Virginia · Public charity
Va Foundation for Independent Colleges
To secure financial support that enables college-bound students to access and graduate from outstanding virginia independent higher education institutions.
- $2.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $122,323
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $193,970
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $45M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Va Foundation for Independent Colleges 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.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $2.1M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $2.1M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $2.1M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $2.0M | 6% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $2.0M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $1.8M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $2.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Richmond | $1,172,402 | 9 | 0% |
| Virginia Wesleyan University | $1,115,332 | 9 | 0% |
| Shenandoah University | $1,109,929 | 9 | 0% |
| Bridgewater College | $1,102,431 | 9 | 0% |
| Marymount University | $1,079,587 | 9 | 0% |
| Randolph-Macon College | $1,058,934 | 9 | 0% |
| University of Lynchburg | $1,057,949 | 9 | 0% |
| Emory & Henry University | $1,045,962 | 9 | 0% |
| Roanoke College | $1,036,036 | 9 | 0% |
| Washington and Lee University | $1,013,753 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Richmond | $1,172,402 | 9 | 0% |
| Virginia Wesleyan University | $1,115,332 | 9 | 0% |
| Shenandoah University | $1,109,929 | 9 | 0% |
| Bridgewater College | $1,102,431 | 9 | 0% |
| Marymount University | $1,079,587 | 9 | 0% |
| Randolph-Macon College | $1,058,934 | 9 | 0% |
| University of Lynchburg | $1,057,949 | 9 | 0% |
| Emory & Henry University | $1,045,962 | 9 | 0% |
| Roanoke College | $1,036,036 | 9 | 0% |
| Washington and Lee University | $1,013,753 | 9 | 0% |
| Randolph College Inc | $970,144 | 9 | 0% |
| Mary Baldwin University | $961,290 | 9 | 0% |
| Hollins University Corporation | $953,696 | 9 | 0% |
| Hampden-Sydney College | $951,687 | 9 | 0% |
| Sbc Foreign Programs Inc | $928,247 | 9 | 62% |
| Virginia Union University | $464,785 | 4 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Va Foundation for Independent Colleges supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 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: Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Va Foundation for Independent Colleges
- How much does Va Foundation for Independent Colleges give?
- Va Foundation for Independent Colleges reported 16 itemized grants totaling $2,060,943, out of $2,173,736 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Va Foundation for Independent Colleges fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are Va Foundation for Independent Colleges's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Richmond ($1.2M), Virginia Wesleyan University ($1.1M), Shenandoah University ($1.1M).
- Does Va Foundation for Independent Colleges fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Va Foundation for Independent Colleges?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Charlottesville Area Community Foundation.
- Where is Va Foundation for Independent Colleges based?
- Va Foundation for Independent Colleges is based in VA.
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