Organization · EIN 54-6001756 · Harrisonburg, VA

Who funds James Madison University?

36 private foundations reported paying James Madison University $354,710 on returns for tax year 2023.

36 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 36

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Town Foundation
Norfolk, VA · Preselected only
$56,000 SCHOLARSHIPS Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
Richmond, VA
$35,000 SUPPORT FOR THE 2024 RENEWABLE ENERGY CHALLENGES IN VIRGINIA Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Hattie M Strong Foundation
Springfield, VA · Preselected only
$30,000 SIX (6) $5,000 SCHOLARSHIPS Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 08/2024
The Robert Hopkins and Lorraine Warren Strickler Foundation
Penn Laird, VA · Preselected only
$29,400 To provide support for the "Valley Scholars - Scholarship Fund" program Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Enterprise Holdings Foundation
Saint Louis, MO
$25,000 Program Support Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 07/2024
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Flint, MI
$25,000 To support a statewide afterschool network to ensure the availability and expansion of school-linked quality afterschool and summer learnin… Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Estes Foundation
Conshohocken, PA · Preselected only
$15,000 GENERAL Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Hughes Memorial Home
Danville, VA
$12,500 EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS TO DESERVING STUDENTS Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
Abdolhossein and Guitty Ejtemai Foundation
Vienna, VA · Preselected only
$10,250 UNRESTRICTED GIFT Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
The Neall Family Charitable Foundation
Fairfax, VA · Preselected only
$10,000 GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
Wise Foundation
Marshall, VA · Preselected only
$10,000 EDUCATION - GENERAL OPERATING FUND Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Carr Family Foundation
Staunton, VA · Preselected only
$10,000 EDUCATION PROMOTION Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Simpson Family Foundation
Windermere, FL · Preselected only
$10,000 SCHOLARSHIP TO PROMOTE CONTINUING ED Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Harper Family Foundation
Great Falls, VA · Preselected only
$7,500 FOR ASSISTANCE Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 09/2024
The Nettie L and Charles L Wiley Foundation
Irvington, VA
$7,000 SCHOLARSHIPS Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Reeves Sophia K Uw Skr Foundation
Pittsburgh, PA · Preselected only
$6,649 SCHOLARSHIPS Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
Verizon Foundation
Basking Ridge, NJ · Preselected only
$5,000 OTHER CIVIC / COMMUNITY Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation
Richmond, VA
$5,000 SUPPORT VALLEY SCHOLARS PROGRAM Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Richard & Leslie Gilliam Foundation
Charlottesville, VA · Preselected only
$5,000 EDUCATION Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Thomas W and Lolita Gayle Scholarship Fund
Dallas, TX
$5,000 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 04/2024

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like James Madison University

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with James Madison University, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $194K to them
  2. Citizens Charitable Foundation Johnston, RI
    Paid 7 of the 25 closest peers · $24.7K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  3. Watson-Brown Foundation Thomson, GA
    Paid 5 of the 25 closest peers · $62.7K to them
  4. Fidelity Foundation Boston, MA
    Paid 4 of the 25 closest peers · $36.4K to them
  5. Annie E Casey Foundation Baltimore, MD
    Paid 7 of the 25 closest peers · $1.24M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  6. American Express Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 5 of the 25 closest peers · $9,916 to them
  7. Noland Foundation Norfolk, VA
    Paid 4 of the 25 closest peers · $44K to them
  8. The Harrison Foundation Manakinsabot, VA
    Paid 6 of the 25 closest peers · $235K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Liberty University Lynchburg, VA
    7 shared funders · 73 funders in all
  2. Shenandoah University Winchester, VA
    4 shared funders · 31 funders in all
  3. Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Verona, VA
    5 shared funders · 75 funders in all
  4. Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA
    4 shared funders · 103 funders in all
  5. Emory & Henry University Emory, VA
    5 shared funders · 29 funders in all
  6. Bridgewater College Bridgewater, VA
    5 shared funders · 24 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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