John Randolph Foundation Support Fund
Hopewell, VA · EIN 54-2015886. Reported 154 grants totalling $4,972,949 to 67 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For John Randolph Foundation Support Fund, the IRS classifies it under human services rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE P99) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 67 distinct organizations, with 25% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 69% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $22,000. Half of what it reported fell between $15,000 and $35,000; the smallest was $5,244 and the largest $547,106. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Randolph Foundation Inc | Hopewell, VA | $1,266,012 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Greater Richmond Aquatics Partnership | N Chesterfld, VA | $185,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Central Virginia Health Services Inc | New Canton, VA | $178,977 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boys to Men Mentoring Network of Virginia Inc | Rockville, VA | $172,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater Richmond FIT4KIDS Inc | Richmond, VA | $168,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hopewell Food Pantry | Hopewell, VA | $137,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lamb Center for Arts and Healing | Hopewell, VA | $133,450 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Elderhomes Corp | Richmond, VA | $114,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Colonial Heights Food Pantry Inc | Colonial Hgts, VA | $112,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cultureworks Inc | Richmond, VA | $111,350 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gateway Homes Inc | Richmond, VA | $97,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hopewell City Public Schools | Hopewell, VA | $91,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Special Olympics Virginia Inc | Richmond, VA | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City of Refuge Inc | Atlanta, GA | $82,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Charles City County | Charles City, VA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hopewell Recreation and Parks | Hopewell, VA | $78,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Conexus | N Chesterfld, VA | $78,209 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| First Connections for Early Success | Hopewell, VA | $76,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Feed More Inc | Richmond, VA | $75,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Richmond Sports Backers Inc | Henrico, VA | $74,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southside Family Connections Inc | Petersburg, VA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hopewell Downtown Partnership Inc | Hopewell, VA | $69,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $66,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| James House Intervention Prevention Services Inc | Prince George, VA | $66,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Downtown Churches United Inc | Petersburg, VA | $64,700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Crater Community Hospice Inc | Petersburg, VA | $63,337 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Virginia Dental Association Foundation | Glen Allen, VA | $61,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Reach Out for Life | Beaverdam, VA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cross-Over Ministry Inc | Richmond, VA | $55,488 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers & Big Sisters Services Inc | Richmond, VA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Southside Virginia Emergency Crew Incorporated | Petersburg, VA | $50,300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jessica Ann Moore Foundation | Disputanta, VA | $47,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Josephs Villa Foundation | Richmond, VA | $45,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Childrens Museum of Richmond | Richmond, VA | $43,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Prince George Country Public Schools | Prince George, VA | $42,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Brightpoint Community College Foundation | Midlothian, VA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Commonwealth Catholic Charities | Richmond, VA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| GIRLS2WOMEN-Virginia | Richmond, VA | $36,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Real Life | Richmond, VA | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Coalition of Sussex Virginia | Stony Creek, VA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Holiday Helper Association | Fort Lee, VA | $34,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing | Disputanta, VA | $30,382 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beyond Boundaries | Richmond, VA | $29,750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Virginia Down Syndrome Association | Richmond, VA | $29,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Lower Appomattox River Inc | Petersburg, VA | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation | Blue Ash, OH | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sussex County Youth and Adult Recreational Association Inc | Waverly, VA | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Richard Bland College Foundation Inc | S Prince Geo, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Colonial Heights Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services Ems | Colonial Hgts, VA | $24,800 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| River Street Education Inc | Petersburg, VA | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Grace Project | Chesterfield, VA | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southside Health Education Foundation | Colonial Hgts, VA | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Veterans and Athletes United Inc | N Chesterfld, VA | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Great Aspirations Scholarship Program Inc | Richmond, VA | $20,700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | $19,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jackson Feild Homes Incorporated | Jarratt, VA | $18,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Saint Joseph Catholic School | Petersburg, VA | $17,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Junior Achievement of Central Virginia | Richmond, VA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southside Transformation Opportunities for Residents and Youth (story) | Hopewell, VA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Burrowsville School Inc | Disputanta, VA | $14,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Petersburg Area Art League Inc | Petersburg, VA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chesterfield Cultural Arts Foundation | Chester, VA | $10,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 2 End the Stigma | Midlothian, VA | $8,700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rotary Club of Petersburg Virginia Charitable Foundation Inc | Petersburg, VA | $8,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lucy Corr Foundation Inc | Chesterfield, VA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Als Association Dcmdva Chapter Inc | Rockville, MD | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sportable Richmond Adaptive Sports and Recreation Inc | Richmond, VA | $5,244 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
45 of 67 (67%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 53 of 67 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 36 | $1,424,899 | $21,881 |
| 2022 | 36 | $1,164,154 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 42 | $1,518,237 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 40 | $865,659 | $21,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
96% of its giving went to organizations in Virginia. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $22,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Virginia.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from John Randolph Foundation Support Fund's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 40 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: Post Office Box 1606, Hopewell, VA, 23860.
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