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THE VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INC
THE VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,539,694 to it, the largest being PETTERS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,650,000). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 43
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $16M
What The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc does
Mission
The virginia foundation for community college education (vfcce) mission is building student success and the commonwealth's future by supporting virginia's community colleges. Vfcce provides statewide leadership in raising funds for community college students, supplementing the activities of the 23 colleges and securing support for system-wide initiatives that could not be undertaken by any single college.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Scholarships since 2006, the foundation has supported hundreds of students across virginia's 23 community colleges through its scholarships and fellowships program. Thanks to our generous partners, the vfcce has awarded more than $7 million in scholarships, helping students succeed and reach their educational goals. For the 2024 -25 academic year, 110 scholarships were awarded, totaling $511,250. The prestigious fellows program awards high-achieving second-year students with full scholarship support to complete associate degrees and develop leadership skills through a cohort model. Since its launch in 2011, the fellows program has supported 348 students through financial assistance, mentoring, and leadership training.college attainment for parent students (caps)the virginia foundation for community college education (vfcce) launched a critical initiative in 2023 to support single parents from low-income backgrounds as they pursue college. The college attainment for parent students (caps) program advances a two-generation, anti-poverty solution that increases employment and income opportunities by providing comprehensive coaching services and targeted financial assistance. The…
$3,139,387 spentof which $2,819,857 as grants45% of program spendingThe great expectations (ge) program helps young people who have navigated the foster care system complete high school, gain access and succeed in college, and transition successfully to living independently. Since the program began 17 years ago, almost 5000 students have participated with 22% earning a credential, almost 3 times the national average for students with experience in foster care.the fall 2024 to fall 2025 persistence rate for ge students was 68%, with students earning 47 associate degrees, 19 transfers to 4-year colleges and universities, and 9 fast forward workforce credentials.
$976,326 spentof which $850,080 as grants14% of program spendingThe gerald l. Baliles rural virginia horseshoe initiative award (rvhi), established in 2014, continues the mission to raise educational attainment levels for students in rural virginia. Rvhi provides career coaches in rural high schools to encourage high school and college completion and offers financial incentives and to assist adult learners return to higher education and training.fourteen rural community colleges participate in the program. The program has two 10-year goals. One is to reduce the number of residents of the rural horseshoe region that have not earned a high school diploma by half, from 20% to 10%. Since 2012, that metric has lowered to 11.4%. The other is to double the population in the rural horseshoe with an associate degree or career certification. In 2012, that percentage was 26%. As of this report, that metric is up to 54.3%.since the program's inception, 110,365 students were served by 28 high school career coaches, either on a one-to-one basis, or in small groups. Thanks to engaged donors, the vfcce provides match funding that is leveraged by local college foundations to support the program.
$689,344 spentof which $689,194 as grants10% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$2,223,832 spentof which $1,804,761 as grants32% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,028,889.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $12M to $15M (+21%).
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 4% · 2024 7% · 2025 24%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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
Darren Conner
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $347k → $1.1M.
15 of 43 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 43 funders by total. 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 VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
32% 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 VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 31% · 2019 29% · 2020 25% · 2021 23% · 2022 24% · 2023 21% — 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.
How long its funders stay
38% of THE VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
75% of THE VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INC's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $962k arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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.
Government funding THE VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.9M on record.
- Department of Education$3.9M
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 THE VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION 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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INC?
- THE VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,539,694 to it, the largest being PETTERS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,650,000). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 43 organizations giving $10,539,694 in grants to THE VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INC, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INC?
- PETTERS FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,650,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION 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 43 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing