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Virginia S Warner Foundation Inc
Washington, DC · EIN 30-0020922. Reported 106 grants totalling $688,762 to 53 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. Virginia S Warner Foundation Inc 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $976 and the largest $49,500. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophical Research Society | Los Angeles, CA | $79,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chesapeake Conservancy | Annapolis, MD | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Virginia Outdoors Foundation | Warrenton, VA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Feeding America | Washington, DC | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Buxton School | Williamstown, MA | $29,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Orion Society | Great Barrington, MA | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Piedmont Environmental Council | Warrenton, VA | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bard College | Annandale on Hudson, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Eaglebrook School | Deerfield, MA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute | Front Royal, VA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tibet House US | New York, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Sun | Chapel Hill, NC | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bull Run Mountains Conservancy | Broad Run, VA | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Millbrook School | Millbrook, NY | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Hill School | Middleburg, VA | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Jay C Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Blue Ridge Wildlife Center | Boyce, VA | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alford Land Trust Inc | West Stockbridge, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights | Spokane, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hospital Albert Schweitzer | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New England Forestry Foundation | Littleton, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| NPR | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Och Conservation Foundation | The Plains, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tall Ship Providence Foundation | Alexandria, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yale School of Art | New Haven, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Goose Creek Association | Middleburg, VA | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Para Psychology Foundation | New York, NY | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rappahannock Tribe of Virginia | Indian Neck, VA | $8,658 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wildlands Network | Salt Lake City, UT | $5,115 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Family Service of Western Ma Inc | Springfield, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Geographic Society | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rappahannock Wildlife Refuge Friendsinc | Warsaw, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Semper Virens Fund | Los Altos, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Team Rubicon | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Aspen Institute | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Trustees of Reservations | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vpm | Richmond, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wamu 885 Fm | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wildlift Center of Virginia | Waynesboro, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Berkshire Bird Paradise | Petersburg, NY | $4,489 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Green Agres | South Egremont, MA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Appalachian Mountain Advocates | Lewisburg, WV | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Conway School of Landscape Design | Conway, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kennedy Center | Arlington, VA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marcella's Kitchen | Benton, KY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Seven Loaves Services Inc | Middleburg, VA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wildlife Center of Virginia | Waynesboro, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Berkshire Toconic Community Foundation | Sheffield, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Berkshire Humane Society | Pittsfield, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fellowship of Universal Guidance | Glendale, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
24 of 53 (45%) 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 69%, 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 73 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 33 | $170,115 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 26 | $198,976 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 23 | $161,013 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 24 | $158,658 | $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. 33% 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 $5,000. 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 Virginia S Warner Foundation Inc'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: Co W Henry 1990 M Street Nw, Washington, DC, 20036. 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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