Virginia · Private foundation
Danville Regional Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $11M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 88
- Grants FY2024
- 38
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $19,730
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $3,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 30 to 41
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $282M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Danville Regional Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $813k 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 | 67 | $11M | 55% |
| FY2023 | 38 | $12M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 41 | $16M | 44% |
| FY2021 | 39 | $7.4M | 56% |
| FY2020 | 30 | $6.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Averett University | $7,497,816 | 5 | 6% |
| Olde Dominion Agricultural Foundation | $865,612 | 4 | 46% |
| Dan River Non-Profit Network | $593,326 | 2 | 13% |
| Center for Early Success | $578,873 | 1 | 62% |
| Dan River Business Development Center | $525,000 | 3 | 52% |
| The Literacy Lab | $500,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Ppl Foundation | $392,692 | 3 | 70% |
| City of Danville | $345,869 | 3 | n/a |
| Southside Business Technology Center Inc (Dba the Launch Place) | $340,289 | 3 | 20% |
| United Way of Danville-Pittsylvania County | $339,206 | 4 | 31% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Averett University | $7,497,816 | 5 | 6% |
| Olde Dominion Agricultural Foundation | $865,612 | 4 | 46% |
| Dan River Non-Profit Network | $593,326 | 2 | 13% |
| Center for Early Success | $578,873 | 1 | 62% |
| Dan River Business Development Center | $525,000 | 3 | 52% |
| The Literacy Lab | $500,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Ppl Foundation | $392,692 | 3 | 70% |
| City of Danville | $345,869 | 3 | n/a |
| Southside Business Technology Center Inc (Dba the Launch Place) | $340,289 | 3 | 20% |
| United Way of Danville-Pittsylvania County | $339,206 | 4 | 31% |
| Danville Church and Community Tutorial Program | $320,546 | 3 | 29% |
| Middle Border Forward Inc | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Danville Neighborhood Development Corporation | $177,000 | 4 | 43% |
| Pittsylvania County Parks and Recreation | $153,270 | 1 | n/a |
| Caswell County Chamber of Commerce | $78,000 | 4 | 13% |
| House of Hope Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Friends of the Danville Public Library Inc | $74,870 | 3 | n/a |
| Virginia Health Care Foundation | $65,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Compassion Health Care Inc | $63,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Dan River Basin Association | $59,521 | 2 | 6% |
| Milton Renaissance Foundation | $51,313 | 2 | 44% |
| Just Kids Child Development Center Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Danville Chapter of the Va Museum of Fine Arts | $46,670 | 2 | 17% |
| Changing Lives Outreach Center CDC | $42,337 | 2 | n/a |
| Chatham First Inc | $38,035 | 3 | n/a |
| Beulah Missionary Baptist Church | $36,950 | 2 | n/a |
| Southside Area Tennis Association | $34,135 | 2 | 38% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Danville Virginia | $29,484 | 2 | 1% |
| Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber Foundation | $29,334 | 2 | 87% |
| Westmoreland Neighborhood Organization | $28,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Smokestack Theatre Company | $27,950 | 2 | 21% |
| Caswell County Partnership for Children Inc | $25,998 | 1 | 4% |
| Danville Science Center | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Southside Soccer Club Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Caswell County Schools | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Collidescope Va | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foodshed Capital | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Gabriella Garden Club | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gods Storehouse Incorporated | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Improvement Council Inc | $24,915 | 1 | 1% |
| Danville Historical Society | $24,750 | 1 | 23% |
| Run for Health Inc | $24,525 | 1 | n/a |
| Va Rural Health Association | $15,625 | 1 | 1% |
| Who Set the Standards | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce | $12,654 | 1 | 4% |
| Locus Impact Investing | $10,350 | 1 | n/a |
| The Medical Society of Virginia Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Off Season | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Danville Literacy Council | $5,380 | 1 | n/a |
| High Street Baptist Church | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian Life Church | $3,931 | 1 | n/a |
| Pelham Community Center Inc | $3,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Hoop Dont Shoot | $2,950 | 1 | n/a |
| Milton Preservation and Beautification Society Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Boss 2 Boss Leadership Foundation | $2,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Sharswood Foundation | $2,215 | 1 | 15% |
| Friends of the Old West End | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 68 recipients with no EIN on record ($39M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Danville Regional Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 of the Dan River Region · Jt-Minnie Maude Charitable Trust · Womack Foundation · Alexander Berkeley Carrington Jr & Ruth Simpson Carrington Charitable Trust · Hughes Memorial Home · George and Sarah Buchanan Foundation · Centra Health Inc · Foster Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Danville Regional Foundation
- How much does Danville Regional Foundation give?
- Danville Regional Foundation reported 88 grants totaling $11,242,040 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 41 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Danville Regional Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (25%), Science & Tech (25%), Education (23%).
- Who are Danville Regional Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Averett University ($7.5M), Olde Dominion Agricultural Foundation ($866k), Dan River Non-Profit Network ($593k).
- Does Danville Regional Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Danville Regional Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Danville Regional Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region, Jt-Minnie Maude Charitable Trust, Womack Foundation.
- Where is Danville Regional Foundation based?
- Danville Regional Foundation is based in VA.
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