· Private foundation
Sam & Marion Golden Helping Hand Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k32 grants · $129k
- $10k–50k18 grants · $314k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Carilion Clinic Foundation | $150,000 |
| Roanoke Area Ministries | $50,000 |
| Family Promise of Greater Roanoke | $40,000 |
| Jewish Community Preschool | $36,000 |
| Blue Ridge Zoological Society | $25,000 |
| Family Services of Roanoke Valley | $20,000 |
| Jefferson Center Foundation | $20,000 |
| Apple Ridge Farm | $20,000 |
| Roanoke Jewish Federation 1 B'nai B'rith Athletic Achievement Award | $17,500 |
| Western VA Foundation for Arts and Sciences | $15,000 |
| Rescue Mission of Roanoke | $15,000 |
| Mill Mountain Theatre | $15,000 |
| Lovable Services, Inc. | $15,000 |
| Roanoke Jewish Federation 3 Triumph of Hope | $12,500 |
| Grandin Theatre Foundation | $12,500 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
32 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2023, 0 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $137k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CCCarilion Clinic Foundation2× · 2022–2023 · $325k · revenue +69%
- RARoanoke Area Ministries2× · 2022–2023 · $100k · revenue +187%
- JCJEWISH COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL INC2× · 2022–2023 · $68k · revenue +47%
Funded once
- RJRoanoke Jewish Foundationone grant, 2022 · $20k
- BABoys and Girls Club of SW Virginiaone grant, 2022 · $18k
- BBB'nai B'rith Athletic Achievement Awardone grant, 2022 · $4k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra provides a professional symphony orchestra of artistic excellence and integrity to enrich lives, to educate, and to entertain diverse audiences in western Virginia with the highest quality instrumental and…
Roanoke College develops students as whole persons and prepares them for responsible lives of learning, service, and leadership by promoting their intellectual, ethical, spiritual and personal growth.
The mission of roane family health care is to exceed the quality of care that our patients deserve and expect while surpassing community needs through innovative technology.
The organization's mission is to cultivate a legacy of stability, engagement, and vitality for arts and cultures in the city of roanoke through grant making. through a strategic partnership with the city of roanoke, the organization will…
The establishment and operation of a child learning/daycare facility for the use, benefit, and general welfare of the children of rappahannock county, virginia.
Mission is to comfort the body and heal the heart through compassionate quality care during end-of-life experiences, so patients and families may live each day with peace, comfort and dignity. we also serve the community by providing…
We produce vital works of classical and contemporary theatre, with Shakespeare as our foundation. We approach this work boldly with a resolve to ignite spirits, educate minds and defy expectation.
To be a catalyst in Richmond for learning and living through art.
Education to children in the field of dance. primary instructional focus on ballet. serving needs of community through education, outreach and performance.
The rescue mission foundation, inc. is an endowment fund organized for the support of the charitable purposes of the rescue mission of roanoke, inc., a related 501 (c)(3) organization, which seeks to minister to the whole person and…
The Chamber is a Business Advocate for the Roanoke Region.
The mission is to provide quality care that reflects Christian love respect and concern for the aged of the church and community. The primary objective is to meet the physical mental and spiritual needs of the residents.
How this is measured
28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 57 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Carilion Clinic Foundation ↗
- Who funds Roanoke Area Ministries ↗
- Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER ROANOKE ↗
- Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds JEFFERSON CENTER FOUNDATION LTD ↗
- Who funds APPLE RIDGE FARM INC ↗
- Who funds MILL MOUNTAIN PLAYHOUSE CO INC DBA MILL MOUNTAIN THEATRE ↗
- Who funds GRANDIN THEATRE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PRESBYTERIAN COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
- Who funds ST JOHN NEUMANN ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds LOVABLE SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds THE RESCUE MISSION OF ROANOKE INC ↗
- Who funds ADULT CARE CENTER OF ROANOKE VALLEY INC ↗
- Who funds Henry Fork Service Center ↗
- Who funds TAUBMAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds ROANOKE CHILDRENS THEATRE INC dba VIRGINIA CHILDRENS THEATRE ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL D-DAY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ROANOKE HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
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 · Edgar a Thurman Fdn Children Nect · Robertson Family Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Newbern Foundation · Carilion Medical Center · The Ceres Foundation Inc · Evelyn F James Foundation · Cartledge Charitable Foundation Inc · United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc · Muse Family Foundation Co Elizabeth Muse · Roanoke Womens Foundation
How this is measured
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