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VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG
VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG (Virginia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $143,390 to it, the largest being MARY E RIECK TW ($107,490). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $143k
- Net assets
- $17M
What Virginia University of Lynchburg does
Mission
To provide a solid liberal arts and christian education program to all students
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Program
Institution is a hbcu liberal arts university offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in various majors
$5,685,642 spent$10,247,707 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2022 Form 990. Program spending in total: $5,685,642.
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 2020 to 2021, from $8.1M to $13M (+64%).
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: 2017 16% · 2018 16% · 2019 15% · 2020 31% · 2021 23% · 2022 23% · 2023 31%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 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
L Owens
Chair
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $8k → $13k.
From the IRS filings of VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG’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
VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 67% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 4 states in all.
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.
Government funding VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20.3M on record.
- Department of Education$18.0M
- Department of the Interior$2.3M
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 VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG
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
48% 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 VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG: 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 VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG?
- VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG (Virginia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $143,390 to it, the largest being MARY E RIECK TW ($107,490). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $143,390 in grants to VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG?
- MARY E RIECK TW is the largest funder on record, with $107,490 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 4 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