Virginia · Nonprofit
Powhatan Education Foundation
Powhatan Education Foundation (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,764,514 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($2,763,138). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $452k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $136k
What Powhatan Education Foundation does
Mission
To provide a means for contributions and application for grants to help supplementfunds for instructional materials, equipment, and all types of resources to enhanceeducation for all levels of the Powhatan County Public Schools.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Curtis Foundation grants are made to provide $1,000 to each Powhatan County Schoolteacher, librarian and counselor, to spend on their classroom or students in thecoming year. Recipients must turn in receipts to their school as they utilize thegrant money. Additionally, they provide written explanations of specific projects or notable expenditures, which the school delivers to the Curtis Foundation and toPowhatan Education Foundation. Total amount distributed $ 341,000.
$341,000 spentof which $341,000 as grants$341,000 earned by the program71% of program spendingThe Foundation issued $ 120,890 in scholarships to Powhatan High School students andrecent Powhatan High School graduates, based on application criteria determined bythe Powhatan High School Scholarship Committee.
$120,890 spentof which $120,890 as grants$70,000 earned by the program25% of program spendingThe Foundation issued $16,146 in Classroom Innovation Grants. The purpose of theClassroom Innovation Grants is to promote innovative education opportunities byfunding individual or groups of Powhatan School teachers, librarians, and counselorswho submit a proposal for projects that use innovation and collaboration to achievethe County's curricular goals and to enhance the learning experience for PowhatanStudents.
$16,146 spentof which $16,146 as grants3% of program spendingOTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: The Foundation issued $1,300 in Teacher of the Year awards for 5 recipients.$ 500 was issued to defray costs for the Recognition Dinner.
$1,800 spentof which $1,300 as grants0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $479,836.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $102k to $167k (+62%).
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.
99% of Powhatan Education Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $380k → $457k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 Powhatan Education Foundation’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
Powhatan Education Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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
100% 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 Powhatan Education Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 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
100% of Powhatan Education Foundation's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Virginia funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Powhatan Education Foundation has grown faster than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Powhatan Education 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
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Powhatan Education Foundation: 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 Powhatan Education Foundation?
- Powhatan Education Foundation (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,764,514 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($2,763,138). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Powhatan Education Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $2,764,514 in grants to Powhatan Education Foundation, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Powhatan Education Foundation?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,763,138 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Powhatan Education 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 3 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