Virginia · Nonprofit
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 115 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,866,741 to it, the largest being THE KARSH FAMILY FOUNDATION ($21,825,000). 91 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $59M
- Funders on record
- 115
- Grants received
- $43M
- Net assets
- $845M
What University of Virginia Law School Foundation does
Mission
The University of Virginia Law School Foundation's primary purpose is to receive, manage and expend funds for the benefit of the university of virginia school of law.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Expenditures made by the foundation are strategically directed to areas that support the continued growth and excellence of the university of virginia's school of law. These expenditures include funding for professorships and faculty research, which enable the law school to attract, support, and retain world-class scholars and teachers who are essential to the school's mission and reputation. The foundation also prioritizes funding for student aid, including scholarships and loan forgiveness. This student aid funding is crucial to the uva school of law's ability to attract talented and diverse students, remove financial barriers to entering the legal profession, and support careers in public service, ensuring a top-quality education remains accessible to all. Continued on schedule o. The foundation also supports various funding for enriching academic resources, such as student-run journals, and support for various extracurricular activities that enhance leadership skills. Other essential funding includes support of the graduate program, the law library, facility enhancements, and other projects that are deemed to be in the best interest of the uva school of law and within its…
$34,628,165 spentof which $34,925,653 as grants$77,758 earned by the program93% of program spendingThe foundation's alumni programs provide networking opportunities through regional and class reunion events to foster connections and interest in the educational programs of the law school.
$2,215,860 spent$265,045 earned by the program6% of program spendingThe foundation's residential real estate program provides temporary housing to visiting faculty members participating in academic, research, and collaborative initiatives. Accessible accommodations enable the institution to engage high-caliber academic talent, supporting the law school's commitment to excellence in teaching and research.
$274,381 spent$9,600 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $37,118,406.
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 2020 to 2021, from $566M to $790M (+39%).
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 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
39% of UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Luis Alvarez Jr
President & CEO
Board chair
J Warren Gorrell Jr
Trustee & board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 34 funders to 57 funders, grant income rose $1.8M → $6.9M.
30 of 115 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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: $5.4M from 21 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Boston Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 115 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
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
43% 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 LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 83% · 2019 84% · 2020 23% · 2021 44% · 2022 66% · 2023 49% — 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
62% of UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 79% 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
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 23 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $18M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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 LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL 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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 17 states
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Bollingwood Properties LLC · disregarded
- University of Virginia Law School Alumni Association · exempt
- Charitable Remainder Trusts (78) · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION?
- UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 115 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,866,741 to it, the largest being THE KARSH FAMILY FOUNDATION ($21,825,000). 91 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 115 organizations giving $42,866,741 in grants to UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION, 91 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION?
- THE KARSH FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $21,825,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL 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 115 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