· Private foundation
Lions Club of Norfolk 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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k28 grants · $27k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNION MISSION | $10,000 |
| FORKIDS INC | $10,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF SE VIRGINIA | $8,000 |
| HOPE HOUSE FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| URBAN RENEWAL CENTER | $2,000 |
| EDMARC HOSPICE FOR CHILDREN | $1,500 |
| FRIENDS OF LAMBERT'S POINT PARK | $1,500 |
| BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA | $1,000 |
| ST MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH | $1,000 |
| OPERATION BLESSING | $1,000 |
| LIONS MEDICAL EYE BANK OF | $1,000 |
| NEW VISION YOUTH SERVICES | $1,000 |
| LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND | $750 |
| FOUNDATION FOR FIGHTING BLINDNESS | $500 |
| YWCA | $500 |
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 (FY20–25, $64k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
32 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 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, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FIFORKIDS INC6× · 2020–2025 · $59k · revenue +6%
- TUTHE UNION MISSION6× · 2020–2025 · $56k · revenue +26%
- FOFOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA6× · 2020–2025 · $36k · revenue +67%
Funded once
- GAGHENT AREA MINSTRYone grant, 2020 · $4k
- CHCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL KINGS DAUGHTERSone grant, 2020 · $1k
- LCLIONS CLUB INTERNATIONALone grant, 2020 · $1k
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.
Housingforward virginia helps community leaders take action to solve their housing challenges. as a trusted partner and innovator, we use evidence- based solutions to build a future where everyone has a safe, stable home they can afford.
Access partnership facilitates the connection between those with health care needs and available resources. vision is that all residents of hampton roads can obtain the health care that they need to achieve personal wellness. focus is…
Our mission: we advance educational equity by building long-term partnerships with students, families, communities, and schools to create experiences outside of school that inspire the joy of learning.
The mission of the edward via college of osteopathic medicine (vcom) is to prepare globally-minded, community-focused physicians to meet the needs of rural and medically underserved populations and promote research to improve human health.
Visions is a 98-year-old nonprofit vision rehabilitation and social service organization that trains low income people of all ages experiencing blindness and severe vision loss to lead independent and active lives at work, in their homes…
Tracing its roots to the 1980s, the virginia housing alliance (vha) is the statewide leader in expanding housing opportunities, strengthening the capacity of affordable housing and homelessness service organizations, and advancing…
The virginia institute of autism is dedicated to helping people overcome the challenges of autism through innovative, evidence-based programs in education, outreach and adult services.
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.
The mission of voices for virginia's children is to champion public policies and legislation that achieve positive and equitable outcomes for young people.
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).
To use the power of media to educate, entertain and inspire, using public television and public radio to make a positive impact on the communities throughout central virginia, charlottesville, the shenandoah valley, the northern neck and…
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 40 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 FORKIDS INC ↗
- Who funds THE UNION MISSION ↗
- Who funds FOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA ↗
- Who funds THE URBAN RENEWAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds HOPE HOUSE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds EDMARC INC ↗
- Who funds ACCESS COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND ↗
- Who funds LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED ↗
- Who funds THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC ↗
- Who funds PRIMEPLUS SENIOR CENTERS ↗
- Who funds VIRGINIA CHILDRENS CHORUS ↗
- Who funds VIRGINIA LIONS EYEGLASS RECYCLING INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
- Who funds HAMPTON ROADS EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds WETLANDS WATCH INC ↗
- Who funds LIONS OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ENDEPENDENCE CENTER INC ↗
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: United Way of South Hampton Roads · Hampton Roads Community Foundation · The Blocker Foundation · Sentara Health · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Lions Club of Norfolk Foundation · Wards Corner Lions Club Charity Foundation Inc · Kiwanis Club of Norfolk Foundation Inc · The Landmark Foundation · Langley for Families - the Foundation of Lfcu · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lions Club of Norfolk Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lions Club of Norfolk Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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