Recent Grantees
At our Summer Board of Directors’ Meeting, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation awarded 128 grants for a total of $7,145,000. Below is a list of our recent grantees from the March 1, 2017 deadline.
Organization
Amount
DC Urban Greens Inc http://www.dcurbangreens.org
$15,000
General support for year-round urban farms and community programs serving food desert residents of Wards 7 and 8.
Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project www.dvleap.org
$35,000
$30,000 outright and $5,000 as a 1:1 match for general support for DC-area work.
Dumbarton Concert Series www.innercity-innerchild.org
$35,000
General support for the Inner City-Inner Child program.
Easter Seals DC, MD, VA http://www.eseal.org
$100,000
$50,000 for the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Adult Day Services Center (ADSC) and $50,000 for the EasterSeals Employment Network (EDSN).
Enterprise Community Partners www.enterprisecommunity.org/citiesWhereWeWork/dc
$170,000
General support.
Euphemia L. Haynes Public Charter School http://www.elhaynes.org
$50,000
For Extended Day and Intersessions programs.
Father McKenna Center http://www.fathermckennacenter.org
$310,000
$250,000 for capital support and $60,000 for general support, to be paid over two years.
Food Research & Action Center www.dchunger.org
$40,000
General support for the D.C. Hunger Solutions and Maryland Hunger Solutions initiatives.