WHY SUPPORT US

The Barbara McDowell Foundation fuels the efforts of nationally recognized nonprofits litigating cases for the better of our country and those individuals who don’t have the resources to do so.

Through a streamlined, yet deliberate grant application process, the Foundation vets the grantees to ensure our donors’ philanthropic dollars are well spent and directed at specific issues they are interested in supporting.

These various social justice and civil rights organizations have limited resources for fundraising, therefore the Foundation helps to provide valuable funding for them to pursue their missions.

We select nonprofits working directly on legal cases selected by a committee comprised of staff and board members.

Learn more about the cases your donation supports.

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The Barbara McDowell & Gerald S. Hartman Foundation
3607 Whispering Lane
Falls Church, VA 22041

The Barbara McDowell & Gerald S. Hartman Foundation  is recognized by the IRS as a public charity and tax exempt 501 (c)(3) organization.

The Barbara McDowell and Gerald S Hartman Foundation is available to accept cy pres awards from class action settlements to support our grantmaking efforts.

  • “We are honored and fortunate to have received critical support from the Foundation. On behalf of our organization and the many thousands of people who have benefitted from the work made possible by your support, we thank you for the strategic investments you have made in high impact advocacy across the country.”

    Florida Institutional Legal Services, 2014 Grantee

  • “Thanks to the Barbara McDowell Foundation we were able to protect the rights of individuals to share and receive food in accordance with their religious and moral convictions, setting forth a precedent that has helped prevent similar laws elsewhere.”

    Maria Foscarinis, Executive Director, National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, 2012 Grantee