Virginia · Private foundation
The James and Margaret Carreras Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $201k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $343k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 47% of the organizations The James and Margaret Carreras Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 69% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $132k 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 | 14 | $201k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $191k | 47% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $79k | 85% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $50k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $11k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $20k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $23k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $30k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Julia Cooper School | $110,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Greater Richmond Scan - Stop Child Abuse Now Inc | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Virginia Repertory Theatre | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Richmond Friends of the Homeless Ltd | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Richmond | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey Richmond High School Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Cross-Over Ministry Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Benedictine Sisters of Virginia | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| YWCA Richmond | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Better Housing Coalition | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($286k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The James and Margaret Carreras 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: The Community Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Shelton H Short Jr Trust · The Pauley Family Foundation · Herndon Foundation · Williams Mullen Foundation · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Carmax Foundation · Estes Foundation Co Matthew Breidenbach Pitcairn · Annabella R Jenkins Foundation · The William H - John G - Emma Scott Foundation · Tesco Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The James and Margaret Carreras Foundation with peer funders
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About The James and Margaret Carreras Foundation
- How much does The James and Margaret Carreras Foundation give?
- The James and Margaret Carreras Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $201,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The James and Margaret Carreras Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (35%), Education (29%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are The James and Margaret Carreras Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Anna Julia Cooper School ($110k), Greater Richmond Scan - Stop Child Abuse Now Inc ($45k), Virginia Repertory Theatre ($20k).
- Does The James and Margaret Carreras Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The James and Margaret Carreras Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The James and Margaret Carreras Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation Inc, Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, Shelton H Short Jr Trust.
- Where is The James and Margaret Carreras Foundation based?
- The James and Margaret Carreras Foundation is based in VA.
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