Virginia · Private foundation
Herndon Fortnightly Club
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.
- $8k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $268k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Herndon Fortnightly Club funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $8k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $8k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $9k | 64% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $10k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $11k | 58% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $10k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $9k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $13k | 73% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Madison University | $8,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Georgetown University | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Virginia Community College (Nova) | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| DC Public Schools | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Franklin & Marshall College | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New York University | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| George Mason University | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Depaul University | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Hartford | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Madison University | $8,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Georgetown University | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Virginia Community College (Nova) | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| DC Public Schools | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Franklin & Marshall College | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New York University | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| George Mason University | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Depaul University | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Hartford | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rush University Medical Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Roanoke College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hollins University Corporation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology | $800 | 4 | n/a |
| Herndon Village Network | $650 | 5 | n/a |
| Wreaths Across America | $400 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Herndon Fortnightly Library | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Operation Smile Inc | $150 | 2 | 0% |
| All Ages Read Together | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Link Incorporated | $140 | 2 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $90 | 1 | 0% |
| Cornerstones Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Food for Neighbors | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Mutts With a Mission | $50 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($59k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Herndon Fortnightly Club 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: The Closet of the Greater Herndon Area Inc · United Way of the National Capital Area · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Herndon Fortnightly Club
- How much does Herndon Fortnightly Club give?
- Herndon Fortnightly Club reported 6 grants totaling $8,450 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Herndon Fortnightly Club fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (86%), Human Services (5%), Health (4%).
- Who are Herndon Fortnightly Club's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: James Madison University ($8k), Georgetown University ($2k), North Virginia Community College (Nova) ($2k).
- Does Herndon Fortnightly Club fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Herndon Fortnightly Club 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 Herndon Fortnightly Club?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Closet of the Greater Herndon Area Inc, United Way of the National Capital Area, The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc.
- Where is Herndon Fortnightly Club based?
- Herndon Fortnightly Club is based in VA.
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