Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
Rapidan 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.
- $113k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Rapidan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 7 | $113k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $117k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $106k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $116k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $128k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $85k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $102k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $96k | 57% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurturing Minds Inc | $100,000 | 8 | 1% |
| San Miguel-Casa Inc | $97,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Ponheary Ly Foundation | $91,900 | 7 | 2% |
| Prospera Community Development | $82,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Fair Girls Inc | $77,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Madre Inc | $72,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Global Grassroots | $69,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Teach Inc | $58,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Amara Legal Center | $35,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Doctors for Global Health Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 3% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurturing Minds Inc | $100,000 | 8 | 1% |
| San Miguel-Casa Inc | $97,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Ponheary Ly Foundation | $91,900 | 7 | 2% |
| Prospera Community Development | $82,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Fair Girls Inc | $77,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Madre Inc | $72,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Global Grassroots | $69,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Teach Inc | $58,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Amara Legal Center | $35,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Doctors for Global Health Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Ekvnv Yefolecvlke | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| International Federation for Family Health | $15,000 | 2 | 68% |
| Hope Esperanza Restoratn & Empwrmnt Cntr | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| My Sister's Place Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Weaving Earth Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Omid Foundation USA | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($159k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Rapidan Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Novo Foundation · Tides Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Rapidan Foundation
- How much does Rapidan Foundation give?
- Rapidan Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $112,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Rapidan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (40%), Education (17%), Community Improvement (9%).
- Who are Rapidan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Nurturing Minds Inc ($100k), San Miguel-Casa Inc ($97k), Ponheary Ly Foundation ($92k).
- Does Rapidan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Rapidan 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 Rapidan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Impactassetsinc, Novo Foundation.
- Where is Rapidan Foundation based?
- Rapidan Foundation is based in DC.
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