Fund no longer accepts proposals from organizations located in or primarily serving residents of Calvert, St. Mary’s, or Stafford counties.
- Meet the eligibility requirements for past applicants and grantees. Eligible organizations will have:
- Not received a grant from the Fund in the previous twenty-four months;
- Not had a funding request declined by the Fund in the previous twelve months; and
- Submitted a Final Grant Report for any previously awarded grants.
Ineligibility
The Fund does not consider organizations that are undergoing an executive leadership change. The Fund also does not consider requests from:
- Individuals
- Government agencies
- Membership organizations
- Individual public, nonpublic or private schools and universities
- Parent Teacher Associations
- National or international organizations or concerns
- Hospitals or hospital foundations
- Organizations significantly involved in advocacy, litigation, or efforts to change public policy.
For more information, visit PLGF.
