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Graham Foundation Inc

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.

$893k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
7
Grants FY2025
5
Organizations funded FY2024
20%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$690,000
Organizations funded a year
5 to 45
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$6.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Graham Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalCivil RightsPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving7$893k29%
FY20245$665k20%
FY20236$650k50%
FY202217$212k29%
FY202145$177k40%
FY202012$74k92%
FY201923$52k13%
FY201827$72k7%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$2.0MHealth$271kEducation$249kHousing & Shelter$129kArts & Culture$65kFood & Nutrition$50kRecreation & Sports$38kEnvironment$23kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
NY
MA
IA
IN
CT
CA
VA
AR
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 51 grantees
All grantees of Graham Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
A Place to Be$134,50082%
The Hill School Corporation of Middleburg$70,00050%
Our Children Foundation$60,00039%
George Mason University Foundation Inc$53,50050%
New York City Center Inc$50,00010%
Tabor Academy$35,25020%
Greater Charlottesville Habitat for Humanity Inc$35,00010%
Foxcroft School$35,00050%
Windy Hill Foundation Inc$34,00032%
Next Generation Choices Foundation$32,00046%
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Inc$30,00030%
Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc$24,95030%
University of Virginia Alumni Association$22,50030%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$20,00020%
Alexandria Seaport Foundation$17,50041%
Save The Children Federation Inc$10,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$10,00010%
Our Sisters School$5,50040%
Naturebridge$5,50040%
Every Orphans Hope$5,50040%
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts$5,0001n/a
Warrenton Horse Show Foundation$5,00015%
James Madison University$5,0002n/a
Fauquier Free Clinic Inc$5,00010%
Brogdon Family Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Project Knapsack Inc$4,500213%
Community Boating Center Inc$4,50040%
The Plains Community League$4,00042%
The Downstream Project$4,00041%
Middleburg Community Center Inc$4,00040%
Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum Inc$4,00040%
Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust Inc$4,00040%
Southcoast Hospitals Group Inc$4,00040%
Lloyd Center for the Environment Inc$4,00040%
Team Ashburn Synchronized Skating Inc$3,50020%
Recorders Without Borders$3,0003n/a
James Madison University Foundation Inc$3,00030%
Heifer Project International$3,00030%
Equal Justice Initiative$2,50010%
Harlem Grown Inc$2,50010%
Tri-River Habitat for Humanity Inc$2,5001n/a
Southern Environmental Law Center$2,50010%
Middleburg Library Advisory Board Inc$2,0002n/a
Under the Tree Foundation Inc$1,5002n/a
Kent School$1,00010%
The Community Music School of the Piedmont Inc$1,00010%
Habitat for Humanity Inc$1,0001n/a
Fauquier Habitat for Humanity Inc$1,00010%
The Loveland Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Middleburg Academy Inc$1,00010%
New Bedford Yacht Club Foundation Inc$50012%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Graham Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetA Place to Be: $134,500 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetThe Hill School Corporation of Middleburg: $70,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetOur Children Foundation: $60,000 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetGeorge Mason University Foundation Inc: $53,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNew York City Center Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTabor Academy: $35,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Charlottesville Habitat for Humanity Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFoxcroft School: $35,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWindy Hill Foundation Inc: $34,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetNext Generation Choices Foundation: $32,000 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetBlue Ridge Area Food Bank Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVirginia Student Aid Foundation Inc: $24,950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Virginia Alumni Association: $22,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity International Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlexandria Seaport Foundation: $17,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOur Sisters School: $5,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNaturebridge: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEvery Orphans Hope: $5,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWarrenton Horse Show Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetFauquier Free Clinic Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProject Knapsack Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 13% of budgetCommunity Boating Center Inc: $4,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Plains Community League: $4,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetThe Downstream Project: $4,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetMiddleburg Community Center Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetShenandoah Valley Discovery Museum Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDartmouth Natural Resources Trust Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSouthcoast Hospitals Group Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLloyd Center for the Environment Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTeam Ashburn Synchronized Skating Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJames Madison University Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHeifer Project International: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHarlem Grown Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Environmental Law Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKent School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Community Music School of the Piedmont Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFauquier Habitat for Humanity Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Loveland Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMiddleburg Academy Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Bedford Yacht Club Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 1.7% of budget

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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 43.

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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.

Wise FoundationVA22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wise Foundation · The Anna McWane Charitable Foundation · The Luminescence Foundation Inc · The Van Metre Family Foundation Inc · Dun Foundation · William M Backer Foundation Inc · The Bank of Clarke County Foundation · Fauquier Health Foundation Dba the Path Foundation · James Lessing Kleeblatt Memorial Foundation Inc · MRC Full Circle Foundation · Alexander Brady Foundation · McGraw 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.

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About Graham Foundation Inc

How much does Graham Foundation Inc give?
Graham Foundation Inc reported 7 grants totaling $892,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 45 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Graham Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (69%), Health (9%), Education (9%).
Who are Graham Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: A Place to Be ($135k), The Hill School Corporation of Middleburg ($70k), Our Children Foundation ($60k).
Does Graham Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Graham Foundation Inc 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 Graham Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wise Foundation, The Anna McWane Charitable Foundation, The Luminescence Foundation Inc.
Where is Graham Foundation Inc based?
Graham Foundation Inc is based in VA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 76 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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