Capital Area Food Bank
WASHINGTON, DC
$150KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
General operating /build
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Akerson Family Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 54-1991343 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
How to apply
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- Contact
- Akerson Family Foundation
- Address
- PO BOX 934 MCLEAN, VA, 22201
- Phone
- (202) 599-8170
- Deadlines
- March 15th
- Application materials
- Online application
- Restrictions
- 1. Applicant must be a high school senior graduating in spring 2025 from alexandria city public schools, arlington public schools, district of columbia public schools, fairfax county public schools, or falls church city public schools and applying for college admission/enrollment in fall 2025 at any four-year, accredited college/university or community college (excluding any for-profit schools). 2. Applicant must be fafsa or vasa eligible 3. Applicant must have a minimum cumulative gpa of 3.25 (at end of junior year) 4. Applicant must be a first-generation college student. For purposes of the aff scholarship, a first generation student will be defined as a student whose parent(s) has not earned an undergraduate degree in the united states. 5. Student must have a student aid index (sai) of $25,000 or less. 6. Applicants selected as finalists must participate in an interview with aff staff and/or scholarship committee members.
Original filing text
- Contact
- AKERSON FAMILY FOUNDATION
- Address
- PO BOX 934 MCLEAN, VA, 22201
- Phone
- 2025998170
- Deadlines
- MARCH 15TH
- Application materials
- ONLINE APPLICATION
- Restrictions
- 1. APPLICANT MUST BE A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR GRADUATING IN SPRING 2025 FROM ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ARLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, OR FALLS CHURCH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND APPLYING FOR COLLEGE ADMISSION/ENROLLMENT IN FALL 2025 AT ANY FOUR-YEAR, ACCREDITED COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE (EXCLUDING ANY FOR-PROFIT SCHOOLS). 2. APPLICANT MUST BE FAFSA OR VASA ELIGIBLE 3. APPLICANT MUST HAVE A MINIMUM CUMULATIVE GPA OF 3.25 (AT END OF JUNIOR YEAR) 4. APPLICANT MUST BE A FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT. FOR PURPOSES OF THE AFF SCHOLARSHIP, A FIRST GENERATION STUDENT WILL BE DEFINED AS A STUDENT WHOSE PARENT(S) HAS NOT EARNED AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN THE UNITED STATES. 5. STUDENT MUST HAVE A STUDENT AID INDEX (SAI) OF $25,000 OR LESS. 6. APPLICANTS SELECTED AS FINALISTS MUST PARTICIPATE IN AN INTERVIEW WITH AFF STAFF AND/OR SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
Reported organization name: AKERSON FAMILY FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | $844.7K |
| 2024 | 50 | $512K |
Where Akerson Family Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Capital Area Food Bank
WASHINGTON, DC
$150KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
To support the exempt purpose of the organization
Sarah Sedek Co University of Virgin
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
$44.7KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Scholarship
Alexandra Caraus Co Virginia Tech U
BLACKSBURG, VA
$15KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Scholarship
Naomi Bezabeh Co George Mason University
PHILADELPHIA, PA
$15KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Scholarship
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (126 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from Akerson Family Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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