· Private foundation
Gerald and Paula McNichols 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $213k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $110k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP | $60,000 |
| WINCHESTER EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| DEMENTIA MATTERS | $35,000 |
| STAFFORD REGIONAL HANDBELL SOCIETY | $25,000 |
| BABY STEPS | $22,080 |
| EMPOWERHOUSE | $20,000 |
| SOUTH LOUDON YOUTH CHORALE | $20,000 |
| STEP VA INC | $20,000 |
| LIBERTY UKRAINE FOUNDATION | $15,300 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| GLOBAL BRONZE FOUNDATION | $10,200 |
| MUSIC TO FREE | $10,000 |
| BROADWAY BOUND KIDS | $10,000 |
| THE NEW YORK POPS KIDS | $10,000 |
| SHEN VALLEY LATINO SCHOLARS INIT | $6,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
28 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ASAFTER SCHOOL DISCOVERY INC2× · 2019–2023 · $40k · revenue +70%
- NWNW WORKS INC3× · 2022–2024 · $35k · revenue +1%
- TCTHE COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL OF THE PIEDMONT INC9× · 2017–2025 · $27k · revenue +31%
Funded once
SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITYone grant, 2024 · $60k · revenue +1%- JFJOHN F KENNEDY CENTERone grant, 2020 · $60k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $20k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The richmond symphony performs, teaches and champions music to inspire and unite our communities.
Wilmington children's chorus, inc. is a not-for-profit organization that exists to empower young people to change their world through music.
Wintergreen music inspires and builds connection through extraordinary musical experiences. we do this by cultivating excellence, sparking curiosity, fostering belonging, and celebrating the bond between our blue ridge mountain home and…
The Potomac Valley Youth Orchestra strives to: Advance and inspire the development of young talented musicians of the Washington, D.C. region by providing intensive training and unparalleled performance opportunities. Actively engage young…
Believing that music has the power to inspire, the fredericksburg symphony will fulfill this mission by enriching the community with live music. the symphony brings performances, educational programs, and community engagement initiatives…
The Wilmington Symphony Orchestra (WSO) provides symphonic music at the highest degree of excellance through performance opportunities for regaional musicians and educational and community outreach programs for our community's youth.
Fostering an appreciation for music, educating members and promoting interest in the study of music. this includes sponsoring musical performances, providing scholarships to students of music in charlottesville, va and the surrounding…
Washington metropolitan philharmonic association's (wmpa)purpose is to unite and uplift our community through the transformative power of classical music. our mission is to provide programs to: educate and engage students through our youth…
The washington conservatory of music provides exceptional musical learning & listening experiences for students and the community. its vision is a community inspired and informed by the experience of music.
Performs classical music for the community
The mission of winchester community music school is to provide outstanding and diverse musical education and performance, accessible to all, in winchester, neighboring communities, and beyond.
The DMV Music Academy exists to expose, engage, and enrich young people through the transformative power of music.
How this is measured
25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 61 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds WINCHESTER EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Baby Steps ↗
- Who funds AFTER SCHOOL DISCOVERY INC ↗
- Who funds SENSORY THEATRE ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES INC STEP VA INC ↗
- Who funds DEMENTIAMATTERS ↗
- Who funds NW WORKS INC ↗
- Who funds LIBERTY UKRAINE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SOUTH LOUDOUN YOUTH CHORALE INC ↗
- Who funds THE COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL OF THE PIEDMONT INC ↗
- Who funds EMPOWERHOUSE ↗
- Who funds The George Washington University ↗
- Who funds THE GLASS-GLEN BURNIE MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds BROADWAY BOUND KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds EMERALD COAST WILDLIFE REFUGE INC ↗
- Who funds Raising Hands Tutoring Inc ↗
- Who funds FREMONT STREET NURSERY ↗
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 Bank of Clarke County Foundation · American Woodmark Foundation Inc · United Way of Northern Shenandoah Valley Inc · The Community Foundation of the Northern Shenandoah Valley · The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Gerald and Paula McNichols Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gerald and Paula McNichols Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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