· Private foundation
Kip Kephart 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 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $7,500 |
| VCU | $5,200 |
| RICHMOND BALLET | $2,000 |
| SURRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | $1,300 |
| VALENTINE RICHMOND HISTORY CENTER | $1,250 |
| UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND | $1,250 |
| HERITAGE LIBRARY | $1,018 |
| Individual grant recipient | $570 |
| CHARLES CITY SCHOOLS | $300 |
| VARIOUS | $257 |
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 (FY19–20, $89) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 28% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +97% since the first grant, against +39% for those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 1 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, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $300 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- VHVIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY8× · 2017–2025 · $40k · revenue +103%
- TVTHE VALENTINE MUSEUM5× · 2017–2025 · $22k · revenue +176%
- UOUNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND9× · 2017–2025 · $21k · revenue +10%
Funded once
- CHChildren's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundationone grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +19%
- WPWEST POINT SCHOOLSone grant, 2017 · $2k
- CCCHARLES CITY ANIMAL SHELTERone grant, 2024 · $2k
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 mission is to bring compassion to health care and to be good to those in need, especially those who are poor and dying. as a system of caregivers, we commit ourselves to help bring people and communities to health and wholeness.
The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.
To provide excellence in the delivery of healthcare.
Mission is to comfort the body and heal the heart through compassionate quality care during end-of-life experiences, so patients and families may live each day with peace, comfort and dignity. we also serve the community by providing…
Provide a temporary home, safe refuge and care for homeless animals. work aggressively to place each animal in a loving, permanent home. strive to end the euthanasia of healthy, adoptable animals by offering affordable spay, neuter and…
The organization's mission is to sustain a vibrant, healthy and strong community through affordable, culturally competent, quality primary health care.
The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…
Advance and support the healthcare and research missions of virginia mason medical center and benaroya research institute at virginia mason through governance oversight of both organizations.
To advance the humane treatment of dogs and cats by providing comprehensive sheltering, medical care, and behavioral support. we strive to ensure every animal has the opportunity to find a permanent, loving home through community education…
The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).
Providing positive life changing solutions to people and animals in need.
Collaborating with our members and stakeholders, vhha works to ensure the sustainability of virginia's health care system and improve the health of all virginians.
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 55 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 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THE VALENTINE MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND ↗
- Who funds THE RICHMOND BALLET ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation ↗
- Who funds Morattico Waterfront Museum ↗
- Who funds SIDE BY SIDE VA INC ↗
- Who funds NEW HOPE FOR KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds HOMES FUR HOUNDS INC ↗
- Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THE MCSHIN FOUNDATION ↗
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: Carmax Foundation · The Community Foundation Inc · McKesson Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Kip Kephart Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kip Kephart Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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