About Revada Foundation
Revada Foundation concentrates its giving on cultural institutions and community infrastructure, primarily in the D.C. region, by making large, capital- and capacity-focused gifts. They favor arts organizations (both visual and performing), public-space/placemaking projects, and a few education and basic needs investments, often funding building campaigns, endowments, or headquarters acquisition rather than only programmatic operating support. The foundation makes relatively few but large grants and repeats support to flagship grantees involved in major capital projects.
Focus Areas
Capital campaigns and facility projects for arts organizations (museums, theaters)Performing arts support in the DC area (professional theatres and ensemble companies)Public realm and placemaking projects in Washington, DC (e.g., 11th Street Bridge Park)Cultural organization headquarters and property acquisition/campus developmentMajor capital support for community basic needs infrastructure (e.g., food bank centers)
Who They Fund
professional and emerging artists (visiting artists, young artist showcases)
About Revada Foundation
Revada Foundation’s recent giving is marked by large capital commitments to arts institutions and civic projects, especially in the Washington, D.C. area. A $3 million grant to the National Museum of Women in the Arts supported the Gloria and Dan Logan Learning Commons, while another $3 million grant to Signature Theatre backed a production center. The foundation also made a $2 million grant to Building Bridges Across the River for the 11th Street Bridge Park project, showing that its portfolio reaches beyond performance venues into public-space development. Their grants often support construction, acquisition, endowment growth, and major facility upgrades rather than only annual program budgets. The pattern includes support for headquarters purchase, campus updates, and new arts spaces, alongside targeted investments in jazz, theater, opera, film, and related cultural programming. Grants also extend to selected education and food access initiatives, but arts institutions and public-realm projects are the clearest thread across the foundation’s recent work. The foundation’s giving volume is substantial, with multiple seven-figure awards appearing in the recent grant list.
What Revada Foundation Funds
In visual arts and museum work, Revada Foundation gave $3 million to the National Museum of Women in the Arts for the Gloria and Dan Logan Learning Commons and another $1 million for the Space to Soar capital campaign. For theater infrastructure, it awarded $3 million to Signature Theatre for a production center and $450,000 to Bushwick Starr for a new lobby. The foundation also backs music and performance education. It gave $2 million to the University of Chicago for jazz program support and $100,000 to Georgetown University Lab for Global Performance for the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics. On the social-justice side, a $150,000 grant to The Praxis Project supported the Identity Project and the Distive Outreach Initiative. Its portfolio also includes a $100,000 grant to the Center for Investigative Reporting for general support.
How Revada Foundation Gives
Typical grant size clusters around a median of $26,783, with a first quartile of $10,000 and a third quartile of $50,000, even though the recent list also includes multiple seven-figure awards. The foundation gives discretionary grants and accepts unsolicited letters of inquiry in at least some of its listed programs, but formal applications are not actively solicited. Recent grants show repeated support to some recipients across years, including the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Building Bridges Across the River, University of Chicago, and Bushwick Starr, which points to ongoing relationships rather than one-time awards. The foundation is a private grantmaker that also funds individuals.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.9M
Total Assets
$54.4M
Total Revenue
$15.8M
Total Expenses
$4.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $50K, with a median of $27K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$27K
75th Percentile
$50K
Geographic Reach
National14 states funded
About 16% of grants go to recipients in DC.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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