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The Cpmg Foundation
Washington, DC · EIN 47-2603523. Reported 60 grants totalling $257,190 to 38 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. The Cpmg 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,500 and $5,000; the smallest was $415 and the largest $15,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aarep DC | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Initiative for a Competitive Inner City | Roxbury, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Higher Achievement (brookland Center) | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friendship Place | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Step Afrika | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Anacostia Coordinating Council | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Stabel Artsorg | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stable Artsorg | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Roxbury Latin School | West Roxbury, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ward 8 Arts & Culture Council | Washington, DC | $9,640 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Rhode Island Ave Ne | Washington, DC | $8,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Crittenton Services of Greater Washington | Silver Spring, MD | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jubilee Housing | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Roc Solid Foundation | Chesapeake, VA | $5,150 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| March of Dimes | Arlington, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Positive Coaching Alliance | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| William Lockridge Educational and Scholarship Fund | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lorton Community Action Center | Lorton, VA | $3,900 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dance Place | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reginald S Lourie Center | Rockville, MD | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Calvary Women's Services | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| DC Pave Dba Parents Amplifying Voices in Education | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dress for Success Washington DC | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Easter Seals | Silver Spring, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Run Hope Work | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Worcester County Mechanics Association | Worcester, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Whitman-Walker Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Homeless Children's Playtime Project | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vernon Davis Foundation for the Arts Inc | San Jose, CA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Anacostia Homeowners and Residents Association | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Brain Injury Association of America Inc | Fairfax, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| College Gurl Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Developing Economic Opportunities Cdc | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sebastien's Smile Foundation Inc | Cheltenham, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The George Goodman Foundation Inc | Landover, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lydia's House | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Worcester Regional Research Bureau Inc | Worcester, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
15 of 38 (39%) 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 56%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Higher Achievement (brookland Center)
BROOKLAND CENTER SPONSORSHIP - Ward 8 Arts & Culture Council
TO SUPPORT THE CRE8TIVE ARTS PROJECTS. - Anacostia Coordinating Council
ANNUAL BRUNCH CRUISE SPONSORSHIP - Friendship Place
TO SUPPORT FREIENDSHIP PLACE IN SUPPORTING OUR LGBTQ COMMUNITY AS FOLLOWS:- VIA GROCERY/FOOD SUPPORT (UP TO $100/SINGLE AND $250/FAMILY)- TRANSPORTATION (UP TO $100 PER PERSON [SINGLE/HOUSEHOLD] FOR WMATA, UBER/LYFT)- MEDICAL EXPENSES (MEDICATION ASSISTANCE COSTS/CO-PAYS, NON-COVERED EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL BILLING UP TO $500)- UTILITY PAYMENTS (ELECTRIC, GAS, AND/OR WATER - UP TO $300)- HOUSING COSTS (RENT/DEPOSIT UP TO $1,000 FOR SINGLES OR $1,500 FOR A COUPLE/FAMILY) - NOTE THAT WHILE PROVIDING HOUSING SUPPORT, FP WILL LOOK TO CONNECT HOUSEHOLDS TO MORE ROBUST PROGRAMS PIRO TO AND POST-ASSISTANCE - Dance Place
CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP DANCE AFRICA - The George Goodman Foundation Inc
TO SUPPORT SUMMER YOUTH BASKETBALL
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 30 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | $39,500 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 9 | $36,915 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 19 | $69,849 | $2,500 |
| 2024 | 25 | $110,926 | $3,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Cpmg Foundation has 1 of them, worth $2,500. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Halcyon House | Washington, DC | $2,500 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 68% of this one's giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in District of Columbia.
- 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.
- 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 The Cpmg 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: 3401 8TH Street Ne, Washington, DC, 20017. 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.
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