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Foundations That Fund Education in Virginia

Imperigo has identified 1,387 funders that made 15,000 grants totaling $2.3B to 1,183 education organizations in Virginia, with a median grant of $22K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Virginia

Total granted $2.3B
Funders 1,387
Grants 15,000
Organizations funded 1,183

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Lettie Pate Evans Foundation Inc Restricted u/w of Lettie Pate Evans
18 grants to 3 organizations · largest $20.9M · through 2025 · 25.0% of their giving
$181.4M
2. Safa Trust Inc
8 grants to 1 organization · largest $16.0M · through 2024 · 95.0% of their giving
$84.8M
3. Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc
207 grants to 42 organizations · largest $810K · through 2024 · 20.6% of their giving
$60.5M
4. The Community Foundation Inc
428 grants to 123 organizations · largest $3.6M · through 2024 · 17.7% of their giving
$46.8M
5. Virginia Early Childhood Foundation
17 grants to 5 organizations · largest $8.4M · through 2024 · 22.6% of their giving
$39.8M
6. York Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $9.8M · through 2024 · 99.7% of their giving
$32.7M
7. Hampton Roads Community Foundation
394 grants to 60 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 21.7% of their giving
$25.3M
8. The Pauley Family Foundation
58 grants to 21 organizations · largest $7.2M · through 2024 · 47.4% of their giving
$18.1M
9. Afa Title Holding Company
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15.6M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$15.6M
10. Mountain Mission School Endowment Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.1M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$14.7M
11. The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County
128 grants to 37 organizations · largest $1.8M · through 2024 · 20.7% of their giving
$12.5M
12. St Michael's Episcopal School Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $7.3M · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$10.3M
13. Restoration of America
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.3M · through 2024 · 13.8% of their giving
$13.1M
14. The Peterson Family Foundation II Inc
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $6.0M · through 2020 · 98.4% of their giving
$8.2M
15. Cristo Rey Richmond Corporate Work Study Program Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$6.6M
16. Donors Trust Inc
74 grants to 20 organizations · largest $4.2M · through 2024 · 3.3% of their giving
$34.9M
17. Unlikely Giving Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10.0M · through 2019 · 6.2% of their giving
$15.5M
18. Virginia Tech Services Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.5M
19. Vc Medical Endowment Trust
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.5M
20. The Chicago Community Trust
58 grants to 22 organizations · largest $30.0M · through 2023 · 1.1% of their giving
$81.5M
21. Renewanation
72 grants to 20 organizations · largest $459K · through 2024 · 48.9% of their giving
$4.2M
22. Public Service Education Institute
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2023 · 98.8% of their giving
$4.0M
23. Dentistry Vcu
15 grants to 1 organization · largest $875K · through 2024 · 99.8% of their giving
$3.9M
24. University of Virginia Physicians Group
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $6.1M · through 2024 · 5.4% of their giving
$14.1M
25. Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 95.0% of their giving
$3.8M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education 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. 20 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 education 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 education funding in Virginia, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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