Virginia · Private foundation
The Genan Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $8.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 104
- Grants FY2024
- 73
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 73
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $190M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations The Genan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.2M 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 | 84 | $8.5M | 42% |
| FY2023 | 73 | $6.4M | 38% |
| FY2022 | 55 | $5.0M | 65% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $3.1M | 53% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $1.8M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Miller Center Foundation | $1,875,000 | 4 | 21% |
| Piedmont Housing Alliance | $1,375,000 | 4 | 9% |
| Albemarle Housing Improvement Program Inc | $1,250,000 | 5 | 13% |
| Mountain Empire Community College Foundation Inc | $750,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Appalachian Sustainable Development | $720,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Piedmont Virginia Community College Educational Foundation | $652,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Jefferson Area Board for Aging Inc | $645,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Virginia Highlands Foundation Inc | $600,000 | 3 | 32% |
| Blue Ridge Public Television Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Virginia Historical Society | $500,000 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 107 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Genan Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 98 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: Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · Perry Foundation Inc · Caplin Foundation · Manning Family Foundation · Sentara Health · The Charles Fund Inc · Oakwood Foundation Charitable Trust · The Oak Hill Fund · The J & E Berkley Foundation · United Way of Greater Charlottesville · Thomas C & Mary Ann Hays Fam Char Tr · S&P Global Foundation Fka the McGraw-Hill Research Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Genan Foundation
- How much does The Genan Foundation give?
- The Genan Foundation reported 104 grants totaling $8,532,563 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 73 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Genan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (14%), Arts & Culture (14%), Environment (13%).
- Who are The Genan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Miller Center Foundation ($1.9M), Piedmont Housing Alliance ($1.4M), Albemarle Housing Improvement Program Inc ($1.3M).
- Does The Genan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Genan 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 Genan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, Perry Foundation Inc, Caplin Foundation.
- Where is The Genan Foundation based?
- The Genan Foundation is based in VA.
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