Virginia · Private foundation
Good News 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.
- $182k
- Granted FY2020
- 15
- Grants FY2020
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Good News Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Peninsula Community Foundation Of Virginia Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Good News Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $182k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 4
- Total assets, FY2020
- $4.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 40% of the organizations Good News Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $76k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 15 | $182k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $230k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $124k | 45% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $140k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rosser Foundation dba International Cooperating Ministries | $150,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Orphanetwork | $99,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Youth Challenge Inc | $75,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Elijah House Academy | $51,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Here for the Girls Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Newsome-Bailey Project Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula Inc | $21,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Peninsula Rescue Mission Inc | $20,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Olivet Medical Ministry Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Grove Christian Outreach Center | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rosser Foundation dba International Cooperating Ministries | $150,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Orphanetwork | $99,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Youth Challenge Inc | $75,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Elijah House Academy | $51,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Here for the Girls Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Newsome-Bailey Project Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula Inc | $21,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Peninsula Rescue Mission Inc | $20,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Olivet Medical Ministry Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Grove Christian Outreach Center | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hampton Ecumenical Lodging and Provisions Inc | $12,560 | 2 | n/a |
| Servant Partners Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hands Up Ministries | $9,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Serve the City Peninsula | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pregnancy Resource Center of Richmond | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shepherds Way Relief Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Link of Hampton Roads Incorporated | $4,390 | 1 | 0% |
| Good News Partners | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($164k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Good News 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: Peninsula Community Foundation of Virginia Inc · Langley for Families - the Foundation of Lfcu · Sentara Health · The Community Foundation Inc · United Way of the Virginia Peninsula · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Foundation Inc · Virginia Peninsula Foodbank · Carmax Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
About Good News Foundation
- How much does Good News Foundation give?
- Good News Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $181,500 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Good News Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (59%), Religion (12%), International (6%).
- Who are Good News Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: The Rosser Foundation dba International Cooperating Ministries ($150k), The Orphanetwork ($99k), Youth Challenge Inc ($75k).
- Does Good News Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Good News 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 Good News Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Peninsula Community Foundation of Virginia Inc, Langley for Families - the Foundation of Lfcu, Sentara Health.
- Where is Good News Foundation based?
- Good News Foundation is based in VA.
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