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The Landmark 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.

$8.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
39
Grants FY2024
43
Organizations funded FY2023
23%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,750,000
Organizations funded a year
31 to 45
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$98M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 23% of the organizations The Landmark Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.6M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Community ImprovementHuman ServicesEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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
FY2024still arriving38$8.0M16%
FY202343$9.0M23%
FY202234$7.9M18%
FY202131$4.9M16%
FY202034$4.8M12%
FY201934$6.6M24%
FY201833$7.1M33%
FY201745$4.0Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$18MHealth$11MHousing & Shelter$6.5MEnvironment$4.6MPhilanthropy$3.9MHuman Services$3.5MYouth Development$1.3MArts & Culture$1.2MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NV
IN
NJ
CT
KY
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 75 grantees
All grantees of The Landmark Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters$6,225,00080%
Old Dominion University Educational Foundation$6,000,00067%
Access College Foundation$5,515,000829%
Forkids Inc$5,150,000818%
United Way of South Hampton Roads$3,593,80083%
Norfolk Botanical Garden Inc$2,000,000112%
The Elizabeth River Project$1,572,500332%
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$1,000,00011%
An Achievable Dream Virginia Beach Inc$800,000811%
Virginia Wesleyan University$800,00070%
Next Step to Success$750,000117%
Hunton Young Mens Christian Association$750,000110%
Tidewater Community College Educational Foundation Inc$749,000526%
Judeo-Christian Outreach Centerinc$703,50085%
Samaritan House Inc$600,00077%
Boys and Girls Club of Southeast Virginia$512,48029%
Young Women's Christian Association of South Hampton Roads$500,000116%
Mercy Chefs Inc$500,00012%
Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance$500,00053%
The Friends of Foster Care Incorporated$475,00078%
Va Foundation for Independent Colleges$405,00083%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$400,00040%
Hospice House of Hampton Roads Inc$300,000115%
Vanguard Landing Inc$300,000211%
Communities In Schools of Hampton Roads$260,00076%
Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia$260,00040%
Louise W Eggleston Center Inc$250,00011%
Child & Family Services of Eastern Va Inc D/B/A the Up Center$250,00050%
Urban League of Hampton Roads Inc$205,00064%
Hampton Roads Executive Roundtable$200,000312%
Virginia Commemorations Inc$200,000223%
Impact Living Services$200,00022%
Together We Can Foundation$190,00078%
Joy Ministries Evangelistic Assoc$175,00034%
Horizons Hampton Roads Inc$110,00036%
Partnership Development Foundation Inc$100,000119%
The Elizabeth River Trail Foundation$100,0001n/a
Heart of a Chanpion$75,00024%
Girls on the Run - Sierras$50,00029%
Sagamore Institute Inc$50,00010%
The Urban Renewal Center$50,00019%
All District Reads Inc$50,000211%
Pathway to Promise Inc$50,000112%
Help and Emergency Response$40,00022%
United Way of Central Kentucky Inc$40,00031%
Knox Regional Development Alliance$40,00035%
Nansemond River Preservation Alliance$35,00083%
Civic Leadership Institute$30,50071%
Albemarle Area United Way$25,00041%
Norfolk Police Foundation$25,0001n/a
757 Accelerate Inc$25,00012%
New Vision Youth Services Inc$25,0001n/a
Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities$15,00060%
Virginia Public Access Project$14,00080%
United Way of Citrus County Inc$12,70931%
Friends of Portsmouth Juvenile Cour$10,00022%
The Trustees of Princeton University$10,00010%
D'Art Center$10,00014%
Briarcrest Christian School System Inc$10,00010%
Volunteer Hampton Roads$10,00022%
Starbase Victory Inc$10,00016%
Portco Inc$10,00010%
SupportWorks Housing$10,00010%
General Douglas Macarthur Foundation$6,00021%
Yale University$5,0001n/a
United Negro College Fund Inc$5,00010%
Hope House Foundation$5,00010%
Everyday Blessings Inc$5,00010%
Georgetown University$5,00010%
Metro United Way Inc$4,00030%
Tidewater Arts Outreach$2,50011%
Virginia Beach Maritime Museum Inc$2,50011%
Norfolk Rotary Charities Inc$2,00022%
Startwheel Corp$2,0001n/a
Slover Library Foundation$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Landmark Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 70 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren's Hospital of the King's Daughters: $6,225,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetOld Dominion University Educational Foundation: $6,000,000 over 6y, 6.9% of budgetAccess College Foundation: $5,515,000 over 8y, 29% of budgetForkids Inc: $5,150,000 over 8y, 18% of budgetUnited Way of South Hampton Roads: $3,593,800 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetNorfolk Botanical Garden Inc: $2,000,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetThe Elizabeth River Project: $1,572,500 over 3y, 32% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAn Achievable Dream Virginia Beach Inc: $800,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetVirginia Wesleyan University: $800,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNext Step to Success: $750,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetHunton Young Mens Christian Association: $750,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetTidewater Community College Educational Foundation Inc: $749,000 over 5y, 26% of budgetJudeo-Christian Outreach Centerinc: $703,500 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetSamaritan House Inc: $600,000 over 7y, 7.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Southeast Virginia: $512,480 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of South Hampton Roads: $500,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetMercy Chefs Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetHampton Roads Economic Development Alliance: $500,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetThe Friends of Foster Care Incorporated: $475,000 over 7y, 7.8% of budgetVa Foundation for Independent Colleges: $405,000 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $400,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHospice House of Hampton Roads Inc: $300,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetVanguard Landing Inc: $300,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetCommunities In Schools of Hampton Roads: $260,000 over 7y, 5.7% of budgetFoodbank of Southeastern Virginia: $260,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLouise W Eggleston Center Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetChild & Family Services of Eastern Va Inc D/B/A the Up Center: $250,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetUrban League of Hampton Roads Inc: $205,000 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetHampton Roads Executive Roundtable: $200,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetVirginia Commemorations Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetImpact Living Services: $200,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTogether We Can Foundation: $190,000 over 7y, 8.1% of budgetJoy Ministries Evangelistic Assoc: $175,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetHorizons Hampton Roads Inc: $110,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetPartnership Development Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetHeart of a Chanpion: $75,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetGirls on the Run - Sierras: $50,000 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetSagamore Institute Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Urban Renewal Center: $50,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetAll District Reads Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetPathway to Promise Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetHelp and Emergency Response: $40,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetUnited Way of Central Kentucky Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetKnox Regional Development Alliance: $40,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetNansemond River Preservation Alliance: $35,000 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetCivic Leadership Institute: $30,500 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetAlbemarle Area United Way: $25,000 over 4y, 0.9% 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 70.

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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.

Hampton Roads Community FoundationVA65.7× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hampton Roads Community Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Townebank Foundation · The Blocker Foundation · Sentara Health · United Way of South Hampton Roads · Patricia and Douglas Perry Foundation DBA The Perry Family Foundation · The Southeast Virginia Community Foundation · Beazley Foundation Incorporated · Tidewater Jewish Foundation Inc · Obici Healthcare Foundation Inc · Langley for Families - the Foundation of Lfcu

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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How do I get to The Landmark Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Landmark Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Landmark Foundation

How much does The Landmark Foundation give?
The Landmark Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $8,169,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 45 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Landmark Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (35%), Health (21%), Housing & Shelter (12%).
Who are The Landmark Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters ($6.2M), Old Dominion University Educational Foundation ($6.0M), Access College Foundation ($5.5M).
Does The Landmark Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Landmark 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 Landmark Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hampton Roads Community Foundation, Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, Townebank Foundation.
Where is The Landmark Foundation based?
The Landmark Foundation 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 98 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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