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Bryan Family Foundation

Richmond, VA · EIN 30-0214725. Reported 77 grants totalling $555,050 to 38 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$555,050granted, 2021-2024
38organizations funded
60%of grantees funded again the next year
$3,619,426assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Bryan Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $8,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $50,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
21 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
37 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
14 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
4 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
St Ann's Episcopal ChurchKennebunkport, ME$75,000442024
Fatherhood Foundation of VaRichmond, VA$55,000222024
Reveille Um ChurchRichmond, VA$45,000332024
Tunnels to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY$35,000332023
Wounded Warrior ProjectJacksonville, FL$30,000222024
Vcu Childrens Hospital FoundationRichmond, VA$25,000332024
The Embassy ChurchDenver, CO$20,000112022
University of Virginia Advancement OperationsN Charlottesville, VA$20,000112024
Ash FoundationRockville, MD$15,000332023
SportableRichmond, VA$15,000332024
The Steward SchoolRichmond, VA$15,000112023
Boulder Rural Fire RescueBoulder, CO$14,500442024
Bradley Free ClinicRoanoke, VA$13,500442024
The CenterKennebunk, ME$13,000332024
Virginia Capital TrailRichmond, VA$12,000332023
Kate O Eaton Scholarship FoundationKennebunk, ME$11,000332023
Lewis T Graves Memorial LibraryKennebunkport, ME$11,000332024
Little Hands VirginiaRichmond, VA$10,000222024
Semper Fi & Americas FundOceanside, CA$10,000112022
Tim Tebow FoundationsSaint Johns, FL$10,000112022
Uva Childrens Health FoundationCharlottesville, VA$10,000222022
Uva Strong FundCharlottesville, VA$10,000112022
Crozet Volunteer Fire DepartmentCrozet, VA$8,500332023
Kems Kennebunkport Emerg Med SvsKennebunkport, ME$8,500332023
Tuckahoe Volunteer Rescue SquadRichmond, VA$8,500332023
Special SurfersSaco, ME$8,000112024
Emmanuel Episcopal ChurchGreenwood, VA$7,500222022
Childrens Hospital FoundationRichmond, VA$5,000112021
Fellowship of Christian AthletesKansas City, MO$5,000112023
Kennebunk Elementary PTAKennebunk, ME$5,000112021
Lewis Ginter Botanical GardenRichmond, VA$5,000112024
Maymont FoundationRichmond, VA$5,000112024
St James's Children CenterRichmond, VA$5,000112021
FeedmoreRichmond, VA$2,500112022
Western Albermarle Rescue SquadCrozet, VA$2,500112022
Boys and Girls ClubCharlottesville, VA$2,050222022
American Foundation for SuicideNew York, NY$1,000112021
BETTER2GETHER RvaHenrico, VA$1,000112021

21 of 38 (55%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 60%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 24 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
9 grants
Recreation & Sports
4 grants
Education
4 grants
Youth Development
3 grants
Health Care
3 grants
Arts & Culture
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202118$60,050$3,500
202225$132,000$5,000
202319$160,000$5,000
202415$203,000$5,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 51% of this one's giving went to organizations in Virginia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Virginia
$283K
Maine
$132K
Florida
$40K
New York
$36K
Colorado
$34K
Maryland
$15K
California
$10K
Missouri
$5K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund15 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc11 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc11 shared recipientsThe Community Foundation Inc10 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust7 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program7 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Virginia.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Bryan Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 6345 Ridgeway Road, Richmond, VA, 23226. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 30-0214725 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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