Grant Details

For over half a century, the Philip L. Graham Fund has supported local nonprofit organizations providing both essential and enriching programs to the communities in and around the nation's capital. Reflective of its determination to respond to a wide range of community needs, the Fund's grants lists are broad and varied. Grants are awarded across four interest areas, including Arts & Humanities, Community Endeavors, Education, and Health & Human Services. Grantees include large, regional organizations as well as small, community-based groups; all share a commitment to the Fund's community. The Fund awards grants across 12 jurisdictions in the metropolitan area and is governed by a five-member Board of Trustees.

Focus areas:

• HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES: The Health & Human Services segment of the Fund's portfolio is the largest portion of the Fund's giving and includes a wide array of services designed to ensure everyone in the greater metropolitan area has access to the tools necessary for healthy and productive living. Nonprofits providing shelter, food, medical care, and workforce development programs to members of our community are a high priority for the Fund as well as efforts to increase access to fresh foods, legal services, routine primary care and dental visits, and comprehensive behavioral health services for children and adults.
• EDUCATION: The Philip L. Graham Fund is committed to supporting efforts to advance and expand educational offerings for children and adults in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. The Fund gives high priority to programs that improve public education and adult literacy.
• ARTS & HUMANITIES: From its earliest days, the Philip L. Graham Fund has supported both large and small arts organizations in and around Washington, D.C. Many of the city's largest and most innovative theater companies, museums, dance companies, and arts education programs can trace their earliest funding back to the Graham Fund. The Fund remains committed to supporting longstanding organizations devoted to bringing high-quality and unique programs to the community and to seeking out new organizations bringing fresh ideas and offerings to the metropolitan area. The Fund is specifically interested in arts programming that shows a clear intersection with one of the Fund's other focus areas.
• COMMUNITY ENDEAVORS: Recognizing the importance of Washington, D.C., to the nation and the world, the Fund considers requests from institutions that tell the stories of our country's history, values, and accomplishments and strengthen the greater metropolitan community as a whole. This includes support for a broad spectrum of organizations, such as institutions of national significance located in the metropolitan area, improvement of local parks and playgrounds, and efforts to help our community through programs that strengthen families and neighborhoods.