Funding search · EIN 541875279 · Radnor, PA

Parker Carson 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.

93
grants reported
$599,000
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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  • Weta3 grants · $75,000
  • Montessori De Terra Linda3 grants · $70,000
  • Southern Environmental Law Center4 grants · $40,000
  • Allegheny Blue Ridge Alliance4 grants · $38,000
  • Virginia Public Media3 grants · $30,000
  • Sabot School at Stony Point1 grant · $30,000
  • Sabot at Stony Point1 grant · $26,000
  • University of Tennessee Foundation2 grants · $26,000
  • Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund3 grants · $24,000
  • Vcu Foundation4 grants · $22,000

Giving over time

$114,500
2022
$156,000
2023
$158,500
2024
$170,000
2025

Grant history

All 93 reported grants, largest first.

  • $30,000

    Sabot School at Stony Point · Richmond, VA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $26,000

    Sabot at Stony Point · Richmond, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    Montessori De Terra Linda · San Rafael, CA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    Weta · Arlington, VA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    Montessori De Terra Linda · San Rafael, CA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    Weta · Arlington, VA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    Weta · Arlington, VA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $20,000

    Montessori De Terra Linda · San Rafael, CA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $15,000

    University of Tennessee Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2025

    General purposes

  • $11,000

    University of Tennessee Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Brennan Center for Justice · Washington, DC · 2025

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Virginia Museum of Fine Arts · Richmond, VA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Virginia Public Media · Richmond, VA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Allegheny Blue Ridge Alliance · Monterey, VA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Virginia Public Media · Richmond, VA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Allegheny Blue Ridge Alliance · Monterey, VA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Virginia Public Media · Richmond, VA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Allegheny Blue Ridge Alliance · Monterey, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Virgina Public Media · Richmond, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $8,000

    Allegheny Blue Ridge Alliance · Monterey, VA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $8,000

    Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $8,000

    Vcu Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $6,500

    Child Care & Learning Center · Washington, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $6,500

    Fauquier Free Clinic · Warrenton, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $6,000

    Anna Julia Cooper School · Richmond, VA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $6,000

    Vcu Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $6,000

    Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $6,000

    Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Bay Area Discovery Museum · Sausalito, CA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Collegiate School · Richmond, VA · 2025

    The penny and billy peebles endowment for faculty and staff

  • $5,000

    Nature Conservancy of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    The Cottage School · Roswell, GA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Vcu Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Virginia Public Access Project · Richmond, VA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Bay Area Discovery Museum · Sausalito, CA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Housing Families First · Richmond, VA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Nature Conservancy of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    The Cottage School · Roswell, GA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    The League of Women Voters · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Virginia Museum of Fine Arts · Richmond, VA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Virginia Public Access Project · Richmond, VA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Bay Area Discovery Museum · Sausalito, CA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Nature Conservancy of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    The League of Women Voters · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Virginia Public Access Project · Richmond, VA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Nature Conservancy of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    The League of Women Voters · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    The News Literacy Project · Washington Dc, DC · 2022

    General purposes

  • $3,000

    The League of Women Voters · Washington, DC · 2025

    General purposes

  • $3,000

    Vcu Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Health Brigade · Richmond, VA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Virginia Center for the Creative Arts · Amherst, VA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement · Kepolei, HI · 2024

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Hollins University · Roanoke, VA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Virginia Center for the Creative Arts · Amherst, VA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Brennan Center for Justice · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2023

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement · Kepolei, HI · 2023

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Gwen Ifill Fund for Journalism Excellence · Arlington, VA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Hollins University · Roanoke, VA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Virginia Museum of Fine Arts · Richmond, VA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Project Yoga Richmond · Richmond, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $2,000

    Gwen Ifill Fund for Journalism Excellence · Arlington, VA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $2,000

    Hollins University · Roanoke, VA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $2,000

    Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples · McKinleyville, CA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $2,000

    Virginia Community University · Richmond, VA · 2024

    Massey comprehensive cancer center

  • $2,000

    Richmond Strikers Soccer Club · Glen Allen, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $1,000

    Brown University · Providence, RI · 2025

    Scholarship fund

  • $1,000

    Brennan Center for Justice · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purposes

  • $1,000

    Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024

    Scholarship fund

  • $1,000

    Collegiate School · Richmond, VA · 2024

    The penny and billy peebles endowment for faculty and staff

  • $1,000

    Gwen Ifill Fund for Journalism Excellence · Arlington, VA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $1,000

    The Carson McCullers Center · Columbus, GA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $1,000

    Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023

    Scholarship fund

  • $1,000

    Capital Region Land Conservancy · Richmond, VA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $1,000

    Brown University · Providence, RI · 2022

    Scholarship fund

  • $1,000

    Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2022

    General purposes

  • $1,000

    Gwen Ifill Fund for Journalism Excellence · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $1,000

    Headwaters Foundation · Washington, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $1,000

    Hollins University · Roanoke, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $1,000

    John McCartin Fund · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $1,000

    Rapp Center for Education · Sperryville, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $1,000

    Rappahannock Food Pantry · Sperryville, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $1,000

    Sperryville Community Alliance · Sperryville, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $1,000

    Sperryville Volunteer Fire Dept · Sperryville, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $1,000

    Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad · Sperryville, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $1,000

    Virginia Museum of Fine Arts · Richmond, VA · 2022

    General purposes

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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.