Virginia · Private foundation
Bella Vista Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $957k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 32
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations Bella Vista Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $957k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 32 | $864k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $1.4M | 21% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $1.1M | 7% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $1.3M | 11% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $1.5M | 7% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $1.4M | 11% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $1.1M | 17% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barter Foundation Inc State Theatre of Virginia | $850,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Symphony of the Mountains | $450,000 | 9 | 9% |
| Healing Hands Health Center Inc | $325,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $137,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Birthplace of Country Music Inc | $135,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Life Line Ministries Incorporated | $120,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Virginia Highlands Festival Inc | $100,500 | 8 | 9% |
| Milligan University | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Pro Art Association | $40,000 | 8 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barter Foundation Inc State Theatre of Virginia | $850,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Symphony of the Mountains | $450,000 | 9 | 9% |
| Healing Hands Health Center Inc | $325,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $137,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Birthplace of Country Music Inc | $135,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Life Line Ministries Incorporated | $120,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Virginia Highlands Festival Inc | $100,500 | 8 | 9% |
| Milligan University | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Pro Art Association | $40,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Feeding Southwest Virginia | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Ballad Health Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Napoleon Hill Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mountain States Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Marys Health Wagon Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bella Vista Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 United Company Foundation · Food City Charitable Foundation · The Richard & Leslie Gilliam Foundation · The James W and Frances Gibson McGlothlin Foundation · Eastman Credit Union · Clarke Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
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About Bella Vista Foundation
- How much does Bella Vista Foundation give?
- Bella Vista Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $957,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Bella Vista Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (24%), Education (11%), Recreation & Sports (9%).
- Who are Bella Vista Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Barter Foundation Inc State Theatre of Virginia ($850k), Symphony of the Mountains ($450k), Healing Hands Health Center Inc ($325k).
- Does Bella Vista Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bella Vista 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 Bella Vista Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The United Company Foundation, Food City Charitable Foundation, The Richard & Leslie Gilliam Foundation.
- Where is Bella Vista Foundation based?
- Bella Vista Foundation is based in VA.
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