Virginia · Private foundation
Richardson Family 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.
- $126k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $26,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 26
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- 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, 10% of the organizations Richardson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 23 | $126k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $106k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $112k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $121k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $119k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $95k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| GoochlandCares | $152,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Blue Grass Resource Center | $73,000 | 4 | 9% |
| Elk Hill Farm Inc | $59,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Collegiate School | $49,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Vanderbilt University | $26,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Liberation Veteran Services Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bath County Arts Association | $23,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Northstar Academy Inc | $11,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Yellow Door Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| GoochlandCares | $152,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Blue Grass Resource Center | $73,000 | 4 | 9% |
| Elk Hill Farm Inc | $59,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Collegiate School | $49,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Vanderbilt University | $26,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Liberation Veteran Services Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bath County Arts Association | $23,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Northstar Academy Inc | $11,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Yellow Door Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bath County Christmas Mother Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Jobs for Virginia Graduates Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| VMI Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bath Community Hospital | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Goochland Christmas Mother | $5,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Pelotonia | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Bolar Volunteer Rescue Squad | $3,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Bath Community Hospital Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Goochland Pet Lovers | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Little Hands Virginia Inc | $800 | 1 | 0% |
| Cancer Retreat Centers Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Parkinson's Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Peter Paul Development Center Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($197k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Richardson Family 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: The Community Foundation Inc · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Herndon Foundation · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Carmax Foundation · Estes Foundation Co Matthew Breidenbach Pitcairn · 4g Foundation (Fka Nordley-Gottwald Fndn · The Charles M Caravati Foundation Fund · Massey Family Foundation · Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation · Shelton H Short Jr Trust
How this is measured
About Richardson Family Foundation
- How much does Richardson Family Foundation give?
- Richardson Family Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $125,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 26 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Richardson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (26%), Housing & Shelter (16%), Education (15%).
- Who are Richardson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: GoochlandCares ($153k), Blue Grass Resource Center ($73k), Elk Hill Farm Inc ($59k).
- Does Richardson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Richardson Family 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 Richardson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation Inc, The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation, Herndon Foundation.
- Where is Richardson Family Foundation based?
- Richardson Family Foundation is based in VA.
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