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1825 K Street, NW, Suite 1400
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-223-3100
Email: info@cafritzfoundation.org
© 2024 The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
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.
The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Partners With Catchafire
The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation is thrilled to be partnering with Catchafire once again to bring time-sensitive capacity building support to nonprofits in the greater DC area.
Community Foundation Announces Unprecedented Community Support for Emergency Covid-19 Response Fund
The region’s largest community foundation has raised and committed $4.7 million to support disproportionately impacted communities. Across the region, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 is rising and the situation is rapidly evolving. The health, social, and economic implications of this pandemic are already being felt and could continue to be staggering to our region.