Washington, D.C. · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Crime & Legal Aid in Washington, D.C.

Imperigo has identified 425 funders that made 2,655 grants totaling $1.0B to 123 crime & legal aid organizations in Washington, D.C., with a median grant of $26K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Crime & Legal Aid Funding in Washington, D.C.

Total granted $1.0B
Funders 425
Grants 2,655
Organizations funded 123

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Donors Trust Inc
46 grants to 4 organizations · largest $20.7M · through 2024 · 7.2% of their giving
$75.8M
2. Bradley Impact Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $27.1M · through 2022 · 14.5% of their giving
$27.1M
3. Sandler Foundation
14 grants to 3 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2024 · 5.4% of their giving
$22.9M
4. The District of Columbia Bar Foundation
76 grants to 10 organizations · largest $775K · through 2023 · 10.8% of their giving
$10.2M
5. International Institute for Environment and Development
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $856K · through 2023 · 43.8% of their giving
$2.5M
6. DC Coalition to End Sexual Violence
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $814K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.1M
7. The Freedom Fund
9 grants to 1 organization · largest $297K · through 2024 · 15.1% of their giving
$1.6M
8. Greater Washington Community Foundation
118 grants to 33 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$10.5M
9. The Morrison & Foerster Foundation
19 grants to 7 organizations · largest $335K · through 2024 · 11.2% of their giving
$1.4M
10. The Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Foundation
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $149K · through 2024 · 36.8% of their giving
$742K
11. American Legal Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $439K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$452K
12. Mc Dermott Will and Emery Charitable Foundation
14 grants to 6 organizations · largest $137K · through 2024 · 14.5% of their giving
$574K
13. Lynx Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $130K · through 2021 · 25.7% of their giving
$380K
14. Houston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $469K · through 2024 · 11.8% of their giving
$625K
15. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
25 grants to 12 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024
$9.4M
16. Dropbox Charitable Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024 · 11.5% of their giving
$600K
17. Christian Community Foundation Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $4.7M · through 2024
$5.9M
18. Friends Of The Legal Services Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2020 · 62.8% of their giving
$250K
19. Maryland Legal Services Corporation
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $910K · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$2.6M
20. Sons of Italy in America
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $92K · through 2021 · 79.0% of their giving
$213K
21. Justice Action Network
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2023 · 9.3% of their giving
$400K
22. Venable Foundation Inc
37 grants to 10 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024 · 4.9% of their giving
$738K
23. Strategic Capacity Group Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $93K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$134K
24. Perkins Coie Foundation C/O Thomas S Bourne
23 grants to 11 organizations · largest $110K · through 2024 · 5.4% of their giving
$420K
25. Jones Day Foundation
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $220K · through 2024 · 2.8% of their giving
$788K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to crime & legal aid work in Washington, D.C., not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 15 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering crime & legal aid work, with an address in Washington, D.C.. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable crime & legal aid funding in Washington, D.C., not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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