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Bryan Family Foundation

Richmond, VA · EIN 30-0214725. Reported 77 grants totalling $555,050 to 38 recipients 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
38recipients, as named on its returns
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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

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. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 24 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

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

51% of its giving went to organizations in Virginia. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund16 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc12 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc12 shared recipientsThe Community Foundation Inc10 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust8 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program7 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  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). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

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.

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