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EDWARD VIA VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
EDWARD VIA VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE (Virginia) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,855,207 to it, the largest being VC MEDICAL ENDOWMENT TRUST ($4,454,459). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $310M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $9.9M
- Net assets
- $217M
What Edward via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine does
Mission
The mission of the edward via college of osteopathic medicine (vcom) is to prepare globally-minded, community-focused physicians to meet the needs of rural and medically underserved populations and promote research to improve human health.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Vcom is an osteopathic medical college guided by a mission that will produce the physicians this country needs.education:as a medical school, vcom continues to make extraordinary progress towards improving healthcare in rural america through research and the work of faculty, students and alumni. Under a public/private partnership with virginia tech, vcom opened its doors to its first students in blacksburg, virginia, in the fall of 2003 and graduated its first class in 2007.in 2010, vcom founded its second campus, vcom-carolinas, in collaboration with spartanburg regional health system to address the healthcare shortages in the upstate region of south carolina. The first students began their medical education at vcomcarolinas in the fall of 2011, and the campus graduated its first class in 2015. Auburn university administration learned of the success of the vcom/vt collaboration and through a public/private collaboration, a third vcom campus at auburn university was opened. Vcom-auburn's inaugural class entered in 2015 and graduated in may 2019. Vcom and the university of louisiana monroe (ulm) formed a public/private partnership and vcom opened its fourth campus to students in…
$224,163,596 spentof which $151,434,007 as grants$133,048,456 earned by the program91% of program spendingResearch:part of vcom's mission is to advance scientific knowledge through medical research. Vcom strives to foster a culture of faculty growth and institutional excellence through support for faculty research, innovation, and scholarly work that improves human health.medical research provides the foundation for discoveries that will benefit human and animal populations around the world. Researchers analyze disease trends and risk factors, provide new treatment options, develop new medicines, create and improve medical devices, reduce health care costs and provide new directions for patient care. Research offers new possibilities for improving outcomes for patients facing chronic illness or complex diagnoses.vcom researchers are advancing medical innovation. Last year, vcom provided more than $1.2 million in seed funding to its faculty, and 25 seed grants were awarded. There were 110 peer-reviewed publications generated in 2024, more than 337 publications with vcom students named as contributing authors, and over 750 posters featuring students as co-authors were presented at local, regional, national, and international conferences. Nearly 100 publications have been published on…
$8,084,044 spent$3,335,039 earned by the program3% of program spendingOutreach:a key part of vcom's purpose and mission is ensuring that its students are globally minded and community-focused. Vcom's goal of serving the medically underserved draws students from all across the united states, and they are committed to becoming physicians who serve those most in need. This committment is most visible in vcom's ongoing outreach efforts, both in the appalachian and delta regions, as well as internationally. These programs address healthcare disparities tied to geography, socioeconomic status, and access to primary care. Outreach activities emphasize preventive medicine, community engagement, and global research and culturally responsive care. Vcom supports these efforts through ongoing investments in community partnerships, clinical outreach, service-learning opportunities, and infrastructure that enhance the reach and impact of student involvement. From the beginning of their medical education, students participate in health fairs, free clinics, screening events, prevention education, and mini-medical school sessions, all of which are supervised by experienced faculty and aligned with core learning objectives.these experiences allow vcom faculty and…
$2,370,582 spentof which $277,254 as grants$233,094 earned by the program1% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$12,664,414 spent$5,987,982 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $247,282,636.
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 $146M to $228M (+56%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 53% · 2018 53% · 2019 52% · 2020 51% · 2021 50% · 2022 49% · 2023 51% · 2024 51% · 2025 49%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
52% of EDWARD VIA VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (14% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
John G Rocovich Jr Esq
Chairman/treasurer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $316k → $2.7M.
8 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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: $277k from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money EDWARD VIA VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE raised.
From the IRS filings of EDWARD VIA VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 funders by total. 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
EDWARD VIA VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
87% 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 EDWARD VIA VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 44% · 2019 36% · 2020 50% · 2021 59% · 2022 66% · 2023 45% — 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
14% of EDWARD VIA VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
EDWARD VIA VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE draws 73% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $422k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Against its field
EDWARD VIA VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 679 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 679 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding EDWARD VIA VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $25.7M on record.
- Department of Defense$19.7M
- Department of Education$2.7M
- Department of Health and Human Services$2.6M
- Department of Agriculture$563k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like EDWARD VIA VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
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
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 14 related entities
- Marco Island Virginia LLC · disregarded
- Dupre Holdings LLC · disregarded
- Serpentine Holdings LLC · disregarded
- Mill Street Holdings LLC · disregarded
- Vcom Grand Strand Medical Education · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EDWARD VIA VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE?
- EDWARD VIA VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE (Virginia) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,855,207 to it, the largest being VC MEDICAL ENDOWMENT TRUST ($4,454,459). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EDWARD VIA VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $9,855,207 in grants to EDWARD VIA VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EDWARD VIA VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE?
- VC MEDICAL ENDOWMENT TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $4,454,459 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EDWARD VIA VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE 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 31 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