Virginia · Private foundation
Cathys Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $11k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $488k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Cathys Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 8 | $11k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $13k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $36k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $35k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $23k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $30k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $13k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $30k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Richmond Scan - Stop Child Abuse Now Inc | $28,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Richmond Animal League Inc | $20,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Chattanooga Room in the Inn Inc | $20,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Virginia Early Childhood Foundation | $18,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Goochland Pet Lovers | $11,500 | 3 | 1% |
| The Shepherds Center of Richmond | $10,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $8,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $7,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Mercy Mall of Virginia | $3,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Real Life | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Richmond Scan - Stop Child Abuse Now Inc | $28,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Richmond Animal League Inc | $20,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Chattanooga Room in the Inn Inc | $20,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Virginia Early Childhood Foundation | $18,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Goochland Pet Lovers | $11,500 | 3 | 1% |
| The Shepherds Center of Richmond | $10,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $8,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $7,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Mercy Mall of Virginia | $3,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Real Life | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chambliss Center for Children | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bethel Bible Village | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Holy Angels Residential Facility I | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Fostering Acadia | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Fore Children Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Tad's Kids | $1,500 | 1 | 3% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($75k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cathys 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 Mraz Charitable Trust · The Community Foundation Inc · Carmax Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Cathys Foundation
- How much does Cathys Foundation give?
- Cathys Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $11,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Cathys Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (26%), Human Services (23%), Housing & Shelter (19%).
- Who are Cathys Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Greater Richmond Scan - Stop Child Abuse Now Inc ($28k), Richmond Animal League Inc ($20k), Chattanooga Room in the Inn Inc ($20k).
- Does Cathys Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cathys Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Cathys Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Mraz Charitable Trust, The Community Foundation Inc, Carmax Foundation.
- Where is Cathys Foundation based?
- Cathys Foundation is based in VA.
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