Virginia · Private foundation
Powell Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $550k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 58
- Grants FY2024
- 53
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 33 to 55
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations Powell Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 58 | $550k | 26% |
| FY2023 | 53 | $495k | 26% |
| FY2022 | 43 | $456k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 55 | $594k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 43 | $480k | 26% |
| FY2019 | 39 | $506k | 38% |
| FY2017 | 33 | $385k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star Community Inc | $275,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Faith Christian School Inc | $254,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Valley Bible Church of Radford Inc | $170,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Rally for the Valley Inc | $75,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Roanoke Cultural Endowment | $70,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Fellowship Community Church | $65,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Young Life | $60,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Blue Ridge Women's Center Inc | $45,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Masterpiece Alliance | $44,000 | 5 | 6% |
| The Rescue Mission of Roanoke Inc | $35,250 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 53 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 54 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Powell Charitable Foundation 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: Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia · Robertson Family Foundation Inc · Farrell Foundation · Edgar a Thurman Fdn Children Nect · United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · James a Meador Foundation · The Newbern Foundation · Western Virginia Environmental and Social Trust Foundation · The Helen C Cobbs Foundation · Investco Foundation · Muse Family Foundation Co Elizabeth Muse
How this is measured
About Powell Charitable Foundation
- How much does Powell Charitable Foundation give?
- Powell Charitable Foundation reported 58 grants totaling $550,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 55 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Powell Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (31%), Education (31%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Powell Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Star Community Inc ($275k), Faith Christian School Inc ($255k), Valley Bible Church of Radford Inc ($170k).
- Does Powell Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Powell Charitable Foundation 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 Powell Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia, Robertson Family Foundation Inc, Farrell Foundation.
- Where is Powell Charitable Foundation based?
- Powell Charitable Foundation is based in VA.
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