Deerbrook Charitable Trust
The Deerbrook Charitable Trust is a private foundation (based in Chevy Chase, MD) that supports organizations serving children, youth, and families nationwide, focusing on education, youth services and intergenerational programs. Public reports and news coverage indicate it makes substantive grants but does not accept unsolicited proposals.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Established education or youth-focused nonprofit organizations with programs serving children, youth, and families and the capacity to manage multi-state or large-scale grants.
Good Fit
- • Programs focused on education, after-school services, or youth development.
- • Organizational scale or fiscal capacity to absorb multi-hundred-thousand or multi-million dollar awards.
- • Regional or national reach (the foundation funded recipients in 13 states).
- • Existing relationships or visibility with community foundations or large national intermediaries.
Geography
Observed giving in 2022 reached recipients in 13 states and 99% of dollars went outside the foundation's home state, indicating a multi-state/national footprint despite a single dominant grant in one state.
Recipient Variety
In 2022 the foundation issued 30 grants to 30 distinct recipients that include national intermediaries and local youth-serving organizations, showing a broad recipient set in the latest year; multi-year breadth cannot be confirmed from one year of data.
New Applicants
The foundation publicly indicates it does not accept unsolicited proposals and only funds preselected organizations; because recipient turnover cannot be assessed from a single year, the public statement that applicants must be preselected is the primary evidence of limited access for unfamiliar applicants.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
