Virginia · Private foundation
Culp 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.
- $2.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $38M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 39% of the organizations Culp Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $595k 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 | 13 | $2.7M | 15% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $2.3M | 39% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $1.6M | 22% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $1.1M | 63% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $780k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $1.1M | 33% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $1.3M | 63% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $948k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Potomac School | $2,691,072 | 9 | 1% |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $500,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Kit Cares Inc | $500,000 | 5 | 59% |
| Sultana Education Foundation Inc | $448,250 | 2 | 12% |
| FOXG1 Research Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Wake Forest University | $209,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Washington College | $115,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maret School Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Minarys Dream Alliance Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Potomac School | $2,691,072 | 9 | 1% |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $500,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Kit Cares Inc | $500,000 | 5 | 59% |
| Sultana Education Foundation Inc | $448,250 | 2 | 12% |
| FOXG1 Research Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Wake Forest University | $209,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Washington College | $115,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maret School Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Minarys Dream Alliance Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $50,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Open Doors International USA Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Airlink Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kent Attainable Housing Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Historical Society of Kent Co Md | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| The Humane Society of Kent County Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Caroline County Humane Society Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Farm Sanctuary Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Culp Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · David a Bramble Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
About Culp Family Foundation
- How much does Culp Family Foundation give?
- Culp Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $2,701,490 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Culp Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (42%), Social Science (21%), Health (8%).
- Who are Culp Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Potomac School ($2.7M), Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc ($500k), Kit Cares Inc ($500k).
- Does Culp Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Culp 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 Culp Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc, T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc, David a Bramble Foundation Inc.
- Where is Culp Family Foundation based?
- Culp Family Foundation is based in VA.
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