Foundations that fund nonprofits in Bethesda, MD

1,199 private foundations reported 1,908 grants to organizations in Bethesda, Maryland, on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $202.3M in all. 67 of them are based in Bethesda.

Foundations1,199

Based in Bethesda67

Grants on record1,908

Their typical grant$5,000

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Foundations based in Bethesda

10 of the 67 local foundations that reported grants to Bethesda organizations: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of such grants on their latest return.

• The Morningstar Philanthropic Foundation D/B/A the Morningstar Foundation

  Bethesda, MD · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Bethesda 5 Total there $219K Typical grant $50,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Montgomery County Food Council - General charitable purposes$75,000
  • So What Else - General charitable purposes$75,000
  • Feed the Fridge - General charitable purposes$26,600

• The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc

  Bethesda, MD · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $27.9M in 2024
  Grants in Bethesda 5 Total there $133K Typical grant $5,000 Describes how to apply
  • Moonshot Missions Inc - Chesapeake wastewater utility ta$118,000
  • Moonshot Missions Inc - Pmp prep and certification exam$5,000
  • Moonshot Missions Inc - Tax and audit prep$5,000

• The J Willard and Alice S Marriott Foundation

  Bethesda, MD · latest return: tax year 2025

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  Grants in Bethesda 4 Total there $6.7M Typical grant $250,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Bridges From School to Work - General operating support$5,050,000
  • Suburban Hospital Foundation - Emergency department expansion$1,500,000
  • Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad - General operating support$50,000

• Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc

  Bethesda, MD · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Bethesda 2 Total there $320K Typical grant $175,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Bethesda Green Inc - Innovation and incubation projects$170,000
  • Suburban Hospital Foundation Inc - Nursing excellence programs at suburban hospital$150,000

• Kiwanis Foundation of Bethesda Maryland Inc

  Bethesda, MD · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $55K in 2024
  Grants in Bethesda 9 Total there $40K Typical grant $1,500 Describes how to apply
  • YMCA - Camp for youth$20,000
  • Suburban Hospital Foundation - Hospital initiatives$5,000
  • Lazarus L Brewer Scholarship - Donations to disadvantaged youth$4,000

• Mead Family Foundation

  Bethesda, MD · latest return: tax year 2025

  Gave $3.1M in 2025
  Grants in Bethesda 8 Total there $555K Typical grant $40,000 Describes how to apply
  • Kid Museum - Building organizational capacity for kid$250,000
  • Montgomery County Children's Opportunity Alliance - General operating: common agenda implementation$100,000
  • Montgomery County Food Council - General operating support$60,000

• Richard E and Nancy P Marriott Foundation Inc

  Bethesda, MD · latest return: tax year 2025

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  Grants in Bethesda 7 Total there $74K Typical grant $15,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Bridges From School to Work Inc - Mission related operations$37,733
  • The Oasis Institute - The oasis intergenerational tutoring program$17,500
  • Bridges From School to Work Inc - Text to pledge$10,000

• Sanders Foundation

  Bethesda, MD · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Bethesda 7 Total there $36K Typical grant $5,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Congregation Beth El - Support junior congregation hanukkah wish list$8,926
  • Bethesda Cares - Support programs to help the poor and homeless in the bethesda area$8,000
  • The Children's Inn at Nih - Provide housing to children and families while participate in medical treatment$7,000

• England Family Foundation Inc

  Bethesda, MD · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Bethesda 6 Total there $150K Typical grant $15,000 Preselected recipients only
  • American Jewish Committee - General operating support$65,000
  • Center for Inspired Teaching - General operating support$25,000
  • Meridian International Center - General operating support$5,000

• Redskin Foundation Inc George Preston Marshall Foundation

  Bethesda, MD · latest return: tax year 2025

  Gave $848K in 2025
  Grants in Bethesda 6 Total there $75K Typical grant $10,000 Describes how to apply
  • The Barker Adoption Foundation - To support youth activities$20,000
  • Collegiate Directions - To support youth activities$15,000
  • So What Else - To support youth activities$15,000

Other foundations giving most in Bethesda

Based elsewhere, by the number of grants to Bethesda organizations on their latest return; profiles in our foundation directory first. Each shows its largest grants there.

• Amazonsmile Foundation

  Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2023

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  Grants in Bethesda 231 Total there $125K Typical grant $57 Preselected recipients only
  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - General support$64,846
  • Alley Cat Allies Inc - General support$10,463
  • Hydrocephalus Association - General support$6,381

• Chubb Charitable Foundation

  Philadelphia, PA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $5.8M in 2024
  Grants in Bethesda 20 Total there $3,830 Typical grant $200 Describes how to apply
  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Hq - Matching Gifts$530
  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Hq - Matching Gifts$500
  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Hq - Matching Gifts$500

• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

  Princeton, NJ · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $622.6M in 2024
  Grants in Bethesda 16 Total there $7.4M Typical grant $46,950 Describes how to apply
  • Vose River Charitable Fund - Transforming local data environments through principles of health equity and justice to enable a better use…$5,817,555
  • Vose River Charitable Fund - Supporting the vose river charitable fund to enable the phcc academy to strengthen effective communication…$316,079
  • Vose River Charitable Fund - Adding a fifth awardee to an rwjf project to transform local data environments through principles of health…$281,500

• Annie E Casey Foundation Inc

  Baltimore, MD · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Bethesda 13 Total there $1.3M Typical grant $40,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Child Trends Inc - Support for self-evaluation and data for Family Well-Being Strategy Group$725,000
  • Child Trends Inc - Support for understanding positive youth development strategies in the employment context$165,000
  • Child Trends Inc - Support Young Adult Developmental Framework$100,000

• The Ford Foundation

  New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $844.7M in 2024
  Grants in Bethesda 10 Total there $1.8M Typical grant $104,795 Describes how to apply
  • Burness Communications Inc - To implement a strategic communications plan and provide communications assistance to indigenous,…$700,000
  • Fuller Project for International Reporting Inc - General support$450,000
  • Burness Communications Inc - To implement a strategic communications plan and provide communications assistance to indigenous,…$350,000

• Nora Roberts Foundation Inc

  Glenn Dale, MD · latest return: tax year 2025

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  Grants in Bethesda 10 Total there $106K Typical grant $5,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Imagination Stage - Operations$50,000
  • The Nature Conservancy - Operations$10,000
  • Wildwood Summer Theatre - Operations$8,000

• Gates Foundation

  Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $6.3B in 2024
  Grants in Bethesda 9 Total there $8.4M Typical grant $500,000 Describes how to apply
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Discovery and translational sciences; malaria$1,853,250
  • National Institutes of Health - Research and learning opportunities; vaccine delivery; vaccine development$1,821,925
  • Cooperative Housing Foundation - Family planning; global health and development public awareness and analysis; maternal, newborn, child…$1,516,000

• The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

  Washington, DC · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $23.1M in 2024
  Grants in Bethesda 9 Total there $355K Typical grant $35,000 Describes how to apply
  • Round House Theatre Inc - Arts and humanities$90,000
  • The Barker Adoption Foundation - Community services$75,000
  • Imagination Stage - Arts and humanities$60,000

• Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

  New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2025

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  Grants in Bethesda 9 Total there $16K Typical grant $600 Preselected recipients only
  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Matching contribution (general operating support)$9,404
  • Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation - Matching contribution (general operating support)$2,000
  • Management Leadership for Tomorrow - Matching contribution (general operating support)$1,180

• The Pfizer Foundation Inc

  New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Bethesda 9 Total there $15K Typical grant $200 Preselected recipients only
  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - National Headquarters - Matching gifts$10,481
  • The Barker Adoption Foundation - Matching gifts$1,500
  • Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network Inc - Matching gifts$1,500

• Shell USA Company Foundation

  Houston, TX · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Bethesda 8 Total there $20K Typical grant $1,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$10,010
  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$6,580
  • Country Day School of the Sacred Heart Inc$1,000

• Texas Instruments Foundation

  Dallas, TX · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $22.6M in 2024
  Grants in Bethesda 6 Total there $980 Typical grant $500 Describes how to apply
  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Hq - Donations to colleges, universities and other organizations under "matching gifts program."$490
  • Bethesda Cares Inc - Donations to colleges, universities and other organizations under "matching gifts program."$250
  • Coalition for Capital Crescent Trl - Donations to colleges, universities and other organizations under "matching gifts program."$125

• Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation

  Chevy Chase, MD · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Bethesda 5 Total there $3.9M Typical grant $350,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Suburban Hospital Foundation Inc - Capital campaign$2,000,000
  • Suburban Hospital Foundation Inc - General operating support for a virtual nursing program$1,745,000
  • Moco Kidsco - Invention scholars program$100,000

• The Kresge Foundation

  Troy, MI · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $170M in 2024
  Grants in Bethesda 4 Total there $3.4M Typical grant $140,000 Describes how to apply
  • Vose River Charitable Fund - Project support grant to support university of south florida college of public health (coph) to serve as the…$2,700,000
  • Vose River Charitable Fund - Project support grant for the fourth and final iteration of the build health challenge.$400,000
  • Vose River Charitable Fund - Project support grant to the public health communications collaborative (phcc)$225,000

• The Kahlert Foundation Inc

  Sykesville, MD · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Bethesda 4 Total there $355K Typical grant $50,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Children's Inn at Nih Inc - The inn of tomorrow: expanding capacity to serve more and younger nih patients and families$150,000
  • Just Tryan It - Just tryan it deep need grant fund$30,000
  • Yellow Ribbon Fund Inc - Crossroads program$25,000

• Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc

  Radnor, PA · latest return: tax year 2025

  Gave $8.8M in 2025
  Grants in Bethesda 4 Total there $1,200 Typical grant $100 Describes how to apply
  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation National Headquarters - Matching gifts$500
  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation National Headquarters - Matching gifts$250
  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation National Headquarters - Matching gifts$250

• The Sobrato Family Foundation

  Mountain View, CA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $69.3M in 2024
  Grants in Bethesda 3 Total there $5.5M Typical grant $75,000 Describes how to apply
  • Impactassets Inc - To support impact investments$3,000,000
  • Impactassets Inc - To support the resonance impact fund$1,500,000
  • Impactassets Inc - General support to the resonance impact fund # 49413$1,000,000

• Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation

  Redmond, WA · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Bethesda 3 Total there $3.8M Typical grant $800,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Management Leadership for Tomorrow - To provide general support$2,500,000
  • Management Leadership for Tomorrow - To raise public awareness of the benefits of full access to economic opportunities in the tech sector$750,000
  • Impactassets Inc - To increase access to mental health support for young people$500,000

• Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation

  Palo Alto, CA · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Bethesda 3 Total there $799K Typical grant $200,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Foundations of Success Inc - To support further understanding of evidence-based adaptive management and the integration of behavioral…$796,296
  • Foundations of Success Inc - In support of 2024 conservation measures partnership membership.$2,500
  • Curesearch for Children's Cancer - Employee or trustee recommended gift for general operational support.$300

• Conrad N Hilton Foundation

  Westlake Village, CA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $287.7M in 2024
  Grants in Bethesda 3 Total there $490K Typical grant $76,000 Describes how to apply
  • Community Science - To evaluate youth development, youth workforce, and opportunity youth initiatives using programmatic,…$190,000
  • Community Science - To evaluate the effectiveness of grant funding to multi-stakeholder partnerships and on the provision of…$150,000
  • Community Science - To evaluate the effectiveness of grant funding to multi-stakeholder partnerships and on the provision of…$150,000

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Bethesda organizations several of these foundations fund

Organizations in Bethesda that received grants from two or more of the foundations above, on the same returns.

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