Virginia · Public charity
The Virginia College Fund
Solicitation of public contributions on behalf of member colleges. Provides foundations, businesses, and individuals a convenient way of supporting small colleges and universities in virginia.
- $566k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2026
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2026
- $77,963
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $254,437
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations The Virginia College Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 4 | $312k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $297k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $341k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $313k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $572k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $537k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $3.3M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $637k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Averett University | $1,593,645 | 8 | 2% |
| Ferrum College | $1,592,666 | 8 | 2% |
| Eastern Mennonite University | $1,540,531 | 8 | 1% |
| Bluefield University | $1,526,737 | 8 | 3% |
| Appalachian School of Law | $9,451 | 1 | 0% |
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: Hughes Memorial Home · Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc · Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Virginia College Fund
- How much does The Virginia College Fund give?
- The Virginia College Fund reported 5 grants totaling $566,289 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Virginia College Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (96%), Philanthropy (4%), Crime & Legal (0%).
- Who are The Virginia College Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Averett University ($1.6M), Ferrum College ($1.6M), Eastern Mennonite University ($1.5M).
- Does The Virginia College Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Virginia College Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hughes Memorial Home, Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc, Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia.
- Where is The Virginia College Fund based?
- The Virginia College Fund is based in VA.
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