Virginia · Private foundation
Virginia Professional Fire Fighters
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $93k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 93
- Grants FY2026
- 60
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 60
- FY2020 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 5
- Total assets, FY2026
- $554k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 83% of the organizations Virginia Professional Fire Fighters funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 93 | $93k | 88% |
| FY2025 | 60 | $61k | 83% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $29k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $29k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $12k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2026.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roanoke Valley Firefighters Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Hanover Crew Foundation | $10,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Central Virginia Burn Camp | $10,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Metro Richmond Flying Squad Inc | $8,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Spotsylvania Fire & Rescue Foundation | $7,500 | 3 | 5% |
| Loudoun Career Fire Fighters Foundation | $7,500 | 3 | 19% |
| Firefighter Cancer Support Network Inc | $6,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Virginia Public Safety Foundation | $5,000 | 2 | 3% |
Plus 140 recipients with no EIN on record ($159k), 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: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Virginia Professional Fire Fighters
- How much does Virginia Professional Fire Fighters give?
- Virginia Professional Fire Fighters reported 93 grants totaling $92,500 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 60 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2025.
- What does Virginia Professional Fire Fighters fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2026, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (89%), Youth Development (4%), Human Services (3%).
- Who are Virginia Professional Fire Fighters's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2026: Roanoke Valley Firefighters Foundation Inc ($11k), Hanover Crew Foundation ($10k), Central Virginia Burn Camp ($10k).
- Does Virginia Professional Fire Fighters fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Virginia Professional Fire Fighters 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 Virginia Professional Fire Fighters?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Virginia Professional Fire Fighters based?
- Virginia Professional Fire Fighters is based in VA.
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