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Bedford Community Health Foundation

The BEDFORD COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION:* works to identify and address community health needs* awards scholarships for nursing programs and allied health education* makes grants to non-profit organizations providing direct health services* encourages community involvement through donations and service* serves as a community health…

$234k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
17
Itemized grants FY2025
14
Organizations funded FY2024
21%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$164k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$8,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$18,174
Organizations funded a year
11 to 19
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$7.0M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Bedford Community Health Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthAnimalsCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving17$164k24%
FY202414$108k21%
FY202314$124k0%
FY202219$173k11%
FY202111$113k27%
FY202017$124k24%
FY201916$115k25%
FY201816$121k31%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$264kFood & Nutrition$236kHuman Services$199kCrime & Legal$83kEducation$80kRecreation & Sports$45kAnimals$37kPublic Safety & Disaster$33kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of Bedford Community Health Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Lake Christian Ministries Inc$108,00094%
Lynchburg Daily Bread Inc$104,24492%
Central Virginia Alliance for Community Living Inc$75,50070%
Bedford Public Library Foundation$63,000920%
Children's Trust Foundation Roanoke Valley Inc$62,50081%
Free Clinic of Central Virginia Inc$54,50061%
Food for Kids$50,493611%
Virginia Hunters Who Care Inc$48,00062%
Sml Good Neighbors Inc$47,41264%
Bedford Community Christmas Station$44,08648%
Brook Hill Retirement Center for Horses Inc$43,50072%
Casa of Central Virginia Inc$38,00051%
Bedford Hospice House Inc$37,600614%
Johnson Health Center$35,98840%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$33,10050%
Lutheran Family Services of Virginia Inc Dba Encircle$31,96050%
Patrick Henry Family Services Inc$25,10040%
Bedford Fire Department$18,174110%
Impact Living Services$18,00020%
The Arc of Central Virginia$17,50021%
Hospital Hospitality House of Richmond Inc$17,00030%
National D-Day Memorial Foundation$15,00010%
Girls on the Run Central Virginia and Blue Ridge$15,0003n/a
Centra Health Inc$15,00010%
Bedford Memorial Hospital$13,39220%
King of Kings Church$12,5002n/a
The Avenel Foundation Inc$12,00018%
Bedford County$11,6702n/a
Bedford Area Family YMCA$10,00020%
Feeding Southwest Virginia$10,00010%
Bedford Adult Day Center$10,0001n/a
Bedford Area Educational Foundation$9,000118%
Presbyterian Homes & Family Svcs$9,00010%
Reading and Math Inc$8,00010%
Bedford Co Fire$7,0001n/a
Covered Chaplaincy$6,0001n/a
The Sedalia Center Inc$5,94315%
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University$5,1951n/a
Bedford Domestic Violence Coalition$5,1001n/a
Child Health Investment Partnership Dba Chip of Roanoke Valley$5,00010%
Bedford Christian Ministries Association$5,0001n/a
Bedford Christian Free Clinic Inc$5,00017%

What it could do for these grantees

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bedford Community Health Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLake Christian Ministries Inc: $108,000 over 9y, 4.4% of budgetLynchburg Daily Bread Inc: $104,244 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetCentral Virginia Alliance for Community Living Inc: $75,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetBedford Public Library Foundation: $63,000 over 9y, 20% of budgetChildren's Trust Foundation Roanoke Valley Inc: $62,500 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetFree Clinic of Central Virginia Inc: $54,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetFood for Kids: $50,493 over 6y, 11% of budgetVirginia Hunters Who Care Inc: $48,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetSml Good Neighbors Inc: $47,412 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetBedford Community Christmas Station: $44,086 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetBrook Hill Retirement Center for Horses Inc: $43,500 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetCasa of Central Virginia Inc: $38,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetBedford Hospice House Inc: $37,600 over 6y, 14% of budgetJohnson Health Center: $35,988 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $33,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLutheran Family Services of Virginia Inc Dba Encircle: $31,960 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPatrick Henry Family Services Inc: $25,100 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBedford Fire Department: $18,174 over 1y, 10% of budgetImpact Living Services: $18,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Arc of Central Virginia: $17,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHospital Hospitality House of Richmond Inc: $17,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNational D-Day Memorial Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCentra Health Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBedford Memorial Hospital: $13,392 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Avenel Foundation Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetBedford Area Family YMCA: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFeeding Southwest Virginia: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBedford Area Educational Foundation: $9,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetPresbyterian Homes & Family Svcs: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetReading and Math Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Sedalia Center Inc: $5,943 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetChild Health Investment Partnership Dba Chip of Roanoke Valley: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBedford Christian Free Clinic Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 33.

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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.

Greater Lynchburg Community FoundationVA53.3× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation · The Al Stroobants Foundation · Foster Foundation · Centra Health Inc · Easley Char Irr Tua 5019004715 · Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia · United Way of Central Virginia Inc · Schewel Charitable Foundation · The Eliza Mount Thomas Foundation · Centra Health Foundation · Edgar a Thurman Fdn Children Nect · The Titmus Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Bedford Community Health Foundation

How much does Bedford Community Health Foundation give?
Bedford Community Health Foundation reported 17 itemized grants totaling $163,974, out of $233,646 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Bedford Community Health Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (26%), Food & Nutrition (23%), Human Services (20%).
Who are Bedford Community Health Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lake Christian Ministries Inc ($108k), Lynchburg Daily Bread Inc ($104k), Central Virginia Alliance for Community Living Inc ($76k).
Does Bedford Community Health Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Bedford Community Health Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation, The Al Stroobants Foundation, Foster Foundation.
Where is Bedford Community Health Foundation based?
Bedford Community Health Foundation is based in VA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 42 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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