Grantees

2024
Defending Basic Freedoms
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Advancement Project Education Fund $10,000
American Bar Association Fund for Justice & Education $15,000
Americans United for Separation of Church and State $20,000
Better Markets $15,000
Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence $20,000
Bread for the City, Inc. $15,000
Cartoonist Rights Network International $10,000
Center For Reproductive Rights Inc $20,000
Children's Law Center $10,000
Children's Law Center - KY $10,000
Children's Rights $15,000
Committee to Protect Journalist $15,000
Community Legal Center $10,000
Council for Court Excellence $10,000
Dc Volunteer Lawyers Project $10,000
Drug Policy Alliance $20,000
Georgia Asylum & Immigration Network Inc $15,000
Immigration Project Inc $10,000
Innocence Project New Orleans $10,000
Just Neighbors Immigrant Ministry, Inc. $10,000
Legal Aid Justice Center $10,000
National Association of Counsel for Children $15,000
National Homelessness Law center $20,000
National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) $15,000
Nebraska Appleseed $15,000
New Mexico Environmental Law Center $10,000
New Mexico Immigrant Law Center $15,000
Northern Virginia Family Service $15,000
PFLAG National $15,000
Political Asylum Immigration Representation Project (PAIR Project) $10,000
Reprieve US $20,000
ROOT & REBOUND $15,000
School Justice Project $10,000
The Administrators of The Tulane Educational Fund $10,000
The center For Public Integrity $15,000
The Center for Victims of Torture $15,000
United Stateless $10,000
VoteRiders $15,000
Youth Justice Inc $10,000
2023
Defending Basic Freedoms
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Americans United for Separation of Church and State $20,000
Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence $20,000
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition $20,000
Center for Constitutional Rights $15,000
Center For Reproductive Rights Inc $20,000
Children's Law Center $15,000
Committee To Protect Journalists $15,000
Community Legal Aid $10,000
Community Legal Center $10,000
Georgia Asylum & Immigration Network Inc $15,000
Human Rights for Kids $10,000
Immigration Equality $10,000
International Refugee Assistance Project Inc $15,000
National Council for Occupational Safety & Health $15,000
National Homelessness Law Center $20,000
National Religious Campaign Against Torture $15,000
Neighborhood Legal Services Program Of The District of Columbia $10,000
New Mexico Environmental Law Center $15,000
New Mexico Immigrant Law Center $10,000
Northern Virginia Family Service $20,000
Open City Advocates $15,000
PFLAG National $10,000
Planned Parenthood Of Greater Ohio $20,000
Reprieve US $15,000
ROOT & REBOUND $20,000
School Justice Project $10,000
Surveillance Technology Oversight Project $15,000
The Center for Victims of Torture $20,000
Trace Media $10,000
VoteRiders $15,000
Pathways Out of Poverty
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Academy of Hope $10,000
Access Inc $15,000
AHC Inc $15,000
Automobile Dealer Education Institute $10,000
Capital Area Food Bank $25,000
CASA for Children of DC $15,000
CollegeTracks $10,000
Crittenton Services of Greater Washington $15,000
DC Central Kitchen $15,000
DC Scores $15,000
Fair Chance $15,000
For Love of Children $15,000
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop $20,000
Grassroots Health $10,000
Higher Achievement Program $15,000
Hope and a Home $10,000
Horizons Greater Washington Inc $10,000
Interfaith Works Inc $10,000
Junior Tennis Champions Center Inc $10,000
Kid Power Inc $10,000
Latin American Youth Center $15,000
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia/ English Empowerment Center $10,000
Little Lights Urban Ministries $10,000
Live It Learn It $10,000
My Sister's Place $10,000
Negotiation Works $5,000
Reading Partners $10,000
Samaritan Ministry of Greater Washington $15,000
Spark the Journey $15,000
Suited for Change $5,000
Teach for America $15,000
The Child and Family Network Centers $15,000
The House DC Inc $5,000
Urban Teachers $15,000
Young Playwrights' Theater $10,000
Encouraging Citizen Involvement
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Brave New Films $10,000
Civic Nation $15,000
Civic Nebraska $15,000
Edu-Futuro $15,000
Fair Elections Center $20,000
Generation Citizen $15,000
iCivics $15,000
IGNITE $15,000
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement $15,000
LA Voice $15,000
Mikva Challenge DC $15,000
New York Historical Society $15,000
ONE Northside $15,000
Parent Leadership Training Institute - Kansas City $10,000
RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights - John Lewis Young Leaders $15,000
Rising Organizers $5,000
Rural Vermont $15,000
Texas Center for Justice and Equity (TCJE) $15,000
The Advocacy Institute $20,000
VIA CDC $15,000
Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy $15,000
Working in Support of Education $15,000
YMCA of Metropolitan Washington DC $10,000
2022
Defending Basic Freedoms
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Advancement Project $15,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Louisiana $10,000
Americans United for Separation of Church and State $20,000
Anti-Recidivism Coalition $10,000
Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth $15,000
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition $15,000
Cartoonists Rights Network International $10,000
Center for Constitutional Rights $15,000
Center for Reproductive Rights $20,000
Children's Law Center $10,000
Community Legal Aid $10,000
Council for Court Excellence $15,000
DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice $10,000
DC Justice Lab $10,000
Faith in Public Life $10,000
Georgia Asylum & Immigration Network $15,000
Human Rights First $15,000
Immigration Equality $10,000
International Refugee Assistance Project $15,000
Jane's Due Process $10,000
Legal Aid Justice Center $10,000
Lutheran Social Services of New York $15,000
National Center Youth Law $15,000
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty $15,000
Nebraska Appleseed $10,000
Neighborhood Legal Services Program of the District of Columbia $10,000
New Mexico Immigrant Law Center $10,000
Northern Virginia Family Service $15,000
PEN America Center $15,000
Pflag $10,000
Political Asylum Immigration Representation Project (PAIR Project) $15,000
Program for Torture Victims $10,000
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) $15,000
Reprieve US $15,000
School Justice Project $10,000
Sojourners $15,000
Southern Center for Human Rights $15,000
Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) $15,000
The Welcome Project $5,000
Trace Media $10,000
VoteRiders $10,000
Pathways Out of Poverty
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Access $20,000
AHC Inc. $15,000
Asylum Works $10,000
Automobile Dealer Education Institute $10,000
Boys Town Washington DC $10,000
Bright Beginnings $10,000
Byte Back $15,000
Calvary Women's Services $15,000
Capital Area Food Bank $20,000
Capital Partners for Education $15,000
CASA for Children of DC $15,000
College Tracks $10,000
Collegiate Directions $15,000
Community Family Life Services $15,000
Community Youth Advance $10,000
DC Central Kitchen $10,000
DC Scores $20,000
Educare DC $10,000
Fair Chance $15,000
For Love of Children $10,000
Friends of the National Arboretum $10,000
Goodwill of Greater Washington $15,000
Higher Achievement Program $15,000
Hope and a Home $10,000
Horizons Greater Washington $10,000
Horton's Kids $15,000
Interfaith Works $10,000
Jubilee Jobs $10,000
Latin American Youth Center $15,000
Levine Music $10,000
Lift DC $15,000
Little Lights Urban Ministries $15,000
Live It Learn It $10,000
Montgomery College Foundation $10,000
My Sister's Place $10,000
OAR of Arlington, Alexandria, and Falls Church $10,000
One World Education $15,000
Samaritan Ministry of Greater of Washington $10,000
Sasha Bruce Network $10,000
Scholarchips $8,000
See Forever Foundation, Maya Angelou Schools $20,000
Suited for Change $5,000
Teach for America - DC Region $15,000
The Child and Family Network Centers $15,000
The Grassroots Project $10,000
United Community Ministries $10,000
Urban Ed $10,000
Urban Teachers $15,000
Encouraging Citizen Involvement
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Adelante Mujeres $10,000
Brave New Films $10,000
Civic Nebraska $15,000
Commonwealth Club of California $10,000
Community Organizing and Family Issues $15,000
Critical Exposure $10,000
Edu-Futuro $15,000
Fair Elections Center $15,000
Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action $10,000
iCivics $10,000
League of Women Voters Education Fund $15,000
Liberty's Promise $15,000
Make the Road New York $15,000
Mikva Challenge DC $15,000
National Korean American Service and Education Consortium $10,000
New York Historical Society $10,000
Outdoor Outreach $10,000
Parent Leadership Training Institute - Kansas City $10,000
Peer Forward $10,000
Rural Vermont $15,000
Show Me Integrity Education Fund $10,000
The Advocacy Institute $15,000
United Neighborhood Houses of New York $10,000
VIA CDC $10,000
Workers Center for Racial Justice $10,000
Working in Support of Education $15,000
YMCA of Metropolitan Washington DC $10,000
You Can Vote $15,000
Youth Activism Project $10,000
Youth Rise Texas $10,000
2021
Defending Basic Freedoms
Grantee Name Grant Amount
American Humanist Association $10,000
American Oversight $10,000
American-Arab Family Support Center $15,000
Americans United for Separation of Church and State $20,000
Better Markets $15,000
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence $10,000
Capital Area Immigrants Rights Coalition $10,000
Center for Constitutional Rights $15,000
Center For Reproductive Rights $15,000
Children's Rights $15,000
Council for Court Excellence $10,000
Council on American-Islamic Relations, Greater Los Angeles Area $10,000
Disability Rights Advocates $10,000
Drug Policy Alliance $10,000
Freedom for Immigrants $10,000
Human Rights First $15,000
Just Neighbors Immigrant Ministry $15,000
Louisiana Center for Children's Rights $10,000
National Center for Youth Law $15,000
National Coalition for the Homeless $15,000
National Council for Occupational Safety & Health $10,000
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty $15,000
National Religious Campaign Against Torture $15,000
Nebraska Appleseed $10,000
New Mexico Immigrant Law Center $10,000
Open City Advocates $10,000
PAIR Project $10,000
Pen American Center $15,000
Prison Policy Initiative $10,000
Project on Government Oversight $10,000
Reprieve US $15,000
ROOT & REBOUND $10,000
Southern Center for Human Rights $15,000
Syracuse University/Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse $10,000
The Center for Victims of Torture $15,000
The Fund for Investigative Journalism $15,000
Trace Media Inc $10,000
Violence Policy Center $15,000
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs $10,000
Witness to Innocence $5,000
Pathways Out of Poverty
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Access Inc $10,000
Beacon House $10,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington $15,000
Bright Beginnings $10,000
Byte Back $15,000
Calvary Women's Services $5,000
Capital Area Food Bank $20,000
Capital Partners for Education $15,000
CentroNia $10,000
City Year, Washington DC $10,000
College Track $10,000
CollegeTracks $10,000
Collegiate Directions $10,000
Community Family Life Services $10,000
Community Youth Advance $10,000
Computer CORE $10,000
Crittenton Services of Greater Washington $15,000
DC Scores $20,000
Falls Church McLean Childen's Center $7,000
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop $20,000
Friendship Place $10,000
Future Link $15,000
Goodwill of Greater Washington $15,000
Habitat for Humanity of Washington DC $5,000
Hope and a Home $10,000
Horton's Kids $15,000
International Rescue Committee (Silver Spring, MD) $10,000
Jubilee Jobs $10,000
Kid Power/Mentors Inc $10,000
La Cocina VA $10,000
LIFT-DC $15,000
Literacy Council of Montgomery County Maryland $10,000
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia $10,000
Little Lights Urban Ministries $10,000
Live It Learn It $10,000
Maya Angelou Schools $15,000
My Sister's Place $15,000
OAR of Arlington, Alexandria and Falls Church $10,000
One World Education $15,000
Prince George's Child Resource Center $10,000
Reach Education $10,000
Reading Partners $15,000
Resources to Inspire Students and Educators $5,000
Suited for Change $5,000
Teach for America - DC Region $15,000
The Child and Family Network Centers $15,000
Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International $10,000
United Community Ministries $15,000
Urban Teachers $15,000
Washington Tennis & Education Foundation $10,000
Word Beats and Life $10,000
Encouraging Citizen Involvement
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Adelante Mujeres $15,000
Brave New Films $10,000
Bread for the City $15,000
Civic Nebraska $15,000
Community Action Works $10,000
Community Capital Fund for Parent Leadership Training Institute- Kansas City $5,000
Community Organizing and Family Issues $15,000
Critical Exposure $10,000
Dominicanos USA $10,000
Edu-Futuro $15,000
Fair Elections Center $20,000
Generation Citizen $15,000
iCivics $10,000
Intercambio Uniting Communities $10,000
International Rescue Committee San Diego $15,000
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement $15,000
Latino Economic Development Center $15,000
League of Women Voters Education Fund $15,000
Liberty's Promise $15,000
Make the Road New York $15,000
Many Languages One Voice $10,000
Mikva Challenge DC $10,000
Ohio Alliance of YMCAs Youth and Government $10,000
Peer Forward $20,000
Public Allies Washington DC $10,000
Student Organizing $10,000
The Advocacy Institute $15,000
The Andrew Goodman Foundation $15,000
The Catherine Mcauley Center $10,000
The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund $15,000
VIA CDC $10,000
Workers Center for Racial Justice $10,000
YMCA of Metropolitan Washington $10,000
2020
Defending Basic Freedoms
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Advancement Project $15,000
American Oversight $15,000
American-Arab Family Support Center $10,000
Americans United for Separation of Church and State $20,000
Ayuda $10,000
Better Markets $10,000
Brennan Center for Justice $15,000
Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth $10,000
Campaign for Youth Justice $10,000
Capital Area Immigrants Rights Coalition $15,000
Center for Constitutional Rights $15,000
Center For Reproductive Rights Inc $15,000
Children's Rights $15,000
Disability Rights Advocates $10,000
Drug Policy Alliance $10,000
Freedom for Immigrants (formerly CIVIC) $5,000
Greater Boston Legal Services $15,000
Jane's Due Process $10,000
Just Neighbors Immigrants Ministry, Inc $15,000
National Association Of Counsel for Children $10,000
National Coalition Against Censorship $10,000
National Council for Occupational Safety & Health $10,000
National Law Center on Homelessness & Policy $15,000
National Religious Campaign Against Torture $15,000
New Mexico Immigrant Law Center $10,000
Northern Virginia Family Services $15,000
PAIR Project $10,000
Prisoners Legal Services Of New York Inc $10,000
Program For Torture Victims $10,000
Project on Government Oversight $10,000
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility $10,000
Reprieve US $10,000
Southern Center for Human Rights $15,000
The Center for Victims of Torture $10,000
The Fund for Investigative Journalism $5,000
Trace Media Inc $10,000
Violence Policy Center $15,000
Witness to Innocence $5,000
Pathways Out of Poverty
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Crittenton Services of Greater of Washington $15,000
Academy of Hope $10,000
After School All Stars $10,000
AHC Inc. $15,000
Aspire! Afterschool Learning $10,000
Beacon House $10,000
Bright Beginnings $10,000
Byte Back $15,000
Capital Area Food Bank $20,000
Capital Partners for Education $15,000
CASA for Children of DC $10,000
CityDance Ensemble $10,000
CollegeTracks $10,000
Communities in Schools of the Nation's Capital $10,000
Community Youth Advance $10,000
D.C. Central Kitchen $10,000
DC Scores $15,000
Doorways for Women and Families $10,000
Falls Church McLean Children's Center $7,000
FutureLink $15,000
Goodwill of Greater Washington $15,000
Hillside Children's Center $10,000
Homeless Children's Playtime Project $5,000
Hope and a Home $5,000
Hope House $6,000
Horton's Kids $15,000
Literacy Council of Montgomery Children Maryland $10,000
Literary Council of Northern Virginia $10,000
Little Lights Urban Ministries $5,000
Main Street Child Development Center $10,000
My Sister's Place $10,000
Prince George's Child Resource Center $10,000
Reach Education $15,000
Scholarchips $7,000
So Others Might Eat (SOME) $5,000
Southeast Ministry $5,000
StreetWise Partners $10,000
The Child and Family Network Centers $10,000
Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International (TAASC) $10,000
United Community Ministries $10,000
Urban Teachers - Washington DC $10,000
Washington English Center $10,000
Washington Tennis & Education Center $10,000
Encouraging Citizen Involvement
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Adelante Mujeres $10,000
American Forum $10,000
Bread for the City $10,000
Civic Nation $10,000
Community Action Works $10,000
Community Organizing and Family Issues $15,000
Court Watch NOLA $10,000
Critical Exposure $10,000
DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice $15,000
Edu-Futuro $10,000
Fair Elections Center $10,000
Farmworker Association of Florida $5,000
Generation Citizen $15,000
Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action $7,000
Hispanic Unity of Florida $10,000
International Rescue Committee San Diego $10,000
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement $10,000
Kindred $15,000
League of Women Voters Education Fund $10,000
Liberty's Promise $15,000
Many Languages One Voice $10,000
Mi Familia Vota Education Fund $10,000
One Common Unity $7,000
ONE Northside $15,000
PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education) $10,000
Peer Forward/College Summit $15,000
Street Law $10,000
Student PIRG $10,000
The Andrew Goodman Foundation $15,000
Workers Center for Racial Justice $10,000
Youth Activism Project $7,000
2019
Defending Basic Freedoms
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Advancement Project $15,000
American Bar Association $10,000
American Humanist Association $10,000
American Oversight $10,000
American-Arab Family Support Center $10,000
Americans United for Separation of Church and State $15,000
Association Of Junior Leagues International Inc $10,000
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence $10,000
Campaign for Youth Justice $15,000
Catholic Mobilizing Network $15,000
Center for Constitutional Rights $15,000
Center for Reproductive Rights $15,000
Children's Law Center $15,000
Children's Rights $15,000
Court Watch Montgomery Inc $5,000
Disability Rights Advocates $15,000
Drug Policy Alliance $10,000
Jane's Due Process $8,000
Judge David L Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law $10,000
Justice Policy Institute $15,000
National Coalition Against Censorship $10,000
National Council For Occupational Safety And Health (National COSH) $10,000
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty $10,000
National Religious Campaign against Torture (NRCAT) $10,000
New Mexico Immigrant Law Center $10,000
New York Immigration Coalition $10,000
Northern Virginia Family Service $10,000
Open City Advocates $10,000
PAIR Project $15,000
Prison Policy Initiative $10,000
Prisoners Legal Services of New York Inc. $10,000
Program For Torture Victims $10,000
Project on Government Oversight $10,000
Reporters Without borders $10,000
Respectability $10,000
Southern Center for Human Rights $10,000
Tahirih Justice Center $10,000
Texas Defender Service $10,000
Texas Health And Environment Alliance, Inc $7,000
Violence Policy Center $15,000
Pathways Out of Poverty
Grantee Name Grant Amount
AARP Foundation $10,000
Academy of Hope Adult Public Charter School $10,000
AHC Inc. $10,000
Asylum Seeker Assistance Project (ASAP) $5,000
Beacon House $10,000
BUILD $10,000
Byte Back $10,000
Capital Area Food Bank $20,000
Capital Partners for Education $15,000
CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children $10,000
Central Union Mission $10,000
City Dance Ensemble $10,000
City Year Washington DC $15,000
College Tracks $10,000
Communities in Schools of the Nation's Capital (CIS) $10,000
Community Youth Advance $5,000
Crittenton Services of Greater Washington $15,000
DC Habitat for Humanity $10,000
DC SCORES $10,000
Falls Church McLean Children's Center $7,000
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop $15,000
Friendship Place $10,000
Goodwill of Greater Washington $15,000
Higher Achievement Program $10,000
Hope and a Home $5,000
Horton's Kids $15,000
Jubilee Jobs, Inc $10,000
La Cocina VA $10,000
Literacy Council Of Montgomery County Maryland Inc. $10,000
Live It Learn It $15,000
Martha's Table $10,000
Montgomery College Foundation Inc. $10,000
Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless $5,000
One World Education $10,000
Reading Partners $10,000
Torture Abolition And Survivors Support Coalition International $7,000
United Way Of The National Capital Area $10,000
Urban Teachers $15,000
Washington English Center $10,000
Washington Tennis & Education Foundation $10,000
Encouraging Citizen Involvement
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Bread for the City $10,000
Community Organizing and Family Issues $15,000
Council for Court Excellence $7,500
DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice $15,000
Edu-Futuro $10,000
Fair Elections Center $15,000
Generation Citizen $15,000
Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action $10,000
Hola Cultura $5,000
iCivics $15,000
International Rescue Committee San Diego $10,000
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement $10,000
Kindred $10,000
Latino Economic Development Center $10,000
League of Women Voters Education Fund $10,000
Liberty's Promise $15,000
Make the Road New York $10,000
National Korean American Service and Education Consortium $10,000
Nebraska Appleseed $10,000
Nebraska Civic Engagement Table $10,000
One Common Unity $5,000
ONE Northside $10,000
PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education) $10,000
Peer Forward/College Summit $10,000
ProCon.org $10,000
Student Organizing $10,000
The Andrew Goodman Foundation $10,000
Toxics Action Center $10,000
Workers Center for Racial Justice $10,000
YMCA of Metropolitan Washington $10,000
2018
Defending Basic Freedoms
Grantee Name Grant Amount
American Oversite $10,000
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund $10,000
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence $10,000
Brennan Center for Justice $10,000
Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth $15,000
Catholic Mobilizing Network $10,000
Center for Constitutional Rights $15,000
Center for Reproductive Rights $15,000
Children's Rights $15,000
Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement (CIVIC) $15,000
Human Rights First $10,000
Jane's Due Process $10,000
Judge David L Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law $10,000
Legal Aid Justice Center $15,000
Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center $10,000
Louisiana Center for Children's Rights $10,000
National Justice for Our Neighbors $15,000
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty $10,000
National Religious Campaign Against Torture $15,000
Open City Advocates $10,000
Pen American Center Inc. $10,000
Prison Policy Initiative $10,000
Prisoners Legal Services of New York Inc. $10,000
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility $10,000
Public justice Foundation $10,000
Reporters Without borders $10,000
Southern Center for Human Rights $15,000
Tahirih Justice Center $10,000
Violence Policy Center $20,000
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs $10,000
Pathways Out of Poverty
Grantee Name Grant Amount
AARP $10,000
Academy of Hope $10,000
Affordable Housing Corporation, Inc. $10,000
After-School All-Stars $10,000
Beacon House $10,000
Bright Beginnings, Inc $10,000
Capital Area Food Bank $20,000
Capital Partners for Education $10,000
Collegetracks $10,000
Collegiate Directions $10,000
Communities in Schools of the Nation's Capital $10,000
Crittenton Services of Greater Washington $15,000
D.C Central Kitchen $15,000
Doorways for Women and Families $15,000
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop $15,000
Friends of Guest House, Inc. $10,000
Hillside Work- scholarship Connection $15,000
Hope and a Home $5,000
Hope House $7,000
Horton's Kids $10,000
Invent Now Inc. $10,000
Jubilee Jobs Inc. $10,000
La Cocina VA $10,000
Latin American Youth Center $10,000
Levine Music Inc. $10,000
LIFT $10,000
Literacy Council of Montgomery Maryland Inc. $10,000
Live It Learn It $10,000
Main Street Child Development Center $10,000
Mentoring to Manhood, A Community Youth Advance Program $5,000
Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless $5,000
Northern Virginia Family Service $10,000
One World Education $10,000
SOME $10,000
StreetWise Partners $10,000
Suited For Change $5,000
Teach For America $15,000
The Posse Foundation, D.C. $10,000
The Skill Source Group, Inc. $5,000
Torture Abolition And Survivors Support Coalition International $7,000
Urban Teachers $10,000
Washington Tennis & Education Foundation $10,000
Encouraging Citizen Involvement
Grantee Name Grant Amount
CASA $15,000
City club $10,000
Court Watch NOLA $10,000
Critical Exposure $10,000
DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice $15,000
Fair Elections Center $10,000
Farmworker Association of Florida $10,000
Gandhi Brigade $7,000
Generation Citizen $15,000
iCivics $15,000
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights $10,000
Intercambio Uniting Communities $10,000
International Rescue Committee $15,000
Kid Power $15,000
Liberty's Promise $10,000
Make the Road New York $10,000
Mi Familia Vota Education Fund $10,000
Mikva Challenge DC $10,000
National Coalition for the Homeless $10,000
Nebraska Appleseed $10,000
Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality Northside $10,000
People's Alliance Fund $10,000
Sojourners $10,000
The Andrew Goodman Foundation $10,000
The Working Group/Not in Our Town $15,000
Toxics Action Center $10,000
Turning the Page $10,000
Wilderness Leadership and Learning $7,000
Workers Center for Racial Justice $15,000
YMCA of Metropolitan Washington $15,000
2017
Defending Basic Freedoms
Grantee Name Grant Amount
American Humanist Association $15,000
Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence $15,000
Campaign fo the Fair Sentencing of Youth $10,000
Center for Constitutional Rights Inc $15,000
Center for Democracy and Technology $10,000
Center For Reproductive Rights Inc $15,000
CFYJ $15,000
Children's Rights $15,000
Community Initiatives for Visiting immigrants in Confinement (CIVIC) $10,000
Disability Rights Advocates $15,000
Free Speech For People Inc $10,000
Jane's Due Process $10,000
Latino Union of Chicago $10,000
Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia $10,000
Louisiana Center For Children's Rights $10,000
National Justice For Our Neighbors $10,000
National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) $10,000
Open City Advocates $10,000
Prison Policy Intiative $10,000
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility $10,000
Public Justice Foundation $10,000
Reporters without Borders $15,000
Southern Center for Human Rights $25,000
Student Press Law Center Inc $5,000
Tahirih Justice Center $10,000
The Center For Public Integrity $15,000
The Fund for Investigative Journalism $5,000
Violence Policy Center $20,000
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs $10,000
Pathways Out of Poverty
Grantee Name Grant Amount
AARP $10,000
Affordable Housing Corporation, Inc. $10,000
After-School All-Stars $10,000
Aspire! Afterschool Learning $10,000
Beacon House $10,000
Bright Beginnings, Inc $10,000
BUILD $10,000
Capital Area Food Bank $15,000
Capital Partners for Education $15,000
CentroNia $10,000
City Year Washington DC $20,000
Communities in Schools of the Nation's Capital $10,000
Community of Hope, Inc $5,000
Crittenton Services of Greater Washington $10,000
D.C Central Kitchen $15,000
DC Scores $15,000
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop $15,000
Friends of Guest House, Inc. $10,000
Higher Achievement Program $10,000
Hope House $5,000
Horton's Kids $10,000
Housing Up $10,000
Latin American Youth Center $10,000
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia $5,000
Live It Learn It $10,000
Main Street Child Development Center $10,000
Montgomery College Foundation $10,000
Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless $5,000
Playworks DC $10,000
Prince Georges Child Resource Center Inc $10,000
Reading Partners $10,000
StreetWise Partners $10,000
The Reading Connection $5,000
The Work Place DC $10,000
Together We Bake $10,000
Washington Tennis & Education Foundation $10,000
Young Playwrights' Theater $5,000
Encouraging Citizen Involvement
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Brave New Films $10,000
Bread for the City $10,000
CASA of Maryland $15,000
Court Watch NOLA $10,000
Critical Exposure $10,000
DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice $15,000
Edu-Futuro $10,000
Equality Ohio $10,000
Fair Elections Legal Network/ New Venture Fund $15,000
Farmworker Association of Florida $10,000
Generation Citizen $15,000
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement $10,000
Latino Economic Development Corporation $10,000
Liberty's Promise $10,000
Make the Road New York $10,000
Mi Familia Vota Education Fund $10,000
National Juvenile Justice Network $15,000
Not In Our Town/ The Working Group $15,000
People's Alliance Fund $10,000
Street Law $10,000
Taproot Foundation $10,000
Turning the Page $10,000
Wilderness Leadership and Learning $10,000
2016
Defending Basic Freedoms
Grantee Name Grant Amount
AYUDA $10,000
Campaign for Youth Justice $10,000
Cartoonists Rights Network International $10,000
Center for Community Alternatives $10,000
Center for Democracy & Technology $10,000
Children's Rights $10,000
DC Volunteer Lawyers Project $10,000
DREDF $10,000
Greater Boston Legal Services $15,000
Human Rights First $15,000
Justice at Stake $10,000
Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia $10,000
Louisiana Center for Children's Rights $10,000
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty $10,000
National Network of Abortion Funds $10,000
National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) $15,000
New Mexico Environmental Law Center $5,000
Open City Advocates $10,000
Pen American Center $10,000
Prison Policy Initiative $10,000
Reporters without Borders $15,000
School Justice Project $10,000
Southern Center for Human Rights $20,000
Tahrih Justice Center $10,000
The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth $15,000
VERA Institute of Justice $10,000
Violence Policy Center $20,000
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights & Urban affairs $10,000
Pathways Out of Poverty
Grantee Name Grant Amount
826DC $10,000
AARP Foundation $10,000
Aspire After School Learning $10,000
Bright Beginnings $10,000
BUILD $10,000
Capital Partners for Education $15,000
Casa Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children $10,000
Chess Challenge in DC $10,000
City Year Washington DC $20,000
Crittenton Services of Greater Washington/General Operating Support $15,000
DC Central Kitchen $15,000
DC SCORES $10,000
Doorways for Women and Families $10,000
First Star $10,000
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop $20,000
Friends of Guest House, Inc $10,000
Higher Achievement Program $10,000
Homeless Children's Playtime Project $10,000
Horton's Kids $15,000
Jubilee Jobs $15,000
Junior Achievement of Greater Washington $10,000
Latino Student Fund $5,000
Literacy Council Of Montgomery County/Adult Literacy Programs $10,000
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia $10,000
Live It Learn It $15,000
Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region $15,000
Main Street Child Development Center General Operating Support $10,000
Montgomery College Foundation $10,000
Northern Virginia Family Services $10,000
One World Education $10,000
SOME Center for Employment Training $10,000
The Excel Institute $10,000
The Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts $10,000
Washington Tennis & Education Foundation $10,000
Encouraging Citizen Involvement
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Arkansas Public Policy Panel $15,000
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund $10,000
CASA of Maryland $15,000
Critical Exposure $10,000
Dallas Area Interfaith Sponsoring Committee $10,000
DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice $15,000
Farmworker Association of Florida $10,000
Intercambio Uniting Communities $10,000
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement $10,000
Liberty's Promise $15,000
Men Can Stop Rape $15,000
National Juvenile Justice Network $15,000
New York Immigration Coalition $15,000
Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality Northside $10,000
The Working Group/Not In Our Town $15,000
Turning the Page $10,000
2015
Defending Basic Freedoms
Grantee Name Grant Amount
A New Way of Life Re-Entry Project $15,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation $20,000
Ayuda $15,000
Brave New Foundation $10,000
Brennan Center for Justice $15,000
Center for Community Alternatives $20,000
Center for Gender & Refugee Studies $15,000
Children's Rights $20,000
Community Service Society $10,000
DC Volunteer Lawyers Project $15,000
Government Accountability Project (GAP) $15,000
Legal Aid Justice Center $20,000
Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center $15,000
Mentoring Today $15,000
National Health Law Program $15,000
National Justice for Our Neighbors $10,000
National Network of Abortion Funds $15,000
National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) $15,000
New York Immigration Coalition $10,000
Public Citizen Foundation $10,000
Reporters Without Borders $15,000
Southern Center for Human Rights $25,000
Southern Legal Counsel $15,000
The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth $10,000
The Fund for Global Human Rights $15,000
The Fund for Investigative Journalism $10,000
TrueChild - Gender Public Advocacy Coalition $10,000
Violence Policy Center $25,000
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs $15,000
Witness to Innocence $15,000
Pathways Out of Poverty
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Bright Beginnings $15,000
BUILD $10,000
Byte Back $10,000
Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation $15,000
Capital Area Food Bank $15,000
Crittenton Services of Greater Washington $15,000
DC Central Kitchen $20,000
DC Scores $15,000
Doorways for Women and Families $15,000
Fair Chance $15,000
First Star $10,000
Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop $20,000
Friends of Guest House $15,000
Friendship Place $15,000
Goodwill of Greater Washington $15,000
Homeless Children's Playtime Project $10,000
Hope House $10,000
International Rescue Committee $15,000
Jubilee Jobs $10,000
Latino Student Fund $5,000
Levine Music $15,000
LIFT $10,000
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia $10,000
Literacy Volunteers of the National Capital Area $10,000
Miriam's Kitchen $5,000
Montgomery College Foundation $10,000
New Futures $15,000
One World Education $10,000
Playworks DC $10,000
Prince George's Child Resource Center $15,000
Reach for College $10,000
Reading Partners $15,000
SCAN of Northern Virginia $10,000
Streetwise Partners $15,000
The Foundation Schools $10,000
Transitional Housing Corporation $15,000
Urban Teacher Center $10,000
Urban Teacher Center $10,000
Washington Jesuit Academy $10,000
Year Up $10,000
Encouraging Citizen Involvement
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center (APALRC) $15,000
Corporate Accountability International $10,000
Council for Court Excellence $10,000
Critical Exposure $10,000
DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice $15,000
Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action $10,000
Edu-Futuro $10,000
FAIR Elections Legal Network/New Venture Fund $10,000
Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action $10,000
Intercambio de Comunidades $10,000
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement $15,000
Kid-Power DC $10,000
League of Women Voters Education Fund $15,000
Liberty's Promise $15,000
Men Can Stop Rape $15,000
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty $10,000
National Juvenile Justice Network $15,000
Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development $15,000
Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality Northside $10,000
Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC $10,000
Public Allies Washington, DC $15,000
The Public Working Group/ Not In Our Town $15,000
Turning the Page $10,000
Wilderness Leadership and Learning $10,000
YMCA of Greater New York $10,000
2014
Defending Basic Freedoms
Grantee Name Grant Amount
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation $20,000
Americans United for Separation of Church and State $15,000
Bellevue-NYU Program for Survivors of Torture $15,000
CASA of Maryland $25,000
Center for Community Alternatives $10,000
Center for Constitutional Rights $25,000
Center for Democracy and Technology $15,000
Children's Rights $20,000
Committee to Protect Journalists $20,000
Council for Court Excellence $10,000
DC Volunteer Lawyers Project $15,000
Disability Rights Advocates $10,000
DREDF $15,000
Drug Policy Alliance $20,000
FAMM Foundation $15,000
Government Accountability Project $15,000
Greater Boston Legal Services $15,000
Just Neighbors Immigrant Ministry $10,000
Las Americas $15,000
Latino Union of Chicago $15,000
National Center for Youth Law $15,000
National Women's Health Network $25,000
Public Citizen Foundation $15,000
Southern Center for Human Rights $20,000
Tahirih Justice Center $20,000
The Center for Victims of Torture $15,000
The Constitution Project $15,000
VERA Institute of Justice $10,000
Violence Policy Center $15,000
Witness to Innocence $15,000
Pathways Out of Poverty
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Academy of Hope $15,000
Beacon House $10,000
Capital Partners for Education $15,000
City Year Washington DC $20,000
College Tracks $15,000
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Program of Montgomery County $5,000
Crittenton Services of Greater Washington $10,000
DC Central Kitchen $15,000
DC Scores $15,000
Fair Chance $15,000
First Star $10,000
Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop $20,000
Friends of Guest House $10,000
Friendship Place $15,000
Higher Achievement $15,000
Homeless Children's Playtime Project $10,000
Horton's Kids $15,000
LIFT $10,000
Literacy Council of Montgomery County $10,000
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia $10,000
Live It Learn It $15,000
Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region $20,000
Miriam's Kitchen $7,500
New Futures $15,000
New Leaders $15,000
Northern Virginia Family Service $15,000
One World Education $15,000
Pathways to Housing DC $10,000
Playworks DC $7,500
Reading Partners $15,000
SCAN of Northern Virginia $15,000
Streetwise Partners $15,000
The Foundation Schools $10,000
The Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts $10,000
Transitional Housing Corporation $15,000
Washington Tennis and Education Foundation $15,000
Encouraging Citizen Involvement
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Arkansas Public Policy Panel $15,000
DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice $15,000
DC Vote $10,000
Democracy North Carolina $15,000
Edu-Futuro $10,000
Empower DC $10,000
Every Child Matters Education Fund $15,000
Ex-Prisoners and Prisoners Organizing for Community Advancement $10,000
Fair Elections Legal Network $10,000
Family Equality Council $10,000
Gandhi Brigade $10,000
Generation Citizen $15,000
Liberty's Promise $15,000
National Coalition Against Censorship $10,000
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty $10,000
National Juvenile Justice Network $15,000
Project Vote $15,000
Public Allies, Washington, DC $15,000
Turning the Page $10,000
Wilderness Leadership and Learning $10,000
YWCA Tulsa $10,000
2013
Defending Basic Freedoms
Grantee Name Grant Amount
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation $20,000
Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center $25,000
AYUDA, Inc. $15,000
Brave New Foundation $15,000
Brennan Center for Justice $15,000
Campaign for Migrant Farmworker Justice $15,000
Children's Rights $25,000
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) $20,000
Council for Court Excellence $15,000
Disability Rights Legal Center $15,000
DREDF $20,000
Equal Justice Initiative $15,000
Government Accountability Project (GAP) $20,000
Just Neighbors Immigrant Ministry, Inc. $20,000
Latino Union of Chicago $25,000
Legal Aid Justice Center $20,000
Measures for Justice $10,000
National Health Law Program $15,000
National Housing Law Project $15,000
National Juvenile Justice Network $15,000
ROC-United: Restaurant Opportunities Centers United $15,000
Tahirih Justice Center $25,000
The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth $15,000
The Center for Victims of Torture $15,000
The Constitution Project $15,000
The Fund for Investigative Journalism $10,000
The Reporters' Committee for Freedom of the Press $10,000
TrueChild $15,000
Violence Policy Center $25,000
Pathways Out of Poverty
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Academy of Hope $20,000
Alexandria Seaport Foundation $10,000
Capital Partners for Education $15,000
City Year, Washington DC $15,000
Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place $15,000
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Program of Montgomery County $5,000
Crittenton Services of Greater Washington $10,000
D.C. Central Kitchen $25,000
DC SCORES $15,000
Doorways for Women and Families $15,000
Fair Chance $20,000
For Love of Children $10,000
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop $15,000
Friends of Guest House $10,000
Goodwill of Greater Washington $10,000
Growing Together $5,000
Higher Achievement Program $25,000
Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection $15,000
Homeless Children's Playtime Project $10,000
Horton's Kids $15,000
International Rescue Committee $15,000
Language ETC $15,000
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia $10,000
Mentoring to Manhood $10,000
Mentoring Today $15,000
Mentors of Minorities in Education's Total Learning Cis-Tem (MOMIE's TLC) $10,000
Miriam's Kitchen $7,500
Multicultural Career Intern Program $10,000
New Futures $10,000
New Leaders $15,000
One World Education $15,000
Pathways to Housing DC $5,000
Reading Partners $10,000
Resources for Inner-City Children $7,000
StreetWise Partners $15,000
The Child and Family Network Centers $10,000
The Family Place $10,000
The Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts $10,000
The PEN/Faulkner Foundation $10,000
The Reading Connection $10,000
Washington Tennis and Education Foundation $15,000
Year Up, National Capital Region $15,000
Encouraging Citizen Involvement
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice $15,000
Critical Exposure $10,000
DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice $15,000
Demos $20,000
Empower DC $15,000
Fair Elections Legal Network $15,000
Family Equality Council $15,000
Generation Citizen $15,000
Intercambio de Comunidades $15,000
Interfaith Worker Justice $10,000
Kid Power DC $15,000
Latino Economic Development Corporation $10,000
Liberty's Promise $10,000
Men Can Stop Rape $10,000
National Coalition Against Censorship $15,000
Procon.org $10,000
Project Vote $25,000
Student Conservation Association $10,000
Turning Anger Into Change: DC Rape Crisis Center $10,000
Turning The Page $10,000
Wilderness Leadership and Learning $10,000
YWCA Tulsa $15,000
2012
Defending Basic Freedoms
Grantee Name Grant Amount
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation $15,000
American Humanist Association $15,000
Americans United for Separation of Church and State $15,000
Brennan Center for Justice $15,000
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) $20,000
Committee to Protect Journalists $10,000
Disability Rights Advocates $15,000
Disability Rights Legal Center $15,000
Drug Policy Alliance $15,000
Equal Rights Center $15,000
Farm Labor Research Project $15,000
Greater Boston Legal Services $15,000
Just Neighbors Immigrant Ministry $15,000
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty $20,000
National Network of Abortion Funds $15,000
National Women's Health Network $20,000
Physicians for Human Rights $20,000
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) $15,000
Restaurant Opportunites Centers United (ROC United) $15,000
Southern Center for Human rights $20,000
Student Press Law Center $5,000
The Center for Victims of Torture $15,000
The Constitution Project $10,000
The Fund for Global Human Rights $15,000
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press $10,000
TrueChild $10,000
Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs $15,000
Pathways Out of Poverty
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Bright Beginnings $15,000
Byte Back $20,000
Centreville Immigration Forum $15,000
City Year Washington DC $20,000
Columbia Heights and Shaw Family Support Collaborative $5,000
Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place $10,000
D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program $10,000
D.C. Central Kitchen $20,000
Doorways for Women and Families $10,000
Fair Chance $10,000
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop $20,000
Growing Together $5,000
Higher Achievement Program $15,000
Horton's Kids $15,000
Jubilee Jobs, Inc. $10,000
Language ETC $15,000
Literacy Council of Montgomery County $10,000
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia $10,000
Literacy Council of Prince George's County, MD, Inc. $10,000
Live It Learn It $15,000
Marian Koshland Science Museum $10,000
Mentoring to Manhood $10,000
Mentoring Today $10,000
MetroTeenAIDS $10,000
Miriam's Kitchen $5,000
My Sister's Place $10,000
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship $15,000
New Leaders $10,000
One World Education $10,000
StreetWise Partners $10,000
Teach for America $15,000
The Foundation Schools $10,000
The News Literacy Project $10,000
The PEN/Faulkner Foundation $10,000
The Urban Alliance Foundation $15,000
Transitional Housing Corporation $15,000
U.S. Vets $10,000
Encouraging Citizen Involvement
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Arkansas Public Policy Panel $15,000
Civitas Associates $5,000
DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice $15,000
Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action $20,000
Generation Citizen $15,000
Hispanic Unity of Florida $15,000
Intercambio de Comunidades $10,000
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement $10,000
Justice at Stake $20,000
Kid-Power-DC $10,000
Men Can Stop Rape $15,000
MinKwon Center for Community Action $15,000
Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition $15,000
ProCon.org $10,000
Project Vote $15,000
Radio Rootz $15,000
Turning the Page $15,000
YMCA of the Metropolitan Washington $10,000
2011
Defending Basic Freedoms
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Advocates for Youth $20,000
American Humanist Association $15,000
Americans United for Separation of Church and State $15,000
Brennan Center for Justice $15,000
Cartooning for Peace - U.S. $10,000
Center for Constitutional Rights $20,000
Center for Democracy & Technology $25,000
Detention Watch Network $20,000
Disability Rights Advocates $25,000
Electronic Frontier Foundation $25,000
Equal Justice Initiative $25,000
Legal Aid Justice Center $25,000
National Health Law Program $25,000
National Network of Abortion Funds $20,000
Southern Center for Human Rights $25,000
Tahirih Justice Center $20,000
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid $15,000
Violence Policy Center $25,000
Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs $20,000
Women for Women International $15,000
Pathways Out of Poverty
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Academy of Hope $10,000
CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children $10,000
City Year for Washington D.C. $10,000
Crittenton Services of Greater Washington $10,000
D.C. Central Kitchen $15,000
D.C. Public Education Fund $15,000
Fihankra Akoma Ntoaso $15,000
For Love of Children $10,000
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop $20,000
Goodwill of Greater Washington $15,000
Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection $15,000
Homeless Children's Playtime Project $5,000
Hope House $10,000
Horton's Kids $10,000
Jubilee Jobs $10,000
Language ETC $15,000
Levine School of Music $15,000
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia $10,000
Mary's Center for Maternal & Child Care $15,000
Mentors for Minorities (M.O.M.I.E.S.) $7,500
Mentors, Inc. $10,000
Montgomery Coalition for Adult English Literacy $15,000
N Street Village $10,000
Northern Virginia Family Service $15,000
Perry School Community Services Center $10,000
Sasha Bruce Youthwork $25,000
So Others Might Eat $10,000
St. Ann's Infant and Maternity Home $15,000
STRIVE DC $10,000
The Foundation Schools $15,000
The Reading Connection $10,000
Transitional Housing Corporation $15,000
Urban Alliance Foundation $15,000
Visitors' Services Center $10,000
Wider Opportunities for Women $10,000
YWCA National Capital Area $15,000
Encouraging Citizen Involvement
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Advancement Project $15,000
American University $15,000
CASA de Maryland $15,000
Civitas Associates $10,000
Critical Exposure $15,000
DC Vote $20,000
Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action $15,000
FAIR Elections Legal Network $10,000
Illinois Coaltion for Immigrant and Refugee Rights $25,000
Intercambio de Comunidades $15,000
Justice at Stake $15,000
Kid-Power DC $10,000
League of Women Voters of Maryland $2,000
Liberty's Promise $10,000
MinKwon Center for Community Action $15,000
National Housing Law Project $10,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America $25,000
Radio Rootz (People's Production House) $10,000
Social. Environmental. Economic (SEE) Inovation $15,000
Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership $15,000
The Student Conservation Association $15,000
Turning the Page $15,000
Young D.C. $5,000
2010
Defending Basic Freedoms
Grantee Name Grant Amount
American Humanist Association $16,000
Brady Center of Prevent Gun Violence $25,000
Brennan Center for Justice $15,000
Cartoonists Rights Network International $10,000
Children's Rights $15,000
Council for Court Excellence $10,000
Disability Rights Advocates $15,000
Drug Policy Alliance $15,000
Equal Justice Initiative $15,000
Institute for Policy Studies $15,000
Just Neighbors Immigrant Ministry $15,000
League of Women Voters $15,000
National Fair Housing Alliance $25,000
National Health Law Program $15,000
National Housing Law Project $15,000
National Law Center Homelessness & Poverty $25,000
National Network of Abortion Funds $10,000
National Whistleblowers Center $15,000
Physicians for Human Rights $25,000
Southern Center for Human Rights $25,000
The Center for Victims of Torture $15,000
VERA $25,000
Washington Lawyers' Committee $25,000
Women's Refugee Commission $10,000
Pathways Out of Poverty
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Academy of Hope $10,000
Capital Area Food Bank $10,000
D.C Scores $15,000
D.C. Bar Pro Bono $10,000
D.C. Central Kitchen $25,000
D.C. Public Education Fund $20,000
Doorways for Women and Families $10,000
Facilitating Leadership in Youth (FLY) $10,000
Fihankra Akoma Ntoasa $15,000
For Love of Children $10,000
Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection $15,000
Jubilee Jobs $15,000
Latin American Youth Center $15,000
Life Pieces to Master Pieces $15,000
Literacy Council for Northern Virginia $10,000
Literacy Council of Montgomery County $10,000
Literacy Council of Prince George's County $10,000
Live It Learn It $20,000
Mary's Center for Maternal & Child Care $15,000
Mentoring Today $15,000
Mentors Inc. $15,000
New Neighbors Education Center $7,500
Northern Virginia Family Services $15,000
Our Place DC $15,000
Reach for College $10,000
Resource for Inner City Children (RICH) $6,000
SCAN of Northern Virginia $20,000
Scholarship Academy $10,000
So Others Might Eat $25,000
St. Ann's Infant and Maternity Home $20,000
Visitors' Services Center $10,000
Washington Jesuit Academy $15,000
Washington Literacy Council $10,000
Encouraging Citizen Involvement
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Civitas Associates $5,000
Community Foundation of the National Capital Region $25,000
Critical Exposure $15,000
DC Vote $15,000
Democracy North Carolina $15,000
Facing History and Ourselves $10,000
Family & Children Services $15,000
HeadCount $15,000
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights $25,000
Intercambio de Comunidados $15,000
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement $20,000
Men Can Stop Rape $15,000
New Mexico Environmental Law Center $10,000
Project Vote $10,000
Teach Our Children $15,000
Tenants and Workers United $15,000
The Sentencing Project $20,000
The Student Conservation Association $15,000
Turning Anger into Change $15,000
Washington Peace Center $5,000
Wider Opportunities for Women $15,000
2009
Defending Basic Freedoms
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Americans United for Separation of Church and State $15,000
AYUDA $15,000
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence $25,000
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition $15,000
Cartoonist's Rights Network International $15,000
Center for National Security Studies $25,000
Children's Rights $25,000
Council for Court Excellence $25,000
D.C. Language Access Coalition $10,000
Equal Justice Initiative $25,000
Federation of American Scientists $10,000
Impact Silver Spring $15,000
Legal Aid Justice Center $25,000
National Health Law Program $15,000
National Housing Law Project $15,000
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty $25,000
Physicians for Human Rights $25,000
The Fund for Global Human Rights $25,000
The Sentencing Project $25,000
Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children $25,000
Pathways Out of Poverty
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Academy of Hope $10,000
Beacon House $10,000
Beyond Talent $10,000
Bright Beginnings $15,000
Byte Back $5,000
D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program $10,000
D.C. Central Kitchen $20,000
Doorways for Women and Families $10,000
Fihankra Akoma Ntoaso $7,500
Hope House $5,000
Jubilee Jobs, Inc. $15,000
Life Pieces to Masterpieces, Inc. $16,500
Literacy Council of Montgomery County $5,000
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia $5,000
Literacy Council of Prince George's County, MD $10,000
Live It Learn It $15,000
Martha's Table $10,000
Mentoring Today $15,000
N Street Village $10,000
New Leaders for New Schools $20,000
Reach for College $15,000
Resources for Inner City Children $5,000
SOME $20,000
Southeast Ministry $15,000
Spanish Catholic Center of Catholic Community Services $15,000
STRIVE DC $10,000
The Child and Family Network Center $10,000
The Foundation Schools $15,000
The Lab School of Washington $15,000
The Scholarship Academy $5,000
The Urban Alliance Foundation, Inc. $15,000
Visitors' Services Center $5,000
Washington Jesuit Academy $15,000
Words Beats and Life $5,000
Young Playwrights' Theater $5,000
YWCA National Capital Area $10,000
Encouraging Citizen Involvement
Grantee Name Grant Amount
9 to 5, National Association of Working Women $10,000
American University: Marshall-Brennan Project $10,000
Critical Exposure $15,000
DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice $25,000
Democracy North Carolina $15,000
Friends of the Earth $10,000
Green Map System $7,500
Impact Silver Spring $10,000
Justice at Stake $20,000
Kid Power - DC $10,000
Liberty's Promise $15,000
New Mexico Environmental Law Center $10,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America $15,000
Progressive Maryland $10,000
Project Vote $10,000
Tenants and Workers United $15,000
The Sentencing Project $15,000
Turning Anger Into Change $10,000
Turning the Page $10,000
Washington Peace Center $3,500
Wider Opportunities for Women $15,000
2008
Defending Basic Freedoms
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Advancement Project $25,000
Advocates for Youth $25,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation $25,000
Americans United for Separation of Church and State $25,000
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund $25,000
AYUDA, Inc. $25,000
Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence $25,000
Brennan Center for Justice $25,000
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition $25,000
Center for Campus Free Speech $10,000
Center for Constitutional Rights $25,000
Center for National Security Studies $25,000
Children's Rights $25,000
Committee to Protect Journalists $25,000
Council for Court Excellence $25,000
D.C. Language Access Coalition $10,000
Detention Watch Network $25,000
Disability Rights Advocates $25,000
DREDF $20,000
Drug Policy Alliance $25,000
Electronic Frontier Foundation $25,000
Equal Justice Initiative $25,000
Federation of American Scientists $25,000
Gender Public Advocacy Coalition $15,000
HALSA Inc. $20,000
Howard University School of Law $15,000
Human Rights First $25,000
Institute for Policy Studies $25,000
Just Neighbors Immigrant Ministry, Inc. $25,000
Latino Union of Chicago $15,000
League of Women Voters Education Fund $25,000
National Health Law Program $25,000
National Housing Law Project $25,000
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty $25,000
National Network of Abortion Funds $25,000
National Whistleblower Center $25,000
National Women's Health Network $25,000
Peace Brigades International $25,000
Physicians for Human Rights $25,000
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility $30,000
Sexual Information and Education Council of the United States $10,000
Tahirih Justice Center $25,000
The National Security Archive Fund $15,000
The Sentencing Project $25,000
U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants $25,000
Violence Policy Center $25,000
Virginia Justice Center for Farm and Immigrant Workers $25,000
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs $20,000
Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children $25,000
Pathways Out of Poverty
Grantee Name Grant Amount
A Greater Washington $25,000
Academy of Hope $25,000
Beacon House $10,000
Beyond Talent $25,000
Bright Beginnings $25,000
Capital Area Food Bank $15,000
CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children $15,000
CASA of Maryland, Inc. $25,000
Center for Inspired Teaching $25,000
College Summit, Inc. $25,000
D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program $10,000
D.C. Central Kitchen $25,000
DC SCORES $25,000
Doorways for Women and Families $20,000
For Love of Children $20,000
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop $15,000
Heads Up $15,000
HOMESTRETCH $15,000
House of Ruth $25,000
Interages $15,000
Jubilee Jobs, Inc. $20,000
Levine School of Music $22,500
Life Pieces to Masterpieces, Inc. $10,000
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia $10,000
Literacy Council of Prince George's County, MD, Inc. $20,000
Live It Learn It $25,000
Mary's Center for Maternal & Child Care $15,000
Mentoring Today $15,000
Mentors, Inc. $20,000
N Street Village $10,000
Northern Virginia Family Services $25,000
Prince George's Child Resource Center $10,000
Reach for College $25,000
Resources for Inner City Children $6,000
SOME $25,000
Southeast Ministry $25,000
Spanish Catholic Center of Catholic Community Services $25,000
St. Ann's Infant and Maternity Home $20,000
STRIVE DC $25,000
Teach For America $25,000
The Black Student Fund $15,000
The Child and Family Network Center $15,000
The Foundation Schools $15,000
The Lab School of Washington $25,000
The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship $10,000
The Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts $20,000
The Scholarship Academy $15,000
The Skill Source Group, Inc. $25,000
The Urban Alliance Foundation, Inc. $20,000
The Washington Literacy Council $25,000
Visitors' Services Center $15,000
Washington Jesuit Academy $25,000
Washington Tennis & Education Foundation $20,000
Wider Opportunities for Women $25,000
Young Playwrights' Theater $15,000
YWCA National Capital Area $25,000
Encouraging Citizen Involvement
Grantee Name Grant Amount
9 to 5, Nat'l Association of Working Women $20,000
American University; Center for Democracy and Election Management $25,000
CASA of Maryland $25,000
Chi Town Daily News $25,000
Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice $15,000
Children's Pressline $25,000
Close Up Foundation $25,000
Community Housing Partnership $10,000
Community Voters Project $25,000
D.C. Appleseed Center for Law and Justice $25,000
D.C. Vote $25,000
District of Columbia Alliance of Youth Advocates $15,000
Family & Children Service $25,000
Friends of the Earth $10,000
Giraffe Heroes Project $25,000
Green Map System $10,000
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement $25,000
Liberty's Promise $25,000
Low Country Earth Force $17,500
Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations $15,000
Men Can Stop Rape $25,000
Metropolitan Tulsa Urban League $20,000
Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition $25,000
People's Production House/Radio Rootz $10,000
Project Vote $25,000
Student Conservation Association $10,000
Tenants' & Workers' Support Committee $25,000
Young D.C. $10,000
2007
Defending Basic Freedoms
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Advancement Project $25,000
Advocates for Youth $25,000
American Civil Liberties Union - Safe and Free Program $25,000
American Judicature Society $25,000
Ayuda $20,000
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition (CAIR) $20,000
Cartoonists Rights Network $15,000
Center for Campus Free Speech $7,500
Center for Victims of Torture $25,000
Committee to Protect Journalists $25,000
Drug Policy Alliance $25,000
Education Fund to Stop Gun Violence $25,000
Gender Public Advocacy Coalition $15,000
Howard University Law School $25,000
Human Rights First $25,000
Institute for Policy Studies $25,000
Legal Aid Justice Center $25,000
National Women's Law Center $25,000
Physicians for Human Rights $25,000
Tahirih Justice Center $25,000
The Sentencing Project $25,000
Violence Policy Center $25,000
Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children $25,000
Pathways Out of Poverty
Grantee Name Grant Amount
A Greater Washington - Field of Dreams $25,000
Academy of Hope $25,000
Asian American LEAD $15,000
Beacon House $15,000
Beyond Talent $25,000
Bright Beginnings for Homeless Children $25,000
CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates $15,000
College Summit $25,000
DC Bar Pro Bono Program $10,000
Facilitation Leadership in Youth (FLY) $25,000
For Love of Children $20,000
Free Minds Book Club $10,000
Hannah House $10,000
Hope House $15,000
Jubilee Jobs $20,000
Lab School of Washington $25,000
Levine School of Music $21,000
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia $10,000
Live It Learn It $15,000
Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care $20,000
Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless $25,000
N Street Village $10,000
New Leaders for New Schools $25,000
Northern Virginia Family Services $25,000
Prince George's Child Resource Center $25,000
Reach for College $25,000
Resources for Inner City Children $5,000
Spanish Catholic Center $25,000
Spanish Education Development Center $25,000
St. Ann's Infant and Maternity House $20,000
STRIVE DC $15,000
Theatre Lab School of Dramatic Arts $10,000
Urban Alliance Foundation $15,000
Visitor's Service Center $10,000
Washington Literacy Council $25,000
Washington Tennis & Education Fund $20,000
Encouraging Citizen Involvement
Grantee Name Grant Amount
American University College of Law - We the Students $25,000
CASA of Maryland - New Citizens Voter Registration $25,000
Catholic Legal Immigration Network $20,000
Center for Democracy and Technology $25,000
Close Up Foundation $25,000
DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice $25,000
DC VOICE $25,000
DC Vote $25,000
District of Columbia Alliance of Youth Advocates (DCAYA) $15,000
FairVote $25,000
Friends of the Earth $10,000
Impact Silver Spring $15,000
Iowas Citizens for Community Improvement $25,000
Liberty's Promise $20,000
Organizing Neighborhood Equity $25,000
People's Production House $25,000
Student Conservation Association $10,000
Turning the Page $25,000
West End House Boys & Girls Club of Allston-Brighton $15,000
Youth Action Research Group $15,000
Youth Education Alliance $25,000
2006
Defending Basic Freedoms
Grantee Name Grant Amount
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation $25,000
American Judicature Society $25,000
American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee $25,000
Americans United for Separation of Church and State $25,000
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence $25,000
Center for Constitutional Rights $25,000
Center for Democracy and Technology $25,000
Center for Victims of Torture $25,000
D.C. Prisoners' Legal Services Project $10,000
Education Fund to Stop Gun Violence $25,000
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) Foundation $25,000
Farm Labor Organizing Committee $25,000
Human Rights First $25,000
National Women's Law Center $25,000
Sexual Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS) $20,000
Tahirih Justice Center $25,000
Pathways Out of Poverty
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Beacon House $10,000
Capital Area Food Bank - Kid's Cafe $10,000
CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children $25,000
CASA of Maryland - Employment and Training $25,000
Center for Youth & Family Investment $25,000
D.C. Creative Writing Workshop $15,000
DC SCORES $15,000
Discovery Creek $25,000
For Love of Children $20,000
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop $10,000
George Washington University - Neighbors Project $25,000
Horton's Kids $25,000
Jubilee Jobs - Move Up Program $13,000
Latin American Youth Center $25,000
Life Skills Workshop $15,000
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia $10,000
Literacy Volunteers of the National Capital Area $15,000
Mary's Center for Maternal & Child Care $15,000
New Leaders for New Schools $25,000
Northern Virginia Family Services - Training Futures Program $25,000
Pathways to Housing DC $25,000
So Others Might Eat (SOME) Center for Employment Training $25,000
Spanish Catholic Center for Catholic Community Services $25,000
St. Ann's Infant and Maternity Home $15,000
Urban Alliance Foundation $15,000
Visitor's Service Center $5,000
Washington Literacy Council $10,000
YWCA National Capital Area $25,000
Encouraging Citizen Involvement
Grantee Name Grant Amount
American University College of Law - We the Students $25,000
Catholic Legal Immigration Network $25,000
DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice $10,000
DC Vote $25,000
Impact Silver Spring $10,000
League of Women Voters Education Fund $24,720
Liberty's Promise $25,000
Men Can Stop Rape $15,000
National Coalition for the Homeless - Voting Campaign $15,000
National Security Archive Fund $25,000
National Whistleblower Center $25,000
Organizing Neighborhood Equity (ONE) $10,000
Planned Parenthood - Youth Peer Leadership Program $20,000
POGO/GAP/PEER Collaboration $30,000
Spanish Education Development Center $12,500
Student Conservation Association $10,000
Teaching for Change/Tellin' Stories Project $25,000
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) $25,000
Turning the Page $25,000
Young D.C. $10,000
2005
Defending Basic Freedoms
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Americans United for Separation of Church and State $25,000
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition $25,000
Center for Multicultural Human Services $25,000
Center for Victims of Torture $25,000
D.C. Prisoners' Legal Services Project $10,000
Human Rights First $25,000
Museum of Tolerance $20,000
National Coalition for Child Protection Reform $25,000
Sexual Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SEICUS) $25,000
Violence Policy Center $25,000
Pathways Out of Poverty
Grantee Name Grant Amount
A Greater Washington - Field of Dreams $25,000
CASA de Maryland - Center for Employment and Training $25,000
College Summit $25,000
Corcoran Gallery of Art - ArtReach $20,000
For Love of Children $15,000
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop $20,000
George Washington University - Neighbors Project $25,000
Horton's Kids $25,000
Jubilee Jobs - Move Up Program $10,000
Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington $25,000
So Others May Eat $25,000
St. Ann's Infant & Maternity Home $25,000
The Green Door $15,000
The Skill Source Group $25,000
Urban Alliance Foundation $25,000
Visitor's Service Center $5,000
Young Playwright's Theater $15,000
Encouraging Citizen Involvement
Grantee Name Grant Amount
American University School of Law - We the Students $25,000
Catholic Legal Immigration Network $20,000
Council for Court Excellence $25,000
DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice $15,000
DC Vote $25,000
GAP/POGO/PEER Collaboration $40,000
Men Can Stop Rape $20,000
New Leaders for New Schools $25,000
U.S. PIRG Education Fund - Ballot Access Program $10,000
Young D.C. $10,000
2004
Defending Basic Freedoms
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Advancement Project $25,000
Americans United for Separation of Church and State $25,000
Asian Pacific ALRC $5,000
Ayuda $10,000
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition $25,000
Carter Center $25,000
Cartoonists Rights Network International $25,000
Center for Constitutional Rights $25,000
Center for Democracy and Technology $25,000
Center for Multi-Cultural Human Services $25,000
Committee to Protect Journalists $25,000
D.C. Prisoners Legal Service Project $10,000
Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center $10,000
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) $20,000
Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council $10,000
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights $25,000
National Civil Rights Museum $25,000
National Coalition for the Homeless $10,000
National Conference for Community and Justice $15,000
NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund $25,000
Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL) $10,000
Violence Policy Center $25,000
Pathways Out of Poverty
Grantee Name Grant Amount
Black Student Fund $25,000
Capital Area Food Bank $25,000
Capital Children's Museum $25,000
CASA de Maryland $25,000
Class Acts Arts $15,000
College Summit $20,000
DC Creative Writing Worskshop $25,000
Discovery Creek Children's Museum of Washington $25,000
Experience Corps $25,000
George Washington University - Neighbors Project $25,000
Higher Achievement Program $25,000
Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund $25,000
Jobs for Homeless People $25,000
Jubilee Jobs $10,000
Life Pieces to Masterpieces $10,000
Mentors Inc. $25,000
Multicultural Career Intern Program at Bell Multicutural High School $25,000
New Leaders for New Schools $25,000
Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts $20,000
Shirlington Employment and Education Center $25,000
Skills Source Group $25,000
Student Conservation Association $10,000
urban Alliance Foundation $25,000
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs $24,000
Washington Tennis & Education Foundation $20,000
Encouraging Citizen Involvement
Grantee Name Grant Amount
American University Washington College of Law - We the Students Program $25,000
Bill of Rights Institute $19,000
Center for Voting and Democracy $25,000
Central American Resource Center $25,000
DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice $25,000
DC Vote $25,000
George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs - DC Student Voices $25,000
Justice at Stake $25,000
Justice at Stake - 2004 Voter Guide $25,000
Latin American Youth Center $25,000
Our Nation's Capital $20,000
Public Citizen Foundation $25,000
Street Law $25,000
Tenants and Workers' Support Committee $20,000
The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region $25,000
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse $25,000
U.S. PIRG Educational Fund $10,000
University of Virginia Center of Politics $25,000
Young D.C. $13,000