Foundations that fund organizations in Silver Spring, Maryland
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Silver Spring nonprofits
936 private foundations gave $58M to Silver Spring organizations in their latest filings; 30 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
1,354 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Silver Spring around $125K. 23 of these funders are based in Maryland; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 936
- Accept applications
- 30
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Silver Spring
- $58M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 1,354
- Typical median grant
- $125K
- Based in MD
- 23%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Silver Spring organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | 11 | $3.3M | $297K | Yes | Postsecondary education; research and learning opportunities; Postsecondary education; Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness |
| Winifred Stevens Foundation | Tempe, AZ | 9 | $2.7M | $100K | Preselected only | Adra school feeding initiative; Adra connections; Daf contribution |
| The J Willard and Alice S Marriott Foundation | Bethesda, MD | 8 | $2.6M | $100K | Preselected only | General operating support; General operating support - family lifestyle program dc; Early childhood innovation network (ecin) |
| Conrad N Hilton Foundation | Westlake Village, CA | 8 | $2.4M | $123K | Yes | For wilms tumor research at the center for cancer and blood…; To support educational programs; To support access to mental health, gender based violence a… |
| Cohen Veterans Network Inc | Stamford, CT | 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | Preselected only | Military family clinic |
| Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation | Redmond, WA | 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | Preselected only | To provide general support |
| The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation | Atlanta, GA | 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | Preselected only | Socializing reform to broader audiences |
| Imaginable Futures Foundation | Redwood City, CA | 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | Preselected only | General support |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 6 | $1.3M | $93K | Yes | For general operating support; For support of enhancing and scaling oer and ai-assisted le…; For a commission on the science of learning and student ach… |
| Homer & Martha Gudelsky Family Fdn | Silver Spring, MD | 4 | $1.3M | $20K | Preselected only | To further charitable activities |
| Margaret a Cargill Foundation | Eden Prairie, MN | 2 | $1.2M | $613K | Preselected only | Building resiliency in rural communities for the future of…; Serving native american students with holistic student supp… |
| Galena-Yorktown Foundation | Washington, DC | 2 | $1.0M | $516K | Preselected only | Unrestricted funds |
| Jpmorgan Chase Foundation | New York, NY | 14 | $1.0M | $630 | Preselected only | Matching contribution (general operating support); In support of creating economic mobility and career pathways |
| Ray & Kay Eckstein Charitable Trust | Paducah, KY | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Yes | Programming support |
| The Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $948K | $948K | Preselected only | Transformative mentoring program for youth to build charact… |
| The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 1 | $763K | $763K | Preselected only | Providing coordinated care and capturing outcomes for stude… |
| Andrew & Julie Klingenstein Family Fund Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $751K | $751K | Preselected only | Health |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | 5 | $736K | $100K | Yes | General support; Core support for humanitarian relief efforts for the people…; Matching gift |
| Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation | Washington, DC | 14 | $723K | $50K | Yes | To support rest and wellness; To support general operations over two years; To support general operations |
| The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation | Washington, DC | 17 | $713K | $30K | Yes | Community services; Arts and humanities; Envrionment |
| Nora Roberts Foundation | Glenn Dale, MD | 15 | $668K | $6,000 | Preselected only | Operations |
| Judith a Thomas Charitable Foundation | Marietta, GA | 1 | $627K | $627K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | New York, NY | 3 | $626K | $168K | Yes | For general support; For project support for Healthcare Pathways Professional Le… |
| Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation | Chevy Chase, MD | 2 | $600K | $300K | Preselected only | General operating support of child legal services; General operating support of baby and caregiver programs |
| The Essex Avenue Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $525K | $525K | Preselected only | Senegal program |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Los Altos, CA | 4 | $513K | $99K | Yes | Environment and Science; Families and Communities; Just Societies |
| Annie E Casey Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | 4 | $476K | $88K | Preselected only | Support to advance student parent practices in the Achievin…; Charitable contribution through the matching gifts program; Support for Youth Participatory Action Research in Career a… |
| Ghr Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 2 | $400K | $200K | Preselected only | General Operations; Leadership Collaborative - General operations support |
| Hilton Global Foundation | McLean, VA | 2 | $400K | $200K | Preselected only | Annual grant program 2024 |
| Michael & Susan Dell Foundation | Austin, TX | 1 | $400K | $400K | Yes | Equipping Texas Students to Earn Industry-Aligned Credentia… |
| Citi Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $400K | $400K | Preselected only | Community progress makers |
| The Volgenau Foundation | McLean, VA | 3 | $375K | $125K | Preselected only | Ecology & vulnerability of top predators in stellwagen bank…; Understanding and mitigating anthropogenic threats to our n…; Potomac headwaters conservation project |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 4 | $370K | $17K | Yes | Matching gifts; 82328 centering disabled children and building collective p…; 81897 advocating a childcare paradigm centered on the needs… |
| Robert I Schattner Foundation Inc Aka Schattner Foundation | Rockville, MD | 2 | $364K | $182K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| Rothberg Family Charitable Foundation for Childrens Diseases | Miami Beach, FL | 1 | $362K | $362K | Preselected only | Further tsc research |
| The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc | Owings Mills, MD | 5 | $341K | $45K | Preselected only | To support the operations of this organization, which is, t…; To support a mental health clinic that provides therapy, ca…; To support the implementation of a data-management and repo… |
| John and Gwen Smart Foundation | Lisle, IL | 1 | $340K | $340K | Preselected only | General operations |
| The Kresge Foundation | Troy, MI | 2 | $335K | $168K | Yes | Project support grant to empower community college leaders.; Project support grant for student support success network |
| The Sanders Family Philanthropic Foundation | Woodland Hills, CA | 1 | $333K | $333K | Preselected only | To create long-lasting, positive and community-led change t… |
| Garmar Foundation | Dodge Center, MN | 1 | $327K | $327K | Preselected only | Program mission |
| Democracy Fund Inc | Washington, DC | 3 | $325K | $100K | Preselected only | General support; Program support for the Information Integrity Program |
| Mary Beth & Miles Reidy Foundation | Ellicott City, MD | 1 | $325K | $325K | Preselected only | To support initiatives which benefit well being of children… |
| Kelson Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $300K | $300K | Preselected only | General support |
| United Health Foundation | Eden Prairie, MN | 1 | $291K | $291K | Preselected only | Health care scholars united program |
| Houston Endowment Inc | Houston, TX | 1 | $287K | $287K | Yes | Project Support for Training and Technical Assistance to In… |
| The Morningstar Philanthropic Foundation D/B/A the Morningstar Foundation | Bethesda, MD | 4 | $277K | $75K | Preselected only | General charitable purposes |
| Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $275K | $275K | Preselected only | Advancing human rights |
| Potts Family Foundation 15116-1045000095 | New Orleans, LA | 1 | $270K | $270K | Preselected only | General support |
| Mayberg Foundation Inc | Chevy Chase, MD | 18 | $253K | $5,000 | Yes | Support programming |
| Republic Services Charitable Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | National neighborhood promise |
| Head & Heart Foundation Tr 12319 | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $225K | $113K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Dennis Berman Family Foundation Inc | Rockville, MD | 11 | $201K | $7,500 | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Segal Charitable Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Meredith and Rosemary Willson Charit (aka the Music Man Foundation) | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $200K | $200K | Yes | Website & technology infrastructure |
| Hoffmann-Niemczewski Family Foundation Inc | Chevy Chase, MD | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | General purposes |
| Carol and Edmund Blake Foundation C/O Eric Freedgood/Pinnacle Associates | New York, NY | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | Charitable donation |
| The Meyer and Deanne Sharlin Foundation C/O Marc Feinberg | Bethesda, MD | 4 | $200K | $40K | Preselected only | General support |
| Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 4 | $195K | $53K | Preselected only | General operating support; Matching grant in support of the campus antisemitism projec…; Project support to combat antisemitism on college campuses |
| Omidyar Network Fund Inc | Redwood City, CA | 4 | $194K | $26K | Preselected only | General Operating Support; Employee directed giving program |
| Viragh Family Foundation | Bethesda, MD | 3 | $190K | $75K | Preselected only | Goal Setting Girls, SNEAKERS, and PEARLS Programs; Program Support + Anniversary Gift; English as a Second Language Program |
| Wong Family Foundation | Palm City, FL | 1 | $187K | $187K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Healthcare Initiative Foundation | Germantown, MD | 13 | $186K | $15K | Yes | Food as medicine for community wellness; Accessible care for clients; Healthcare workforce development program |
| The Heising-Simons Foundation | Los Altos, CA | 2 | $185K | $93K | Preselected only | For general support; For the nbcdi creatives gathering |
| Donum Dei Foundation Inc | Summit, NJ | 2 | $175K | $88K | Preselected only | General |
| The Klungness Family Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $173K | $173K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| Park Foundation Inc | Ithaca, NY | 2 | $165K | $83K | Yes | General operating support; Project support |
| William S Abell Foundation Inc | Chevy Chase, MD | 4 | $160K | $30K | Yes | Homeless grant & homelessness grant; Hungry grant; Margaret abell powell fund grant |
| Every Org | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $157K | $157K | Preselected only | General support |
| Circle of Service Foundation | Chicago, IL | 2 | $152K | $76K | Yes | Jewish community; Match/discretionary |
| Wallace H Coulter Foundation | Sebastian, FL | 1 | $150K | $150K | Preselected only | General Support |
| The Zegar Family Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $150K | $150K | Preselected only | General purpose contribution |
| Charina Endowment Fund Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $150K | $150K | Preselected only | General support |
| The McKnight Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | $150K | $150K | Yes | to drive the fundamental transformation of corporate behavi… |
| The Cyrus Katzen Foundation Inc | Baileys Crossroads, VA | 1 | $150K | $150K | Yes | Campaign for prevention & defeat of breast cancer |
| The Scott and Patrice Brickman Family Foundation | Conshohocken, PA | 1 | $150K | $150K | Preselected only | Generaloperations in support |
| Michael B Rukin Charitable Foundation | Downingtown, PA | 1 | $145K | $145K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| Arthur L Bud Johnson in Memory of Elaine V Johnson Foundation | Cumming, GA | 1 | $140K | $140K | Yes | Nature conservation |
| The George L Shields Foundation Inc C/O Robert M Reiner Treasurer | Bethesda, MD | 3 | $138K | $40K | Preselected only | For program services |
| Mary Catherine Bunting Foundation Inc C/O Knollwood Investment Advisory | Hunt Valley, MD | 3 | $138K | $50K | Preselected only | To further the exempt purpose of the organization |
| Wells Fargo Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | $135K | $135K | Preselected only | Small Business Development and Affordable Housing Expansion |
| Western Union Foundation | Denver, CO | 1 | $125K | $125K | Preselected only | Workforce/education |
| The Joyce Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $125K | $125K | Yes | Education & economic mobility |
| Sonia Raymund Foundation Inc | St Petersburg, FL | 1 | $120K | $120K | Yes | General support of charitable programs |
| Herbert H Schiff Foundation | Dublin, OH | 1 | $120K | $120K | Preselected only | General charitable purposes |
| Shrensky Foundation Inc | Potomac, MD | 3 | $120K | $50K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc | Bethesda, MD | 8 | $119K | $4,673 | Yes | General support; Leadership training; Workplace and conversational spanish course |
| The Washington Home Inc | Washington, DC | 1 | $115K | $115K | Preselected only | Social Isolation |
| Richard E & Nancy P Marriott Foundation C/O Nancie Lynch | Bethesda, MD | 4 | $115K | $25K | Preselected only | Early childhood education programs; The it job training program |
| Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities Inc | Wilmington, DE | 5 | $114K | $25K | Yes | Toward expenses to provide employment skills training to pr…; Toward expenses to establish a mama, read me a story early…; Toward expenses to increase social impact and green practic… |
| The William Penn Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | $110K | $110K | Yes | Provide licensure support to family child care providers |
| John S and James L Knight Foundation | Miami, FL | 1 | $110K | $110K | Yes | To combat disinformation aimed at veterans thorough investi… |
| Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation | Bethesda, MD | 1 | $105K | $105K | Preselected only | Reproductive health & choice |
| A&j Kay Family Foundation C/O Bdo USA Pc | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $105K | $105K | Preselected only | Charitable purposes of the organization |
| Amdg Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $101K | $101K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| Russell and Jane Stern Charitable Foundation | Stuart, FL | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | To protect refugees whose lives are in danger and help them… |
| Randolph D Rouse Foundation Inc | Arlington, VA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General use by qualified donee organization |
| Stewardship Foundation | Tacoma, WA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Yes | Unrestricted support |
| The Jone L Bowman Foundation Inc | Williamsport, MD | 1 | $100K | $100K | Yes | Support of exempt purposes |
| The Irving Harris Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Bender Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | 2 | $100K | $50K | Preselected only | General operating support; Ddc chapter support |
Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV, latest electronic return per foundation (2026-10-28). "Accepts applications" reflects the foundation's own checkbox on Part XV line 2. Grants to individuals excluded.
Common questions
Which foundations give to nonprofits in Silver Spring, Maryland?
Gates Foundation, Winifred Stevens Foundation, The J Willard and Alice S Marriott Foundation, Conrad N Hilton Foundation, Cohen Veterans Network Inc and 95 others reported grants to Silver Spring organizations on their latest Form 990-PF.
How do I approach a foundation that doesn't accept applications?
A foundation that checks "contributes only to preselected organizations" on its 990-PF won't review a cold proposal. Look at who it funds, find a shared board member, grantee or advisor, and ask for an introduction. Foundations that accept applications usually list a contact and deadlines in Part XV; we show that text on each foundation's page.
Is this list complete?
No. It covers private foundations (Form 990-PF filers) whose latest electronic return lists at least one grant to an organization in Silver Spring. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.