The Spring Foundation Incorporated
This organization is a private foundation dedicated to supporting various causes, primarily through organizational support and community development initiatives. Its mission includes strengthening the Washington metropolitan region by promoting effective giving and fostering collaboration among scientists, scholars, and artists. The foundation provides funding to a diverse range of recipients, including educational institutions, health-related organizations, and community development programs. It demonstrates a commitment to enhancing community well-being and supporting research and education, with a notable focus on the Washington, D.C. area.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Established nonprofits or institutional partners (community foundations, universities, health/research organizations) that match the foundation’s history of large organizational support grants and that can be introduced or nominated rather than applying through an open process.
Good Fit
- • Organizational scale and capacity to manage large unrestricted or multi-year grants.
- • Work in areas already funded (community strengthening, education, health/research) or intermediary roles (community foundations).
- • Existing relationships or referral routes to the foundation’s trustees or prior grantees.
- • Ability to receive six-figure to million-dollar grants.
Geography
Observed grants in the latest years went to organizations in four different states (including DC, TN, MA, NY), and over half of 2023 dollars were awarded to DC-based recipients, indicating a multi-state footprint rather than strictly local giving.
Recipient Variety
The foundation made five distinct grants in the latest year to a mix of community foundation, university, and health/research nonprofits; three recipients repeated from the prior year while two were new, showing a moderate breadth of independent recipients for a private foundation of this size.
New Applicants
The foundation’s filings and default application flag indicate it funds only preselected applicants and there is no public website or submission route; although two new recipients appeared in 2023, those entries are most consistent with invitation/nomination rather than a public application path.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
