· Private foundation
Margarete & Siegfried Eckhaus Charitable
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 |
|---|---|
| RICHMOND SYMPHONY | $7,000 |
| CHILD SAVERS | $7,000 |
| RICHMOND BALLET | $7,000 |
| THE VISUAL ARTS CENTER | $2,500 |
| SPARC | $2,500 |
| COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS | $2,500 |
| THE NORTHERN NECK ORCHESTRA | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
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 +44% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TRTHE RICHMOND SYMPHONY9× · 2017–2025 · $66k · revenue +44%
- CMCHILDSAVERS- MEMORIAL CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC9× · 2017–2025 · $57k · revenue +100%
- TRTHE RICHMOND BALLET8× · 2017–2025 · $43k · revenue +4%
Funded once
- SCSWIFT CREEK MILL THEATRE INCone grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +13%
- VRVIRGINIA REPERTORY THEATREone grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue +6%
- TITheatreLab Incgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue +89%
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 Roanoke Symphony Orchestra provides a professional symphony orchestra of artistic excellence and integrity to enrich lives, to educate, and to entertain diverse audiences in western Virginia with the highest quality instrumental and…
Creating live community theatre experiences that engage, entertain, educate, and enlighten.
We produce vital works of classical and contemporary theatre, with Shakespeare as our foundation. We approach this work boldly with a resolve to ignite spirits, educate minds and defy expectation.
Shape the cultural life of our region by delivering exceptional, inclusive music experiences that enrich, entertain and educate.
Driven by its core values of artistic excellence and inclusion, the virginia symphony orchestra is dedicated to creating world-class symphonic performances, transformative music education, and purposeful community engagement throughout…
To be north carolina's state orchestra, an orchestra achieving the highest level of artistic quality and performance standards, and embracing its dual legacies of statewide service and music education.
Opera production, appreciation and outreach
Believing that music has the power to inspire, the fredericksburg symphony will fulfill this mission by enriching the community with live music. the symphony brings performances, educational programs, and community engagement initiatives…
The virginia opera association, inc. works to attract, educate, develop and engage a diverse base of audiences, volunteers and professionals through the promotion and production of quality performances in the commonwealth of virginia.
Classic Theatre of Marylands mission is to produce bold re-imagined entertaining and accessible interpretations of classical works contemporary plays and musicals with a core commitment to the works of Shakespeare and other major…
To produce high quality opera and musicals at affordable prices; to provide training opportunities and experience for young artists and interns; to provide educational nourishment for all sectors of the community; and to enrich the…
Leading theatre company dedicated to nurturing artists in a creative environment. vmt is driven by an innovative spirit that constantly seeks new management and artistic models. current hallmarks of its management are resourcefulness and…
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 10 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 THE RICHMOND SYMPHONY ↗
- Who funds CHILDSAVERS- MEMORIAL CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC ↗
- Who funds THE RICHMOND BALLET ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN NECK ORCHESTRA CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds SWIFT CREEK MILL THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds VIRGINIA REPERTORY THEATRE ↗
- Who funds TheatreLab 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: Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The Community Foundation Inc · Coleman a Hunter - Irr Tr Chari · Estes Foundation Co Matthew Breidenbach Pitcairn · Wilbur Moreland Havens Charitable Foundation · Townebank Richmond Foundation · Williams Mullen Foundation · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Robins Foundation · Townebank Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Margarete & Siegfried Eckhaus Charitable funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Margarete & Siegfried Eckhaus Charitable. Bigger dots raise more.
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