Virginia · Private foundation
Foster Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 686
- Grants FY2025
- 371
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 121 to 371
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $19M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Foster Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $101k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EducationHuman ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsPublic Safety & DisasterArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 459 | $1.3M | 27% |
| FY2024 | 371 | $879k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 344 | $704k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 335 | $802k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 262 | $450k | 35% |
| FY2020 | 208 | $334k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 177 | $213k | 51% |
| FY2018 | 121 | $251k | n/a |
95% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Education$1.0MHuman Services$644kArts & Culture$566kReligion$528kHealth$388kRecreation & Sports$279kPhilanthropy$265kFood & Nutrition$226kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
IL
NY
PA
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Center of the Arts Inc | $250,700 | 8 | 2% |
| Amazement Square | $159,950 | 8 | 3% |
| Park View Community Mission Inc | $143,875 | 6 | 1% |
| Hampden-Sydney College | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Sweet Briar Institute | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Presbyterian Homes & Family Svcs | $69,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Thomas Road Baptist Church | $64,050 | 8 | n/a |
| University of Lynchburg | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Brookneal Baptist Church | $57,850 | 8 | n/a |
| Vector Space | $56,500 | 7 | 4% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Center of the Arts Inc | $250,700 | 8 | 2% |
| Amazement Square | $159,950 | 8 | 3% |
| Park View Community Mission Inc | $143,875 | 6 | 1% |
| Hampden-Sydney College | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Sweet Briar Institute | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Presbyterian Homes & Family Svcs | $69,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Thomas Road Baptist Church | $64,050 | 8 | n/a |
| University of Lynchburg | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Brookneal Baptist Church | $57,850 | 8 | n/a |
| Vector Space | $56,500 | 7 | 4% |
| Miriam's House Inc | $55,350 | 6 | 1% |
| Meals on Wheels Inc | $49,380 | 8 | 1% |
| Gleaning for the World Inc | $44,600 | 7 | 0% |
| Lynchburg Daily Bread Inc | $43,750 | 5 | 1% |
| Liberty University Inc | $38,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Free Clinic of Central Virginia Inc | $38,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Interfaith Outreach Association | $34,500 | 4 | 3% |
| Freedom 4 24 | $34,400 | 7 | 3% |
| Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation Inc | $34,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Carilion Clinic Foundation | $31,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cvcc | $30,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Elizabeth's Early Learning Center Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Iron Lives Inc | $28,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Lynchburg Grows | $27,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Brookneal Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $27,400 | 8 | 4% |
| Ebenezer Baptist Church | $26,650 | 8 | n/a |
| Lake Christian Ministries Inc | $26,300 | 7 | 1% |
| M4k Lynchburg Inc | $26,177 | 6 | 2% |
| Carilion Clinic | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Isaiah 117 House | $22,900 | 4 | 0% |
| Childrey Baptist Church | $20,993 | 8 | n/a |
| Virginia Hunters Who Care Inc | $19,200 | 4 | 1% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Inc | $16,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Rotary Club of Forest Foundation Inc | $15,774 | 6 | 6% |
| Go Send Me Global | $15,750 | 7 | 0% |
| Downtown Lynchburg Association | $15,000 | 4 | 1% |
| John Oakes Foundation | $14,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Gods Pit Crew Inc | $11,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kidfit | $10,500 | 5 | 5% |
| Rush Homes Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Campbell County Educational Foundation | $10,000 | 5 | 3% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $9,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Randolph College Inc | $9,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Brook Hill Retirement Center for Horses Inc | $8,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Blue Ridge Pregnancy Center Inc | $8,400 | 6 | 0% |
| National D-Day Memorial Foundation | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Red Truck Ministry | $8,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Longwood University | $7,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Charlotte County Meals On Wheels | $7,500 | 5 | 3% |
| Dawn Inc | $7,400 | 4 | 3% |
| Northern Pittsylvania County Fd Ct | $7,000 | 4 | 5% |
| James Madison University | $6,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Jubilee Family Development Center | $6,308 | 2 | 1% |
| Puzzled Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tri-River Habitat for Humanity Inc | $5,500 | 3 | 5% |
| Falling River Baptist Church | $5,325 | 8 | n/a |
| Fellowship Community Church | $5,175 | 8 | n/a |
| Casa of Central Virginia Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Impact Living Services | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Woodberry Forest School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Danville Science Center | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Community Access Network Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Johnson Health Center | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Elevate Orphan | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Live Like Cash Gaudio Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Waymaker Church | $5,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Faith Christian Academy | $5,000 | 6 | 0% |
| National Propane Gas Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Truckers for a Cause Inc | $4,875 | 3 | 2% |
| Charlottesville Ballet | $4,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Purple Heart Homes Inc | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wildrock Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Sedalia Center Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Southside Dairy Association | $4,000 | 4 | 18% |
| R2k Landfill Concerned Citizens Group Inc | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Amherst County Public Schools Education Foundation Inc | $3,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Kiwanis Club of Lynchburg Foundatio | $3,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Come to the Altar Ministry Inc | $3,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Kum-Ba-Yah Inc | $3,150 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Campbell County Animal Control Inc | $3,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Bedford Community Christmas Station | $3,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Harmony Day Support Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brookneal Womans Club | $3,000 | 4 | n/a |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Metro Relief | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Timberlake Church Inc | $2,550 | 3 | n/a |
| James River Association | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Rooster Walk Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| American Legion Post 16 | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| George C Marshall Research Foundation | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Averett University | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Red House Vol Fire Department | $2,200 | 3 | 1% |
| Girls on the Run Central Virginia and Blue Ridge | $2,200 | 3 | 0% |
| IRPG Mission | $2,100 | 1 | 2% |
| Halt Foundation | $2,100 | 4 | n/a |
| Pierce Street Gateway | $2,100 | 3 | 1% |
| Friends of the Forest Library Inc | $2,100 | 4 | n/a |
| Lynchburg Regional Shrm Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Ferrum College | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Lynchburg Parks and Recreation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| No Walls Ministry Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Miss Virginia Volunteer Organization Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Claire Parker Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Ch Friend School | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of the Lynchburg Public Library | $2,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Riverside Community Church | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Virginia Technical Institute | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Roads to Recovery Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beautiful Gate Ministries | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Madison Heights Youth Baseball | $1,850 | 3 | 1% |
| Cullen Baptist Church | $1,625 | 7 | n/a |
| Mountain Park Church | $1,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Challenged Sports Exchange Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| TOL Ministries Inc | $1,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Arc of Central Virginia | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Riverside Church | $1,400 | 4 | n/a |
| Tabernacle Baptist Church | $1,400 | 4 | n/a |
| Liberty Christian Academy | $1,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Endex Archery | $1,250 | 2 | n/a |
| World Help | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| St Vincent's Home | $1,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Kedron Baptist Church | $1,150 | 8 | n/a |
| Piedmont Community Impact Organization Inc | $1,100 | 8 | 1% |
| Emmanuel Baptist Church | $1,100 | 7 | n/a |
| Buggs Island Elite Anglers | $1,001 | 1 | n/a |
| Beautiful Gate Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hospice of Acadiana Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Central Virginia United Soccer Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Junior League of Lynchburg Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Winthrop University | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Campbell County Historical Society Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Howard University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Charlotte County Recreation Association | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Good Samaritan | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charlotte County Food Bank | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Club of Danville Area Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lunenburg County Baseball League In | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Montvale Recreational Club Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Corporation of Mercer University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Halifax County FFA Alumni | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Atlantic Shores Christian Schools | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Kids Outdoors Zone Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Forest Lions Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Allegro Organizational Solutions Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Feed Halifax | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Live Move Be Center | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Friends of Campbell County Sheriffs Office | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Hartford | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rustburg Dixie Softball Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Staunton River Baptist Church | $975 | 8 | n/a |
| Staunton Baptist Church | $975 | 8 | n/a |
| Hebron Baptist Church | $925 | 8 | n/a |
| Palestine Baptist Church | $875 | 7 | n/a |
| Mount Hermon Baptist Church | $825 | 7 | n/a |
| New Chapel Baptist Church | $825 | 7 | n/a |
| Amherst Fire Department | $800 | 1 | 0% |
| Hardware Baptist Church | $775 | 7 | n/a |
| Piedmont Habitat for Humanity Inc | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| The Corporation for Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest | $750 | 1 | n/a |
| Life Co Inc | $750 | 2 | n/a |
| Providence Baptist Church | $750 | 8 | n/a |
| Regent University | $700 | 1 | 0% |
| Glenn Memorial Baptist Church | $650 | 8 | n/a |
| Oak Dale Baptist Church | $650 | 8 | n/a |
| Mountain View Church of God | $650 | 8 | n/a |
| Beulah Baptist Church | $650 | 8 | n/a |
| Clover Bottom Baptist Church | $650 | 8 | n/a |
| Bethel United Methodist Church | $650 | 8 | n/a |
| Hopedriven | $600 | 1 | n/a |
| Impact Church-Forest Inc | $600 | 2 | n/a |
| North Halifax Volunteer Fire Dept Inc | $550 | 5 | 0% |
| Flint Hill Baptist Church | $550 | 7 | n/a |
| Word of Life Church | $550 | 7 | n/a |
| College Presbyterian Church | $550 | 7 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Club of Acadiana Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Virginia Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| My Life Matters Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Kids' Haven a Center for Grieving Children | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Readykids Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| One Forest School Inc | $500 | 2 | n/a |
| Motley Dixie Youth | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lynchburg Humane Society Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Whole Armor Recreation | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Congregation of St John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Monacan Nation Cultural Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Emory & Henry University | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Anxious for Nothing Inc | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Randolph Henry Athletic Boosters | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Portico Church | $500 | 6 | n/a |
| Hunting Creek Baptist Church | $450 | 5 | n/a |
| Blue Ridge Community Church | $450 | 5 | n/a |
| Prestonwood Baptist Church | $450 | 5 | n/a |
| Oak Hill Baptist Church | $450 | 5 | n/a |
| Christian Life Church | $450 | 5 | n/a |
| Alton Baptist Church | $450 | 5 | n/a |
| Mt Calvary Baptist Church | $400 | 4 | n/a |
| Alpha Ministries Inc | $400 | 4 | n/a |
| Altavista Area YMCA Inc | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| Ramp Church | $400 | 4 | n/a |
| Reedy Spring Baptist Church | $400 | 4 | n/a |
| Effort Baptist Church | $400 | 4 | n/a |
| Va Squires Baseball | $350 | 2 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southwest Virginia Inc | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Concord Rescue Squad | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Peace Church | $300 | 3 | n/a |
| Calvary Baptist Church | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Palm Valley Community Church | $300 | 3 | n/a |
| Church on the Hill Inc | $300 | 3 | n/a |
| Grace Baptist Church | $300 | 4 | n/a |
| Christ the Redeemer Lutheran Church | $300 | 3 | n/a |
| Union Chapel Baptist Church | $300 | 4 | n/a |
| Concord Volunteer Fire Department | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Rustburg Baptist Church | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Appomattox County Volunteer Fire Department | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Appomattox County Library Association | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Bedford Area Educational Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Halifax County Cancer Association | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| New Hope Baptist Church | $250 | 3 | n/a |
| Triangle Volunteer Fire Dept | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Gretna Youth Sports | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Calvary Chapel of Lynchburg | $250 | 2 | n/a |
| Cool Springs Christian Church | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Angus Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| National Autism Association Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Giving Words Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Faith Baptist Church | $250 | 3 | n/a |
| Friends of Barnabas Foundation Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| From The Heart Productions | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Spring Creek Baptist Church | $200 | 3 | n/a |
| Salem Baptist Church | $200 | 3 | n/a |
| Union Hill Baptist Church | $200 | 3 | n/a |
| Heritage Academy Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Passion Community Church | $200 | 3 | n/a |
| Kentuck Baptist Church | $200 | 3 | n/a |
| Brookneal Amateurs | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Breakfast | $189 | 1 | n/a |
| Liberty Volunteer Fire Department | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Christ Community Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Edge Baptist Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Amherst Dixie Youth Baseball | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| St Stephens Baptist Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Palm Valley Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Church of God of Prophecy | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Fairmount Baptist Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Campbell County Rescue Squad Auxiliary Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Island Baptist Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Chase Oaks Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Andy Woods Ministries | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Summersett Baptist Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| White Oak Worship Center | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Mt Hermon Baptist Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Miller Home of Lynchburg Virginia | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Ellis Creek Baptist Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| St Theresa Catholic Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Rose Union Baptist Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Glory Baptist Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Mulberry Baptist Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope Partners International Inc | $75 | 1 | 0% |
| Keysville Community Athletics Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 464 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Foster Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 143.
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.
Greater Lynchburg Community FoundationVA111.3× affinity55 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation · The Al Stroobants Foundation · Centra Health Inc · Easley Char Irr Tua 5019004715 · Schewel Charitable Foundation · Moore's Charitable Foundation · M4k Lynchburg Inc · The Minnie and Bernard Lane Foundation · Centra Health Foundation · Liberty University Inc · The Harry D Forsyth Foundation · Bedford Community Health Foundation
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
About Foster Foundation
- How much does Foster Foundation give?
- Foster Foundation reported 686 grants totaling $1,285,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 121 and 371 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Foster Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (20%), Human Services (13%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are Foster Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Academy Center of the Arts Inc ($251k), Amazement Square ($160k), Park View Community Mission Inc ($144k).
- Does Foster Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Foster Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Foster Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation, The Al Stroobants Foundation, Centra Health Inc.
- Where is Foster Foundation based?
- Foster Foundation is based in VA.
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The regranting layer
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The DAF merry-go-round
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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