Does Robert Leroy Atwell and Lucy Williams Atwell 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 Robert Leroy Atwell and Lucy Williams Atwell Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation Inc, The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation, Wilbur Moreland Havens Charitable Foundation.

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Virginia · Private foundation

Robert Leroy Atwell and Lucy Williams Atwell 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.

$282k
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 19
Grants FY2024: 21
Organizations funded FY2023: 14%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $10,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $50,000
Organizations funded a year: 13 to 21; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 1
Total assets, FY2024: $4.0M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Robert Leroy Atwell and Lucy Williams Atwell 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; $25k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

EducationEnvironmentHealthPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	19	$282k	0%
FY2023	21	$252k	14%
FY2022	18	$187k	6%
FY2021	14	$277k	14%
FY2020	19	$332k	26%
FY2019	16	$224k	38%
FY2018	16	$208k	50%
FY2017	13	$157k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.3MHuman Services$188kRecreation & Sports$165kEnvironment$85kHealth$70kArts & Culture$45kHousing & Shelter$40kYouth Development$25kOther$0

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
Hampden-Sydney College	$550,000	7	0%
Peter Paul Development Center Inc	$115,000	8	1%
Reading and Education for Adult Development	$110,000	8	3%
Elijah House Academy	$102,500	8	1%
Anna Julia Cooper School	$90,000	8	1%
St Andrew's School	$76,305	7	1%
Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc	$75,000	2	0%
Cristo Rey Richmond High School Inc	$75,000	6	1%
Metropolitan Richmond Sports Backers	$70,000	8	0%
The McShin Foundation	$65,000	7	0%

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All grantees of Robert Leroy Atwell and Lucy Williams Atwell Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Hampden-Sydney College	$550,000	7	0%
Peter Paul Development Center Inc	$115,000	8	1%
Reading and Education for Adult Development	$110,000	8	3%
Elijah House Academy	$102,500	8	1%
Anna Julia Cooper School	$90,000	8	1%
St Andrew's School	$76,305	7	1%
Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc	$75,000	2	0%
Cristo Rey Richmond High School Inc	$75,000	6	1%
Metropolitan Richmond Sports Backers	$70,000	8	0%
The McShin Foundation	$65,000	7	0%
Partnership for the Future	$50,000	5	1%
St James's Children's Center	$40,000	4	1%
Caritas	$40,000	3	0%
Sacred Heart Center Inc	$40,000	4	1%
Friends of Bellemeade Park	$30,000	2	29%
Capital Trees	$30,000	6	2%
James River Association	$25,000	3	0%
Jacob's Ladder Inc	$25,000	3	3%
St John's Church Foundation	$20,000	2	1%
The American Civil War Museum	$15,000	2	0%
Codeva Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Enrichmond Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
Communities in Schools	$10,000	1	0%
Richmond Center for Christian Study	$7,500	1	n/a
ART 180 Inc	$5,000	1	0%
The Byrd Theatre Foundation	$5,000	1	2%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($226k), not named here.

Robert Leroy Atwell and Lucy Williams Atwell Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 25.

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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.

The Community Foundation IncVA43× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Wilbur Moreland Havens Charitable Foundation · Herndon Foundation · The Pauley Family Foundation · Robins Foundation · Tesco Foundation · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Shelton H Short Jr Trust · Windsor Fdn Trust Uw Quincy Cole · Estes Foundation Co Matthew Breidenbach Pitcairn

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Robert Leroy Atwell and Lucy Williams Atwell Foundation

How much does Robert Leroy Atwell and Lucy Williams Atwell Foundation give?: Robert Leroy Atwell and Lucy Williams Atwell Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $282,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Robert Leroy Atwell and Lucy Williams Atwell Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (67%), Human Services (10%), Recreation & Sports (9%).
Who are Robert Leroy Atwell and Lucy Williams Atwell Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Hampden-Sydney College ($550k), Peter Paul Development Center Inc ($115k), Reading and Education for Adult Development ($110k).
Does Robert Leroy Atwell and Lucy Williams Atwell Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Robert Leroy Atwell and Lucy Williams Atwell 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 Robert Leroy Atwell and Lucy Williams Atwell Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation Inc, The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation, Wilbur Moreland Havens Charitable Foundation.
Where is Robert Leroy Atwell and Lucy Williams Atwell Foundation based?: Robert Leroy Atwell and Lucy Williams Atwell Foundation is based in VA.