Scott Cares Foundation
Lynchburg, VA · EIN 87-2803014. Reported 226 grants totalling $392,377 to 170 recipients across tax years 2022-2025. 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. Scott Cares 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $2,500; the smallest was $250 and the largest $32,652. 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. 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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | Rye Brook, NY | $40,152 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Haven House | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hearts With Hands | Asheville, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | New York, NY | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement of Central Virginia Inc | Richmond, VA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation | Richmond, VA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Toyster Fest Inc | Lynchburg, VA | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alzheimer's Assocation | Charlottesville, VA | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Virginia | Roanoke, VA | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Communities in Schools of Nc | Raleigh, NC | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Red Truck Ministry | Lynchburg, VA | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Honor Bridge | Durham, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lynchburg Daily Bread | Lynchburg, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lynchburg Grows | Lynchburg, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National D-Day Memorial Foundation | Bedford, VA | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Raleigh Rescue Mission | Raleigh, NC | $5,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Richmond SPCA | Richmond, VA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Waxhaw Lions Club | Waxhaw, NC | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| CASA | Raleigh, NC | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Mustaches for Kids Nashville | Lynchburg, VA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| M4K Lynchburg | Lynchburg, VA | $4,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Caritas | Richmond, VA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Madelyn's Fund | Charlotte, NC | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trosa | Durham, NC | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Central Va Inc | Lynchburg, VA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way of Greater Greensboro | Manakin, VA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| CASA Central Virginia | Lynchburg, VA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Emerald Youth Foundation | Knoxville, TN | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Haven House | Lynchburg, VA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| High Hopes Development Center | Franklin, TN | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| American Heart Association | Glen Allen, VA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Park View Community Mission | Lynchburg, VA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Run 5 Feed 5 | Cary, NC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Unitedhealthcare Children's Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Meals on Wheels | Lynchburg, VA | $2,800 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society | Rye Brook, NY | $2,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sanctuary Counseling Group | Charlotte, NC | $2,750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Me Fine | Durham, NC | $2,700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| A Hand Up for Women | Knoxville, TN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Blood Cancer United | Rye Brook, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Southwest Virginia | Roanoke, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brookville Timberlake Volunteer Fire Dept | Forest, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ckg Foundation | Richmond, VA | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Craveables | Lynchburg, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Easterseals Ucp | Raleigh, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Services of Roanoke Valley | Roanoke, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Freedom 424 | Lynchburg, VA | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Greater Lynchburg Habitat for Humanity | Lynchburg, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lgbt Center of Raleigh | Raleigh, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mcnabb Center | Knoxville, TN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neighbor to Neighbor | Fort Collins, CO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Noelle C Loving But Tomorrow Foundation | North Chesterfield, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stop Soldier Suicide | Durham, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Pregnancy Network | Greensboro, NC | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Tn Voices | Goodlettsville, TN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trosa Turkey Trot | Durham, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Young Life | Knoxville, TN | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Housing Solutions of Guilford Inc | Greensboro, NC | $2,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Headzup Solutions Inc | Lynchburg, VA | $2,250 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Community Matters Insurance Partners of Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fatherhood Foundation of Virginia | Richmond, VA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| First Foundations Inc | Farragut, TN | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Henrico Firefighter Foundation | Glen Allen, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hospice of the Piedmont | Charlottesville, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Inner City Ministry | Nashville, TN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Land Savers United | Roanoke, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lifewise Academy | Hilliard, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lynchburg Morning Rotary Foundation | Lynchburg, VA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Peak Adventure Ministries | Greensboro, NC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity | Richmond, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sportable | Richmond, VA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Als Association | Lynchburg, VA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Willow Collaborative | Powhatan, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Thompson Child and Family Services | Matthews, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Union Grove Christian School Pats | Lexington, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Area Congregations in Ministry | Oxford, NC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cahec | Raleigh, NC | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dress for Success Triangle Nc | Raleigh, NC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Families Together | Raleigh, NC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Isaiah 117 House | Lynchburg, VA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Knox Area Rescue Ministries | Knoxville, TN | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lynchburg Imagination Library | Lynchburg, VA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Ms Society | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North East Wake Backpack Buddies | Rolesville, NC | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Racing for Heroes | Alton, VA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Roanoke City Little League | Roanoke, VA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Roanoke Techinical Education Center | Roanoke, VA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation | New York, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Wildlife Foundation of Virginia | Norge, VA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Young Life Upper East Tn | Johnson City, TN | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Youth Experience Fund | Reidsville, NC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Youthbuild | Roanoke, VA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Strong Center Inc | Fuquayvarina, NC | $1,350 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children's Home Society of North Carolina | Greensboro, NC | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cure Sma | Elk Grove Village, IL | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Triad Honor Flight | Roanoke, VA | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lynchburg City Schools Education Foundation | Lynchburg, VA | $1,025 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 127 Place | Salem, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Acim | Novato, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Agape Center Lynchburg | Lynchburg, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Cancer Society | Glen Allen, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Anchor Hope Home | Greensboro, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bedford Pregnancy Center | Bedford, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Wake County | Raleigh, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| C2ADOPT | Henrico, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Camp Weaver | Greensboro, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carolina Breast Friends | Charlotte, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters | Norfolk, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cover One Foundation | Richmond, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| David's Table | Greenville, SC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dilworth Soup Kitchen | Charlotte, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Fanconi Cancer Foundation | Eugene, OR | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Feed More | Richmond, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| First Tee Central Carolina | Clemmons, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Glenwood Together | Greensboro, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greer Relief | Greer, SC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Helping Mamas | Knoxville, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Inter-Faith Food Shuttle | Raleigh, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Julie Valentine Center | Greenville, SC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Make a Wish Eastern Nc | Raleigh, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Meg's Smile Foundation | Holly Springs, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Miller Home for Girls | Lynchburg, VA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Neighborhood Focus | Greenville, SC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Open Door Community | Wytheville, VA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Pretty in Pink Foundation | Lynchburg, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Raba Foundation | Ashland, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Raleigh Rugby Football Club | Raleigh, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Raleigh Vineyard Church | Raleigh, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ramps Rva | Richmond, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Read and Feed | Cary, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Roanoke Parks Foundation | Roanoke, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Roanoke Technical Education Center | Roanoke, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rush Homes | Lynchburg, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Samaritan's Purse | Boone, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Save the Children | Fairfield, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Search Ministries | Fort Worth, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shady Grove Wesleyan Church | Colfax, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sheltering Arms Foundation | Richmond, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Thomas Episcopal Church Food Pantry | Richmond, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Vincent De Paul Society | Roanoke, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Helene Foundation | Raleigh, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wakeed Partnership | Raleigh, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Waymaker Church | Boone, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wolfbane Productions | Charlotte, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Young Life Capernaum | Knoxville, TN | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Awareness Garden Foundation | Lynchburg, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Don Holliday Memorial Golf Tournament | Lynchburg, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Family Services Forsyth County | Winstonsalem, NC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| First Tee Upstate South Carolina | Greenville, SC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| FIVE18 Family Services | Lynchburg, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Free Clinic of Central Virginia | Lynchburg, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Go Red for Women | Dallas, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Helping Mamas | Norcross, GA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hunters for the Hungry | Big Island, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Impact Living Services | Forest, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Isaiah 117 House | Elizabethton, TN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Live Love Nashville | Hendersonville, TN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lynchburg Police Foundation | Lynchburg, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| SPCA of Wake County | Raleigh, NC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Community Foundation of Middle Tn | Nashville, TN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Wild Way | Roanoke, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Thea Bowman Ministry | Lynchburg, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation | Norwood, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Help Ukraine | Gaithersburg, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Virginia Founation for Independent Colleges | Richmond, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges | Richmond, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope Inc | Wytheville, VA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rotary Club of Goochland County | Manakin, VA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southwest Virginia Ballet | Roanoke, VA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of the Piedmont | Spartansburg, SC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
48 of 170 (28%) 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 23%, 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 139 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.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 48 | $69,125 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 62 | $129,852 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 62 | $116,250 | $1,250 |
| 2025 | 54 | $77,150 | $1,000 |
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
44% of its giving went to organizations in Virginia. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 Scott Cares Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: 1301 Old Graves Mill Road, Lynchburg, VA, 24502. 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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