Virginia · Private foundation
Adams Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $3.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $64M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Adams Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $3.5M | 25% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $3.0M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $3.5M | 33% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $2.7M | 33% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $3.0M | 50% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $3.2M | 67% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $2.7M | 67% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $2.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Capital Poison Center | $7,000,000 | 8 | 28% |
| National Gallery of Art | $2,100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Freebsd Foundation | $1,250,000 | 2 | 42% |
| Food for Others Inc | $1,200,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Georgia Tech Foundation Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reclaim The Records | $600,000 | 3 | 82% |
| Inova Health System Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Publicresourceorg Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 26% |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Internet Systems Consortium Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 42% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Capital Poison Center | $7,000,000 | 8 | 28% |
| National Gallery of Art | $2,100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Freebsd Foundation | $1,250,000 | 2 | 42% |
| Food for Others Inc | $1,200,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Georgia Tech Foundation Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reclaim The Records | $600,000 | 3 | 82% |
| Inova Health System Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Publicresourceorg Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 26% |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Internet Systems Consortium Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 42% |
| Americans for Oxford Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Youngstown State University Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Adams Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Adams Charitable Foundation
- How much does Adams Charitable Foundation give?
- Adams Charitable Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $3,550,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Adams Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (39%), Health (31%), Education (16%).
- Who are Adams Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: National Capital Poison Center ($7.0M), National Gallery of Art ($2.1M), The Freebsd Foundation ($1.3M).
- Does Adams Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Adams Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Adams Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Adams Charitable Foundation based?
- Adams Charitable Foundation is based in VA.
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