Virginia · Private foundation
The Richard & Leslie Gilliam 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.
- $3.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 38
- Grants FY2024
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $600,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 30 to 36
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $47M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations The Richard & Leslie Gilliam Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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 | 38 | $3.1M | 24% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $1.4M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 31 | $2.3M | 13% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $1.8M | 6% |
| FY2020 | 34 | $1.9M | 21% |
| FY2019 | 36 | $2.9M | 22% |
| FY2018 | 32 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Madison University Foundation Inc | $2,222,480 | 5 | 2% |
| In Medias Res | $2,050,000 | 7 | 16% |
| The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc | $1,126,873 | 5 | 7% |
| Focused Ultrasound Foundation | $900,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Barter Foundation Inc State Theatre of Virginia | $655,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Family Crisis Support Services Inc | $525,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Appalachian Sustainable Development | $500,000 | 1 | 8% |
| William King Museum of Art | $305,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Mercatus Center Inc | $300,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Milligan University | $195,000 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 43 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Richard & Leslie Gilliam Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 39 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 · The Genan Foundation · Sentara Health · The United Company Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Perry Foundation Inc · The Rapha Foundation · The Charles Fund Inc · Manning Family Foundation · Food City Charitable Foundation · Caplin Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Richard & Leslie Gilliam Foundation
- How much does The Richard & Leslie Gilliam Foundation give?
- The Richard & Leslie Gilliam Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $3,094,181 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 36 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Richard & Leslie Gilliam Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (41%), Arts & Culture (26%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are The Richard & Leslie Gilliam Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: James Madison University Foundation Inc ($2.2M), In Medias Res ($2.0M), The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc ($1.1M).
- Does The Richard & Leslie Gilliam Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Richard & Leslie Gilliam 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 Richard & Leslie Gilliam Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, The Genan Foundation, Sentara Health.
- Where is The Richard & Leslie Gilliam Foundation based?
- The Richard & Leslie Gilliam Foundation is based in VA.
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