How do I find funders for a health nonprofit in Virginia?

Start with the funders already giving to health in Virginia, currently Inova Health System Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Virginia from out of state.

Who is the largest health funder in Virginia?

Inova Health System Foundation gives the most to health organizations in Virginia, $94M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to health in Virginia?

$894M reached 429 health organizations in Virginia, from 1,251 funders. 53% 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 · Health

Who funds health in Virginia

$894M reached 429 health organizations in Virginia, from 1,251 funders, with no single one dominating.

$894M

granted

429

organizations

53%

from in-state

The short version

1,251 funders gave $894M to 429 health organizations in Virginia across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
53% of that came from funders also based in Virginia; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of health in Virginia is Inova Health System Foundation, at $94M.
The health organization drawing the most is Resolve to Save Lives Inc, at $234M.

Largest funders of health in Virginia

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

1Inova Health System Foundation$94M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$91M 3The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc$70M 4Children's Health Foundation$59M 5Gates Foundation$36M 6Children's Hospital of the King's$36M 7Vital Strategies Inc$36M 8National Philanthropic Trust$26M 9Valley Health System Group Return$20M 10Sentara Hospitals$18M

Health organizations in Virginia that draw the most

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

419 other health organizations$311M

Resolve to Save Lives Inc$234M Inova Health Care Services$99M Children's Hospital of the King's$77M Sentara Health$60M

How to find health funders in Virginia

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Start with the funders already active in Virginia
The funders giving the most to health in Virginia are Inova Health System Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc. A funder already writing health checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the health 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
47% of health money in Virginia comes from funders elsewhere, so national health funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Virginia.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a health nonprofit in Virginia?: Start with the funders already giving to health in Virginia, currently Inova Health System Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Virginia from out of state.
Who is the largest health funder in Virginia?: Inova Health System Foundation gives the most to health organizations in Virginia, $94M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to health in Virginia?: $894M reached 429 health organizations in Virginia, from 1,251 funders. 53% 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.