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Foundations That Fund Human Services in Virginia

Imperigo has identified 1,006 funders that made 10,903 grants totaling $824.0M to 1,096 human services organizations in Virginia, with a median grant of $16K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Human Services Funding in Virginia

Total granted $824.0M
Funders 1,006
Grants 10,903
Organizations funded 1,096

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. United Way of South Hampton Roads
108 grants to 41 organizations · largest $786K · through 2024 · 30.4% of their giving
$14.0M
2. Patrick Henry Family Services Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.4M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$13.9M
3. Gary Sinise Foundation
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $6.5M · through 2024 · 25.8% of their giving
$13.8M
4. The Community Foundation Inc
355 grants to 116 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 9.2% of their giving
$24.4M
5. The Avalon Network Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.7M · through 2024 · 17.6% of their giving
$10.3M
6. St Joseph's Villa Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$5.9M
7. Virginia Home for Boys and Girls Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.8M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$5.7M
8. The Human Services Alliance of Greater Prince William Inc
19 grants to 6 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2023 · 29.7% of their giving
$5.6M
9. The Onestar Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $7.2M · through 2022 · 13.6% of their giving
$7.2M
10. The Temple Foundation Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $4.4M · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.8M
11. Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 91.0% of their giving
$4.5M
12. The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County
110 grants to 25 organizations · largest $2.3M · through 2024 · 12.0% of their giving
$7.3M
13. Beth Sholom Home Eastern Va Foundation C/O Tidewater Jewish Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.0M · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.2M
14. United Way of the Virginia Peninsula
77 grants to 22 organizations · largest $204K · through 2024 · 40.4% of their giving
$3.9M
15. Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia
122 grants to 39 organizations · largest $350K · through 2024 · 20.5% of their giving
$3.8M
16. Jewish Community Federation of Richmond
14 grants to 2 organizations · largest $382K · through 2024 · 30.5% of their giving
$3.2M
17. The Pauley Family Foundation
62 grants to 21 organizations · largest $575K · through 2024 · 12.8% of their giving
$4.9M
18. Annabella R Jenkins Foundation
59 grants to 15 organizations · largest $230K · through 2024 · 23.1% of their giving
$2.8M
19. Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation
76 grants to 23 organizations · largest $339K · through 2024 · 27.2% of their giving
$2.5M
20. Commonwealth Human Services Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $712K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.8M
21. Project Discovery of Virginia Inc
48 grants to 8 organizations · largest $108K · through 2024 · 42.0% of their giving
$1.7M
22. Williamsburg Landing Continuing Care Trust
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $870K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.7M
23. Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $392K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.5M
24. Afb Special Fund Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.4M
25. Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties
76 grants to 20 organizations · largest $160K · through 2023 · 13.2% of their giving
$2.2M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to human services 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. 19 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 human services 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 human services funding in Virginia, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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