Virginia · Nonprofit
HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE
HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE (Virginia) receives grants from 131 organizations whose IRS filings report $105,366,192 to it, the largest being THE ENDEAVOUR LEGACY FOUNDATION ($46,655,000). 78 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $129M
- Funders on record
- 131
- Grants received
- $105M
- Net assets
- $488M
What Hampden-Sydney College does
Mission
Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Hampden-Sydney College is a lively community seeking to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning. The mission of the College is to instill in its students a commitment to sound scholarship through studies in the natural sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences; to cultivate qualities of character and moral discernment rooted in the Judeo-Christian tradition; to develop clear thinking and expression; to promote an understanding of the world and our place in it; to impart a comprehension of social institutions as a basis for intelligent citizenship and responsible leadership in a democracy; to prepare those with special interests and capacities for graduate and professional study; and to equip graduates for a rewarding and productive life. Hampden-Sydney is a liberal arts college for men now enrolling approximately 1,000 students. In operation since 1775, the College is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in the US.
$84,404,606 spentof which $39,758,748 as grants$74,646,198 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $84,404,606.
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 2020 to 2021, from $333M to $420M (+26%).
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 5% · 2019 4% · 2020 3% · 2021 5% · 2022 5% · 2023 4% · 2024 4% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
44% of HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE’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. 3 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 40 funders to 51 funders, grant income rose $1.2M → $27M.
24 of 131 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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: $5.7M from 10 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Greater Washington Community Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE raised.
From the IRS filings of HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 131 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
HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
43% 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 HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 30% · 2019 41% · 2020 77% · 2021 79% · 2022 62% · 2023 84% — growing more concentrated.
“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
50% of HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
94% of HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 684 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 684 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $49k on record.
- National Science Foundation$49k
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 HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
56%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- HSC Poplar Hill LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE: 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 HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE?
- HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE (Virginia) receives grants from 131 organizations whose IRS filings report $105,366,192 to it, the largest being THE ENDEAVOUR LEGACY FOUNDATION ($46,655,000). 78 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE have?
- IRS filings report 131 organizations giving $105,366,192 in grants to HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE, 78 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE?
- THE ENDEAVOUR LEGACY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $46,655,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE 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 131 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing