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Williamsburg Community Health Foundation

Williamsburg, VA · EIN 54-1822359. Reported 179 grants totalling $20.7M to 57 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$30,000median grant
$20.7Mgranted, 2021-2024
57organizations funded
84%of grantees funded again the next year
$155.5Massets, 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. Williamsburg Community Health 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 $30,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $114,912; the smallest was $500 and the largest $900,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
10 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
9 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
5 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
53 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
35 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
22 grants
$100,000 and Up
45 grants

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
Olde Towne Medical & Dental CenterWilliamsburg, VA$2,904,750642024
Williamsburg-James City County Public School DivisionWilliamsburg, VA$2,162,000532023
Lackey ClinicYorktown, VA$2,010,000442024
Colonial Behavioral HealthWilliamsburg, VA$1,587,500842024
Child Development ResourcesWilliamsburg, VA$1,403,850642024
James City CountyWilliamsburg, VA$1,364,000542024
Gloucester Mathews Care ClinicGloucester, VA$1,202,000542024
Peninsula Agency on AgingNewport News, VA$1,119,000642024
City of WilliamsburgWilliamsburg, VA$1,116,500742024
Williamsburg-James City County Public SchoolsWilliamsburg, VA$803,200112024
Center for Child and Family Services IncNewport News, VA$782,000542024
Bacon Street Youth and Family ServicesWilliamsburg, VA$706,500442024
Rx PartnershipRichmond, VA$255,000442024
Williamsburg Area Faith in ActionWilliamsburg, VA$238,250542024
Virginia Health Care FoundationRichmond, VA$238,000442024
Virginia Peninsula FoodbankHampton, VA$233,125542024
YMCA of the Virginia PeninsulasNewport News, VA$226,250222024
Williamsburg Community GrowersLightfoot, VA$200,912442024
Virginia Legacy Soccer ClubWilliamsburg, VA$200,000432024
The College of William & Mary the Flanagan Counselor Education ClinicWilliamsburg, VA$190,000222024
Grove Christian Outreach CenterWilliamsburg, VA$146,500742024
The Arc of Greater WilliamsburgWilliamsburg, VA$145,500442024
Williamsburg House of Mercy IncWilliamsburg, VA$119,500542024
Free Foundation for Rehabilitation Equipment & EndowmentRoanoke, VA$112,000442024
Literacy for Life at the Rita Welsh Adult Learning CenterWilliamsburg, VA$100,000442024
The College of William & Mary New Horizons Family Counseling CenterWilliamsburg, VA$95,000112021
Virginia Down Syndrome AssociationRichmond, VA$81,900222024
Postpartum Support Virginia IncArlington, VA$80,000442024
Housingforward VirginiaRichmond, VA$75,000442024
Virginia Health CatalystRichmond, VA$75,000442024
Voices for Virginia's ChildrenRichmond, VA$75,000442024
United Way of the Virginia PeninsulaYorktown, VA$60,000332023
Mental Health America of VirginiaRichmond, VA$55,000332024
Virginia Association of Free & Charitable ClinicsRichmond, VA$55,000222024
Fish IncWilliamsburg, VA$51,520222024
Colonial Court Appointed Special Advocate Program IncWilliamsburg, VA$47,500332024
Virginia Early Childhood FoundationRichmond, VA$40,000222023
Williamsburg Soccer FoundationWilliamsburg, VA$40,000222022
The DoorwaysRichmond, VA$37,750442024
NetworkpeninsulaNewport News, VA$37,500222022
Williamsburg-James City County Community Action AgencyNorge, VA$37,100322024
Honoring Choices VirginiaRichmond, VA$26,300222022
Children's Hospital of the King's DaughtersNorfolk, VA$20,000112022
Medical Society of Virginia FoundationHenrico, VA$20,000112023
The Salvation Army of Greater WilliamsburgWilliamsburg, VA$20,000112023
Williamsburg Community FoundationWilliamsburg, VA$20,000112023
York-James City-Williamsburg NAACPWilliamsburg, VA$20,000112022
One Child Center for AutismWilliamsburg, VA$14,500112021
Hope Family VillageWilliamsburg, VA$14,000112022
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Virginia PeninsulaNewport News, VA$10,000112024
Comfort Zone CampRichmond, VA$10,000112024
Greater Williamsburg Heartsafe AllianceWilliamsburg, VA$10,000112021
Sentara Health FoundationNorfolk, VA$10,000112022
Community Housing PartnersChristiansburg, VA$5,000112021
York CountyYorktown, VA$5,000112021
Avalon a Center for Women and ChildrenWilliamsburg, VA$1,000222022
Dream Catchers at the Cori Sikich Therapeutic Riding CenterToano, VA$500112021

41 of 57 (72%) 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 84%, 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 124 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
57 grants
Health Care
22 grants
Education
10 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
10 grants
Food & Nutrition
9 grants
Civil Rights
7 grants
Housing & Shelter
4 grants
Recreation & Sports
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202137$4,507,250$27,500
202240$4,518,800$26,125
202365$5,373,850$25,000
202437$6,316,007$65,000

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.

Already committed for future years

Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Williamsburg Community Health Foundation has 29 of them, worth $1,087,125. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.

OrganizationLocationApproved
Bacon Street Youth and Family ServicesWilliamsburg, VA$175,000
James City CountyWilliamsburg, VA$150,000
Olde Towne Medical & Dental CenterWilliamsburg, VA$112,500
James City CountyWilliamsburg, VA$50,000
Williamsburg Community GrowersLightfoot, VA$46,000
Virginia Legacy Soccer ClubWilliamsburg, VA$40,000
Colonial Behavioral HealthWilliamsburg, VA$40,000
James City CountyWilliamsburg, VA$36,500
Williamsburg House of Mercy IncWilliamsburg, VA$32,500
Bacon Street Youth and Family ServicesWilliamsburg, VA$32,500
Virginia Legacy Soccer ClubWilliamsburg, VA$30,000
Colonial Behavioral HealthWilliamsburg, VA$30,000
James City CountyWilliamsburg, VA$27,500
Williamsburg Area Faith in ActionWilliamsburg, VA$27,500
Grove Christian Outreach CenterWilliamsburg, VA$25,000

Where its money goes

Williamsburg, VA
$13.6M
Yorktown, VA
$2.1M
Newport News, VA
$2.0M
Gloucester, VA
$1.2M
Richmond, VA
$1.0M
Hampton, VA
$406K
Lightfoot, VA
$201K
Roanoke, VA
$82K

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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.

Sentara Health30 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund24 shared recipientsDominion Energy Charitable Foundation21 shared recipientsThe Community Foundation Inc18 shared recipientsUnited Way of the Virginia Peninsula16 shared recipientsLangley for Families -15 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $30,000. 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 Williamsburg Community Health 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: 4801 Courthouse Street No 200, Williamsburg, VA, 23188. 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 54-1822359 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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