Virginia · Public charity
Vision Communications Inc
Supports christian radio broadcasting, and people working in christian educational and evangelism outreach.
- $104k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $97k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,766
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $52,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Vision Communications Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $97k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $55k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $635k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $218k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $89k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $297k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $75k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live the Life Inc | $639,220 | 7 | 97% |
| Straight Street Roanoke Valley Inc | $222,500 | 7 | 14% |
| Young Life | $167,800 | 7 | 0% |
| My Father's House International Inc | $125,530 | 7 | 7% |
| Blue Ridge Fellows Program Inc | $73,500 | 5 | 11% |
| Graceinside | $57,625 | 5 | n/a |
| Eastern Appalachian Teen Challenge Inc | $47,150 | 4 | 8% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $42,629 | 4 | 0% |
| Gods Pit Crew Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Answering the Call Inc | $21,543 | 2 | 3% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live the Life Inc | $639,220 | 7 | 97% |
| Straight Street Roanoke Valley Inc | $222,500 | 7 | 14% |
| Young Life | $167,800 | 7 | 0% |
| My Father's House International Inc | $125,530 | 7 | 7% |
| Blue Ridge Fellows Program Inc | $73,500 | 5 | 11% |
| Graceinside | $57,625 | 5 | n/a |
| Eastern Appalachian Teen Challenge Inc | $47,150 | 4 | 8% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $42,629 | 4 | 0% |
| Gods Pit Crew Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Answering the Call Inc | $21,543 | 2 | 3% |
| Friendship House Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Noble Warriors Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Giles County Christian Service Mission Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Ransomed Heart Ministries | $4,079 | 1 | 0% |
| Centershot Ministries Inc | $3,521 | 1 | 1% |
| Protector N Paws Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Bravehearts Inc | $1,125 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Vision Communications Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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: Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Vision Communications Inc
- How much does Vision Communications Inc give?
- Vision Communications Inc reported 5 itemized grants totaling $96,845, out of $104,345 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Vision Communications Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (47%), Youth Development (30%), International (10%).
- Who are Vision Communications Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Live the Life Inc ($639k), Straight Street Roanoke Valley Inc ($223k), Young Life ($168k).
- Does Vision Communications Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Vision Communications Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Servant Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Vision Communications Inc based?
- Vision Communications Inc is based in VA.
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