Virginia · Nonprofit
ROANOKE BLACKSBURG INNOVATION NETWORK
ROANOKE BLACKSBURG INNOVATION NETWORK (Virginia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $806,088 to it, the largest being VIRGINIA INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP CORPORATION ($700,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $806k
- Net assets
- $697k
What Roanoke Blacksburg Innovation Network does
Mission
The organization supports the region by connecting, communicating, and collaborating with stakeholders to grow and strengthen our innovation economy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Rbia supports technology and life sciences founders from idea stage through scaling by providing the programming, mentorship, and resources they need at each phase of company growth. Activities include the regional accelerator and mentoring program (ramp) and its on ramp pre-accelerator suite for early-stage entrepreneurs, accelerator cohorts that deliver intensive mentorship and business development support to high-potential startups, and exit ramp services that help alumni and later-stage companies continue to grow.
$773,816 spentof which $90,000 as grants$50,526 earned by the program44% of program spendingRbia drives regional economic growth in the technology and life sciences sectors by building the infrastructure, programming, and partnerships that early-stage and scaling companies need to launch and grow in the roanoke-blacksburg region. Activities include building a biotechnology ecosystem in roanoke to support early-stage biotech and healthcare innovation startups, developing talent and workforce pipeline initiatives that connect regional employers and technical talent, and delivering industry convenings.
$782,177 spentof which $160,324 as grants45% of program spendingRbia strengthens the regional capital ecosystem by building investor networks and creating the infrastructure that connects investors to investable companies. Activities include operating commonwealth angels, the region's angel investor network, producing investor roadshows and pitch events that connect regional startups to early-stage capital, attracting out-of-region investors to deploy capital into roanoke-blacksburg companies, and delivering investor education programming that grows the pool of active investors in the region.
$201,621 spentof which $135,868 as grants11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,757,614.
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 $251k to $2.4M (+865%).
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: 2018 15% · 2019 13% · 2020 34% · 2021 45% · 2022 48% · 2023 82% · 2024 46% · 2025 58%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of ROANOKE BLACKSBURG INNOVATION NETWORK’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Chief executive
Erin Burcham
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $23k → $120k.
4 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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: $1.1M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Carilion Medical Center). These are real filings, and they are not money ROANOKE BLACKSBURG INNOVATION NETWORK raised.
From the IRS filings of ROANOKE BLACKSBURG INNOVATION NETWORK’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
ROANOKE BLACKSBURG INNOVATION NETWORK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 98%; 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 ROANOKE BLACKSBURG INNOVATION NETWORK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 83% — 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 ROANOKE BLACKSBURG INNOVATION NETWORK's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $106k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
ROANOKE BLACKSBURG INNOVATION NETWORK has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding ROANOKE BLACKSBURG INNOVATION NETWORK receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.3M on record.
- Department of Commerce$1.3M
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 ROANOKE BLACKSBURG INNOVATION NETWORK
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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
- New Century Technology Council Dba Roanoke Blacksburg Technology Council · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ROANOKE BLACKSBURG INNOVATION NETWORK: 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 ROANOKE BLACKSBURG INNOVATION NETWORK?
- ROANOKE BLACKSBURG INNOVATION NETWORK (Virginia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $806,088 to it, the largest being VIRGINIA INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP CORPORATION ($700,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ROANOKE BLACKSBURG INNOVATION NETWORK have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $806,088 in grants to ROANOKE BLACKSBURG INNOVATION NETWORK, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROANOKE BLACKSBURG INNOVATION NETWORK?
- VIRGINIA INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $700,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROANOKE BLACKSBURG INNOVATION NETWORK 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 5 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