J L Camp Foundation
Virginia Beach, VA · EIN 54-0742940. Reported 106 grants totalling $759,100 to 30 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. J L Camp 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $6,250. Half of everything it gave fell between $4,000 and $8,000; the smallest was $1,500 and the largest $22,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arts Alliance (fka Business Consortium for Arts Support) | Norfolk, VA | $64,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters | Norfolk, VA | $63,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foodbank of Southeastern Va Inc | Norfolk, VA | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges | Richmond, VA | $42,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Charlottesville Free Clinic | Charlottesville, VA | $34,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| James L Camp JR YMCA | Franklin, VA | $34,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Elevate Early Education | Norfolk, VA | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Elizabeth River Project | Norfolk, VA | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Forkids Inc | Chesapeake, VA | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Judeo Christian Outreach Center | Virginia Beach, VA | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Upcenter | Norfolk, VA | $29,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alzheimer's Association - Franklin | Norfolk, VA | $26,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Texie Camp Marks Children's Center | Franklin, VA | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Commonwealth Alliance for Rural Colleges | Richmond, VA | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Norfolk Academy | Norfolk, VA | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Thomas Jefferson Foundation Inc | Charlottesville, VA | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Virginia College Fund | Richmond, VA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lee's Friends | Norfolk, VA | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Virginia Beach Rescue Squad | Virginia Beach, VA | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation | Richmond, VA | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Virginia Opera Foundation | Norfolk, VA | $15,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Civil War Museum | Richmond, VA | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Business Consortium for Arts Support | Norfolk, VA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Virginia Center for Creative Arts - Jgc Endowment | Amherst, VA | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Angel Flight | Virginia Beach, VA | $13,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Franklin-Southampton Concert Assn | Courtland, VA | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Matt Talbot Retreat Group #45 | Virginia Beach, VA | $8,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Williamsburg Christian Retreat Center | Toano, VA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Virginia Opera | Norfolk, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
28 of 30 (93%) 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 96%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Arts Alliance (fka Business Consortium for Arts Support)
STRENGTHEN MAJOR BUSINESS AND FOUNDATION SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS IN SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS - Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters
HELP PROVIDE BEST POSSIBLE MEDICAL CARE & SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH SICKNESS OR INJURY - The Commonwealth Alliance for Rural Colleges
HELP PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH AFFORDALBE, VALUE-BASED EDUCATION THAT PREPARES THEM FOR SUCCESS - Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges
HELP ADVANCE DISTINCTIVE VALUES & STRENGTHS OF FIFTEEN SMALLER ENROLLMENT, PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL VIRGINIA MEMBER COLLEGES - Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation
SUPPORT THE VIRGINIA MUESEUM OF FINE ARTS AND ITS PROGRAMS - Muscular Dystrophy Association
HELP TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY AND RELATED NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 39 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 26 | $164,500 | $6,000 |
| 2022 | 26 | $177,100 | $6,000 |
| 2023 | 27 | $217,500 | $8,000 |
| 2024 | 27 | $200,000 | $6,500 |
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. 97% 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.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $6,250. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Virginia.
- 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.
- 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 J L Camp 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: 100 73RD Street, Virginia Beach, VA, 23451. 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.
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