If Foundation

WASHINGTON, DC EIN: 53-0078064

iF, A Foundation for Radical Possibility is a 501(c)(3) private foundation based in Washington, DC. The organization was established in 1994 as the Consumer Health Foundation, emerging from the proceeds of the sale of Group Health Association to Humana, Inc. It was the first health philanthropy in the Washington, DC metropolitan area to result from a conversion of a nonprofit entity to for-profit status.

Financial Overview

From 2024 IRS Form 990-PF · View filing

Total Assets

$20.6M

-8.2% YoY

Annual Giving

$1.1M

-26.1% YoY

Grant Count

50

-15.3% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$22K

-12.8% YoY

Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated April 2026.

Mission & Focus Areas

The foundation's vision is a world where Black people and people of the global majority live powerfully, abundantly and beautifully in healthy, self-determined communities free of social, economic and ideological violence.

The foundation operates across five primary focus areas:

  • Community Power: Providing financial and other resources to build and sustain people's power to demand and achieve justice.

  • Culture: Shifting narratives about anti-Black racism and its impacts on society, creating new narratives that center the voices of people living at the intersection of systems of oppression including race, class, and gender identity.

  • Healing Justice: Creating spaces and practices that prioritize rest, rejuvenation, resilience, and healing from systemic and interpersonal harms.

  • Institutions & Structures: Disrupting institutions and structures that perpetuate anti-Black racism and other intersectional discriminatory harms.

  • Reparations & Economic Justice: Supporting economic justice movements, including reparations movements for Black communities.

The foundation is a signatory to Philanthropy's Promise, an initiative of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP), committing to allocate the majority of its grantmaking dollars to marginalized communities and at least 25 percent to social justice strategies such as advocacy, community organizing, and civic engagement.

Grantmaking

Recent grants made by the foundation include:

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

The foundation focuses its grantmaking on the Washington, DC metropolitan area and Black communities within that region.

Grant Distribution by State

7states

Cities

AlexandriaAnnandaleArlingtonBaltimoreBethesdaBirminghamBowieBrandywineCalabasasCapitol HeightsCentrevilleCharlottesvilleChicagoClintonCollege ParkEarlysvilleFalls ChurchGermantownGlen AllenGlenarden

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

As of 2023:

  • Total Assets: $22.5 million
  • Total Revenue: $2.2 million
  • Total Expenses: $4.45 million
  • Total Liabilities: $546,000
  • Staff: 7 employees
Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$1M$2M$4M$5M20202021202220232024
Metric202420232022
Total Assets$20,643,665$22,481,241$22,150,845
Revenue$1,490,355$2,204,589$2,145,399
Expenses$4,217,058$4,451,603$4,122,472
Qualifying Distributions$3,991,107$4,261,461$3,920,151
Net Investment Income$1,262,619$457,517$843,078
Distributable Amount$825,745$836,793$953,476

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$380K$760K$1M$2M41 grants202056 grants202154 grants202259 grants202350 grants2024

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2024

GREATER WASHINGTON COMMU…$100KGREATER WASHINGTON COMMU…$80KGREATER WASHINGTON COMMU…$50KGREATER WASHINGTON COMMU…$50KFESTIVAL CENTER$25KGATEWAY COMMUNITY DEVELO…$25KLEADERSHIP GREATER WASHI…$25KMOTHERS OUTREACH NETWORK…$25K4DASOIL$20KBLACK SWAN ACADEMY$20K

Grant Size Distribution

241 grants across all recorded years

229<$50K6$50–100K5$100–250K1$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

Open Grants

1 open opportunity from If Foundation

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for .

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Compensation Overview

From 2024 IRS filing

HANH LECO-CEO$247KTEMI BENNETTCO-CEO$234KTONY BURNSTRUSTEE$10KYAZZMINE HOLLEYTRUSTEE$10KDILCIA MOLINATRUSTEE$10KROBERT WARRENTRUSTEE$10K

From 2024 filing

NameTitleHoursCompensation
TEMI BENNETTCO-CEO35$234,435
HANH LECO-CEO35$247,490
TANYA EDELINCHAIR/TREASURER2
TONYA KINLOWCHAIR/SECRETARY2
ART STEVENSTRUSTEE1
WENDY CHUN-HOONTRUSTEE1
MINDELYN ANDERSONTRUSTEE1
OPAL HAWKINSTRUSTEE1
TONYA KINLOWTRUSTEE1
AYDIN TUNCERTRUSTEE1
BRIAN VOTRUSTEE1
TONY BURNSTRUSTEE1$10,000
YAZZMINE HOLLEYTRUSTEE1$10,000
DILCIA MOLINATRUSTEE1$10,000
ROBERT WARRENTRUSTEE1$10,000

Recent Activity

Recent developments and announcements

The foundation produced "Diminished Returns: The Black Wealth Gap in Washington, D.C.," a film created by iF, A Foundation for Radical Possibility and executive produced by Co-CEO Temi F. Bennett Esq., written and directed by Dr. Sabiyha Prince. The documentary amplifies stories and perspectives of Black families harmed by displacement, land theft, and economic injustice, exposing structural racism that created the Black wealth gap in Washington, DC, while offering reparative solutions.

Foundation Awards $1.3 Million in \uFEFFFourth-Quarter Grants \u2014 Initiative\

Subject Areas

Focus areas based on grantmaking activity

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Data last updated April 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated April 2026.

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