C E Richardson Benevolent Foundation
Pulaski, VA · EIN 51-0227549. Reported 72 grants totalling $453,645 to 63 organizations across tax years 2022-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. C E Richardson Benevolent Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $4,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $25,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulaski Adult Day Service & Fall Prevention Center Inc | Dublin, VA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New River Comm Coll Ed Found | Dublin, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New River Community College Educational Foundations Inc | Dublin, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New River Valley Senior Services Inc | Pulaski, VA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Town of Pulaski Pulaski Volunteer Fire Department | Pulaski, VA | $16,834 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges | Richmond, VA | $16,055 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American National Red Cross | Roanoke, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dublin United Methodist Church | Dublin, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Emergency Needs Task Force of Pulaski County | Pulaski, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Feeding Southwest Virginia | Salem, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Blacksburg, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jordans Chapel Feed My Lambs | Draper, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Newbern Village Center Incorporated | Dublin, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southwest Virginia Veterans Cemetery Volunteers Inc | Blacksburg, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Town of Dublin Volunteer Fire Department | Dublin, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Virginia Tech Foundation Inc | Pulaski, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Pulaski County Inc | Pulaski, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Childrens Assistive Technology Ser | Moneta, VA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Newbern Volunteer Fire Department | Newbern, VA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys Scouts of America Dba Blue Ridge Mountains Council | Roanoke, VA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Radford University Foundation Inc | Radford, VA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pulaski Daily Bread Inc | Pulaski, VA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fine Arts Center for the New River Vallley Inc | Pulaski, VA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pulaski County High School Choral Dept | Dublin, VA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Womens Resource Center of the New R | Radford, VA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Young Life | Radford, VA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fairlawn Volunteer Fire Department | Fairlawn, VA | $5,978 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fine Arts Center for the New River Inc | Pulaski, VA | $5,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Free Clinic of Pulaski County Inc | Pulaski, VA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lutheran Family Services of Va | Roanoke, VA | $5,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Calfee Community and Cultural Cen | Pulaski, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Childrens Assistive Technology Service | Moneta, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Depaul Community Resources | Christiansburg, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Easter Seals Ucp Nc and Va Inc | Roanoke, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Easter Seals Ucp North Carolina and Virginia Inc | Salem, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New River Com Act to Our House | Radford, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New River Community Action Inc to Our House | Radford, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New River Historical Society | Newbern, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pulaski County Board of Supervisors Pulaski County Library | Pulaski, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pulaski County Christmas Store Inc | Pulaski, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pulaski County Courthouses Exhibits Committee | Pulaski, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pulaski County School Board Dublin Elementary Fifth Grade | Dublin, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Special Olympics Virginia Inc | Richmond, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Warm Hearth Foundation Inc | Blacksburg, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Refuge Pulaski Inc | Pulaski, VA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New River Valley Child Advocacy | Christiansburg, VA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| T G Howard Community Center Inc | Pulaski, VA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Instill Mindfulness | Pulaski, VA | $3,992 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Belview Chuch Inc Helping Hands Ministry | Radford, VA | $3,236 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Heritage Church -- Heritage Cares Food Pantry | Dublin, VA | $3,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Childrens Trust Foundation Roanoke Valley Inc | Roanoke, VA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Heritage Churchheritage Cares Fo | Dublin, VA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New River Family Shelter Inc | Blacksburg, VA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Calfee Community and Cultural Center Inc | Pulaski, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Literacy Volunteers of the New Rive | Christiansburg, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pulaski County School Board H S Choral Dept | Dublin, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Joy Ranch Inc | Woodlawn, VA | $2,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Peak Creek Inc | Pulaski, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hollins University | Roanoke, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Literacy Volunteers of the New River Valley | Christiansburg, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New River Comm Action Inc Home to Stay | Radford, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pulaski County for the 27TH District Court Service | Pulaski, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pulaski County for the 27TH District Court Service Unit Department of Juven | Pulaski, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
5 of 63 (8%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 55%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- New River Comm Coll Ed Found
To provide tuition assistance to graduating Pulaski County High School students attending New River Community College. - New River Community College Educational Foundations Inc
Provide tuition assistance to graduating Pulaski County High School students attending New River Community College - New River Valley Senior Services Inc
Grant will be used to provide the residents of the New River Valley with non-emergency medical transportation. The target population is individuals with no other transportation options uninsured or underinsured and those who cannot access public transportation. - Pulaski Adult Day Service & Fall Prevention Center Inc
Grant will be used to purchase food for older adults attending the Adult Day Service. - American National Red Cross
To provide fundamental emergency services: direct cash assistance for families to identify their most urgent needs securing food and preventing immediate homelessness by providing lodging for the family whose home burned down; providing cleanup supplies to families whose basement flooded; providing immediate psychological care and comfort and new toys to children and installing smoke alarms. - Dublin United Methodist Church
To help fund the purchase of food for the Backpack Program which benefits approximately 130 children at Dublin Elementary School. The backpacks are distributed weekly.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 23 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17 | $101,650 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 5 | $35,495 | $6,800 |
| 2024 | 50 | $316,500 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Virginia.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from C E Richardson Benevolent Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 1120, Pulaski, VA, 24301. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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