Virginia · Nonprofit
HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION
HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,194,779 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($371,184). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 40
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $17M
What Historic Richmond Foundation does
Mission
To shape the future of richmond by preserving our diverse historic buildings, neighborhoods, and places, sparking revitalization, and championing our distinctive architectural legacy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Preservation programs: expenditures are for projects to preserve houses, buildings, structures, sites, and objects in and around richmond, va that are connected with, illustrative of, or unique to the history and culture of the richmond area. Activities include restoration work at monumental church, including masonry and stucco repairs and other exterior "seal the envelope" coatings and repairs, painting, carpentry, and roof, plaster, and drainage repairs, as well as accessibility and lighting improvements, and neighborhood revitalization work on historic houses in historic neighborhoods. Neighborhood revitalization work includes a pilot program focused on facade restorations in jackson ward and church hill. Ongoing maintenance of st. John's mews, a community garden in church hill, is provided by historic richmond every year. Other activities include updating and monitoring easements; working with organizations such as the commission of architectural review to ensure continued protection of historic properties; and encouraging the rescue of neglected properties. In addition, historic richmond provided assistance with restoration projects for a historic masons' hall and with…
$531,688 spentof which $29,824 as grants60% of program spendingEducation programs: expenditures are for programs that promote the understanding of the history, architecture, and culture of the richmond, va area. Historic richmond works actively to reduce blight, advocating for building stabilization and policies so historic buildings can be revitalized and rehabilitated for continued use. Historic richmond also sponsors an educational lecture series highlighting the historic, architectural, and cultural significance of richmond's historic buildings and the importance of preservation to the community and providing the opportunity to learn about a variety of topics related to the care, maintenance, restoration, and rehabilitation of historic homes and buildings. Additional educational activities include monthly tours of local historic sites, hosting historic house and garden tours, and creating publications to highlight the historic, architectural, and cultural significance of historic districts, buildings, and neighborhoods. Historic richmond also hosts an awards program to recognize professionals working in neighborhood revitalization, blight reduction, and historic preservation in the richmond region.
$356,324 spent$86,537 earned by the program40% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $888,012.
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 $14M to $15M (+12%).
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: 2020 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
56% of HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% 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.
Chief executive
Cyane Crump
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $44k → $151k.
6 of 40 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 40 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
HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
36% 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 HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 50% · 2019 48% · 2020 40% · 2021 36% · 2022 46% · 2023 35% — 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
46% of HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION'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
71% of HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $414k 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.
Against its field
HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION
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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
50%
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
- The Council of Historic Richmond Foundation LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION?
- HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,194,779 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($371,184). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 40 organizations giving $1,194,779 in grants to HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $371,184 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 40 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