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 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
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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
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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