Virginia · Private foundation
Greeley Charitable Trust
Its FY2019 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2019
- 8
- Grants FY2019
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
86% of Greeley Charitable Trust’s FY2019 grant dollars went to Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2019 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $1,241,882
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 2
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 86% of the organizations Greeley Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 7 | $206k | 86% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $130k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, 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 | $294,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Boonsboro Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Opera on the James | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lynchburg Daily Bread Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Downtown Lynchburg Association | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($32k), not named here.
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: Schewel Charitable Foundation · Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Greeley Charitable Trust
- How much does Greeley Charitable Trust give?
- Greeley Charitable Trust reported 8 grants totaling $1,447,382 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Greeley Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Philanthropy (79%), Arts & Culture (19%), Environment (2%).
- Who are Greeley Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Academy Center of the Arts Inc ($294k), Boonsboro Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company Inc ($5k), Opera on the James ($3k).
- Does Greeley Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Greeley Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Greeley Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Schewel Charitable Foundation, Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Greeley Charitable Trust based?
- Greeley Charitable Trust is based in VA.
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