Virginia · Private foundation
Franklin Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $118k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 32
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations Franklin Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 6 | $118k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $111k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $333k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $536k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $167k | 63% |
| FY2019 | 32 | $495k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $258k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norfolk Collegiate School | $537,821 | 7 | 2% |
| Chesapeake Bay Wine Classic Foundation | $180,543 | 7 | 15% |
| Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Old Dominion Athletic Foundation | $65,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Virginia Wesleyan University | $45,100 | 6 | 0% |
| The Brett Boyer Foundation Inc | $43,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Norfolk Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc | $34,100 | 6 | 0% |
| Operation Smile Inc | $30,400 | 3 | 0% |
| Virginia Beach Events Unlimited Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Access College Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($792k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Franklin 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: Hampton Roads Community Foundation · Tidewater Jewish Foundation Inc · Chesapeake Bay Wine Classic Foundation · Townebank Foundation · United Way of South Hampton Roads · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · C Barker Champions for Charity Inc · Patricia and Douglas Perry Foundation DBA The Perry Family Foundation · The Dalis Foundation · Suffolk Foundation · The Southeast Virginia Community Foundation · Sentara Health
How this is measured
About Franklin Family Foundation
- How much does Franklin Family Foundation give?
- Franklin Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $118,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Franklin Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (53%), Philanthropy (17%), Health (13%).
- Who are Franklin Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Norfolk Collegiate School ($538k), Chesapeake Bay Wine Classic Foundation ($181k), Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters ($100k).
- Does Franklin Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Franklin 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 Franklin Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hampton Roads Community Foundation, Tidewater Jewish Foundation Inc, Chesapeake Bay Wine Classic Foundation.
- Where is Franklin Family Foundation based?
- Franklin Family Foundation is based in VA.
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