Virginia · Private foundation
Compton 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.
- $427k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Compton Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 | 9 | $427k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $382k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $637k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $285k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $133k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $131k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $50k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital Foundation | $255,000 | 3 | 7% |
| The Norfolk Academy | $250,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Vanguard Landing Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Cape Henry Collegiate School Inc | $250,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Access College Foundation | $238,400 | 4 | 2% |
| Hospice House of Hampton Roads Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Virginia Arts Festival Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Furman University | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Dare County Boat Builders Foundation | $50,000 | 3 | 6% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($775k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Compton 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: Patricia and Douglas Perry Foundation DBA The Perry Family Foundation · Tidewater Jewish Foundation Inc · The Windward Foundation · Douglas & Marianne Dickerson Foundation · Hampton Roads Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Compton Family Foundation
- How much does Compton Family Foundation give?
- Compton Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $427,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Compton Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (48%), Health (37%), Public Benefit (12%).
- Who are Compton Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital Foundation ($255k), The Norfolk Academy ($250k), Vanguard Landing Inc ($250k).
- Does Compton Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Compton 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 Compton Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Patricia and Douglas Perry Foundation DBA The Perry Family Foundation, Tidewater Jewish Foundation Inc, The Windward Foundation.
- Where is Compton Family Foundation based?
- Compton Family Foundation is based in VA.
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