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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 2 of 4

26. Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation
87 grants to 29 organizations · largest $64K · through 2024 · 10.6% of their giving
$987K
27. Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge
54 grants to 14 organizations · largest $112K · through 2024 · 9.5% of their giving
$948K
28. Richmond Symphony Orchestra League Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $377K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$434K
29. California Community Foundation
25 grants to 8 organizations · largest $8.1M · through 2024
$13.0M
30. Long Beach Community Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $800K · through 2020 · 5.9% of their giving
$1.2M
31. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania Charity Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2024 · 22.8% of their giving
$347K
32. Reston Town Center Joint Committee C/O Sfmc Inc
13 grants to 3 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024 · 55.8% of their giving
$325K
33. Eastern Shore of Virginia Community Foundation
12 grants to 7 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 13.7% of their giving
$415K
34. Scottish Rite Foundation of Virginia
8 grants to 1 organization · largest $33K · through 2024 · 40.9% of their giving
$262K
35. Rosenbluth Family Charitable Foundation C/O Arizona Community Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $179K · through 2022 · 9.8% of their giving
$530K
36. Peninsula Community Foundation of Virginia Inc
25 grants to 8 organizations · largest $90K · through 2024 · 8.7% of their giving
$595K
37. Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia
56 grants to 18 organizations · largest $123K · through 2024 · 4.8% of their giving
$887K
38. Telford Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $195K · through 2024 · 4.6% of their giving
$805K
39. The Royal Order of Scotland
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2025 · 45.5% of their giving
$180K
40. American Civil War Museum Collection
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $178K · through 2019 · 21.7% of their giving
$178K
41. The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Asset Fund of Tpf
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.6M · through 2022 · 1.8% of their giving
$1.6M
42. The Community Foundation of the Northern Shenandoah Valley
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $51K · through 2025 · 9.5% of their giving
$311K
43. The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc
63 grants to 33 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 2.8% of their giving
$1.0M
44. Jewish Community Federation of Richmond
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $265K · through 2020 · 5.0% of their giving
$525K
45. Association for Research and Enlightenment Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $67K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$131K
46. Virginia Air and Space Center Opportunity Program
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $71K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$108K
47. Black Women United for Action Legacy Group
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$100K
48. Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region Inc
31 grants to 10 organizations · largest $41K · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$442K
49. Grand Lodge of Af & AM of Minnesota
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $67K · through 2022 · 12.4% of their giving
$150K
50. National Association of Chain Drug Store
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 38.0% of their giving
$90K

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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