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Funding search · EIN 541662984 · Roanoke, VA

Evelyn F James 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.

60
grants reported: $71,545
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $275
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

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St Johns Episcopal Church6 grants · $46,300
Wadsworth- Sulgrave Historic1 grant · $5,000
Uva-College Foundation1 grant · $2,500
Uva Alumni Association2 grants · $2,250
Thomas Jefferson Foundation4 grants · $2,000
Woodberry Forest School2 grants · $2,000
Planned Parenthood3 grants · $1,500
St Albans School1 grant · $1,000
National D-Day Memorial1 grant · $1,000
North Cross School1 grant · $1,000

Giving over time

$28,620

2022

$13,325

2023

$20,500

2024

$9,100

2025

Grant history

All 60 reported grants, largest first.

$12,000
St Johns Episcopal Church · Roanoke, VA · 2022
Contribution
$8,500
St Johns Episcopal Church · Roanoke, VA · 2025
Contribution
$8,500
St Johns Episcopal Church · Roanoke, VA · 2024
Contribution
$8,500
St Johns Episcopal Church · Roanoke, VA · 2023
Contribution
$8,500
St Johns Episcopal Church · Roanoke, VA · 2022
Contribution
$5,000
Wadsworth- Sulgrave Historic · Washington, DC · 2024
Contribution
$2,500
Uva-College Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Contribution
$1,750
Uva Alumni Association · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Contribution
$1,000
National D-Day Memorial · Bedford, VA · 2024
Contribution
$1,000
North Cross School · Roanoke, VA · 2024
Contribution
$1,000
Woodberry Forest School · Woodberry Forest, VA · 2024
Contribution
$1,000
Woodberry Forest School · Woodberry Forest, VA · 2023
Contribution
$1,000
St Albans School · Washington, DC · 2022
Contribution
$500
Thomas Jefferson Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2025
Contribution
$500
Planned Parenthood · Roanoke, VA · 2024
Contribution
$500
Thomas Jefferson Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Contribution
$500
Planned Parenthood · Roanoke, VA · 2023
Contribution
$500
Thomas Jefferson Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
Contribution
$500
Planned Parenthood · Roanoke, VA · 2022
Contribution
$500
Thomas Jefferson Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Contribution
$500
Uva Alumni Association · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Contribution
$500
Uva Library · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Contribution
$300
Boys Home of Virginia · Covington, VA · 2024
Contribution
$300
Apple Ridge Farm · Roanoke, VA · 2023
Contribution
$300
Center in the Square · Roanoke, VA · 2023
Contribution
$300
Chip · Roanoke, VA · 2023
Contribution
$300
St Johns Episcopal Church · Roanoke, VA · 2023
Contribution
$300
Apple Ridge Farm · Roanoke, VA · 2022
Contribution
$300
Center in the Square · Roanoke, VA · 2022
Contribution
$300
Chip · Roanoke, VA · 2022
Contribution
$250
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
Contribution
$250
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
Contribution
$250
United Way of Roanoke Valley · Roanoke, VA · 2022
Contribution
$225
Southern Poverty Law · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Contribution
$200
Boys Home of Virginia · Covington, VA · 2023
Contribution
$200
Opera Roanoke · Roanoke, VA · 2023
Contribution
$200
Boys Home of Virginia · Covington, VA · 2022
Contribution
$200
Habitat for Humanity · Roanoke, VA · 2022
Contribution
$175
American Red Cross · Richmond, VA · 2023
Contribution
$175
American Red Cross · Richmond, VA · 2022
Contribution
$150
Compassion and Choices · Etna, NH · 2023
Contribution
$150
Salvation Army · Richmond, VA · 2023
Contribution
$150
Compassion and Choices · Etna, NH · 2022
Contribution
$150
Salvation Army · Richmond, VA · 2022
Contribution
$150
Uva Alumni Assoc Annual Fund · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Contribution
$120
Blue Ridge Pbs · Roanoke, VA · 2022
Contribution
$100
Los Rios College Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2025
Contribution
$100
Roanoke College · Salem, VA · 2024
Contribution
$100
Stratford Hall · Stratford, VA · 2024
Contribution
$100
Jamestown - Yorktown Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2023
Contribution
$100
Jefferson Center · Roanoke, VA · 2023
Contribution
$100
Roanoke College · Salem, VA · 2023
Contribution
$100
Southern Poverty Law · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Contribution
$100
Wvtf Music · Roanoke, VA · 2023
Contribution
$100
Carilion Clinic Foundation · Roanoke, VA · 2022
Contribution
$100
Good Neighbors Fund · Roanoke, VA · 2022
Contritubion
$100
Jamestown - Yorktown Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2022
Contribution
$100
Jefferson Center · Roanoke, VA · 2022
Contribution
$100
Roanoke College · Salem, VA · 2022
Contribution
$100
Wvtf Music · Roanoke, VA · 2022
Contribution

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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.