Virginia · Nonprofit
WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI INC
WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI INC (Virginia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $347,064 to it, the largest being THE BESSEMER GIVING FUND ($125,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2023
- $0
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $347k
- Net assets
- $0
What Washington and Lee University Alumni Inc does
Mission
The organization is a virginia non-stock corporation which exists solely to generate support and affinity among washington and lee university's alumni through campus and local events, educational programs, reunions, and other engagement activities. The organization is an operating division of university advancement. Its budget and salaries are provided by the university. The organization does not charge or collect dues or any other type of income.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Functioning as operating division of university advancement by hosting campus and local events, educational programs, reunions, and other engagement activities.
$0 spent
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
John A Jensen Iii
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $29k → $26k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 73% 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 WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI 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
WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
76% 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 WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 79% · 2019 100% · 2020 48% · 2021 92% · 2022 49% · 2023 95% — 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
40% of WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
73% of WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI INC'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 $92k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $255k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI INC: 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 WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI INC?
- WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI INC (Virginia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $347,064 to it, the largest being THE BESSEMER GIVING FUND ($125,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $347,064 in grants to WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI INC?
- THE BESSEMER GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI 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.
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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 2023–2023), and the filings of 8 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