Virginia · Private foundation
The Hull 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.
- $100k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Hull Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 | 11 | $100k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $80k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $95k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $92k | 79% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $87k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $89k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $100k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $89k | 60% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgin Unite USA Inc | $77,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Elton John AIDS Foundation Inc | $31,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Commonwealth Catholic Charities | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Unboundrva | $20,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Edward Charles Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Care to Share Rva Inc | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| World Pediatrics | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Feed More Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 29 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($400k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Hull 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: The Community Foundation Inc · Carmax Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Herndon Foundation · McKesson Foundation Inc · Annabella R Jenkins Foundation · United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg · The Pauley Family Foundation · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Robins Foundation · Pga Tour Charities Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Hull Foundation
- How much does The Hull Foundation give?
- The Hull Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $100,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Hull Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (26%), Human Services (14%), Education (13%).
- Who are The Hull Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Virgin Unite USA Inc ($77k), Elton John AIDS Foundation Inc ($31k), The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc ($20k).
- Does The Hull Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Hull 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 Hull Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation Inc, Carmax Foundation, Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Hull Foundation based?
- The Hull Foundation is based in VA.
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