Virginia · Public charity
Virginia Early Childhood Foundation
Vecf is the non-partisan steward of virginia's promise for early childhood success.
- $80M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $58M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,901,231
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,820,195
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 33
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $17M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Virginia Early Childhood Foundation 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.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Human ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyHealthFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $47M | 13% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $41M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $35M | 55% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $24M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $21M | 21% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $3.9M | 24% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $2.2M | 20% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $2.2M | 17% |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Education$206MCommunity Improvement$309kPhilanthropy$188kHuman Services$174kFood & Nutrition$16k
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eo Companies | $28,815,835 | 9 | 98% |
| United Way of Greater Charlottesville | $27,364,044 | 9 | 73% |
| Firstspark Inc | $16,062,454 | 9 | 94% |
| United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc | $16,035,541 | 9 | 61% |
| Eastern Virginia Medical School | $15,655,914 | 5 | n/a |
| Fairfax County Early Childhood Programs and Services | $13,784,577 | 8 | n/a |
| Foundation First | $11,498,291 | 9 | 89% |
| Old Dominion University Research Foundation | $8,393,371 | 1 | 9% |
| Henrico Education Foundation Inc | $8,002,531 | 4 | 40% |
| James Madison University | $7,662,601 | 7 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eo Companies | $28,815,835 | 9 | 98% |
| United Way of Greater Charlottesville | $27,364,044 | 9 | 73% |
| Firstspark Inc | $16,062,454 | 9 | 94% |
| United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc | $16,035,541 | 9 | 61% |
| Eastern Virginia Medical School | $15,655,914 | 5 | n/a |
| Fairfax County Early Childhood Programs and Services | $13,784,577 | 8 | n/a |
| Foundation First | $11,498,291 | 9 | 89% |
| Old Dominion University Research Foundation | $8,393,371 | 1 | 9% |
| Henrico Education Foundation Inc | $8,002,531 | 4 | 40% |
| James Madison University | $7,662,601 | 7 | n/a |
| Center for Early Success | $5,116,082 | 2 | 76% |
| United Way of Central Virginia Inc | $4,448,334 | 7 | 44% |
| Smart Beginnings Greater Richmond | $3,956,207 | 6 | n/a |
| First Connections for Early Success | $2,542,674 | 7 | 80% |
| United Way of Danville-Pittsylvania County | $2,386,496 | 6 | 20% |
| The Campagna Center Inc | $2,306,000 | 3 | 5% |
| United Way of Henry County & Martinsville | $484,977 | 6 | 11% |
| Smart Beginnings Greater Harrisonburg | $412,330 | 6 | n/a |
| Fauquier County Public Schools | $308,231 | 3 | n/a |
| New River Valley Regional Commission | $297,493 | 4 | n/a |
| Gloucester County Public Schools | $274,781 | 3 | n/a |
| Hampton Roads Community Action Program Inc | $263,538 | 3 | 0% |
| Rappahannock County Public Schools | $259,452 | 3 | n/a |
| Town of New Market | $250,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Total Action Against Poverty in the Roanoke Valley | $244,425 | 2 | 1% |
| Virginia Child Care Resource and Referral Network | $241,216 | 3 | 5% |
| Wythe County Public Schools | $234,285 | 2 | n/a |
| United Way of Central Shenandoah Valley Inc | $212,801 | 2 | 9% |
| United Way of South Hampton Roads | $188,159 | 3 | 0% |
| United Way of Staunton Augusta County & Waynesboro Inc | $155,685 | 2 | 19% |
| Obici Healthcare Foundation Inc | $141,562 | 2 | 2% |
| Creative Learners Academy LLC | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foundation Learning Academy & Midlothian Turnpike | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Greenhouse Day Care Center Inc | $90,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Precious Jewels LLC | $90,000 | 1 | n/a |
| YWCA Richmond | $90,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Warwick Kids Academy Operated by Dee Care LLC | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Learning Playhouse Limited | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cox-Ford Enterprises LLC | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Natural Steps LLC | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Liddle Tykes Daycare | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bonita Gould LLC | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Angels at Play LLC | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Just Kids Child Development Center Inc | $46,980 | 1 | 6% |
| Rooftop of Virginia Cap | $45,520 | 1 | 1% |
| Steps Inc | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Virginia Community College (Nova) | $41,051 | 1 | n/a |
| Third Sector New England Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Craig County Youth and Community Services | $37,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $36,148 | 2 | n/a |
| Tidewater Community College | $27,026 | 1 | n/a |
| Smart Cookie Learning Center II | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Virginia Peninsula Community Colleg | $20,137 | 1 | n/a |
| Danville Community College | $19,874 | 1 | n/a |
| Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia | $16,145 | 1 | 0% |
| J Sargeant Reynolds Community College | $15,232 | 1 | n/a |
| Early Childhood Western Tidewater | $14,500 | 1 | 10% |
| Northhampton County Education Found | $14,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Germanna Community College | $14,176 | 1 | n/a |
| Southwest Virginia Community College (Swcc College) | $14,159 | 1 | n/a |
| Barnes & Noble College Booksellers LLC | $13,017 | 1 | n/a |
| John Tyler Community College | $10,861 | 1 | n/a |
| Patrick Henry Commnuity College | $9,707 | 1 | n/a |
| Paul D Camp Community College | $9,399 | 1 | n/a |
| Lord Fairfax Community College | $7,096 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Virginia Early Childhood Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 27 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 27.
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.
The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education IncVA26.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 6 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc · Sentara Health · Virginia Community Action Partnership Inc · The Community Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Early Impact Virginia · United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc · Truist Foundation Inc · Obici Healthcare Foundation Inc · Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia · United Way of South Hampton Roads · Virginia Nonprofit Housing Coalition
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
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About Virginia Early Childhood Foundation
- How much does Virginia Early Childhood Foundation give?
- Virginia Early Childhood Foundation reported 9 itemized grants totaling $57,871,813, out of $80,431,521 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Virginia Early Childhood Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%), Community Improvement (0%), Philanthropy (0%).
- Who are Virginia Early Childhood Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Eo Companies ($29M), United Way of Greater Charlottesville ($27M), Firstspark Inc ($16M).
- Does Virginia Early Childhood Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Virginia Early Childhood Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc, Sentara Health, Virginia Community Action Partnership Inc.
- Where is Virginia Early Childhood Foundation based?
- Virginia Early Childhood Foundation is based in VA.
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The regranting layer
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