Virginia · Community foundation
Shenandoah Community Foundation
The mission of the SHENANDOAH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is to promote philanthropy in shenandoah county and surrounding areas by connecting people who care with causes that matter.
- $664k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $362k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $16,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $12M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Shenandoah Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 12 | $362k | 58% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $91k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $723k | 54% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $195k | 64% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $204k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shenandoah Valley Music Festival | $606,700 | 2 | 47% |
| Shenandoah County Schools | $188,219 | 4 | n/a |
| Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Inc | $91,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Shenandoah County Free Clinic Inc | $84,687 | 5 | 4% |
| Community Resources for Education and Wellness Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Family Promise of Shenandoah County Inc | $49,780 | 5 | 4% |
| Shenandoah Alliance for Shelter | $47,100 | 3 | 6% |
| The Prince William County Bar Foundation Inc | $42,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Valley Health System | $42,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Center for the Arts of Greater Manassas Prince William County Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 36 grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($54k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Shenandoah Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 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: United Way of Northern Shenandoah Valley Inc · Shentel Foundation · American Woodmark Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Shenandoah Community Foundation
- How much does Shenandoah Community Foundation give?
- Shenandoah Community Foundation reported 12 itemized grants totaling $362,487, out of $663,817 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Shenandoah Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (42%), Education (15%), Health (10%).
- Who are Shenandoah Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Shenandoah Valley Music Festival ($607k), Shenandoah County Schools ($188k), Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Inc ($91k).
- Does Shenandoah Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Shenandoah Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Northern Shenandoah Valley Inc, Shentel Foundation, American Woodmark Foundation Inc.
- Where is Shenandoah Community Foundation based?
- Shenandoah Community Foundation is based in VA.
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