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Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
51
Grants FY2024
49
Organizations funded FY2023
33%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$160,000
Organizations funded a year
28 to 51
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$30M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $395k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthRecreation & SportsOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving50$2.0M28%
FY202349$1.7M33%
FY202251$2.0M57%
FY202137$1.8M54%
FY202028$1.3Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$2.3MEducation$2.3MHealth$1.2MHuman Services$740kRecreation & Sports$465kReligion$360kHousing & Shelter$285kEnvironment$275kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NY
MA
IN
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
NC
DC
OK
LA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Virginia Historical Society$1,000,00052%
St Catherine's School Foundation$300,00031%
Sheltering Arms Foundation$300,00037%
The Valentine Museum$300,00032%
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C$250,0005n/a
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts$225,0005n/a
St Joseph's Villa$225,00031%
Teach for America Inc$200,00020%
Up Rva$200,00043%
Liberation Veteran Services Inc$185,00056%
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All grantees of Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Virginia Historical Society$1,000,00052%
St Catherine's School Foundation$300,00031%
Sheltering Arms Foundation$300,00037%
The Valentine Museum$300,00032%
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C$250,0005n/a
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts$225,0005n/a
St Joseph's Villa$225,00031%
Teach for America Inc$200,00020%
Up Rva$200,00043%
Liberation Veteran Services Inc$185,00056%
The Faison Center Inc$150,00030%
GoochlandCares$145,00032%
The Max Cure Foundation Inc$125,000327%
The John Marshall Foundation$100,000226%
The Cross-Over Ministry Inc$100,00021%
Overland Summers Foundation Inc$100,000486%
Anna Julia Cooper School$100,00021%
James River Association$100,00021%
Historic Richmond Foundation$95,00035%
ReWork Richmond Inc$90,00039%
Friends of Hollywood Cemetery$75,00025%
Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc$75,00030%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond$75,00031%
Quantico Injured Military Sportsmens Association$75,0003n/a
Riverside School Inc$75,00031%
The American Civil War Museum$75,00021%
ART 180 Inc$75,00033%
Duke University$75,00030%
Virginia War Memorial Foundation Inc$75,00032%
Medical College of Va Foundation$70,00040%
St John's Church Foundation$50,00025%
Carpenter's Shelter Inc$50,00021%
Americares Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Childsavers- Memorial Child Guidance Clinic$50,00011%
New Schools for Virginia$50,00013%
Capital Trees$50,00029%
The Garden Club of America$50,00021%
The Richmond Ballet$50,00020%
Greater Richmond Aquatics Partnership$50,00011%
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society Inc$50,00020%
Better Housing Coalition$50,00011%
New York Landmarks Conservancy Inc$40,00030%
College of the Atlantic$40,00020%
St Paul's Cathedral Trust in America$40,00028%
Operation Healing Forces Inc$40,00040%
American Sustainable Business Institute Inc$38,50021%
Womenexecs on Boards Inc$35,000112%
Bon Secours Richmond Healthcare Foundation$35,0002n/a
Sportable Richmond Adaptive Sports and Recreation Inc$35,00021%
Virginians for Veterans$35,00034%
Fair Girls Inc$30,00014%
George C Marshall Research Foundation$25,00012%
The Trustees of Princeton University$25,00010%
Virginia Home for Boys and Girls$25,00010%
Louisa County Historical Society$25,000117%
Madison County Arts Council$25,00013%
Elk Hill Farm Inc$25,00010%
Northstar Academy Inc$25,00010%
St James's Children's Center$25,00011%
Sknvue Inc$25,000119%
St Christopher's School Foundation$25,00010%
Virginia Repertory Theatre$25,00010%
Aylett Country Day School Inc$25,00011%
Great Aspirations Scholarship Program Inc$25,00011%
Groton School$25,00010%
Battersea Foundation$25,000111%
Shalom Farmsinc$25,00021%
Cristo Rey Richmond High School Inc$25,00011%
HealthCode$25,000115%
Virginia Down Syndrome Association$20,00025%
Virginia Capital Trail Foundation$20,00014%
Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$20,00020%
Southampton County Historical Society$20,00023%
Pga Tour Charities Inc$20,00020%
Peter Paul Development Center Inc$15,00011%
Forward Foundation Va$15,00013%
Virginia Voice Inc$11,00024%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$10,00010%
Medals4mettle Incorporated$10,0001n/a
Virginia Capitol Foundation$10,00014%
Stratford Hall$5,00010%
Richmond Chapter The Links Inc$5,00013%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 77 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVirginia Historical Society: $1,000,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetSt Catherine's School Foundation: $300,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetSheltering Arms Foundation: $300,000 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetThe Valentine Museum: $300,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetSt Joseph's Villa: $225,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUp Rva: $200,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetLiberation Veteran Services Inc: $185,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetThe Faison Center Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGoochlandCares: $145,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetThe Max Cure Foundation Inc: $125,000 over 3y, 27% of budgetThe John Marshall Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetThe Cross-Over Ministry Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetOverland Summers Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 86% of budgetAnna Julia Cooper School: $100,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetJames River Association: $100,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHistoric Richmond Foundation: $95,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetReWork Richmond Inc: $90,000 over 3y, 8.7% of budgetFriends of Hollywood Cemetery: $75,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetCal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond: $75,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetRiverside School Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetThe American Civil War Museum: $75,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetART 180 Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetDuke University: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVirginia War Memorial Foundation Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetMedical College of Va Foundation: $70,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSt John's Church Foundation: $50,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetCarpenter's Shelter Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildsavers- Memorial Child Guidance Clinic: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNew Schools for Virginia: $50,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCapital Trees: $50,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetThe Garden Club of America: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Richmond Ballet: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGreater Richmond Aquatics Partnership: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCentral Virginia Legal Aid Society Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBetter Housing Coalition: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNew York Landmarks Conservancy Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCollege of the Atlantic: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSt Paul's Cathedral Trust in America: $40,000 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetOperation Healing Forces Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Sustainable Business Institute Inc: $38,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetWomenexecs on Boards Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetSportable Richmond Adaptive Sports and Recreation Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetVirginians for Veterans: $35,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetFair Girls Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetGeorge C Marshall Research Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budget

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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 77.

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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 Community Foundation IncVA73.3× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Herndon Foundation · Robins Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Shelton H Short Jr Trust · Pga Tour Charities Inc · Estes Foundation Co Matthew Breidenbach Pitcairn · Wilbur Moreland Havens Charitable Foundation · The Pauley Family Foundation · Robert G Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation

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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Find your warmest path to Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation

How much does Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation give?
Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation reported 51 grants totaling $2,025,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 51 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (26%), Education (25%), Health (13%).
Who are Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Virginia Historical Society ($1.0M), St Catherine's School Foundation ($300k), Sheltering Arms Foundation ($300k).
Does Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation Inc, Richard S Reynolds Foundation, The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation.
Where is Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation based?
Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation is based in VA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 108 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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