Virginia · Public charity
Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Foundation Inc
To promote and support health, care and charitable works of the bernardine sisters of the third order of st. Francis by financially supporting and promoting their charitable endeavors as well as works related to the healthcare, education and human service needs of the virginia peninsula.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $838k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $21,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $193,050
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 38
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $24M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k 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 | 23 | $838k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $878k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 38 | $991k | 37% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $884k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $615k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $816k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $553k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $784k | 60% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernardine Sister of the Third | $2,840,340 | 9 | n/a |
| Center for Child and Family Services Inc | $436,742 | 9 | 6% |
| United Way of the Virginia Peninsula | $430,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Mary Immaculate Hospital | $266,060 | 9 | 0% |
| Networkpeninsula | $227,284 | 9 | 34% |
| Commonwealth Catholic Charities | $185,200 | 8 | 0% |
| Peninsula Agency on Aging Inc | $175,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Transitions Family Violence Services | $165,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Freekind | $155,895 | 5 | 19% |
| Firstspark Inc | $121,461 | 2 | 4% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 54 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: Langley for Families - the Foundation of Lfcu · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Sentara Health · United Way of the Virginia Peninsula · Peninsula Community Foundation of Virginia Inc · The Blocker Foundation · Hampton Roads Community Foundation · Petters Family Foundation · United Way of South Hampton Roads · The Community Foundation Inc · Community Knights Inc · Townebank Foundation
How this is measured
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About Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Foundation Inc
- How much does Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Foundation Inc give?
- Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Foundation Inc reported 23 itemized grants totaling $838,229, out of $1,058,548 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 38 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (41%), Human Services (18%), Health (12%).
- Who are Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Bernardine Sister of the Third ($2.8M), Center for Child and Family Services Inc ($437k), United Way of the Virginia Peninsula ($430k).
- Does Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Langley for Families - the Foundation of Lfcu, Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, Sentara Health.
- Where is Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Foundation Inc based?
- Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Foundation Inc is based in VA.
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