How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Virginia?

Start with the funders already giving to community development in Virginia, currently Stand Together Chamber of Commerce Inc, Stand Together C4 Fund, Foundation for the Restoration of America. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Virginia from out of state.

How much grant money goes to community development in Virginia?

$517M reached 310 community development organizations in Virginia, from 694 funders. 84% came from funders also based in Virginia.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Virginia · Community development

Who funds community development in Virginia

Funding is concentrated: Americans for Prosperity alone draws 75% of every community development grant dollar in Virginia. One funder dominates the giving, Stand Together Chamber of Commerce Inc, at 60% of the total.

$517M

granted

310

organizations

84%

from in-state

The short version

694 funders gave $517M to 310 community development organizations in Virginia across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
84% of that came from funders also based in Virginia; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of community development in Virginia is Stand Together Chamber of Commerce Inc, at $311M.
The community development organization drawing the most is Americans for Prosperity, at $387M.

Largest funders of community development in Virginia

The funders giving the most to community development organizations in Virginia, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Stand Together Chamber of Commerce Inc$311M 2Stand Together C4 Fund$75M 3Foundation for the Restoration of America$4M 4American Advancement$4M 5The Community Foundation Inc$4M 6Impactassetsinc$4M 7The Landmark Foundation$4M 8Freedom Together Foundation$3M 9Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation$3M 10Hampton Roads Community Foundation$3M

Community development organizations in Virginia that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

Americans for Prosperity$387M

300 other community development organizations$67M

How to find community development funders in Virginia

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Start with the funders already active in Virginia
The funders giving the most to community development in Virginia are Stand Together Chamber of Commerce Inc, Stand Together C4 Fund, Foundation for the Restoration of America. A funder already writing community development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
16% of community development money in Virginia comes from funders elsewhere, so national community development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Virginia.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Virginia?: Start with the funders already giving to community development in Virginia, currently Stand Together Chamber of Commerce Inc, Stand Together C4 Fund, Foundation for the Restoration of America. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Virginia from out of state.
Who is the largest community development funder in Virginia?: Stand Together Chamber of Commerce Inc gives the most to community development organizations in Virginia, $311M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to community development in Virginia?: $517M reached 310 community development organizations in Virginia, from 694 funders. 84% came from funders also based in Virginia.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.