Virginia · Public charity
The Richmond Forum
To present powerful voices so richmond can learn. To empower local voices so richmond can lead.
- $216k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $49k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,350
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $23,325
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Richmond Forum funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 4 | $49k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $39k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $37k | 86% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $29k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $12k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield County Virginia | $111,202 | 5 | n/a |
| Henrico County Public Schools | $18,340 | 3 | n/a |
| Richmond Public Schools | $11,382 | 2 | n/a |
| Richmond Public Schools Education Foundation Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Richmond Debate Institute | $4,900 | 1 | n/a |
| The Maggie L Walker Governor's School Govt & Intl Studies Foundation | $2,768 | 1 | 1% |
| Hanover County Public Schools | $1,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Virginia High School League Inc | $840 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($6k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST)
How this is measured
About The Richmond Forum
- How much does The Richmond Forum give?
- The Richmond Forum reported 4 itemized grants totaling $48,525, out of $215,663 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Richmond Forum fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are The Richmond Forum's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Chesterfield County Virginia ($111k), Henrico County Public Schools ($18k), Richmond Public Schools ($11k).
- Does The Richmond Forum fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Richmond Forum?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST).
- Where is The Richmond Forum based?
- The Richmond Forum is based in VA.
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