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Ewing Family Foundation

Arlington, VA · EIN 75-2845908. Reported 157 grants totalling $496,700 to 61 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,500median grant
$496,700granted, 2021-2024
61organizations funded
85%of grantees funded again the next year
$2,684,098assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Ewing Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $15,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
24 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
84 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
35 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
14 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Fourth Presbyterian ChurchBethesda, MD$40,000442024
Dallas Arboreturm and Botanical SocietyDallas, TX$36,000442024
New Hope Presbyterian ChurchCastle Rock, CO$31,000442024
Baylor Scott & White FoundationDallas, TX$30,000332024
Deerfoot LodgeSpeculator, NY$30,000332024
Colorado SymphonyDenver, CO$26,000442024
Help and Hope CenterCastle Rock, CO$24,500442024
Karis CommunityDenver, CO$22,500442024
Baylor UniversityWaco, TX$21,500442024
Rainbow Trail Lutheran CampCanon City, CO$21,000442024
Project BelongArlington, VA$17,000332024
Young Life MinistriesDallas, TX$16,000442024
Baylor Health Care SystemDallas, TX$15,000112021
Douglas County Library FoundationCastle Rock, CO$15,000442024
National Park FoundationWashington, DC$15,000442024
Deerfoot LodgeMills River, NC$10,000112021
American Indian College FundDenver, CO$8,000442024
Central City Opera HouseWheat Ridge, CO$8,000442024
Cloverleaf Equine CenterClifton, VA$6,000332024
Shelters to ShuttersVienna, VA$6,000332024
Arlington Free ClinicArlington, VA$5,000112023
Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, WA$5,000442024
The National Audubon SocietyNew York, NY$5,000442024
The Nature ConservancyArlington, VA$5,000332024
The Salvation ArmyDallas, TX$5,000112022
The Salvation ArmyOklahoma City, OK$5,000112021
International Mission Board Southern BaptistRichmond, VA$4,200442024
Dallas Womens Job CorpDallas, TX$4,000442024
Falls Church Volunteer Fire DeptFalls Church, VA$4,000442024
Project LinusBelton, MO$4,000442024
Rivendell SchoolArlington, VA$4,000442024
Susan G Koman FoundationDallas, TX$4,000442024
The Trevor ProjectWest Hollywood, CA$4,000442024
Cornerstone School of Washington DCWashington, DC$3,000332024
Public Lands FoundationArlington, VA$3,000332024
TapawingoSpeculator, NY$3,000332024
Independence Seaport MuseumPhiladelphia, PA$2,000442024
Northern Virginia Therapeutic Riding ProgramClifton, VA$2,000112021
Project BelongPlano, TX$2,000112021
Reformed Theological SeminaryJackson, MS$2,000222024
The Nature ConservancyDallas, TX$2,000112021
Trinity School at MeadowviewFalls Church, VA$2,000442024
Virginia Hospital Center FoundationArlington, VA$2,000222022
Marymount UniversityArlington, VA$1,500332024
Sanibel Community ChurchSanibel, FL$1,500112022
Assist Pregnancy CenterAnnandale, VA$1,000112022
Cavalier Rescue USATucson, AZ$1,000112024
Cornerstone Achievement CenterDallas, TX$1,000112021
Ducks UnlimitedDallas, TX$1,000112021
Friends of BarnabasMidlothian, VA$1,000112021
Northern Virginia Alliance LeagueArlington, VA$1,000222024
Pope & Young FoundationChatfield, MN$1,000222023
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing IncLa Plata, MD$1,000112022
Summit County Animal Control and ShelterFrisco, CO$1,000112021
TapawingoFalls City, OR$1,000112021
The Muny ConservancyAustin, TX$1,000112023
Urban AllianceWashington, DC$1,000112022
Bridges to IndependenceArlington, VA$500112021
Catholic University of AmericaWashington, DC$500112021
Northern Virginia Family ServiceOakton, VA$500112021
Wounded Warrior ProjectTopeka, KS$500112021

38 of 61 (62%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 85%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 67 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
20 grants
Arts & Culture
11 grants
Health Care
9 grants
Human Services
7 grants
Civil Rights
4 grants
Environment
3 grants
Public & Societal Benefit
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202140$113,000$1,000
202241$126,200$1,200
202339$135,500$2,000
202437$122,000$2,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 32% of this one's giving went to organizations in Colorado. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Colorado
$157K
Texas
$138K
Virginia
$66K
Maryland
$41K
New York
$38K
District of Columbia
$20K
North Carolina
$10K
Washington
$5K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund27 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc25 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc21 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program19 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust16 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc16 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Colorado.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Ewing Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 3811 N Upland St, Arlington, VA, 22207. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 75-2845908 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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