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- Assets: $470,394,214 (2005)
- Grants Awarded: $11,586,275 (2005)
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation was established in 1948 by Morris Cafritz, who was one of Washington, D.C.'s major commercial and residential real estate builders. His wife, Gwendolyn, served as the Foundation's President from 1964 to 1988. Today its Chairman, President, and CEO is the Cafritz's eldest son, Calvin, who in 2002 earned more than $450,000 for his work with the Foundation. In May 2006, Rose Ann Cleveland was named the Executive Director of the Foundation. She previously served as Director of Programming for the Washington Performing Arts Society, and Associate Director of Programming at the University of Maryland.
The Caftritz Foundation's philanthropy is focused exclusively on organizations that are either based in, or conduct some of their activities in, the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Because Washington is a mostly black city with a very high out-of-wedlock birth rate, major portions of Cafritz grants are earmarked for programs that address the economic and social challenges faced by that population. In addition, the Foundation gives strong support to pro-abortion groups, gay lobby groups, homeless rights advocates, English as a Second Language programs, substance-abuse treatment centers, radical environmentalist organizations, civil rights groups, and groups that advocate expanded rights for illegal aliens.
Among the Cafritz Foundation's recent grantees are the Tides Center; the Tides Foundation; Alliance for Justice; the Legal Aid Society; the Legal Aid Justice Center; the Sierra Club; the Women's Collective; the Center for Community Change; the Black Student Fund; the National Council of Negro Women; the Conservation Fund; the Center for Watershed Protection; the EarthJustice Legal Defense Fund; the Brookings Institution; Friends of the Earth; the Sustainable Development Institute; the Natural Resources Defense Council; Environmental Media Services; Lawyers for Children America; the Alliance for Fairness in Reforms to Medicaid; Mi Casa, Inc.; Manna; the Multicultural Community Service for the Youth as Peacemakers program; My Sisters Place; the Capital Area Immigrants Rights Coalition; the Smart Growth Alliance; Family Place; Planned Parenthood; the Humane Society of the United States (a radical "animal-rights" group, not to be confused with the American Humane Association, which is a bona fide animal welfare group); Ayuda; Sultana Projects; the Student Conservation Association; the Asian Women's Self Help Association; the DC Bar Pro Bono Program; Women Empowered Against Violence; Earth Conservation Corps; New Endeavors by Women; the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs; the DC Black History Celebration Committee; the DC Prisoners' Legal Services Project; Court Appointed Special Advocates; the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation; the National Conference for Community and Justice; the Children's Law Center; the DC Employment Justice Center; the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; and the National Peace Foundation.
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