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Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation

Accepts applications Richmond, Virginia · EIN 541595360

Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation is a private foundation in Richmond, Virginia. In tax year 2024 it gave $2.0 million in 51 grants; the typical grant was $25,000 and the largest $160,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $1.8 million the year before.

39% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$1.8 million51$38.2 million
2024$2.0 million51$39.8 million

How to apply

ContactVirginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundati
PO Box 17950, Richmond, VA 23226
Phone or email(804) 285-7700, vsrf@bryanbrothers.com
What to submitApplications can be submitted by letter or by completing the grant application form on the foundation's website at vsrfoundation.com/how-to-apply/

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 8 states, the most to Virginia.

StateGrantsAmount
Virginia40$1.8 million
District of Columbia2$50,000
Massachusetts2$50,000
North Carolina2$50,000
New York2$35,000
Maryland1$25,000
Maine1$20,000
Florida1$10,000

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 51 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, VA
General purposes$160,000
Sheltering Arms Foundation
Richmond, VA
General purposes$140,000
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
General purposes$100,000
Valentine Museum
Richmond, VA
General purposes$100,000
Vcu Children's Hospital Foundation
Richmond, VA
General purposes$100,000
Virginia Museum of History and Culture
Richmond, VA
Jsr leadership room$100,000
Virginia Tech Foundationreynolds Homestead
Critz, VA
General purposes & cemetery fund$100,000
J Sargeant Reynolds Community College
Richmond, VA
General purposes$60,000
Crossover Healthcare Ministry
Richmond, VA
Capital campaign$50,000
Faison Center
Richmond, VA
General purposes$50,000
St Catherine's School Foundation
Richmond, VA
General purposes$50,000
St James' Episcopal Church
Richmond, VA
Ramp project$50,000
Up Rva
Richmond, VA
General purposes$50,000
William & Mary Athletics Foundation
Williamsburg, VA
David murphy football endowment fund$50,000
YWCA
Richmond, VA
General purposes$50,000
Fair Girls
Washington, DC
General purposes$30,000
Goochland Cares
Goochland, VA
General purposes$30,000
American Civil War Museum
Richmond, VA
General purposes$25,000
Art 180
Richmond, VA
General purposes$25,000
Battersea Foundation
Petersburg, VA
General purposes$25,000
Bon Secours Richmond Health Care Foundation
Richmond, VA
Children's hope gala 2023$25,000
Boys and Girls Club of Metro Richmond
Richmond, VA
General purposes$25,000
Cal Ripken Sr Foundation
Baltimore, MD
2023 aspire gala$25,000
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society
Richmond, VA
Cca 2023 sponsorship$25,000
Dukenicholas School of the Environment
Durham, NC
General purposes$25,000
Friends of Hollywood Cemetary
Richmond, VA
General purposes$25,000
George C Marshall Foundation
Lexington, VA
General purposes$25,000
Grasp
Richmond, VA
General purposes$25,000
Groton School
Groton, MA
General purposes$25,000
Liberation Veteran Services
Richmond, VA
Funding additional case manager$25,000
Madison County Arts Council
Marshall, NC
Citizen vinyl hurricane relief$25,000
MCV Foundation
Richmond, VA
Medical research - dr. Lawrence$25,000
Overland Summers Foundation
Williamstown, MA
Reynolds scholars program$25,000
Riverside School
North Chesterfield, VA
General purposes$25,000
Second Presbyterian Church
Richmond, VA
Organ$25,000
Sportable
Richmond, VA
General purposes$25,000
St Christopher's School Foundation
Richmond, VA
General purposes$25,000
St John's Church Foundation
Richmond, VA
General purposes$25,000
Virginia Repertory Theatre
Richmond, VA
General purposes$25,000
Virginia War Memorial Foundation
Richmond, VA
General purposes$25,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation give?

$2.0 million in tax year 2024, across 51 grants, with a typical grant of $25,000.

Who runs Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists J Sargeant Reynolds Jr (President), Austin Brockenbrough III (Director), Richard Roland Reynolds (Director) and Virginia R Parker (Director).

What does Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture, education and health.

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