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Easley Char Irr Tua 5019004715

Lynchburg, VA · EIN 54-6074720. Reported 95 grants totalling $1,915,908 to 63 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$20,000median grant
$1,915,908granted, 2021-2024
63recipients, as named on its returns
26%of grantees funded again the next year
$12.1Massets, 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. Easley Char Irr Tua 5019004715 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 $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $3,083 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
3 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
6 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
47 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
36 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
3 grants

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
Hampden-Sydney CollegeHampden Sydney, VA$80,000542024
Park View Community MissionLynchburg, VA$65,000222023
Lynchburg Humane SocietyLynchburg, VA$60,000222024
Impact Living ServicesForest, VA$57,000222024
Cvcc Educational FoundationLynchburg, VA$55,000442024
Ferrum CollegeFerrum, VA$55,000442024
Randolph CollegeLynchburg, VA$55,000442024
University of LynchburgLynchburg, VA$55,000442024
Academy Center of the ArtsLynchburg, VA$50,000222023
Big Brothers Big SistersLynchburg, VA$50,000112022
Camp Kum-Ba-Yah Nature CenterLynchburg, VA$50,000222024
Camp Kum-Ba-YahLynchburg, VA$50,000112021
Lynchburg GrowsLynchburg, VA$50,000222023
YMCA of Central VirginiaLynchburg, VA$50,000222024
Jubilee Family Development CenterLynchburg, VA$46,000112022
Interfaith Outreach AssociationLynchburg, VA$45,800222023
YMCA of Central VaLynchburg, VA$45,000222022
Neighbors Helping NeighborsMadison Heights, VA$35,375112021
Thomas Jefferson's Poplar ForestForest, VA$35,000112023
Vector SpaceLynchburg, VA$35,000222024
One Community One VoiceLynchburg, VA$34,420222024
Lynchburg Beacon of HopeLynchburg, VA$34,000112023
Meals on WheelsLynchburg, VA$32,986112022
Central Virginia Alliance for Community LivingLynchburg, VA$32,853222024
New Vistas SchoolLynchburg, VA$30,032112024
Awareness Garden FoundationLynchburg, VA$30,000112024
Greater Lynchburg Habitat for HumanityLynchburg, VA$30,000222023
Miriams HouseLynchburg, VA$30,000112022
St Johns Day SchoolLynchburg, VA$30,000112022
Altavista YMCAAltavista, VA$25,000112024
Bedford Area Family YMCABedford, VA$25,000112021
Elizabeths Early Learning CenterLynchburg, VA$25,000112022
Gleaning for the WorldConcord, VA$25,000112023
HumankindLynchburg, VA$25,000112024
Lynchburg Public LibraryLynchburg, VA$25,000112024
Mary Bethune AcademyLynchburg, VA$25,000112022
National D-Day Memorial FoundationBedford, VA$25,000112021
Rush HomesLynchburg, VA$25,000112021
United Way of Central VaLynchburg, VA$25,000112021
Va Legal Aid SocietyLynchburg, VA$25,000112021
Wolfbane ProuductionsAppomattox, VA$25,000112024
Patrick Henry's Red HillBrookneal, VA$22,500222024
Friends of Lynchburg Public LibraryLynchburg, VA$20,235112022
Amazement SquareLynchburg, VA$20,000112023
CASA of Central VirginiaLynchburg, VA$20,000112023
Elizabeth's Early Learning CenterLynchburg, VA$20,000112024
Lynchburg Symphony OrchestraLynchburg, VA$20,000222023
Miriam's HouseLynchburg, VA$20,000112024
United Way of Central VirginiaLynchburg, VA$20,000112024
Lynchburg Daily BreadLynchburg, VA$18,000112022
Southern Memorial AssociationLynchburg, VA$17,500112022
Iron LivesLynchburg, VA$15,911222024
Arc of Central VirginiaLynchburg, VA$15,280112023
Radcliff CemeteryLynchburg, VA$15,000112023
New Vista SchoolLynchburg, VA$13,495112022
Sedalia CenterBig Island, VA$10,268112024
Opera on the JamesLynchburg, VA$8,320112024
Lcs Education FoundationLynchburg, VA$8,000112023
Bower Center for the ArtsBedford, VA$6,500112022
Avoca Museum and Historical SocietyAltavista, VA$5,000112023
Adult Care CenterLynchburg, VA$4,500112021
CASA of Central VaLynchburg, VA$3,850112021
Renaissance Theatre CompanyLynchburg, VA$3,083112023

21 of 63 (33%) 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 26%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

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 activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 67 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.

Education
19 grants
Arts & Culture
12 grants
Human Services
9 grants
Recreation & Sports
5 grants
Housing & Shelter
5 grants
Youth Development
4 grants
Religion
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202123$493,225$20,000
202222$477,716$19,117
202325$458,288$15,280
202425$486,679$20,000

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

Lynchburg, VA
$1.5M
Forest, VA
$92K
Hampden Sydney, VA
$80K
Bedford, VA
$56K
Ferrum, VA
$55K
Madison Heights, VA
$35K
Altavista, VA
$30K
Concord, VA
$25K

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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.

Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation40 shared recipientsThe Al Stroobants Foundation32 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund29 shared recipientsSchewel Charitable Foundation28 shared recipientsCentra Health Inc28 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc26 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $20,000. 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 Easley Char Irr Tua 5019004715'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: Po Box 1120, Lynchburg, VA, 24505. 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 54-6074720 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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