Funding search · EIN 541607210 · Suffolk, VA

Birdsong Charitable Foundation

Name: Birdsong Charitable 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.

42
grants reported: $1.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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

social education arts recreation youth religious healthcare

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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.

Rappahannock Westminster1 grant · $200,000
Global Action Platform2 grants · $150,000
Randolph Macon College2 grants · $150,000
Nansemond Suffolk Academy2 grants · $150,000
Suffolk Center for the Cultural Art2 grants · $110,000
Suffolk Youth Athletic Association3 grants · $110,000
Operation Smile1 grant · $100,000
United Way of South Hampton Roads2 grants · $70,000
Suffolk Foundation2 grants · $35,000
Mana Nutrition1 grant · $30,000

Giving over time

$7,105

2022

$450,500

2023

$798,500

2024

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$200,000
Rappahannock Westminster · Irvington, VA · 2023
Social assistance
$100,000
Global Action Platform · Nashville, TN · 2024
Social assistance
$100,000
Nansemond Suffolk Academy · Suffolk, VA · 2024
Education
$100,000
Operation Smile · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024
Social assistance
$100,000
Randolph Macon College · Ashland, VA · 2024
Education
$100,000
Suffolk Center for the Cultural Art · Suffolk, VA · 2024
Arts
$50,000
Global Action Platform · Nashville, TN · 2024
Social assistance
$50,000
Nansemond Suffolk Academy · Suffolk, VA · 2024
Education
$50,000
Randolph Macon College · Ashland, VA · 2024
Education
$50,000
Suffolk Youth Athletic Association · Suffolk, VA · 2024
Youth recreation
$50,000
Suffolk Youth Athletic Association · Suffolk, VA · 2023
Youth recreation
$50,000
United Way of South Hampton Roads · Norfolk, VA · 2023
Social assistance
$30,000
Mana Nutrition · Fitzgerald, GA · 2024
Social assistance
$25,000
Rappahannock General Hospital · Kilmarnock, VA · 2024
Healthcare
$25,000
Suffolk Ymca · Suffolk, VA · 2024
Social assistance
$25,000
Suffolk Foundation · Suffolk, VA · 2023
Social assistance
$25,000
United Way of South Hampton Rds · Norfolk, VA · 2023
Social assistance
$20,000
United Way of South Hampton Roads · Norfolk, VA · 2023
Social assistance
$15,000
Suffolk Salvation Army · Suffolk, VA · 2023
Social assistance
$10,000
Suffolk Center for the Cultural Art · Suffolk, VA · 2024
Arts
$10,000
Sh County Historical Society · Courtland, VA · 2023
Education
$10,000
Suffolk Foundation · Suffolk, VA · 2023
Social assistance
$10,000
Suffolk Youth Athletic Association · Suffolk, VA · 2023
Youth recreation
$10,000
The Foundation 4 Orphans · Hamden, CT · 2023
Social assistance
$7,105
Obici Health Care Foundation · Suffolk, VA · 2022
Social assistance
$5,000
Nansemond River Preservation · Suffolk, VA · 2024
Education
$5,000
The Urban League of Hampton Roads · Norfolk, VA · 2023
Social assistance
$5,000
United Methodist Comm On Relief · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Social assistance
$2,500
Suffolk Nansemond Historical Soc · Suffolk, VA · 2023
Education
$2,000
Suffolk Ymca · Suffolk, VA · 2024
Social assistance
$2,000
Suffolk Sister Cities · Suffolk, VA · 2023
Education
$2,000
United Methodist Foundation · Glen Allen, VA · 2023
Religious
$1,500
Girl Scouts of Colonial Coast · Chesapeake, VA · 2023
Social assistance
$1,500
Suffolk Literacy Council · Suffolk, VA · 2023
Education
$1,000
Suffolk Ymca · Suffolk, VA · 2024
Social assistance
$1,000
Southeast 4h Education Center · Wakefield, VA · 2023
Social assistance
$1,000
Suffolk Art League · Suffolk, VA · 2023
Arts
$1,000
Suffolk Crime Line · Suffolk, VA · 2023
Social assistance
$1,000
Suffolk Education Foundation · Suffolk, VA · 2023
Education
$1,000
Suffolk Meals On Wheels · Suffolk, VA · 2023
Social assistance
$1,000
Union Presbyterian Seminary · Richmond, VA · 2023
Religious
$500
The Virginia College Fund · Richmond, VA · 2024
Education

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