Virginia · Public charity
Bridging Virginia Inc
To support largely minority-owned small businesses in virginia by providing access to affordable loan capital and financial services.
- $442k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $355,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $355,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Bridging Virginia Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $438k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $512k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $17k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lighthouse Labs Rva Inc | $610,200 | 2 | n/a |
| The Shockoe Foundation | $145,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Culinary Concepts Ab LLC | $131,484 | 2 | n/a |
| Hatch Richmond LLC | $58,128 | 1 | n/a |
| The Metropolitan Business League | $16,700 | 1 | 6% |
| Victoria's Kitchen | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
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About Bridging Virginia Inc
- How much does Bridging Virginia Inc give?
- Bridging Virginia Inc reported 2 grants totaling $442,436 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Bridging Virginia Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (63%), Arts & Culture (15%), Food & Nutrition (14%).
- Who are Bridging Virginia Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Lighthouse Labs Rva Inc ($610k), The Shockoe Foundation ($145k), Culinary Concepts Ab LLC ($131k).
- Does Bridging Virginia Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Bridging Virginia Inc based?
- Bridging Virginia Inc is based in VA.
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