Virginia · Nonprofit
BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC
BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,405,716 to it, the largest being THE VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INC ($980,559). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $22M
What Blue Ridge Community College Educational Foundation Inc does
Mission
The brcc educational foundation builds community relationships and secures resources to strengthen the programs and services of blue ridge community college. The college's impact on the community is profound, providing the pathway to success for students and local employers. Current state and local appropriations provide funding for only the basic operations of the college and are not sufficient to keep pace with the challenges of meeting brcc's diverse student needs and addressing workforce development services and programs. To meet the community's increasing needs for programs, services, facilities, and scholarships, private funds are necessary. Funds raised by the brcc educational foundation represent the difference between adequacy, as provided by traditional sources of funding, and excellence, that only private investment can provide.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
During the 2024-25 academic year, the foundation provided 141 named scholarship awards totaling $550,404 to 396 deserving students. The majority of these awards were based on financial need. While a degree at blue ridge community college appears affordable, especially compared to four-year institutions, it is beyond the means of many students and families in our community. These scholarships were provided to students in both credit and non-credit programs. Among them were awards for participants in blue ridge promise, a bridge program for high school seniors interested in attending brcc after graduation. Others were awards to high school seniors providing a pathway to enroll in workforce courses and receive credentials in careers such as certified clinical medical assisting, heavy equipment operation, phlebotomy, and welding. Every one of these scholarships gave students the opportunity to achieve their educational and career goals, thus improving the quality of life for their families and the communities in which they live and work.
$550,404 spentof which $550,404 as grants36% of program spendingThe foundation paid $372,508 toward equipment and furnishings across campus, including the following: - equipment to help launch a new medical laboratory technician program- cat simulator system and compact excavator for heavy equipment operation- catalyst one analyzer system and anatomical models for veterinary technology program- furniture for technology building, the houff student center and the houff library- laserjet printer for visual communications department- smartwasher brake washer for automotive analysis and repair program- upgrades to digital information display boards throughout campus
$372,508 spentof which $372,508 as grants24% of program spendingThe foundation provided salary reimbursements in the amount of $277,329 to the college in support of an agriculture admissions advisor, the emergency medical services faculty, high school career coaches, nursing faculty and healthcare-related workforce certificate programs.
$277,329 spentof which $277,329 as grants18% of program spendingOther program services totaling $335,644 included the following funding: - updates and technology upgrades to aging lecture hall - upgrades to veterinary technology kennel space, including sound baffling - emergency financial assistance for students in need - production of emergency preparedness training videos for students and employees - funded a strategic innovation grant in support of english language learners (ell) enrolled in healthcare-related workforce certification courses - underwrote 10 instructional mini-grants to enhance faculty effectiveness in the classroom - repaired the lift in the automotive lab - updated promotional wrap on the commercial driving / heavy equipment operation simulation trailer
$335,644 spentof which $223,238 as grants22% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,535,885.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $14M to $18M (+27%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Amy Kiger
Executive director
Board chair
Bret Harrison
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $188k → $352k.
6 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $312k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge). These are real filings, and they are not money BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 68% · 2019 53% · 2020 40% · 2021 41% · 2022 45% · 2023 43% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
60% of BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 77% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
89% of BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $626k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Blue Ridge Community College · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC?
- BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,405,716 to it, the largest being THE VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INC ($980,559). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $2,405,716 in grants to BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC?
- THE VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $980,559 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 13 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing