Virginia · Private foundation
Chrisman Family 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.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 82
- Grants FY2025
- 78
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $55,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 78
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $17M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations Chrisman Family 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; $283k 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 | 81 | $1.1M | 14% |
| FY2024 | 78 | $1.0M | 32% |
| FY2023 | 78 | $689k | 68% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $165k | 87% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $45k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $33k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $28k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $33k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Mary Washington Foundation | $135,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Inc | $130,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Inc | $125,000 | 4 | 2% |
| St John's Church Foundation | $108,500 | 8 | 3% |
| Association for the Preservation of Va Antiquities | $95,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Anna Julia Cooper School | $82,500 | 4 | 1% |
| The American Civil War Museum | $77,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Children's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation Inc | $70,000 | 3 | 2% |
| St Andrew's School | $70,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 76 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 49 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Chrisman Family 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 · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Herndon Foundation · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Carmax Foundation · Robert G Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation · Townebank Foundation · Shelton H Short Jr Trust · The Pauley Family Foundation · Robins Foundation · Peachtree House Foundation
How this is measured
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About Chrisman Family Foundation
- How much does Chrisman Family Foundation give?
- Chrisman Family Foundation reported 82 grants totaling $1,136,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 78 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Chrisman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (36%), Education (14%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are Chrisman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Mary Washington Foundation ($135k), Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Inc ($130k), Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Inc ($125k).
- Does Chrisman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Chrisman Family 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 Chrisman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation Inc, Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, Richard S Reynolds Foundation.
- Where is Chrisman Family Foundation based?
- Chrisman Family Foundation is based in VA.
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