Virginia · Private foundation
Cherry Grove Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $122k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $27,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $132k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Cherry Grove Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 21 | $122k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $135k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $88k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $84k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $91k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $80k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $102k | 56% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $80k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc | $284,400 | 6 | 0% |
| Hampden-Sydney College | $82,900 | 8 | 0% |
| Cav Futures Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Virginia Alumni Association | $21,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Operation Healing Forces Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Saint Bridget School | $18,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Three-Wide Ministries | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $9,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Collegiate School | $4,500 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc | $284,400 | 6 | 0% |
| Hampden-Sydney College | $82,900 | 8 | 0% |
| Cav Futures Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Virginia Alumni Association | $21,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Operation Healing Forces Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Saint Bridget School | $18,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Three-Wide Ministries | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $9,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Collegiate School | $4,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement of Central Va Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Anne's-Belfield Inc | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Little Sisters of the Poor in Richmond | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Together for Tanzania | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Virginia Watercolor Society Incorporated | $350 | 1 | n/a |
| The Valentine Museum | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($281k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cherry Grove 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 Community Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Cherry Grove Foundation
- How much does Cherry Grove Foundation give?
- Cherry Grove Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $121,528 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Cherry Grove Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (40%), Recreation & Sports (38%), Arts & Culture (6%).
- Who are Cherry Grove Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc ($284k), Hampden-Sydney College ($83k), Cav Futures Foundation ($30k).
- Does Cherry Grove Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cherry Grove Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Cherry Grove Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation Inc, Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Cherry Grove Foundation based?
- Cherry Grove Foundation is based in VA.
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