Virginia · Private foundation
The Robert McEldowney Jr Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $100k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 59
- Grants FY2025
- 43
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 43 to 63
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations The Robert McEldowney Jr Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 56 | $100k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 43 | $92k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 44 | $96k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 52 | $92k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 63 | $103k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 57 | $87k | 21% |
| FY2019 | 52 | $90k | 12% |
| FY2018 | 59 | $81k | 36% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hill School | $58,025 | 9 | 0% |
| The Red Mill Museum Village Inc | $58,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc | $39,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Acres of Love | $37,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Villagereach | $35,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Sports Council | $25,450 | 9 | 59% |
| Princeton Wrestling Club Inc | $19,500 | 9 | 2% |
| The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598) | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of the Virginia Peninsulas | $14,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Blair Academy | $13,500 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 69 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 64 recipients with no EIN on record ($283k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Robert McEldowney Jr Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 64 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Greater Williamsburg Community Trust · Langley for Families - the Foundation of Lfcu · Sentara Health · United Way of the Virginia Peninsula · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Peninsula Community Foundation of Virginia Inc · Rbwr Family Charitable Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation Inc · The Gladys and Franklin Clark Foundation · Dan and Micki Chapin Fund Inc · Williamsburg Community Health Foundation · Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Robert McEldowney Jr Family Foundation
- How much does The Robert McEldowney Jr Family Foundation give?
- The Robert McEldowney Jr Family Foundation reported 59 grants totaling $100,065 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 43 and 63 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Robert McEldowney Jr Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (28%), Health (16%), Human Services (16%).
- Who are The Robert McEldowney Jr Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Hill School ($58k), The Red Mill Museum Village Inc ($58k), Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc ($39k).
- Does The Robert McEldowney Jr Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Robert McEldowney Jr Family 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 Robert McEldowney Jr Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Williamsburg Community Trust, Langley for Families - the Foundation of Lfcu, Sentara Health.
- Where is The Robert McEldowney Jr Family Foundation based?
- The Robert McEldowney Jr Family Foundation is based in VA.
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