Recent Grantees
At our Spring Board of Directors’ Meeting in March 2019, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation awarded 134 grants for a total of $5,864,550. Below is a list of our recent grantees who applied for a grant between July 3, 2018 and November 1, 2018. Please visit our Annual Report Page for a full list of Cafritz grantees.
Organization
Amount
Education Forward DC http://edforwarddc.org
$600,000
To help double the number of at-risk and special education students in DC district and public charter schools who are college- and career-ready, to be paid over three years.
Fair Chance http://www.fairchancedc.org
$100,000
$90,000 outright and $10,000 as a 1:1 match for general support.
George Washington University www.gwu.edu
$110,000
$55,000 for GW's Center for Excellence in Public Leadership (CEPL), $55,000 for the Honey Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service (CCEPS).
Great and Small http://www.greatandsmallride.org
$10,000
General support to provide therapeutic riding and other equine-assisted activities to children and adults with special needs from across the Washington metropolitan area.
Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia www.habitatnova.org
$25,000
$17,500 outright and $7,500 as a 1:1 match for general support.
Higher Achievement http://www.higherachievement.org
$60,000
General support, including the expansion to Prince George's County.
Hope and A Home, Inc. http://www.hopeandahome.org
$45,000
$35,000 outright and $10,000 as a 1:1 match for general support.