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THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE FOUNDATION INC
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE FOUNDATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,088,846 to it, the largest being Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc ($2,182,284). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $4.1M
- Net assets
- $57M
What The University of Virginia's College at Wise Foundation Inc does
Mission
The purpose of the university of virginia's college at wise foundation, inc. Is to aid and support the academic, athletic and student life programs of the university of virginia's college at wise by soliciting and obtaining funds for the (continued on schedule o) furtherance of those programs. The foundation also solicits and raises funds for the purchase and management of property, improved or unimproved, exclusively for the educational benefit of the university of virginia's college at wise.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The university of virginia's college at wise foundation, in conjunction with the college's office of advancement, raises funds in support of academics. Gifts support endowed funds designated for professorships, lectureships, scholarships, awards, and operational support. In addition, funds are raised to support experiential learning opportunities such as study abroad, undergraduate research, and internships. The college's total enrollment for the year was 2,220. Of this number, approximately 88% of the students at the university of virginia's college at wise were eligible for some form of financial assistance and a high percentage of students have no family support. 520 students received scholarships or awards for the year ended june 30, 2025.
$1,868,251 spentof which $1,518,872 as grants$41,442 earned by the program70% of program spendingThe university of virginia's college at wise foundation, in conjunction with the college's office of advancement solicits and obtains funds to support the college's athletic program. Gifts support scholarships, general operating expenses, and special projects that promote the success of the athletic program and student athletes.
$799,197 spent$149,875 earned by the program30% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,667,448.
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 2024 to 2025, from $43M to $57M (+34%).
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 17% · 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Mrs Marcia Adams Gilliam
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $237k → $590k.
10 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE FOUNDATION INC’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
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
85% 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 THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 55% · 2019 47% · 2020 63% · 2021 70% · 2022 74% · 2023 82% — growing more concentrated.
“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
56% of THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE FOUNDATION INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE FOUNDATION INC
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
53%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 9 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Charitable Remainder Trusts (10) · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE FOUNDATION INC?
- THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE FOUNDATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,088,846 to it, the largest being Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc ($2,182,284). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $4,088,846 in grants to THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE FOUNDATION INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE FOUNDATION INC?
- Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $2,182,284 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE FOUNDATION INC 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 24 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