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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FRANK BATTEN SCHO OF LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FRANK BATTEN SCHO OF LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,594,655 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,959,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $14M
What University of Virginia Frank Batten Scho of Leadership & Public Policy Foundation does
Mission
The university of virginia frank batten school of leadership and public policy foundation's (the foundation) mission is to support the university of virginia frank batten school of leadership and public policy (the school) by engaging in fund-raising and management of endowment and other assets for the benefit of the school, supporting and advancing the purposes of the school, and administering gifts, grants, bequests, and devises for the support and advancement of the school. The foundation's primary funding sources are contributions from individuals and grants from foundations for the support of the school.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
School support - expenditures supporting the university of virginia and other organizations to support the school including operational support, facilities improvement, and management.
$26,048 spent2% of program spendingStudent support - expenditures supporting individual students through scholarships, fellowships, or research awards; or administrative and operational support for student-focused programs.
$848,822 spentof which $393,383 as grants68% of program spendingFaculty support - expenditures supporting faculty success in any portion(s) of educational, research, and service missions via direct funding of initiatives, salary support, professional development, or other related endeavors.
$380,231 spent30% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,255,101.
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 2018 to 2019, from $719k to $6.5M (+810%).
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.
98% of UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FRANK BATTEN SCHO OF LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION’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. 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.
Chief executive
Mr James Cathro
Executive director
Board chair
Mrs Victoria Dux Harker
Trustee, chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2021 and FY2022, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $1k → $542k.
12 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FRANK BATTEN SCHO OF LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC POLICY 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
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FRANK BATTEN SCHO OF LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FRANK BATTEN SCHO OF LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 71% · 2020 73% · 2021 62% · 2022 100% · 2023 97% — 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
13% of UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FRANK BATTEN SCHO OF LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
98% of UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FRANK BATTEN SCHO OF LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $45k that is directly attributable, 61% of it comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FRANK BATTEN SCHO OF LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves 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
Organizations like UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FRANK BATTEN SCHO OF LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC POLICY 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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 18 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FRANK BATTEN SCHO OF LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC POLICY 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 UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FRANK BATTEN SCHO OF LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION?
- UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FRANK BATTEN SCHO OF LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,594,655 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,959,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FRANK BATTEN SCHO OF LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $2,594,655 in grants to UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FRANK BATTEN SCHO OF LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FRANK BATTEN SCHO OF LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,959,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FRANK BATTEN SCHO OF LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC POLICY 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.
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 18 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