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1825 K Street, NW, Suite 1400
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-223-3100
Email: info@cafritzfoundation.org
© 2022 The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
Recognizing the Extraordinary Leaders in DC Government with the 20th Annual Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Awards
The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, in partnership with The George Washington University’s Center for Excellence in Public Leadership and the District of Columbia Government, is proud to recognize the extraordinary winners and finalists of the 20th Annual Cafritz Awards Program.
ARTS FORWARD FUND ANNOUNCES $1.7 MILLION IN GRANTS TO 89 LOCAL ARTS GROUPS IMPACTED BY COVID-19
Arts Forward Fund, a partnership between the Greater Washington Community Foundation, The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, and 10 other foundations and individual donors, is proud to announce new grants totaling nearly $1.7 million to 89 arts and culture organizations in the DC region.
GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES $1 MILLION GIFT FROM MACKENZIE SCOTT TO ARTS FORWARD FUND
Ten Local Funders Also Supporting New Funding Round in July
Author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has awarded $1 million to the Greater Washington Community Foundation to support Arts Forward Fund, an equity-focused funder collaborative formed in 2020 by local funders to help arts and culture organizations in the DC region to stabilize, adapt, and thrive through the COVID-19 pandemic. The gift to Arts Forward Fund is one of 289 grants totaling $2.7 billion that Scott announced through a June 15 blog post on Medium.
The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Extends Program Providing Operational Support to Hundreds of Area Nonprofits
WASHINGTON, DC — The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation announced that it is extending its partnership with Catchafire for a third year to provide hundreds of DC-area nonprofits access to services from skilled volunteers at no cost. Since 2019, the Cafritz Foundation has given nonprofits access to Catchafire’s platform, connecting them to the professional help they need to build capacity.
Greater Washington Community Foundation and Cafritz Foundation Launch $1 Million Arts Forward Fund
Recognizing the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on arts and culture organizations throughout the region, the Greater Washington Community Foundation has joined with The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation and eight other grantmakers to launch the Arts Forward Fund, a million-dollar initiative to provide critical support to help arts and culture organizations in the DC region to stabilize, adapt, and thrive despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.