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The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region

THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE DAN RIVER REGION will improve and enrich the lives of the region's residents by encouraging and facilitating donations; by managing, investing, and distributing these donations in accordance with donors' wishes while meeting community needs; and by ensuring these donations create a lasting legacy of growth…

$1.9M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
93
Itemized grants FY2025
62
Organizations funded FY2024
6%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$1.4M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$87,930
Organizations funded a year
44 to 65
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$76M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 6% of the organizations The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region 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; $42k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationPublic Safety & DisasterHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving73$1.4M12%
FY202462$1.2M6%
FY202362$1.2M26%
FY202265$1.2M22%
FY202153$1.1M15%
FY202055$1.4M24%
FY201947$1.0M28%
FY201844$945k34%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.6MHealth$1.4MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.1MHuman Services$932kPhilanthropy$871kReligion$747kFood & Nutrition$710kRecreation & Sports$528kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of Danville-Pittsylvania County$831,299927%
City of Danville$528,7519n/a
Averett University$429,37890%
Danville Pittsylvania Cancer Association Inc$392,138916%
Gods Storehouse Incorporated$345,4359n/a
First Baptist Church of Danville$321,4629n/a
Boys and Girls Club of Danville Area Inc$320,72597%
Danville Community College Educational Foundation Inc$256,00295%
The Salvation Army$248,0259n/a
Danville Church and Community Tutorial Program$223,433815%
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All grantees of The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of Danville-Pittsylvania County$831,299927%
City of Danville$528,7519n/a
Averett University$429,37890%
Danville Pittsylvania Cancer Association Inc$392,138916%
Gods Storehouse Incorporated$345,4359n/a
First Baptist Church of Danville$321,4629n/a
Boys and Girls Club of Danville Area Inc$320,72597%
Danville Community College Educational Foundation Inc$256,00295%
The Salvation Army$248,0259n/a
Danville Church and Community Tutorial Program$223,433815%
Habitat for Humanity City of Danville and Pittsylvania County$197,00098%
Danville Speech and Hearing Center$196,796813%
Pittsylvania County Parks and Recreation$179,1124n/a
Caswell County Parish Inc$175,0008n/a
Southern Area Agency on Aging$172,42191%
Compassion Health Care Inc$167,29951%
Danville Science Center$159,472911%
Yanceyville Fire & Rescue$140,8727n/a
Free Clinic of Danville$138,721338%
Dan River Basin Association$129,227720%
Gods Pit Crew Inc$127,61460%
Virginia Legal Aid Society Inc$120,00051%
Grace Design Community Church$118,0377n/a
Providence Fire and Rescue Inc$117,250912%
St Lukes United Methodist Church$116,9527n/a
Blairs Fire & Rescue Inc$116,59664%
Northern Pittsylvania County Fd Ct$108,967738%
Danville Neighborhood Development Corporation$108,000619%
Ppl Foundation$107,208373%
Danville Life Saving and First Aid Crew Inc$95,66051%
Becky's Kiddie Kollege$94,0006n/a
Caswell County$92,0732n/a
Boy Scouts of Americablue Ridge Mountains Council$91,89671%
House of Hope Inc$85,606515%
Just Kids Child Development Center Inc$76,90075%
Casville Volunteer Fire Dept Inc$76,582513%
Milton Preservation and Beautification Society Inc$76,2503n/a
Danville-Pittsylvania Community Services$75,93860%
Piedmont Access to Health Services Inc$75,78560%
American Indian College Fund$73,51190%
Berea College$73,51190%
United Negro College Fund Inc$73,51190%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Virginia$73,00051%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc$71,50060%
Compassion Health Care$71,3443n/a
Danville Chapter of the Va Museum of Fine Arts$71,132510%
Changing Lives Outreach Center CDC$69,000342%
Caswell County Historical Association Inc$68,7502n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$61,04850%
Piedmont Community College Foundation$60,48945%
Community Improvement Council Inc$60,36061%
Danville Symphony Orchestra$59,421720%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Danv$58,50978%
Chatham Fire Department$57,9874n/a
Climax Volunteer Fire Company Inc$51,9113n/a
Westmoreland Neighborhood Organization$51,8982n/a
Center for Early Success$50,00015%
Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber Foundation$50,0001n/a
Town of South Boston$50,0001n/a
Prospect Hill Volunteer Fire Dept$48,911412%
Golf Fore Fun Inc$48,50062%
Haven of the Dan River Region$46,07437%
Town of Halifax$45,0001n/a
Spca of Pittsylvania County Inc$44,40356%
Pelham Volunteer Fire Department$44,000310%
Danville Historical Society$42,50649%
Martinsville Cemetery Association$41,22847%
Caswell County Government$39,5002n/a
Mount Hermon Volunteer Fire & Rescue Inc$38,80044%
Southside Area Tennis Association$38,685422%
Friends of the Danville Public Library Inc$38,2104n/a
Southside Soccer Club Inc$38,000223%
Temple Beth Sholem$37,5936n/a
Good Hope Equestrian & Regenerative Farm Inc$36,50036%
Smokestack Theatre Company$36,154311%
Pittsylvania County School District$35,4272n/a
Revitalization for Greater Gretna Inc$35,000236%
Ringgold Volunteer Fire & Rescue Inc$35,00026%
Danville Public Schools Education Foundation Inc$30,6622n/a
Keeling Volunteer Fire Dept Inc$30,0001n/a
Fine Whines and Lickers Inc$29,788411%
Dan River Non-Profit Network$29,189364%
Langhorne House$27,8101n/a
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Charlotte$25,00010%
Feeding Southwest Virginia$25,00020%
Hope Center Ministries Inc$25,0001n/a
Town of Mayodan$25,0001n/a
Longwood University Foundation Inc$23,35140%
Danville Area Humane Society Inc$22,35932%
Young Men's Christian Association of Danville Virginia$22,00021%
Pittsylvania County Department of Social Services$22,0001n/a
Cascade Community Volunteer Fire Department$21,00019%
Pittsylvania County Community Action Inc$20,00010%
The Claire Parker Foundation Inc$20,00019%
Animal Protection Society of the$19,75023%
Danville Area Training Center Inc$19,66720%
Danville Concert Association Inc$18,43838%
Reach Out and Read Inc$18,17520%
Virginia Hunters Who Care Inc$18,00021%
Goodwill Industries of the Valleys Inc$17,50020%
Olde Dominion Agricultural Foundation$17,00012%
Westover Baptist Church$15,9751n/a
House of Hope$15,8311n/a
Cascade School Community Center Inc$15,0492n/a
Kentuck Elementary School PTO$15,0001n/a
Healing Center Worldwide Inc$15,0001n/a
Town of Madison$15,0001n/a
The Wendell Scott Foundation Inc$15,00015%
Second Chance Outreach Ministries Inc$13,6002n/a
The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research Foundation$13,44411%
Virginia Tech Transportation Economic Development Inc$13,44320%
Kuumba West African Dance Company$13,4231n/a
Caswell Recreation Development Grp$12,5001n/a
Middle Border Forward Inc$12,5001n/a
Semora Volunteer Fire Depart Inc$12,50014%
River District Festival$12,0001n/a
Caswell County Partnership for Children Inc$11,40721%
Abundant Life Church$11,0502n/a
Chatham First Inc$10,5001n/a
Family Life Services of Southern Virginia$10,33116%
Grace-A-Lot$10,2251n/a
Piedmont Community College$10,0001n/a
The Bridge Ministry Inc$10,00011%
Gretna Rescue Squad Inc Dba Gretna Fire & Rescue$10,0001n/a
The Garden Club of Danville$10,000112%
Purley United Methodist Church$10,0001n/a
Caswell Council for the Arts & History Inc$10,000111%
Callands Fire and Rescue Inc$10,000110%
Caswell Friends of the Library Inc$10,0001n/a
Alamance Regional Medical Center Inc$7,50010%
Tunstall Volunteer Fire & Rescue Inc$7,0001n/a
Third Chance Housing$6,0441n/a
Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline Council Inc$5,75010%
Mount Vernon Methodist Church$5,4741n/a
Longwood University$3,4681n/a

Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($138k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 83 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way of Danville-Pittsylvania County: $831,299 over 9y, 27% of budgetAverett University: $429,378 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetDanville Pittsylvania Cancer Association Inc: $392,138 over 9y, 16% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Danville Area Inc: $320,725 over 9y, 6.6% of budgetDanville Community College Educational Foundation Inc: $256,002 over 9y, 5.3% of budgetDanville Church and Community Tutorial Program: $223,433 over 8y, 15% of budgetHabitat for Humanity City of Danville and Pittsylvania County: $197,000 over 9y, 7.9% of budgetDanville Speech and Hearing Center: $196,796 over 8y, 13% of budgetSouthern Area Agency on Aging: $172,421 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetCompassion Health Care Inc: $167,299 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetDanville Science Center: $159,472 over 9y, 11% of budgetFree Clinic of Danville: $138,721 over 3y, 38% of budgetDan River Basin Association: $129,227 over 7y, 20% of budgetGods Pit Crew Inc: $127,614 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetVirginia Legal Aid Society Inc: $120,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetProvidence Fire and Rescue Inc: $117,250 over 9y, 12% of budgetBlairs Fire & Rescue Inc: $116,596 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetNorthern Pittsylvania County Fd Ct: $108,967 over 7y, 38% of budgetDanville Neighborhood Development Corporation: $108,000 over 6y, 19% of budgetPpl Foundation: $107,208 over 3y, 73% of budgetDanville Life Saving and First Aid Crew Inc: $95,660 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetBoy Scouts of Americablue Ridge Mountains Council: $91,896 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetHouse of Hope Inc: $85,606 over 5y, 15% of budgetJust Kids Child Development Center Inc: $76,900 over 7y, 5.3% of budgetCasville Volunteer Fire Dept Inc: $76,582 over 5y, 13% of budgetDanville-Pittsylvania Community Services: $75,938 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPiedmont Access to Health Services Inc: $75,785 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Indian College Fund: $73,511 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBerea College: $73,511 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Negro College Fund Inc: $73,511 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Virginia: $73,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc: $71,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDanville Chapter of the Va Museum of Fine Arts: $71,132 over 5y, 9.5% of budgetChanging Lives Outreach Center CDC: $69,000 over 3y, 42% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $61,048 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPiedmont Community College Foundation: $60,489 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetCommunity Improvement Council Inc: $60,360 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetDanville Symphony Orchestra: $59,421 over 7y, 20% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Danv: $58,509 over 7y, 7.8% of budgetCenter for Early Success: $50,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetProspect Hill Volunteer Fire Dept: $48,911 over 4y, 12% of budgetGolf Fore Fun Inc: $48,500 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetHaven of the Dan River Region: $46,074 over 3y, 6.8% of budgetSpca of Pittsylvania County Inc: $44,403 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetPelham Volunteer Fire Department: $44,000 over 3y, 9.5% of budgetDanville Historical Society: $42,506 over 4y, 9.2% of budgetMartinsville Cemetery Association: $41,228 over 4y, 7.0% of budgetMount Hermon Volunteer Fire & Rescue Inc: $38,800 over 4y, 3.7% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 83.

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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.

Jt-Minnie Maude Charitable TrustVA82.4× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jt-Minnie Maude Charitable Trust · Danville Regional Foundation · Womack Foundation · Alexander Berkeley Carrington Jr & Ruth Simpson Carrington Charitable Trust · Hughes Memorial Home · United Way of Danville-Pittsylvania County · Kiwanis Club of Danville Foundation · Center for Early Success · George and Sarah Buchanan Foundation · Foster Foundation · Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia · Centra Health Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region

How much does The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region give?
The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region reported 93 itemized grants totaling $1,351,274, out of $1,868,304 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 44 and 65 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (15%), Health (14%), Public Safety & Disaster (11%).
Who are The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Way of Danville-Pittsylvania County ($831k), City of Danville ($529k), Averett University ($429k).
Does The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jt-Minnie Maude Charitable Trust, Danville Regional Foundation, Womack Foundation.
Where is The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region based?
The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region is based in VA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 141 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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