Funding search · EIN 541324304 · Charlottesville, VA

The Better Living Foundation

Name: The Better Living Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

103
grants reported: $547,800
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

donee

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

American Red Cross3 grants · $80,000
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank3 grants · $50,000
Salvation Army3 grants · $36,000
United Way3 grants · $30,000
Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry3 grants · $20,000
Ronald McDonald House3 grants · $20,000
Charlottesville Free Clinic3 grants · $17,000
Fluvanna Meals On Wheels3 grants · $16,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Blue Ridge3 grants · $15,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Virginia3 grants · $15,000

Giving over time

$145,300

2022

$151,000

2023

$251,500

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 103 grants.

$60,000
American Red Cross · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$30,000
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank · Verona, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$15,000
Salvation Army · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$15,000
Salvation Army · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$10,000
Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$10,000
Ronald McDonald House · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$10,000
United Way · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$10,000
American Red Cross · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$10,000
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank · Verona, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$10,000
United Way · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$10,000
American Red Cross · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$10,000
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank · Verona, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$10,000
United Way · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$6,000
Camp Holiday Trails · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$6,000
Charlottesville Free Clinic · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$6,000
Emergency Food Network · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$6,000
Fluvanna Meals On Wheels · Palmyra, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$6,000
Madison House · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$6,000
Charlottesville Free Clinic · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$6,000
Emergency Food Network · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$6,000
Salvation Army · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$5,000
American Cancer Society · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Blue Ridge · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Building Goodness Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Jefferson Area Board for Aging · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Piedmont Family Ymca · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Piedmont Virginia Community College · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Readykids · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$5,000
The Soho Center · Madison, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$5,000
University of Virginia Health Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$5,000
American Cancer Society · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Blue Ridge · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Fluvanna Meals On Wheels · Palmyra, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Jefferson Area Board for Aging · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Piedmont Family Ymca · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Piedmont Virginia Community College · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Readykids · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Ronald McDonald House · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$5,000
The Soho Center · Madison, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Blue Ridge · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Charlottesville Free Clinic · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Fluvanna Meals On Wheels · Palmyra, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Jefferson Area Board for Aging · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Meals On Wheels · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Piedmont Family Ymca · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Piedmont Virginia Community College · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Readykids · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Ronald McDonald House · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$5,000
Shelter for Help in Emergency · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$5,000
The Emergency Food Bank · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$5,000
The Soho Center · Madison, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$4,500
Meals On Wheels · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$4,000
Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$4,000
Meals On Wheels · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$4,000
Pacem · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$4,000
Camp Holiday Trails · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$4,000
Madison House · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$4,000
Camp Holiday Trails · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$3,500
Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesvillealbemarle · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$3,000
Boy Scouts of America · Waynesboro, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$3,000
Hospice of the Piedmont · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$3,000
Innisfree · Crozet, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$3,000
Boy Scouts of America · Waynesboro, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$3,000
Building Goodness Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$3,000
Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$3,000
Hospice of the Piedmont · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$3,000
Innisfree · Crozet, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$3,000
Boy Scouts of America · Waynesboro, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$3,000
Building Goodness Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$3,000
Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$3,000
Innisfree · Crozet, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$3,000
Madison House · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$3,000
Spca · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$2,500
Girl Scouts of America · Roanoke, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$2,500
Piedmont Casa · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$2,500
The Center at Belvedere · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$2,500
Girl Scouts of America · Roanoke, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$2,500
Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesvillealbemarle · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$2,500
Pacem · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$2,500
Hospice of the Piedmont · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$2,500
Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesvillealbemarle · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$2,500
Pacem · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$2,500
The Center at Belvedere · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$2,000
Foothills Child Advocacy Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$2,000
Girl Scouts of America · Roanoke, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$1,500
Piedmont Casa · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$1,500
Piedmont Casa · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$1,000
Virginia Discovery Museum · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$1,000
Virginia Institute of Autism · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee
$1,000
Virginia Discovery Museum · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$1,000
Virginia Institute of Autism · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General purpose of donee
$1,000
Muscular Dystrophy Assoc · Henrico, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$1,000
Virginia Discovery Museum · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$1,000
Virginia Institute of Autism · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General purpose of donee
$500
Fellowship of Christian Athletes · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General purpose of donee

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.