Thalhimer Family Foundation
Glen Allen, VA · EIN 54-6042097. Reported 234 grants totalling $374,490 to 60 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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. Thalhimer Family 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 $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $200 and $1,000; the smallest was $45 and the largest $48,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Community Federation of Richmond | Richmond, VA | $121,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Faison Center | Richmond, VA | $27,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Massey Cancer Center | Richmond, VA | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Congregation Beth Ahabah | Richmond, VA | $19,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg | Richmond, VA | $16,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Virginia Darden School of Business | Charlottesville, VA | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | Williamsburg, VA | $13,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vmfa Foundation | Richmond, VA | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross Virginia Capital | Richmond, VA | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beth Sholom Home | Richmond, VA | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cullather Brain Tumor Quality of Life Center | Richmond, VA | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives | Richmond, VA | $8,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Byrd Theatre Foundation | Richmond, VA | $7,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Virginia Holocaust Museum | Richmond, VA | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Full Circle Grief Center | Richmond, VA | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Annapolis, MD | $4,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grand Teton National Park Foundation | Jackson, WY | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hanover Tavern Foundation | Hanover, VA | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Historic Richmond Foundation | Richmond, VA | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Joseph's Villa | Richmond, VA | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Valentine | Richmond, VA | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Unos | Richmond, VA | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Virginia Aeronautical Historical Society | Fredericksburg, VA | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wilton House Museum | Richmond, VA | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities | Richmond, VA | $2,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Clery Center | Strafford, PA | $2,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Collegiate School | Richmond, VA | $2,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Idea Stations | Richmond, VA | $2,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Feed More | Richmond, VA | $2,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Swimrva | Richmond, VA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Richmond Symphony | Richmond, VA | $1,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities | Richmond, VA | $1,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sheltering Arms Foundation | Mechanicsville, VA | $1,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mederva Foundation | Richmond, VA | $1,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National D-Day Memorial Foundation | Bedford, VA | $1,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sparc | Richmond, VA | $1,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vcu Pauley Heart Center | Richmond, VA | $1,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Visual Arts Center of Richmond | Richmond, VA | $1,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Smithsonian National Zoo | Washington, DC | $1,350 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Stratford Hall | Stratford, VA | $1,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vpm | Richmond, VA | $1,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arthritis Foundation - Va Chapter | Richmond, VA | $900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jackson Health Foundation | Miami, FL | $900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Parkinson Foundation | Mclean, VA | $900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Virginia Historical Society | Richmond, VA | $900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Associates Ben-Gurion Univ of the Negev | New York, NY | $600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Society for Yad Vashem | New York, NY | $600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Black History Museum | Richmond, VA | $600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Va Chapter | Bethesda, MD | $600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gettysburg Foundation | Gettysburg, PA | $600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Maymont Foundation | Richmond, VA | $600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mcv Foundation | Richmond, VA | $600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Richmond Performing Arts Alliance | Richmond, VA | $600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| USA for Unhcr | Washington, DC | $600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| B'nai B'rith International | Washington, DC | $450 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Jewish Historical Society | New York, NY | $300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Montpelier Foundation | Orange, VA | $300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| US Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation | Washington, DC | $290 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
60 of 60 (100%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 100%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 130 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 58 | $132,000 | $650 |
| 2022 | 58 | $100,800 | $600 |
| 2023 | 59 | $71,345 | $300 |
| 2024 | 59 | $70,345 | $300 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 96% of this one's giving went to organizations in Virginia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 $500. 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 Thalhimer Family 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 6323, Glen Allen, VA, 23058. 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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