Virginia · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Science & Technology in Virginia

Imperigo has identified 127 funders that made 459 grants totaling $299.6M to 76 science & technology organizations in Virginia, with a median grant of $30K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Science & Technology Funding in Virginia

Total granted $299.6M
Funders 127
Grants 459
Organizations funded 76

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. American Society of Civil Engineers Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $12.3M · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$14.9M
2. International Information System Security Certification Consortium Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $600K · through 2025 · 57.1% of their giving
$2.4M
3. Bioindustrial Manufacturing and Design Ecosystem Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.1M · through 2023 · 5.3% of their giving
$4.1M
4. Improving Economies for Stronger Communities
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $274K · through 2024 · 14.4% of their giving
$771K
5. Land O'Lakes Venture37
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $196K · through 2025 · 15.2% of their giving
$593K
6. In-Q-Tel Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $709K · through 2022 · 10.4% of their giving
$709K
7. Power & Communication Contractors Association
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $172K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$296K
8. Deloitte Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $750K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$2.2M
9. American Cement Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $475K · through 2025 · 8.1% of their giving
$475K
10. Skoll Fund C/O Silicon Valley Community Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$2.3M
11. Public Interest Registry
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $3.0M · through 2024
$3.0M
12. The Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$2.4M
13. Western Pallet Association
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $66K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$106K
14. American Institute of Physics Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $93K · through 2024 · 5.4% of their giving
$284K
15. Grow Capital Jobs Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $391K · through 2020 · 3.6% of their giving
$391K
16. Cnfa
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $146K · through 2023 · 1.8% of their giving
$459K
17. National Institute of Aerospace Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $29K · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$29K
18. Virginia Satslab Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2021 · 9.3% of their giving
$40K
19. GIS Certification Institute
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$10K
20. American Chemical Society Div of Polymeric Materials S and E
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$10K
21. Adira Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $37K · through 2022 · 3.9% of their giving
$48K
22. Health and Environmental Sciences Institute
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$70K
23. Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $218K · through 2023
$248K
24. Association of American Geographers
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2025 · 8.7% of their giving
$11K
25. Virginia Environmental Endowment
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $24K · through 2024
$84K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to science & technology 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. 10 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 science & technology 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 science & technology funding in Virginia, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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