Virginia · Nonprofit
RICHMOND REGION TOURISM FOUNDATION
RICHMOND REGION TOURISM FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $87,500 to it, the largest being DOMINION ENERGY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($37,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $145k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $88k
- Net assets
- $259k
What Richmond Region Tourism Foundation does
Mission
Charitable and educational activities of richmond metropolitan convention visitor's bureau.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The three core programs and services for the Richmond Region Tourism Foundation include education, diversity, equity, and inclusion dei, and sports. Educational activities include I am tourism, a free ambassador training designed to enhance the visitor experience by educating both the richmond region hospitality community and local constituents, as well as workforce development programs and a scholarship program for students entering a tourism related profession. Dei efforts include supporting the ongoing efforts of out rva, which promotes lgbtq tourism, and blk rva, which promotes african american tourism and black-owned hospitality businesses. The sports pillar includes the prestigious rva sports awards show that raises dollars for rrt foundation's sports grant program, designed to help local organizations create or expand local tournaments or events in the region.
$134,921 spent99% of program spendingScholarships
$2,000 spentof which $2,000 as grants1% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $136,921.
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 2023 to 2024, from $182k to $326k (+79%).
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.
217% of RICHMOND REGION TOURISM FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (87% 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
Lisa Sims
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $15k.
From the IRS filings of RICHMOND REGION TOURISM 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
RICHMOND REGION TOURISM FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 67% · 2022 42% · 2023 67% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of RICHMOND REGION TOURISM 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. 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
RICHMOND REGION TOURISM FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Richmond Metropolitan Convention & · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RICHMOND REGION TOURISM FOUNDATION?
- RICHMOND REGION TOURISM FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $87,500 to it, the largest being DOMINION ENERGY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($37,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RICHMOND REGION TOURISM FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $87,500 in grants to RICHMOND REGION TOURISM FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RICHMOND REGION TOURISM FOUNDATION?
- DOMINION ENERGY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $37,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RICHMOND REGION TOURISM 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.
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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 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