The Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation was chartered by Congress on January 6, 1893. This Episcopal Church organization oversees

Washington National Cathedral The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City and Episcopal Diocese of Washington, commonly known as Washington National Cathedral or National Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Episcopal Church. The cathedral is located in Wa ...

(formally known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul) and its sister institutions. The

bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...

of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington serves as the Foundation's chair and president, while the dean of Washington National Cathedral serves as the vice chair of the Foundation's

board of trustees A board of directors is a governing body that supervises the activities of a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government agency. The powers, duties, and responsibilities of a board of directors are determined by government regulatio ...

.Bill Broadway
Ascending a Pulpit of Greater Prominence: National Cathedral's New Dean Leaves Boston Eager to Embrace a 'Daunting Challenge'
''Washington Post'' (November 19, 2004). The Foundation comprises four institutions: Washington National Cathedral (established 1893), the

National Cathedral School National Cathedral School (NCS) is an independent Episcopal Church in the United States of America, Episcopal private school, private day school for girls in grades 4–12 located on the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, ...

for girls (established 1900); St. Albans School for boys (established 1909), and Beauvoir, The National Cathedral Elementary School (established 1933). All of the schools are located on the 57-acre grounds of the Cathedral. In 2004, the Foundation's Cathedral College was formed by a merger of the College of Preachers (founded in 1924),and the Cathedral Program & Ministry department. The College of Preachers was formerly housed at a stone

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building adjacent to the cathedral. The building closed after the 2008 recession, but was later restored and in 2008 renamed the Virginia Mae Center in honor of Virginia Mae Cretella Mars (d. 2024), a major benefactor to the center who was formerly married to Forrest Mars Jr., a Mars family heir.Julie Zauzmer Weil
Washington National Cathedral will open a new educational center, thanks to $22 million in donations
''Washington Post'' (June 6, 2019). It operates as a

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center for Episcopal clergy. The cathedral's annual operating budget was approximately $16 million in 2004 and $25 million in 2022. The cathedral had 86 full-time employees in 2022. In 2011, after three decades of on-and-off negotiations, the Foundation purchased three apartment complexes across from the cathedral grounds (at 3010, 3022-28 and 3100

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NW) for $16.25 million.Anitha Reddy
Cathedral Agrees to Buy Buildings
''Washington Post'' (July 4, 2001). After the

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, the Foundation raised money for the costly repairs required to fix damage.

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