Virginia · Nonprofit
COUNCIL FOR RURAL VIRGINIA
COUNCIL FOR RURAL VIRGINIA (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $100,000 to it, the largest being American Electric Power Foundation ($75,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $146k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $100k
- Net assets
- $151k
What Council for Rural Virginia does
Mission
The Council for Rural Virginia serves as a resource, partner and convener across rural virginia working with local, regional and state organizations and governments to expand economic and social opportunities throughout rural communities. The council board is comprised of leaders from across the commonwealth dedicated to the success of rural communities through innovative solutions in economic prosperity, education and workforce development, infrastructure expansion, leadership and community capacity, agriculture and natural resources, access to quality healthcare and other issues vital to a community's overall prosperity. Through partnerships and collaborative initiatives, the Council for Rural Virginia works with federal, state and local leaders and private sector stakeholders to improve economic opportunities and preserve the quality life throughout rural virginia.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
One of the most notable milestones this year was the completion of the fourth cohort of the Virginia Rural Leadership Institute (VRLI). We proudly celebrated 23 new graduates, surpassing 100 alumni since the programs inception. These leaders are now advancing community impact projects in their home regions, many of which are already taking shape and delivering tangible results. As the Commonwealths first and only statewide rural leadership program, VRLI was designed to retain, equip, and elevate emerging leaders committed to rural Virginia. Four years in, the programs long-term vision is becoming reality as projects launched by alumni generate a return on investment in our rural communities.
$104,392 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $104,392.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $53k to $185k (+247%).
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.
0% of COUNCIL FOR RURAL VIRGINIA’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
R Bryan David
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $75k → $25k.
From the IRS filings of COUNCIL FOR RURAL VIRGINIA’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
COUNCIL FOR RURAL VIRGINIA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
COUNCIL FOR RURAL VIRGINIA draws 75% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Against its field
COUNCIL FOR RURAL VIRGINIA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like COUNCIL FOR RURAL VIRGINIA
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.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COUNCIL FOR RURAL VIRGINIA: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COUNCIL FOR RURAL VIRGINIA?
- COUNCIL FOR RURAL VIRGINIA (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $100,000 to it, the largest being American Electric Power Foundation ($75,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COUNCIL FOR RURAL VIRGINIA have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $100,000 in grants to COUNCIL FOR RURAL VIRGINIA.
- Who is the largest funder of COUNCIL FOR RURAL VIRGINIA?
- American Electric Power Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COUNCIL FOR RURAL VIRGINIA 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.
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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 2 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