Funding search · EIN 541393561 · Charlottesville, VA

The Genan 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.

261
grants reported
$19.5M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Piedmont Housing Alliance6 grants · $1.1M
  • The Nature Conservancy in Virginia6 grants · $835,300
  • Albemarle Housing Improvement Program4 grants · $767,000
  • Mountain Empire Community College Foundation3 grants · $750,000
  • Miller Center Foundation2 grants · $750,000
  • Appalachian Sustainable Development4 grants · $720,000
  • University of Virginia School of Medicine5 grants · $700,000
  • Pvcc Educational Foundation4 grants · $652,000
  • Virginia Highlands Community College Educational Foundation3 grants · $600,000
  • United Way of Southwest Virginia5 grants · $555,000

Giving over time

$5.0M
2022
$6.4M
2023
$8.1M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 261 grants.

  • $500,000

    Appalachian Sustainable Development · Duffield, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $500,000

    Blue Ridge Public Television · Roanoke, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $375,000

    Miller Center Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $375,000

    Miller Center Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    Obama oral history project, 4 of 6

  • $350,000

    The Nature Conservancy in Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $333,000

    Albemarle Housing Improvement Program · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    Emergency repair and rehabilitation, 2 of 3

  • $300,000

    Endless Opportunity (Eo) · Abingdon, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $271,265

    United Way of Greater Charlottesville · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $250,000

    Mountain Empire Community College Foundation · Big Stone Gap, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $250,000

    Piedmont Housing Alliance · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $250,000

    Pvcc Educational Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $250,000

    Mountain Empire Community College Foundation · Big Stone Gap, VA · 2023

    Mecc promise program endowment, 2 of 3

  • $250,000

    Piedmont Housing Alliance · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    Friendship court early learning center, 2 of 2

  • $250,000

    Preservation Virginia · Richmond, VA · 2023

    Restoration of bacon's castle

  • $250,000

    Mountain Empire Community College Foundation · Big Stone Gap, VA · 2022

    Mecc promise program endowment, 1 of 3

  • $250,000

    Piedmont Housing Alliance · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    Friendship court early learning center, 2 of 2

  • $250,000

    Piedmont Housing Alliance · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    Friendship court early learning center, 1 of 2

  • $250,000

    Virginia Museum of History and Culture · Richmond, VA · 2022

    Museum renovation and expansion, 3 of 3

  • $234,136

    Mission Dental Virginia · Bristol, VA · 2023

    Dental center phase ii renovations

  • $234,000

    Albemarle Housing Improvement Program · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $230,000

    US National Whitewater Center · Charlotte, NC · 2024

    Program support

  • $224,000

    Horizon Health Services · Ivor, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $200,000

    Appalachian Voices · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $200,000

    University of Virginia School of Medicine · Boone, IA · 2024

    Program support

  • $200,000

    Virginia Highlands Community College Educational Foundation · Abingdon, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $200,000

    University of Virginia School of Medicine · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    Clinical care for epilepsy patients, 1 of 5

  • $200,000

    Virginia Highlands Community College Educational Foundation · Abingdon, VA · 2023

    Advanced tech and workforce center, 2 of 3

  • $200,000

    James River Association · Richmond, VA · 2022

    Lower james river center

  • $200,000

    Virginia Highlands Community College Educational Foundation · Abingdon, VA · 2022

    Advanced tech and workforce center, 1 of 3

  • $180,000

    Appalachian Sustainable Development · Duffield, VA · 2022

    Purchase of 17.65 acres for new headquarters

  • $175,000

    The Women'S Initiative · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    Operating support

  • $175,000

    Dickenson County Industrial Development Authority · Clintwood, VA · 2023

    Addiction recovery care center in sw virginia

  • $160,300

    The Nature Conservancy in Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $151,000

    Pvcc Educational Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    Network2work staff support

  • $151,000

    Pvcc Educational Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    Network2work support funds

  • $150,000

    American Red Cross · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $150,000

    On Our Own of Charlottesville · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    Operating support

  • $150,000

    American Red Cross · Roanoke, VA · 2023

    Disaster relief and financial assistance

  • $150,000

    Fairview Housing Management Corp · Johnson City, TN · 2023

    Mended women lifestyle recovery

  • $150,000

    The College Foundation of the University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    Starr hill pathways

  • $141,817

    Bristol Virginia Public Schools Education Foundation · Bristol, VA · 2023

    Bearcat paws learning lab

  • $140,000

    Feeding Southwest Virginia · Salem, VA · 2023

    Abingdon mobile marketplace

  • $134,000

    Preservation Virginia · Richmond, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $125,000

    Jefferson Area Board for Aging (Jaba) · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    Operating support

  • $125,000

    The Nature Conservancy in Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $125,000

    United Way of Southwest Virginia · Abingdon, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $125,000

    Feeding Southwest Virginia · Salem, VA · 2022

    Abingdon mobile marketplace

  • $120,000

    Piedmont Family Ymca · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $120,000

    Readykids · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    Support mental health services for children

  • $117,000

    Surry County · Surry, VA · 2023

    Restoration of rosenwald school

  • $113,258

    Sw Virginia Community College Educational Foundation · Richlands, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $110,300

    Bristol Virginia Public Schools Education Foundation · Bristol, VA · 2022

    Bearcat paws learning lab

  • $110,000

    United Way of Southwest Virginia · Abingdon, VA · 2023

    Matching childcare program, 2 of 2

  • $110,000

    United Way of Southwest Virginia · Abingdon, VA · 2022

    Hurley long-term recovery group

  • $110,000

    United Way of Southwest Virginia · Abingdon, VA · 2022

    Employer match childcare program, 1 of 2

  • $109,630

    Sw Virginia Community College Educational Foundation · Richlands, VA · 2023

    Great expectations program, 1 of 3

  • $108,610

    Ballad Health Foundation · Johnson City, TN · 2023

    Certified peer recovery specialist program, 3 of 3

  • $106,722

    Ballad Health Foundation · Johnson City, TN · 2022

    Certified reer recovery specialist program, 2 of 3

  • $100,000

    Albemarle Housing Improvement Program · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $100,000

    Cardinal Productions · Roanoke, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $100,000

    Communities in Schools of Appalachian Highlands · Bristol, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $100,000

    Sw Virginia Community College Educational Foundation · Richlands, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $100,000

    University of Virginia School of Medicine · Boone, IA · 2024

    Program support

  • $100,000

    Appalachian Voices · Boone, NC · 2023

    Southwest virginia project implementation

  • $100,000

    Blue Ridge Area Food Bank · Verona, VA · 2023

    Grant for building expansion

  • $100,000

    Cardinal Productions · Roanoke, VA · 2023

    Bristol reporter, 2 of 3

  • $100,000

    Communities in School of Appalachian Highlands · Bristol, VA · 2023

    Support programming in bristol & washington county, 1 of 3

  • $100,000

    Horizon Health Services · Ivor, VA · 2023

    Renovation of surry medical center

  • $100,000

    Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    Operating funds for virginia programs

  • $100,000

    Sw Virginia Community College Educational Foundation · Richlands, VA · 2023

    Honors program, 1 of 3

  • $100,000

    University of Virginia School of Medicine · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    Clinical research fellow for swva, 2 of 5

  • $100,000

    Albemarle Housing Improvement Program · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    Emergency repair and rehabilitation, 1 of 3

  • $100,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Central Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    Grant towards new albemarle campus club

  • $100,000

    Cardinal Productions · Roanoke, VA · 2022

    Bristol reporter, 1 of 3

  • $100,000

    Feeding Southwest Virginia · Salem, VA · 2022

    Abingdon mobile marketplace

  • $100,000

    Network2work USA · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    Technology platform upgrade, 2 of 2

  • $100,000

    Pvcc Educational Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    Network2work technology upgrade, 1 of 2

  • $100,000

    The Nature Conservancy in Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    Cumberland forest community fund

  • $100,000

    United Way of Southwest Virginia · Abingdon, VA · 2022

    Buchanan county long-trem recovery fund

  • $100,000

    University of Virginia School of Medicine · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    Uva department of neurology, 1 of 5

  • $85,000

    Blue Ridge Area Food Bank · Verona, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $85,000

    The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    Grants for improvements to new location

  • $82,000

    Preservation Virginia · Richmond, VA · 2023

    Smith's fort preservation and interpretive programming, 1 of 2

  • $80,000

    The College Foundation of the University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    Starr hill pathways

  • $75,000

    Blue Ridge Discovery Center · Troutdale, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $75,000

    Center for Nonprofit Excellence · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $75,000

    City of Promise · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $75,000

    The Fountain Fund · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    Program support

  • $75,000

    Blue Ridge Area Food Bank · Verona, VA · 2023

    Agency capacity fund

  • $75,000

    Center for Nonprofit Excellence · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    Support expansion of programs statewide

  • $75,000

    Jefferson Area Board for Aging · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    Community senior centers, 3 of 3

  • $75,000

    Piedmont Environmental Council · Warrenton, VA · 2023

    Biscuit run park bridge study

  • $75,000

    The Foundation Fund · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    Support charlottesville program manager

  • $75,000

    The Nature Conservancy in Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    Grant towards purchase of breeding property

  • $75,000

    The Women'S Initiative · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    General operating funds

  • $75,000

    American Red Cross · Roanoke, VA · 2022

    Disaster relief for sw virginia

  • $75,000

    American Red Cross · Roanoke, VA · 2022

    Financial assistance for sw virginia

  • $75,000

    Blue Ridge Area Food Bank · Verona, VA · 2022

    Agency capacity fund

  • $75,000

    Jefferson Area Board for Aging · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    Community senior centers, 2 of 3

  • $70,000

    Russell County Government · Lebanon, VA · 2023

    Dante steam building project

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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.