Foundations that fund organizations in McLean, Virginia
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for McLean nonprofits
464 private foundations gave $20M to McLean organizations in their latest filings; 17 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
566 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to McLean around $50K. 15 of these funders are based in Virginia; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 464
- Accept applications
- 17
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to McLean
- $20M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 566
- Typical median grant
- $50K
- Based in VA
- 15%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to McLean organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Volgenau Foundation | McLean, VA | 1 | $4.1M | $4.1M | Preselected only | 2 payments toward 2023 3-year pledge |
| The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation | Omaha, NE | 2 | $1.7M | $852K | Preselected only | Program support; General operating support |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $800K | $800K | Preselected only | To put in place the conditions necessary for seafood task f… |
| John Templeton Foundation | West Conshohocken, PA | 1 | $673K | $673K | Yes | Post-secondary and graduate curriculum development to exten… |
| The Kestrel Foundation | Washington, CT | 1 | $665K | $665K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Hartman Family Foundation | Garden City, NY | 1 | $501K | $501K | Preselected only | Food allergy research and education |
| W Russell and Norma Ramsey Foundation Inc | McLean, VA | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | The growing ever greater campaign, 2024-2025 potomac fund,… |
| Craig Newmark Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| The Levant Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $484K | $484K | Preselected only | General support |
| 1p Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $333K | $333K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Perkins Charitable Foundation | Gates Mills, OH | 1 | $320K | $320K | Yes | Philanthropic purposes. |
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | 2 | $300K | $150K | Yes | Postsecondary education; Global health and development public awareness and analysis |
| Utopia Fund | Plainview, NY | 1 | $280K | $280K | Preselected only | General |
| Tbl Charitable Foundation | Newtonville, MA | 1 | $275K | $275K | Yes | The center seeks high achieving high school and university… |
| Weiser Charitable Foundation | Ann Arbor, MI | 1 | $260K | $260K | Preselected only | Support for organizational activities |
| The Dunn Foundation | Collegeville, PA | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | General support |
| Elizabeth R Johnson 1994 Tr Charitable C/O the Johnson Company Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| The Jaffe Family Foundation | Valley Cottage, NY | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | Support charitable purpose |
| Wolf Creek Charitable Foundation C/O Baldwin Family Office | West Conshohocken, PA | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | Incubator basin |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 1 | $200K | $200K | Yes | For general operating support |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $200K | $200K | Yes | Core support for grita. canta. vota's civic engagement and… |
| Golden Paws Foundation C/O Lally & Co LLC | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $200K | $200K | Preselected only | General charitable purposes |
| Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $160K | $160K | Yes | Economic and financial security program |
| Tamias Foundation Inc C/O Knollwood Investment Advisory | Hunt Valley, MD | 1 | $152K | $152K | Preselected only | To challenge girls in grades 6-12 to develop their intellec… |
| B3 Foundation Dtd 06-15-2020 | Overland Park, KS | 1 | $150K | $150K | Preselected only | General operations and support |
| Ghr Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | $150K | $150K | Preselected only | CAFO Research Center Core Operations |
| The William H Donner Foundation Inc | Tarrytown, NY | 3 | $147K | $45K | Preselected only | General support; Employee caring fund support in 2024 |
| Kimsey Foundation | Washington, DC | 2 | $145K | $73K | Preselected only | General operating |
| Aw Baldwin Charitable Foundation Inc | Ashton, MD | 1 | $141K | $141K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Elkins Davis Fdn Charitable Trust | Detroit, MI | 2 | $130K | $65K | Preselected only | Suppor of daily operations |
| Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $130K | $130K | Preselected only | General donation |
| Luis von Ahn Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $120K | $120K | Preselected only | General operating funds |
| Pritzker Military Foundation | Chicago, IL | 2 | $110K | $55K | Preselected only | General support |
| Culp Family Foundation | McLean, VA | 1 | $107K | $107K | Preselected only | 2025 grant for general operating |
| Blueberry Hill Agm Foundation C/O Patricia Freda | McLean, VA | 2 | $104K | $52K | Preselected only | To further the purposes of bethany house of northern virgin…; Further the purposes of the mclean volunteer fire departmen… |
| Upmobility Foundation Inc | Little Falls, NY | 1 | $103K | $103K | Preselected only | General Charitable Purposes |
| The Pedersen Foundation C/O Gino Zaccardelli - McGuirewoods Llp | Tysons, VA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General use |
| Michael and Andrea Leven Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Century Campaign |
| Rick & Bonnie Rule Foundation C/O the Whittier Trust Company | Seattle, WA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| The Lindy Snider Foundation | Collegeville, PA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | Legal initiatives combatting antisemitism in higher educati… |
| Phos Foundation | Tysons, VA | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General use |
| Ed Foundation | Johnson City, TX | 1 | $100K | $100K | Preselected only | General support |
| Ud Ht Edwards Char Tr 010494 | Dallas, TX | 1 | $94K | $94K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Bergstrom Foundation Inc | McLean, VA | 2 | $85K | $43K | Preselected only | General use |
| The Allan S Gordon Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $83K | $83K | Preselected only | To promote medical research |
| Patricia a Henriques Charitable Foundation | McLean, VA | 1 | $75K | $75K | Preselected only | To further the purposes of mclean volunteer fire department |
| The Arca Foundation | Washington, DC | 1 | $75K | $75K | Yes | general support |
| The Jay and Terry Snider Foundation | Collegeville, PA | 1 | $70K | $70K | Preselected only | Legal initiatives combatting antisemitism in higher educati… |
| Indira Foundation | LA Jolla, CA | 1 | $61K | $61K | Preselected only | Tuition expense for 7 students to attend 2025 rsi at mit |
| Triple T Foundation | Chardon, OH | 1 | $55K | $55K | Preselected only | General purposes |
| The Gayden Family Foundation | Dallas, TX | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | General funding |
| Paulson Family Foundation | West Palm Beach, FL | 1 | $50K | $50K | Yes | To support the Center in seeking high achieving high school… |
| Indian Trail Charitable Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| The Joyce Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $50K | $50K | Yes | Education & economic mobility |
| Gold Family Charitable Trust | Briarcliff Manor, NY | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | To improve the quality of life and the health of individual… |
| The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | To provide support to design, develop, and evaluate a multi… |
| Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Rixey Street Foundation Inc | Mc Lean, VA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | Fellowship program |
| Chino Cienega Foundation | Palm Springs, CA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | General support grant |
| Mark H and Blanche M Harrington Foundation | Ontario, CA | 1 | $50K | $50K | Yes | General use |
| Sacks Family Foundation C/O Michael Sacks | Highland Park, IL | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | To further the exempt purpose of the organization |
| The Reams Foundation Inc | Charleston, SC | 1 | $50K | $50K | Preselected only | General |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 2 | $45K | $23K | Yes | 79560 supporting an academic pediatrics supplement on strat…; 79561 publishing an evidence-based compendium on racism and… |
| Jkw Foundation Tr Ua 092597 | New York, NY | 1 | $42K | $42K | Preselected only | World pride 2025 two-spirit youth, artists' programming, as… |
| The Judith E & Joseph C Cook Jr Foundation Inc | Nashville, TN | 1 | $40K | $40K | Preselected only | Development & discipleship initiative |
| Bartley J Madden Foundation | Naples, FL | 1 | $40K | $40K | Preselected only | General & unrestricted |
| Zhu Family Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $40K | $20K | Preselected only | RSI Summer Camp; General & Unrestricted |
| Ada Howe Kent Foundation | Hazlet, NJ | 1 | $40K | $40K | Preselected only | non restrictive |
| The O'Shaughnessy-Hurst Memorial Foundation Inc | Leesburg, VA | 2 | $39K | $20K | Preselected only | Per grant agreement; Donation per grant agreement |
| The Byrnes Family Foundation | Naples, FL | 1 | $37K | $37K | Preselected only | General |
| Bender Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | 1 | $35K | $35K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Harriet H Nicol Charitable Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $35K | $35K | Preselected only | Equestrian center |
| The Michael and Nancy Klein Foundation Inc | Oxford, MD | 1 | $35K | $35K | Preselected only | Operating funds |
| Vecchitto Family Charitable Foundation | Aventura, FL | 1 | $34K | $34K | Preselected only | Education |
| Akamai Foundation Inc | Cambridge, MA | 4 | $31K | $2,500 | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted; STEM Teacher Enrichment Program and STEM Student Lyceums; INTEGIRLS Math Competition |
| The Jacquemin Family Foundation Inc | Ashburn, VA | 1 | $30K | $30K | Yes | Funds the high school education of 40 needy and nomadic stu… |
| The Deborah Loeb Brice Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $30K | $30K | Preselected only | General purpose contribution |
| De Sole Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $30K | $30K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Genesis Foundation Trust | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | $30K | $30K | Preselected only | Educational |
| The Palmer Foundation | Oakton, VA | 1 | $30K | $30K | Preselected only | To support the infant nutrition program in rural guatemala… |
| Ashburn Family Foundation | Huntsville, AL | 1 | $30K | $30K | Yes | Education |
| Our Purpose Foundation | McLean, VA | 3 | $29K | $10K | Preselected only | To support community sports; To support community emergency services; To support needy communities |
| Ethel Cox Marden Charitable Foundation | McLean, VA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Charitable contribution |
| Chorzempa Family Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General Operations |
| Mars Hq Regional Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General support |
| Arrillaga Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Food allergy research |
| Johnson-Stillman Family Foundation | Greenwich, CT | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General charitable |
| The Davis Family Foundation Inc | Hanover, MD | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General use |
| Edward T Bedford Foundation Bessemer Trust Company of Florida | Stuart, FL | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | Operational |
| The Knobloch Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| Richard & Barbara Gaby Foundation | Berkeley Lake, GA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Christian charity |
| Records Johnston Family Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General |
| Rk Mellon Family Foundation | Ligonier, PA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | Statue renovations |
| The Streisand Foundation | Woodland Hills, CA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Yes | Independent, non partisan organization that conducts public… |
| Ten Talents Foundation | St Louis, MO | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Barbee Family Foundation C/O Scott Barbee | McLean, VA | 2 | $25K | $13K | Preselected only | General; Scholarship |
| Randy and Nancy Trachte Family Foundation Inc | Middleton, WI | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General operations |
| Foundation for Democracy Co Wilmington Trust | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General support |
| Bookey Family Foundation | Des Moines, IA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | General support |
| Mercy Works Foundation | Germantown, WI | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Magdala apostolate self-paced classes and expanded curricul… |
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 McLean, Virginia?
The Volgenau Foundation, The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation, John Templeton Foundation, The Kestrel Foundation and 95 others reported grants to McLean 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 McLean. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.