Virginia · Private foundation
Ray-Griffin Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $511k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $115,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $346,374
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations Ray-Griffin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 | 3 | $511k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $41k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $39k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $44k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $40k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $36k | 12% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $38k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 24 | $46k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Corporation for Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest | $198,500 | 8 | 3% |
| Native Fish Society Inc | $22,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Centra Health Foundation | $15,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Peakland Baptist Church | $10,568 | 1 | n/a |
| Western Rivers Conservancy | $10,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Greater Lynchburg Habitat for Humanity Inc | $8,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Atlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Trout Unlimited Inc | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Yellowstone Forever | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Corporation for Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest | $198,500 | 8 | 3% |
| Native Fish Society Inc | $22,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Centra Health Foundation | $15,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Peakland Baptist Church | $10,568 | 1 | n/a |
| Western Rivers Conservancy | $10,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Greater Lynchburg Habitat for Humanity Inc | $8,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Atlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Trout Unlimited Inc | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Yellowstone Forever | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Yellowstone Park Foundation | $4,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Free Clinic of Central Virginia Inc | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lynchburg Humane Society Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lynchburg Daily Bread Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wild Steelhead Coalition | $1,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Deschutes River Alliance | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The George Washington Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lynchburg | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($482k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ray-Griffin 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: Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation · Valentine Family Foundation · The Al Stroobants Foundation · Old Dominion Box Co Foundation Inc · The Harry D Forsyth Foundation · Carrington Family Foundation · The Imperial Charitable Trust · Easley Char Irr Tua 5019004715 · Centra Health Inc · Foster Foundation · Schewel Charitable Foundation · Liberty University Inc
How this is measured
About Ray-Griffin Foundation
- How much does Ray-Griffin Foundation give?
- Ray-Griffin Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $511,374 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Ray-Griffin Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (45%), Arts & Culture (25%), Education (7%).
- Who are Ray-Griffin Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Corporation for Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest ($199k), Native Fish Society Inc ($22k), Centra Health Foundation ($16k).
- Does Ray-Griffin Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ray-Griffin Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ray-Griffin Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation, Valentine Family Foundation, The Al Stroobants Foundation.
- Where is Ray-Griffin Foundation based?
- Ray-Griffin Foundation is based in VA.
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