Virginia · Private foundation
The Minnie and Bernard Lane Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $290k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 64
- Grants FY2026
- 79
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 53 to 81
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 13
- Total assets, FY2026
- $2.7M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 11% of the organizations The Minnie and Bernard Lane Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 63 | $289k | 13% |
| FY2025 | 79 | $322k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 81 | $288k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 71 | $263k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 67 | $319k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 61 | $225k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 58 | $208k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 53 | $239k | 40% |
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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altavista Area YMCA Inc | $458,800 | 10 | 4% |
| Pregnancy Care Center of Catawba Valley Inc | $261,500 | 9 | 10% |
| The a Partners Dba the Antioch Partners | $208,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Chrysalis International Inc | $183,000 | 10 | 34% |
| Cornerstone Counseling Center | $102,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Semilla Inc | $75,500 | 9 | 3% |
| Faith Christian Academy | $64,000 | 10 | 1% |
| Dawn Inc | $62,000 | 10 | 15% |
| Blue Ridge Pregnancy Center Inc | $62,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Sports Outreach Institute Inc | $43,246 | 9 | 1% |
Show all 84 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 76 recipients with no EIN on record ($523k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Minnie and Bernard Lane Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 69 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Minnie and Bernard Lane Foundation
- How much does The Minnie and Bernard Lane Foundation give?
- The Minnie and Bernard Lane Foundation reported 64 grants totaling $290,400 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 53 and 81 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does The Minnie and Bernard Lane Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Religion (36%), Human Services (27%), Health (15%).
- Who are The Minnie and Bernard Lane Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Altavista Area YMCA Inc ($459k), Pregnancy Care Center of Catawba Valley Inc ($262k), The a Partners Dba the Antioch Partners ($209k).
- Does The Minnie and Bernard Lane Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Minnie and Bernard Lane Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Minnie and Bernard Lane Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation, Foster Foundation, The Al Stroobants Foundation.
- Where is The Minnie and Bernard Lane Foundation based?
- The Minnie and Bernard Lane Foundation is based in VA.
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