Funding search · EIN 541875279 · Radnor, PA
Parker Carson Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 93
- grants reported
- $599,000
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $5,000
- 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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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Weta3 grants · $75,000
- Montessori De Terra Linda3 grants · $70,000
- Southern Environmental Law Center4 grants · $40,000
- Allegheny Blue Ridge Alliance4 grants · $38,000
- Virginia Public Media3 grants · $30,000
- Sabot School at Stony Point1 grant · $30,000
- Sabot at Stony Point1 grant · $26,000
- University of Tennessee Foundation2 grants · $26,000
- Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund3 grants · $24,000
- Vcu Foundation4 grants · $22,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 93 reported grants, largest first.
- $30,000
Sabot School at Stony Point · Richmond, VA · 2023
General purposes
- $26,000
Sabot at Stony Point · Richmond, VA · 2022
General purposes
- $25,000
Montessori De Terra Linda · San Rafael, CA · 2025
General purposes
- $25,000
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2025
General purposes
- $25,000
Montessori De Terra Linda · San Rafael, CA · 2024
General purposes
- $25,000
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2024
General purposes
- $25,000
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2023
General purposes
- $20,000
Montessori De Terra Linda · San Rafael, CA · 2023
General purposes
- $15,000
University of Tennessee Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2025
General purposes
- $11,000
University of Tennessee Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General purposes
- $10,000
Brennan Center for Justice · Washington, DC · 2025
General purposes
- $10,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2025
General purposes
- $10,000
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts · Richmond, VA · 2025
General purposes
- $10,000
Virginia Public Media · Richmond, VA · 2025
General purposes
- $10,000
Allegheny Blue Ridge Alliance · Monterey, VA · 2024
General purposes
- $10,000
Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purposes
- $10,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purposes
- $10,000
Virginia Public Media · Richmond, VA · 2024
General purposes
- $10,000
Allegheny Blue Ridge Alliance · Monterey, VA · 2023
General purposes
- $10,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purposes
- $10,000
Virginia Public Media · Richmond, VA · 2023
General purposes
- $10,000
Allegheny Blue Ridge Alliance · Monterey, VA · 2022
General purposes
- $10,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purposes
- $10,000
Virgina Public Media · Richmond, VA · 2022
General purposes
- $8,000
Allegheny Blue Ridge Alliance · Monterey, VA · 2025
General purposes
- $8,000
Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General purposes
- $8,000
Vcu Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2023
General purposes
- $6,500
Child Care & Learning Center · Washington, VA · 2022
General purposes
- $6,500
Fauquier Free Clinic · Warrenton, VA · 2022
General purposes
- $6,000
Anna Julia Cooper School · Richmond, VA · 2025
General purposes
- $6,000
Vcu Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2024
General purposes
- $6,000
Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General purposes
- $6,000
Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General purposes
- $5,000
Bay Area Discovery Museum · Sausalito, CA · 2025
General purposes
- $5,000
Collegiate School · Richmond, VA · 2025
The penny and billy peebles endowment for faculty and staff
- $5,000
Nature Conservancy of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2025
General purposes
- $5,000
The Cottage School · Roswell, GA · 2025
General purposes
- $5,000
Vcu Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2025
General purposes
- $5,000
Virginia Public Access Project · Richmond, VA · 2025
General purposes
- $5,000
Bay Area Discovery Museum · Sausalito, CA · 2024
General purposes
- $5,000
Housing Families First · Richmond, VA · 2024
General purposes
- $5,000
Nature Conservancy of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purposes
- $5,000
The Cottage School · Roswell, GA · 2024
General purposes
- $5,000
The League of Women Voters · Washington, DC · 2024
General purposes
- $5,000
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts · Richmond, VA · 2024
General purposes
- $5,000
Virginia Public Access Project · Richmond, VA · 2024
General purposes
- $5,000
Bay Area Discovery Museum · Sausalito, CA · 2023
General purposes
- $5,000
Nature Conservancy of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purposes
- $5,000
The League of Women Voters · Washington, DC · 2023
General purposes
- $5,000
Virginia Public Access Project · Richmond, VA · 2023
General purposes
- $5,000
Nature Conservancy of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purposes
- $5,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022
General purposes
- $5,000
The League of Women Voters · Washington, DC · 2022
General purposes
- $5,000
The News Literacy Project · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
General purposes
- $3,000
The League of Women Voters · Washington, DC · 2025
General purposes
- $3,000
Vcu Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2022
General purposes
- $2,500
Health Brigade · Richmond, VA · 2025
General purposes
- $2,500
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts · Amherst, VA · 2025
General purposes
- $2,500
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement · Kepolei, HI · 2024
General purposes
- $2,500
Hollins University · Roanoke, VA · 2024
General purposes
- $2,500
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts · Amherst, VA · 2024
General purposes
- $2,500
Brennan Center for Justice · Washington, DC · 2023
General purposes
- $2,500
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2023
General purposes
- $2,500
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement · Kepolei, HI · 2023
General purposes
- $2,500
Gwen Ifill Fund for Journalism Excellence · Arlington, VA · 2023
General purposes
- $2,500
Hollins University · Roanoke, VA · 2023
General purposes
- $2,500
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts · Richmond, VA · 2023
General purposes
- $2,500
Project Yoga Richmond · Richmond, VA · 2022
General purposes
- $2,000
Gwen Ifill Fund for Journalism Excellence · Arlington, VA · 2025
General purposes
- $2,000
Hollins University · Roanoke, VA · 2025
General purposes
- $2,000
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples · McKinleyville, CA · 2024
General purposes
- $2,000
Virginia Community University · Richmond, VA · 2024
Massey comprehensive cancer center
- $2,000
Richmond Strikers Soccer Club · Glen Allen, VA · 2022
General purposes
- $1,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2025
Scholarship fund
- $1,000
Brennan Center for Justice · Washington, DC · 2024
General purposes
- $1,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024
Scholarship fund
- $1,000
Collegiate School · Richmond, VA · 2024
The penny and billy peebles endowment for faculty and staff
- $1,000
Gwen Ifill Fund for Journalism Excellence · Arlington, VA · 2024
General purposes
- $1,000
The Carson McCullers Center · Columbus, GA · 2024
General purposes
- $1,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
Scholarship fund
- $1,000
Capital Region Land Conservancy · Richmond, VA · 2023
General purposes
- $1,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2022
Scholarship fund
- $1,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2022
General purposes
- $1,000
Gwen Ifill Fund for Journalism Excellence · Arlington, VA · 2022
General purposes
- $1,000
Headwaters Foundation · Washington, VA · 2022
General purposes
- $1,000
Hollins University · Roanoke, VA · 2022
General purposes
- $1,000
John McCartin Fund · Arlington, VA · 2022
General purposes
- $1,000
Rapp Center for Education · Sperryville, VA · 2022
General purposes
- $1,000
Rappahannock Food Pantry · Sperryville, VA · 2022
General purposes
- $1,000
Sperryville Community Alliance · Sperryville, VA · 2022
General purposes
- $1,000
Sperryville Volunteer Fire Dept · Sperryville, VA · 2022
General purposes
- $1,000
Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad · Sperryville, VA · 2022
General purposes
- $1,000
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts · Richmond, VA · 2022
General purposes
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