Virginia · Public charity
Washington Media Scholars Foundation
Educational Programs and Scholarships for College Students
- $177k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $72k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $13,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $209k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Washington Media Scholars Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 7 | $72k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $18k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $51k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $7k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $14k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $22k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ithaca College | $43,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Brigham Young University | $21,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Howard University | $21,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hampton University | $13,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Brigham Young University-Idaho | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Carolina a & T State University | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Carroll College | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($93k), not named here.
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About Washington Media Scholars Foundation
- How much does Washington Media Scholars Foundation give?
- Washington Media Scholars Foundation reported 7 itemized grants totaling $71,500, out of $177,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Washington Media Scholars Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are Washington Media Scholars Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ithaca College ($44k), Brigham Young University ($22k), The Howard University ($21k).
- Does Washington Media Scholars Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Washington Media Scholars Foundation based?
- Washington Media Scholars Foundation is based in VA.
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