Open Foundations · District of Columbia

Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

Washington, District of Columbia · EIN 526036989. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $23.0M across 451 grants in 2024, a median of $35K each.

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$23.0M
paid in 2024
451
grants paid
$35K
median grant
27%
to first-time recipients
$636.1M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
SEE ATTACHED
Address
1825 K STREET NW SUITE 1400, WASHINGTON, DC, 20006
Phone
2022233100
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
SEE ATTACHED
Submission deadline
SEE ATTACHED
Restrictions on awards
SEE ATTACHED

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202513399349100006. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

arts humanitiescommunityeducationhealthenvrionment

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 451 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Smithsonian InstitutionDC$1,200,000ARTS AND HUMANITIES
2WetaVA$681,000ARTS AND HUMANITIES
3Dreaming Out Loud IncDC$560,000ENVRIONMENT
4Blair House Restoration FundDC$500,000COMMUNITY SERVICES
5John F Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsDC$475,000ARTS AND HUMANITIES
6National Gallery of ArtMD$332,500ARTS AND HUMANITIES
7Rock Creek Conservancy IncMD$275,000ENVRIONMENT
8Education Forward DcDC$250,000EDUCATION
9Manna IncDC$250,000COMMUNITY SERVICES
10Washington Area Women's FoundationDC$250,000COMMUNITY SERVICES
11Capital Area Food BankDC$237,500HEALTH
12Building Bridges Across the RiverDC$225,000COMMUNITY SERVICES
13Greater Washington Community FoundationDC$225,000COMMUNITY SERVICES
14Signature Theatre IncVA$220,000ARTS AND HUMANITIES
15Identity IncMD$200,000COMMUNITY SERVICES

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020467$19.8M
2021463$22.0M
2022496$21.1M
2023432$22.6M
2024451$23.0M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
District of Columbia65%
Maryland22%
Virginia12%
New York1%
Pennsylvania0%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Anthony W CafritzADVISORY BOARD · 2024
Constance a MorellaADVISORY BOARD · 2024
Dorothy KosinskiDIRECTOR · 2024
Elizabeth M PeltekainADVISORY BOARD · 2024
Elliot S CafritzADVISORY BOARD · 2024
Eric MotleyDIRECTOR · 2024
Jane Lipton CafritzCHAIRMAN, CEO, & PRESIDENT · 2024
John E ChapotonVICE CHAIRMAN & TREASURER · 2024
Nazir AhmadDIRECTOR · 2024
Patricia McguireDIRECTOR · 2024
Susan BlumenthalDIRECTOR · 2024
Whayne QuinDIRECTOR · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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