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Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in Virginia

Imperigo has identified 661 funders that made 7,392 grants totaling $1.7B to 800 arts & culture organizations in Virginia, with a median grant of $16K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in Virginia

Total granted $1.7B
Funders 661
Grants 7,392
Organizations funded 800

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
135 grants to 6 organizations · largest $94.1M · through 2025 · 17.1% of their giving
$609.2M
2. Anne Ray Foundation
42 grants to 1 organization · largest $10.0M · through 2024 · 15.7% of their giving
$97.2M
3. Virginia Foundation for Public Media
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $10.5M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$49.1M
4. The Glass-Glen Burnie Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.4M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$23.5M
5. Hampton Roads Community Foundation
368 grants to 60 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 15.3% of their giving
$17.8M
6. Mariners Museum Trust No 2 Xxxxx2009
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.0M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$13.5M
7. The Mariners Museum Tr No 1 Xxxxx3005
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.0M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$9.1M
8. Lettie Pate Evans Foundation Inc Restricted u/w of Lettie Pate Evans
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $7.0M · through 2025 · 5.0% of their giving
$36.3M
9. The Community Foundation Inc
292 grants to 91 organizations · largest $867K · through 2024 · 7.7% of their giving
$20.5M
10. Southern Florida Instructional Television Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 39.1% of their giving
$4.7M
11. The Richmond Symphony Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $969K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.6M
12. Arts Council of Fairfax County Inc
116 grants to 34 organizations · largest $71K · through 2024 · 80.6% of their giving
$2.5M
13. Delaware Valley Educational Telecommunications Network
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $413K · through 2024 · 25.0% of their giving
$2.5M
14. Center in the Square Endowment Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $518K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.7M
15. Palm Beach Navy Seal Evening of Tribute Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $550K · through 2024 · 48.4% of their giving
$1.6M
16. Center for Excellence in Higher Education Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2020 · 21.7% of their giving
$1.5M
17. Donors Trust Inc
56 grants to 24 organizations · largest $2.9M · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$15.4M
18. Military Aviation Museum Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.0M
19. American Psychiatric Association Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2019 · 14.5% of their giving
$1.0M
20. Council of American Overseas Research Centers
12 grants to 3 organizations · largest $424K · through 2023 · 8.6% of their giving
$1.7M
21. Community First - America's Charities
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $210K · through 2024 · 15.2% of their giving
$949K
22. Public Entity Risk Institute
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $212K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$720K
23. Shenandoah Community Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $506K · through 2022 · 39.2% of their giving
$637K
24. The Pauley Family Foundation
33 grants to 15 organizations · largest $350K · through 2024 · 5.7% of their giving
$2.2M
25. The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County
70 grants to 20 organizations · largest $255K · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$2.7M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in Virginia, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 16 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in Virginia. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in Virginia, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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