Virginia · Private foundation
The Black Dog 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.
- $124k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $19,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations The Black Dog Foundation 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; $5k 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 | 20 | $124k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $142k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $107k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $126k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $147k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $103k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $96k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $97k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Resources Institute | $106,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $67,500 | 9 | 0% |
| The Piedmont Environmental Council | $66,000 | 9 | 0% |
| NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc | $33,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Bald Head Island Conservancy Inc | $26,500 | 9 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $23,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Finleys Green Leap Forward | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
| American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia | $20,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Fauquier Free Clinic Inc | $19,500 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($468k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Black Dog 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.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Fauquier Health Foundation Dba the Path Foundation · Wise Foundation · Northern Piedmont Community Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Fhi Services · Hillsdale Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The Black Dog Foundation
- How much does The Black Dog Foundation give?
- The Black Dog Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $124,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Black Dog Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (41%), International (24%), Philanthropy (8%).
- Who are The Black Dog Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: World Resources Institute ($106k), Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated ($90k), Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation ($68k).
- Does The Black Dog Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Black Dog 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 Black Dog Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fauquier Health Foundation Dba the Path Foundation, Wise Foundation, Northern Piedmont Community Foundation.
- Where is The Black Dog Foundation based?
- The Black Dog Foundation is based in VA.
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