Virginia · Public charity
Washington and Lee University
Mission statement of Washington and Lee University: Washington and Lee University provides a liberal arts education that develops students' capacity to think freely, critically, and humanely and to conduct themselves with honor, integrity, and civility. Graduates will be prepared for life-long learning, personal achievement, responsible…
- $79M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $24,120
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $643,608
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.9B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Washington and Lee University funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k 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 | 9 | $1.0M | 22% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $767k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $709k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $632k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $607k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $640k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $586k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $624k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Lexington Va | $4,761,679 | 9 | n/a |
| Main Street Lexington | $260,000 | 2 | 52% |
| Rockbridge Area Free Clinic Inc | $101,300 | 4 | 0% |
| Lexington Retirement Community Inc | $90,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Omicron Delta Kappa Society and Educational Foundation Inc | $90,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Ndponics | $88,628 | 3 | 7% |
| Yellow Brick Road Early Learning Center Inc | $44,375 | 2 | 3% |
| Rockbridge Area Relief Association Inc | $40,210 | 3 | 4% |
| Lexington Golf and Country Club | $40,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Montessori Center for Children Inc D/B/A Woods Creek Montessori | $30,000 | 1 | 6% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Lexington Va | $4,761,679 | 9 | n/a |
| Main Street Lexington | $260,000 | 2 | 52% |
| Rockbridge Area Free Clinic Inc | $101,300 | 4 | 0% |
| Lexington Retirement Community Inc | $90,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Omicron Delta Kappa Society and Educational Foundation Inc | $90,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Ndponics | $88,628 | 3 | 7% |
| Yellow Brick Road Early Learning Center Inc | $44,375 | 2 | 3% |
| Rockbridge Area Relief Association Inc | $40,210 | 3 | 4% |
| Lexington Golf and Country Club | $40,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Montessori Center for Children Inc D/B/A Woods Creek Montessori | $30,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Rockbridge NAACP | $22,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Rockbridge Area Transportation System Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Rockbridge Regional Library | $5,718 | 1 | n/a |
| Bridge to Hope Food Pantry LLC | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Washington and Lee University supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 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: Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital · Community Foundation for RockbridgeBath & Allegh · United Way of Rockbridge Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Washington and Lee University
- How much does Washington and Lee University give?
- Washington and Lee University reported 9 itemized grants totaling $1,021,621, out of $78,618,810 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Washington and Lee University fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (85%), Community Improvement (5%), Education (3%).
- Who are Washington and Lee University's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: City of Lexington Va ($4.8M), Main Street Lexington ($260k), Rockbridge Area Free Clinic Inc ($101k).
- Does Washington and Lee University fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Washington and Lee University?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital, Community Foundation for RockbridgeBath & Allegh, United Way of Rockbridge Inc.
- Where is Washington and Lee University based?
- Washington and Lee University is based in VA.
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