Washington, D.C. · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Food, Agriculture & Nutrition in Washington, D.C.

Imperigo has identified 404 funders that made 2,054 grants totaling $471.7M to 66 food, agriculture & nutrition organizations in Washington, D.C., with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Food, Agriculture & Nutrition Funding in Washington, D.C.

Total granted $471.7M
Funders 404
Grants 2,054
Organizations funded 66

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.3M · through 2022 · 56.3% of their giving
$6.9M
2. The District of Columbia Bar Foundation
20 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.3M · through 2023 · 9.5% of their giving
$9.0M
3. Corn Refiners Association Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.8M · through 2020 · 89.8% of their giving
$2.8M
4. United Way of the National Capital Area
29 grants to 5 organizations · largest $778K · through 2024 · 9.7% of their giving
$5.0M
5. International Rice Research Institute
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 48.9% of their giving
$1.4M
6. Columbus Foundation
14 grants to 4 organizations · largest $6.1M · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$17.8M
7. International Water Management Institute
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $690K · through 2020 · 82.4% of their giving
$1.3M
8. Greater Washington Community Foundation
53 grants to 11 organizations · largest $1.9M · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$12.0M
9. Booz Allen Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2020 · 22.2% of their giving
$1.0M
10. World Bank Community Connections Fund
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $256K · through 2024 · 34.3% of their giving
$844K
11. International Initiative for Impact Evaluation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $332K · through 2024 · 13.7% of their giving
$803K
12. Santa Barbara Foundation
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $2.2M · through 2023 · 2.8% of their giving
$3.9M
13. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
30 grants to 11 organizations · largest $7.3M · through 2024
$35.1M
14. The Albertsons Companies Foundation
24 grants to 5 organizations · largest $2.9M · through 2024 · 1.6% of their giving
$4.6M
15. Cgiar
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $203K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$279K
16. Ahold Delhaize USA Family Foundation Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $450K · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$1.8M
17. National Potato Council
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$250K
18. National Hardwood Lumber Association
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 80.4% of their giving
$220K
19. Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $6.5M · through 2024
$8.4M
20. Cornerstone Campaign
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $165K · through 2019 · 91.7% of their giving
$165K
21. International Potato Center
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $242K · through 2024 · 7.0% of their giving
$447K
22. The Yum-O Organization Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $120K · through 2020 · 12.5% of their giving
$227K
23. Feeding Pennsylvania
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $696K · through 2022 · 1.5% of their giving
$1.2M
24. Venable Foundation Inc
13 grants to 4 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 3.5% of their giving
$530K
25. The Kroger Co Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2023 · 1.6% of their giving
$1.1M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to food, agriculture & nutrition 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 food, agriculture & nutrition 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 food, agriculture & nutrition funding in Washington, D.C., not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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