Virginia · Private foundation
The Bank of Clarke County 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.
- $273k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 215
- Grants FY2025
- 189
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 53%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 140 to 189
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $88
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 53% of the organizations The Bank of Clarke County Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k 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 | 186 | $273k | 47% |
| FY2024 | 189 | $230k | 53% |
| FY2023 | 180 | $265k | 73% |
| FY2022 | 147 | $217k | 90% |
| FY2021 | 140 | $182k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Incorporated | $76,750 | 5 | 1% |
| Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum Inc | $67,500 | 3 | 4% |
| Leary Educational Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Clarke County Education Foundation Inc | $26,267 | 4 | 4% |
| Vba Education Foundation | $24,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Foundation of the State Arboretum of Virginia | $17,200 | 5 | 2% |
| Winchester Rescue Mission | $17,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Association of Women Business Owners - Greater DC | $15,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Westmoreland Davis Memorial Foundation | $11,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Winchester-Clarke Garden Club | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 204 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 388 recipients with no EIN on record ($528k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bank of Clarke County 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: American Woodmark Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties · United Way of Northern Shenandoah Valley Inc · The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County · The Community Foundation of the Northern Shenandoah Valley · The Clara Weiss Fund · Andrew U Ferrari Foundation · Fauquier Health Foundation Dba the Path Foundation · The Brandt Foundation · Wise Foundation · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · The Woltz-Winchester Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Bank of Clarke County Foundation with peer funders
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About The Bank of Clarke County Foundation
- How much does The Bank of Clarke County Foundation give?
- The Bank of Clarke County Foundation reported 215 grants totaling $272,836 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 140 and 189 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Bank of Clarke County Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (28%), Health (12%), Recreation & Sports (11%).
- Who are The Bank of Clarke County Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Incorporated ($77k), Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum Inc ($68k), Leary Educational Foundation Inc ($35k).
- Does The Bank of Clarke County Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bank of Clarke County 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 The Bank of Clarke County Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Woodmark Foundation Inc, Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties, United Way of Northern Shenandoah Valley Inc.
- Where is The Bank of Clarke County Foundation based?
- The Bank of Clarke County Foundation is based in VA.
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