Virginia · Nonprofit
The McKenney Foundation
The McKenney Foundation (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $51,021 to it, the largest being THE CAMERON FOUNDATION ($51,021). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $114k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $51k
- Net assets
- $915k
What The McKenney Foundation does
Mission
To (i)repurpose the former William R McKenney Memorial Library to create the first city-wide African American history Museum-Center (the "Museum-Center") to reflect the significant istory of the Petersburg area where there was one of the largest concentrations of freed African Americans;(ii) educate the public regarding the history of the property located at 137 S. Sycamore Street in Petersburg, Virginia (the "McKenney Building") that houses the Museum Center, including General William Mahone, who resided in the building in 1867, and his Readjuster Party; (iii) restore the McKenney Building with the assistance of historic preservation tax credits, grants, donations, and services donated by the City of Petersburg; and (iv) create an archival space/research facility with a searchable catalog system for paper archives and ephemera owned by the City or gifted by the public (the "Research Facility").
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The Foundation received a community development block grant from the City of Petersburg to assist with the continued development of an African-American History and Culture Center in the City of Petersburg. The expenses included Oral History Recordings and legal expenses.
$32,902 spent$100,000 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $32,902.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $489k to $885k (+81%).
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: 2021 2% · 2023 93% · 2024 88%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $36k → $15k.
From the IRS filings of The McKenney 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.
Where its funders are
100% of The McKenney 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.
Organizations like The McKenney 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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
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 The McKenney 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 The McKenney Foundation?
- The McKenney Foundation (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $51,021 to it, the largest being THE CAMERON FOUNDATION ($51,021). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The McKenney Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $51,021 in grants to The McKenney Foundation, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The McKenney Foundation?
- THE CAMERON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $51,021 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The McKenney 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 1 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