Virginia · Private foundation
The Agena Foundation Inc
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.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $312,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $30M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations The Agena Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k 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 | 19 | $2.0M | 16% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $2.1M | 17% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $1.3M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $1.6M | 12% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $1.4M | 13% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $1.4M | 13% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $1.8M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $1.7M | 19% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forkids Inc | $3,430,400 | 9 | 8% |
| Hope House Foundation | $432,000 | 9 | 0% |
| YOURS Ministry | $422,209 | 5 | 64% |
| The Union Mission | $393,500 | 8 | 1% |
| The Friends of Foster Care Incorporated | $349,300 | 5 | 4% |
| Tidewater Wooden Boat Workshop | $172,500 | 9 | 10% |
| Children's Health Investment Program Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Twp-The Youth Movement | $105,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Tidewater Youth Services Foundation | $97,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Tidewater Community College Educational Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 1 | 5% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forkids Inc | $3,430,400 | 9 | 8% |
| Hope House Foundation | $432,000 | 9 | 0% |
| YOURS Ministry | $422,209 | 5 | 64% |
| The Union Mission | $393,500 | 8 | 1% |
| The Friends of Foster Care Incorporated | $349,300 | 5 | 4% |
| Tidewater Wooden Boat Workshop | $172,500 | 9 | 10% |
| Children's Health Investment Program Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Twp-The Youth Movement | $105,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Tidewater Youth Services Foundation | $97,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Tidewater Community College Educational Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Virginia Stage Company | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Connect With a Wish Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Delaware | $15,580 | 1 | 0% |
| Hero Kids Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Kindred Resource Network | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Quality of Life Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 41% |
| Ardx Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Autism Society of America Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Old Dominion University Educational Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Agena Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 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: Hampton Roads Community Foundation · Sentara Health · United Way of South Hampton Roads · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Kiwanis Club of Norfolk Foundation Inc · The Blocker Foundation · Langley for Families - the Foundation of Lfcu · Dollar Bank Foundation · The Helen G Gifford Foundation · Mary C Henninger Haddad and Louis S Haddad Foundation Inc · E C Wareheim Foundation · Chesapeake Bay Wine Classic Foundation
How this is measured
About The Agena Foundation Inc
- How much does The Agena Foundation Inc give?
- The Agena Foundation Inc reported 19 grants totaling $2,004,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Agena Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (48%), Youth Development (25%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are The Agena Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Forkids Inc ($3.4M), Hope House Foundation ($432k), YOURS Ministry ($422k).
- Does The Agena Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Agena Foundation Inc 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 The Agena Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hampton Roads Community Foundation, Sentara Health, United Way of South Hampton Roads.
- Where is The Agena Foundation Inc based?
- The Agena Foundation Inc is based in VA.
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