Funding search · EIN 272409678 · Norfolk, VA
The Jo Melchor Hackney and John H
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 45
- grants reported
- $783,750
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $10,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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4 grants matching “nursing research and education” · $90,000
- $20,000
Uva Health Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2025
Support uva health's mission to enhance patient care, medical & nursing education, research, and community outreach
- $30,000
Uva Health Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Support uva health's mission to enhance patient care, medical & nursing education, research, and community outreach
- $20,000
Uva Health Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
Support uva health's mission to enhance patient care, medical & nursing education, research, and community outreach
- $20,000
Uva Health Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Supporting uva health's mission to enhance patient care, medical & nursing education, research, and community outreach
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Old Dominion Athletic Foundation4 grants · $300,000
- Evms Foundation4 grants · $145,000
- Uva Health Foundation4 grants · $90,000
- Rainbow Riders4 grants · $70,000
- Norfolk Botanical Gardens2 grants · $30,000
- Mercy Chefs2 grants · $20,000
- Elizabeth River Foundation2 grants · $20,000
- Samaritan'S Purse1 grant · $15,000
- First Tee Hampton Roads3 grants · $11,000
- Hurrah Players2 grants · $10,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 45 reported grants, largest first.
- $75,000
Old Dominion Athletic Foundation · Norfolk, VA · 2025
Support programs to ensure success of student athletes at old dominion university
- $75,000
Old Dominion Athletic Foundation · Norfolk, VA · 2024
Support programs to ensure success of student athletes at old dominion university
- $75,000
Old Dominion Athletic Foundation · Norfolk, VA · 2023
Support programs to ensure success of student athletes at old dominion university
- $75,000
Old Dominion Athletic Foundation · Norfolk, VA · 2022
Support programs to ensure success of student athletes at old dominion university
- $40,000
Evms Foundation · Norfolk, VA · 2025
Support the general fund
- $40,000
Evms Foundation · Norfolk, VA · 2024
Support the general fund
- $40,000
Evms Foundation · Norfolk, VA · 2023
Support the general fund
- $30,000
Uva Health Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Support uva health's mission to enhance patient care, medical & nursing education, research, and community outreach
- $25,000
Evms Foundation · Norfolk, VA · 2022
Support the general fund
- $20,000
Uva Health Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2025
Support uva health's mission to enhance patient care, medical & nursing education, research, and community outreach
- $20,000
Norfolk Botanical Gardens · Norfolk, VA · 2024
Support the general fund
- $20,000
Rainbow Riders · Haymarket, VA · 2024
Support the general fund
- $20,000
Rainbow Riders · Haymarket, VA · 2023
Support the general fund
- $20,000
Uva Health Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
Support uva health's mission to enhance patient care, medical & nursing education, research, and community outreach
- $20,000
Rainbow Riders · Haymarket, VA · 2022
Supoort the general fund
- $20,000
Uva Health Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Supporting uva health's mission to enhance patient care, medical & nursing education, research, and community outreach
- $15,000
Mercy Chefs · Portsmouth, VA · 2024
Support general fund
- $15,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
Support general fund
- $10,000
Elizabeth River Foundation · Norfolk, VA · 2025
Supoort general fund
- $10,000
Norfolk Botanical Gardens · Norfolk, VA · 2025
Support the general fund
- $10,000
Rainbow Riders · Haymarket, VA · 2025
Support the general fund
- $10,000
Elizabeth River Foundation · Norfolk, VA · 2024
Supoort general fund
- $10,000
Salvation Army · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Support the general fund
- $5,000
Chesapeake United Soccer Club · Chesapeake, VA · 2025
Support general fund
- $5,000
Downtown Norfolk Council · Norfolk, VA · 2025
Support general fund
- $5,000
Hurrah Players · Norfolk, VA · 2025
Support general fund
- $5,000
Little Theater of Norfolk · Norfolk, VA · 2025
Support general fund
- $5,000
Mercy Chefs · Portsmouth, VA · 2025
Support general fund
- $5,000
Virginia Beach Horse Show Association · Virginia Beach, VA · 2025
Support general fund
- $5,000
Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia · Norfolk, VA · 2024
Support general fund
- $5,000
Chesapeake United Soccer Club · Chesapeake, VA · 2024
Support general fund
- $5,000
First Tee Hampton Roads · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024
Support the general fund
- $5,000
Hurrah Players · Norfolk, VA · 2024
Support general fund
- $5,000
Little Theater of Norfolk · Norfolk, VA · 2024
Support general fund
- $5,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Norfolk, VA · 2024
Support general fund
- $5,000
Virginia Beach Horse Show Association · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024
Support general fund
- $5,000
First Lutheran Church · Norfolk, VA · 2022
Support the general fund
- $3,000
First Tee Hampton Roads · Virginia Beach, VA · 2025
Support the general fund
- $3,000
First Tee Hampton Roads · Virginia Beach, VA · 2023
Support the general fund
- $2,500
Norfolk Crime Line · Norfolk, VA · 2024
Support the general fund
- $2,500
Norfolk Crime Line · Norfolk, VA · 2023
Support the general fund
- $2,500
Norfolk Tourism Foundation · Norfolk, VA · 2023
Support the general fund
- $2,500
Shriners Hospital for Children · Tampa, FL · 2023
Support the general fund
- $2,500
St Jude Children'S Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
Support the general fund
- $250
First Presbyterian Church Norfolk · Norfolk, VA · 2025
Support general fund
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