Foundations that fund organizations in Arlington, Virginia
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Arlington nonprofits
3,964 private foundations gave $641M to Arlington organizations in their latest filings; 41 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
5,888 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Arlington around $1.0M. 8 of these funders are based in Virginia; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 3,964
- Accept applications
- 41
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Arlington
- $641M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 5,888
- Typical median grant
- $1.0M
- Based in VA
- 8%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Arlington organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Koch Charitable Fund | Arlington, VA | 1 | $63M | $63M | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Lilly Endowment Inc | Indianapolis, IN | 5 | $39M | $7.5M | Yes | Capacity bldg-natl military serv org |
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | 33 | $33M | $634K | Yes | K-12 education; Empower women and girls; Global health and development public awareness and analysis |
| The Rob Walton Foundation | Bentonviille, AR | 5 | $33M | $3.3M | Preselected only | To support Assessment and Strategy for Africa Work; To provide matching support toward Spend Down Fund 2.0; To support ocean conservation through the Blue Nature Allia… |
| Wal-Mart Foundation | Bentonville, AR | 5 | $22M | $4.8M | Yes | Nature; Disaster relief and preparedness; Healthier food for all |
| S L Gimbel Foundation | Orange, CA | 1 | $19M | $19M | Preselected only | To help support the foundations' stated mission |
| Zoma Foundation Inc | Denver, CO | 3 | $17M | $7.0M | Preselected only | To support the organization's strategic focus and supportin…; To support a project-finance for permanence (pfp) deal, a d…; To advance economic prosperity and durable conservation in… |
| Bhp Foundation | Washington, DC | 4 | $14M | $1.4M | Preselected only | Alto mayo project seeks to promote a sustainable landscape…; Coastal communities program - resilience network; Boreal - forest conservation |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 15 | $12M | $425K | Preselected only | To ensure the effective management and conservation of the…; In support of pbs newshour science-based programming that u…; To support civic science engagement through the finding you… |
| The Coca-Cola Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 11 | $9.7M | $1.0M | Yes | Coca-Cola Foundation & The USO: Serving Those Who Serve Us; Community, Climate and Conservation Initiative in the Great…; Rapid Scaling Portfolio: Mountains to Mangroves |
| The Rees-Jones Foundation | Dallas, TX | 2 | $9.4M | $4.7M | Yes | Funding to support direct India program costs and the Visio…; Funding to support the Vision Fund and program costs associ… |
| William H Tilley Family Foundation | Alhambra, CA | 2 | $9.3M | $4.6M | Preselected only | Charity |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | 18 | $8.3M | $294K | Preselected only | Toimprove the sustainability and resilience of the Colorado…; To advance efforts to integrate Native Hawaiian culture and…; To support PBS NewsHour coverage of water and climate throu… |
| Charles Koch Foundation | Arlington, VA | 4 | $7.5M | $680K | Yes | General operating support |
| Bobolink Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $7.0M | $7.0M | Preselected only | Unrestricted Charitable Gift |
| The Benificus Foundation | San Carlos, CA | 2 | $6.4M | $3.2M | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Philip L Graham Fund Co Graham Holdings Company | Arlington, VA | 1 | $5.8M | $5.8M | Preselected only | Various |
| Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation | Erie, PA | 6 | $5.6M | $825K | Preselected only | Unrestricted; America 250 efforts, bri jr., and work in pa, nc, va, az, o…; Emerging scholars program |
| Sall Family Foundation | Cary, NC | 3 | $5.1M | $500K | Preselected only | General operating support; Programmatic support |
| Galashiels Fund Ltd | Sarasota, FL | 1 | $5.0M | $5.0M | Preselected only | Annual support |
| Robert W Woodruff Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 1 | $5.0M | $5.0M | Yes | Acquisition of 7,764-acre Twin Pines property adjacent to t… |
| The Allbritton Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $4.9M | $4.9M | Yes | To educate and develop a new generation of reporters |
| Margaret a Cargill Foundation | Eden Prairie, MN | 8 | $4.7M | $432K | Preselected only | Disaster ready child care systems; Conserving biodiversity and building community resilience o…; Scaling marine conservation for blue economy in indonesia |
| Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment | Boston, MA | 2 | $4.6M | $2.3M | Preselected only | Natural resource conservation and protection; Climate science & policy research |
| The Knobloch Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 5 | $4.5M | $509K | Preselected only | Expanding Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge fund; General & Unrestricted; Wolfe McCoy Conservation easement fund |
| Arnhold Foundation Inc C/O Joel E Sammet & Co Llp | New York, NY | 1 | $4.0M | $4.0M | Preselected only | General fund |
| Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated | Pittsburgh, PA | 13 | $3.9M | $350K | Yes | General operating support; General operating and program support; Prague security studies institute |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 16 | $3.6M | $108K | Yes | For general operating support; Matching gift of staff and board members; For support of the california collaborative on district ref… |
| The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc | Waukesha, WI | 3 | $3.6M | $303K | Preselected only | General operating support; Development and promotion of ken burns film; To support future implementation strategy |
| John Templeton Foundation | West Conshohocken, PA | 6 | $3.4M | $275K | Yes | Human dignity & freedom; For the liberty forum & freedom dinner; Ease of employment, livelihood, and formality |
| Fred Maytag Family Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 2 | $3.4M | $1.7M | Yes | 2025 grant awards - general support |
| The Horizon Foundation | Plano, TX | 4 | $3.3M | $325K | Preselected only | General support |
| Fidelity Foundation | Boston, MA | 9 | $3.3M | $300K | Yes | Land / building acquisition; System repair/replacement |
| The Donald and Paula Smith Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $3.2M | $3.2M | Preselected only | To further donee's exempt purpose |
| The Chantal and Tommy Bagwell Foundation Inc | Cumming, GA | 1 | $3.0M | $3.0M | Preselected only | General fund |
| Richard King Mellon Foundation | Ligonier, PA | 8 | $3.0M | $400K | Yes | Toward production of the documentary, ken burns presents hi…; To support the caregivers documentary film; Toward production of an imax film that inspires audiences t… |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Chicago, IL | 4 | $2.7M | $525K | Preselected only | In support of the pbs student reporting labs; In support of the pbs newshour; For project coordination and technical assistance to local… |
| The Marcus Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 3 | $2.7M | $500K | Preselected only | To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization |
| Freedom Together Foundation | New York, NY | 3 | $2.5M | $1.0M | Preselected only | Building greener foundations: supporting resiliency and soc…; Fellowship for liberated futures; Urban green climate corps |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 12 | $2.4M | $207K | Yes | Matching gifts; 78974 partnering with ashoka's next now initiative to bring…; 81978 conducting the profile of state and territorial publi… |
| Colcom Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | 4 | $2.3M | $650K | Yes | General operating support; Pittsburgh conservation high school crews |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | 11 | $2.3M | $150K | Yes | Matching gift; For a project to activate youth-led change advocacy in clim…; Core support to integrate and grow momentous capital busine… |
| The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 2 | $2.3M | $1.1M | Preselected only | To refine an ai tool for evaluating natural climate solutio…; To support the next phase of tnc's electronic monitoring in… |
| Wk Kellogg Foundation | Battle Creek, MI | 9 | $2.2M | $200K | Yes | Early Care and Education; Jobs and Family Economic Security; Promise of an Equitable Future |
| John S and James L Knight Foundation | Miami, FL | 5 | $2.1M | $500K | Yes | To preserve and reimagine the diversity survey and emerging…; To redesign and redevelop president-facing digital products…; To expand canvas, pbs newshours' national coverage of the a… |
| Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc | Bethesda, MD | 5 | $2.0M | $200K | Preselected only | Veterans conference and youth leadership summit; Towards the creating young advocates for liberty project; General operating support |
| The Searle Freedom Trust C/O Kinship LLC | Madison, WI | 6 | $2.0M | $250K | Preselected only | Research; Education and outreach; Journalism |
| The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc | Milwaukee, WI | 11 | $2.0M | $150K | Yes | To support general operations; To support U.S. free enterprise organizations and related p…; To support a legal fellowship |
| The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 5 | $2.0M | $399K | Preselected only | Training and mentorship programs; 2025-2027 type 1 diabetes camp initiative; 2022-2024 type 1 diabetes camp initiative |
| The Kresge Foundation | Troy, MI | 8 | $2.0M | $200K | Yes | General operating support; Project support focused on people-centered system change by…; Project support to support ceo's transition, strategic plan… |
| Joy Unspeakable Foundation | Charleston, SC | 1 | $2.0M | $2.0M | Preselected only | Protect people in poverty from violence. |
| Attwood Williams Charitable Foundation | Bedford Hills, NY | 1 | $2.0M | $2.0M | Preselected only | General use. |
| The Pentecost Foundation | Bradenton, FL | 1 | $2.0M | $2.0M | Preselected only | Community support |
| Anahata Foundation Xxxxx5004 | Chicago, IL | 1 | $2.0M | $2.0M | Preselected only | General |
| River Branch Foundation | Ponte Vedra, FL | 1 | $2.0M | $2.0M | Yes | Provide for program services |
| Eugene B Casey Foundation | Gaithersburg, MD | 1 | $2.0M | $2.0M | Preselected only | The sharon rockefeller endowment |
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation | Houston, TX | 10 | $2.0M | $200K | Preselected only | To support state medicaid and health department agency lead…; To support the development of a multi-stakeholder policy ac…; To assess the optimal methods (i) to implement and (ii) for… |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Los Altos, CA | 6 | $2.0M | $175K | Yes | Families and Communities; Environment and Science; Special Initiatives |
| The Marisla Foundation | Laguna Beach, CA | 3 | $1.7M | $500K | Yes | General support |
| Widger Family Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | $1.7M | $1.7M | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Builders Vision Foundation | Chicago, IL | 5 | $1.7M | $200K | Preselected only | to support education, training, and technical assistance fo…; to support a research study in The Bahamas on sustainable c…; to support increased programmatic capacity for blue carbon… |
| The Zegar Family Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $1.7M | $1.7M | Preselected only | General purpose contribution |
| John William Pope Foundation | Raleigh, NC | 15 | $1.6M | $60K | Yes | Unrestricted grant; Restricted - future of freedom initiative; Restricted - law & economics center |
| Nestle USA Foundation | Arlington, VA | 1 | $1.6M | $1.6M | Yes | Various |
| Edward C Johnson Fund | Boston, MA | 4 | $1.6M | $450K | Preselected only | Program development / evaluation; Property care; buildings; construction; Land / building acquisition |
| The Clifford Family Foundation Charitable Trust C/O Daniel Carbonneau | Boston, MA | 1 | $1.6M | $1.6M | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| Rockwater Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | Preselected only | Trafficking in the ghana fishing and cocoa industries |
| Cvs Foundation | Woonsocket, RI | 4 | $1.5M | $352K | Yes | Large multi-year grant; Cvs health student award; Scholarship grants |
| Michael & Susan Dell Foundation | Austin, TX | 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | Yes | Building Pathways to Opportunity in Critical-Tech Sectors |
| The Gallogly Family Foundation | Austin, TX | 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | Preselected only | To support the most effective solutions to tackle climate e… |
| The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation | Washington, DC | 20 | $1.5M | $33K | Yes | Community services; Education; Arts and humanities |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | New York, NY | 2 | $1.4M | $700K | Yes | To continue support for race matters, a reported series bro…; To continue support for pbs news hours canvas |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | New York, NY | 6 | $1.4M | $178K | Yes | As a final grant for Advancing Equity through Common App's…; For the "Judy Woodruff Reports: America at a Crossroads" pr…; As a final grant for the "Judy Woodruff Presents: America a… |
| The Schooner Foundation C/O Schooner Capital LLC | Boston, MA | 2 | $1.4M | $678K | Preselected only | General Support; Leveraging our Lands |
| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 7 | $1.3M | $120K | Yes | To provide general operating support for wetas pbs news hour; To provide general operating support; To support the medical media project |
| Ssb Charitable Corporation | Fort Worth, TX | 1 | $1.3M | $1.3M | Preselected only | General purpose |
| The Skip Viragh Foundation Inc | Reno, NV | 1 | $1.3M | $1.3M | Preselected only | To support program that offers help for those grieving deat… |
| Red Crane Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $1.3M | $1.3M | Preselected only | General Purposae |
| Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation | Kansas City, MO | 1 | $1.2M | $1.2M | Yes | Support for learning and dissemination of best practices, p… |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 2 | $1.1M | $562K | Yes | Ocean stewardship and research |
| Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $1.1M | $1.1M | Preselected only | General donation |
| The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation | Atlanta, GA | 4 | $1.1M | $165K | Preselected only | General operating support; Atlanta juneteenth honor flight; Naval support campaign for u.s. aircraft carriers |
| The Northrop Grumman Foundation | Falls Church, VA | 3 | $1.1M | $310K | Yes | General operating grants & matching gifts. |
| Northlight Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $1.1M | $1.1M | Preselected only | Support organization's programs & activities |
| Nestle Purina Petcare Company Trust Fund | Arlington, VA | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Yes | Various |
| G O Forward Charitable Trust | Eagan, MN | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | General operating |
| The John a Moran Charitable Trust | Palm Beach, FL | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Yes | Unrestricted contribution |
| Griffith R Harsh IV and Margaret C Whitman Charitable Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | General Operating |
| Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation | Grand Rapids, MI | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Yes | Project/program - the michigan fund |
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | For general operating support |
| The Anne Wojcicki Foundation | Los Altos, CA | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | General support |
| The Batten Foundation C/O Jane Batten | Norfolk, VA | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | For general charitable purposes. |
| Smith Richardson Foundation Inc | Greensboro, NC | 5 | $1.0M | $200K | Yes | General operating support |
| Laural Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | Support for the point reyes conservation campaign |
| The Rosalind P Walter Foundation Xxxxx1002 | Chicago, IL | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | General |
| The Elizabeth R & William J Patterson Foundation | Ross, CA | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | PBS Climate Initiative |
| The Lakeview Foundation | Greenbrae, CA | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | General support |
| Woka Foundation | Newbury Park, CA | 3 | $1.0M | $300K | Preselected only | Select and support Ashoka Climate Fellows; Global Mangrove Alliance; General operating support |
| Arthur V Davis Foundation Pf #3 | Ponte Vedra Beach, FL | 3 | $999K | $194K | Yes | Unrestricted general |
| Reinsch Pierce Family Foundation Inc | Arlington, VA | 23 | $989K | $1,100 | Yes | Support assistance programs for the needy; Support non-profit community service organizations; Support public access to the performing arts |
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 Arlington, Virginia?
Charles Koch Charitable Fund, Lilly Endowment Inc, Gates Foundation, The Rob Walton Foundation, Wal-Mart Foundation and 95 others reported grants to Arlington 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 Arlington. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.