How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Wendy Makins
3034 P St
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 965-1204
- Form and materials
- Please submit a brief outline of your program budget financial requirements other sources of support and number of people served by your program.
- Deadlines
- 10 31
- Restrictions
- Typically awards are 500-2,000 especially supporting the needs of the disadvantaged for access to the arts job training medical care and food. Applications from organizations in the District of Columbia will be given special consideration.
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$18,000
- Grants listed
- 16
- Assets, end of year
- $330,613
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Tax year 2024
$18,000
- Grants listed
- 16
- Assets, end of year
- $317,774
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Tax year 2023
$16,500
- Grants listed
- 17
- Assets, end of year
- $304,879
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Tax year 2022
$14,500
- Grants listed
- 12
- Assets, end of year
- $314,620
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Tax year 2021
$18,250
- Grants listed
- 19
- Assets, end of year
- $304,235
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Tax year 2020
$15,000
- Grants listed
- 13
- Assets, end of year
- $270,994
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return.
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DC Central KitchenWashington, DC
general operating support
$2,500 -
Herring Gut Coastal Science CenterPort Clyde, ME
educational programs support
$2,500 -
Bread for the CityWashington, DC
general operating support
$2,000 -
Jubilee JobsWashington, DC
general operating support
$1,000 -
Good Shepherd Food Bank of MaineAuburn, ME
general operating support
$1,000 -
Lifeflight Foundation of MaineAugusta, ME
general operating support
$1,000 -
Negotiation WorksWashington, DC
general operating support
$1,000 -
Community ForkliftEdmonston, MD
general operating support
$1,000 -
Washington Concert OperaWashington, DC
Opera Outside program
$1,000 -
TrekkersRockland, ME
youth programs and Road Ahead campaign
$1,000 -
A Wider CircleKensington, MD
general operating support
$1,000 -
PAWS Philadelphia Animal Welfare SocietyPhiladelphia, PA
pet owner support
$1,000 -
City WildlifeWashington, DC
general operating support
$500 -
Perry School Community Services CtrWashington, DC
general operating support
$500 -
Veggies to TableNewcastle, ME
general operating support
$500 -
World Central KitchenWashington, DC
general operating support
$500
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Food and agriculture3 grants $3,50027% of the total
- Environment1 grant $2,50019% of the total
- Education2 grants $1,50012% of the total
- Arts and culture1 grant $1,0008% of the total
- Community development1 grant $1,0008% of the total
- Human services1 grant $1,0008% of the total
- 3 other causes3 grants $2,50019% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- District of Columbia8 grants $9,000
- Maine5 grants $6,000
- Maryland2 grants $2,000
- Pennsylvania1 grant $1,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Elisabetta CortesiPresident Hours 2Pay $0
- Wendy MakinsTreasurer Hours 1Pay $0
- Marian MakinsSecretary Hours 0.5Pay $0
- Giovanna CimaDirector Hours 0.5Pay $0
The return
More foundations
- Private foundations in District of Columbia
- Private foundations in Washington
- Foundations that fund food and agriculture in District of Columbia
- Foundations that fund environment in District of Columbia
- Foundations that fund education in District of Columbia
Similar foundations
Same main cause (food and agriculture), giving between a quarter and four times this foundation’s where possible, nearby first.
- Binn Family Foundation Inc 2 grants Accepts applications $20,000 giving
- Alford Foundation Inc 3 grants Preselected only $23,605 giving
- Marshall B Coyne Foundation Inc 4 grants Accepts applications $6,750 giving
- Salem Community Benefit Inc 5 grants Accepts applications $18,000 giving
- Steven D Kienitz Family Charitable Foundation 9 grants Preselected only $18,000 giving