Carilion Medical Center
Roanoke, VA · EIN 54-0506332. Reported 128 grants totalling $21.8M to 61 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Carilion Medical Center, the IRS classifies it under health care rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE E20) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 61 distinct organizations, with 69% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
- How much its list changes. 62% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $19,250. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $60,000; the smallest was $6,000 and the largest $6,344,695. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
5 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $1,164,217 in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine | Roanoke, VA | $15.1M | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Southwest Virginia Inc | Roanoke, VA | $1,102,445 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Roanoke Regional Partnership | Roanoke, VA | $700,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Roanoke-Blacksburg Innovation Network | Blacksburg, VA | $525,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Radford University | Radford, VA | $388,429 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United Way of Virginias Blue Ridge | Roanoke, VA | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Virginia Ready Initiative | Alexandria, VA | $312,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Roanoke Cultural Endowment | Roanoke, VA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Virginia Health Care Foundation | Richmond, VA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cardinal Productions | Roanoke, VA | $275,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Carilion Clinic Properties LLC | $258,407 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Childrens Trust Foundation Roanoke Valley Inc | Roanoke, VA | $245,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Child Health Investment Partnership | Roanoke, VA | $211,101 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Virginia Growth and Opportunity Foundation | Richmond, VA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bradley Free Clinic of Roanoke Valley | Roanoke, VA | $118,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rescue Mission of Roanoke Inc | Roanoke, VA | $106,272 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Virginia Chamber Foundation | Richmond, VA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Virginia Business Higher Education Council | Colonial Hgts, VA | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Roanoke Symphony Orchestra | Roanoke, VA | $93,926 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Grandin Theatre Foundation Inc | Roanoke, VA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Family Service of Roanoke Valley | Roanoke, VA | $66,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Local Environmental Agriculture Project Incorporated | Roanoke, VA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | $54,550 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| City of Roanoke | Roanoke, VA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| E3 Endeavors | Roanoke, VA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Science Museum of Western Virginia | Roanoke, VA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Virginia Harm Reduction Coalition | Roanoke, VA | $49,999 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Cancer Society Inc | Atlanta, GA | $46,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Taubman Museum of Art | Roanoke, VA | $46,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Presbyterian Community Center Inc | Roanoke, VA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Commonwealth Catholic Charities | Richmond, VA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Blue Ridge Literacy | Roanoke, VA | $30,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | New York, NY | $29,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Feeding Southwest Virginia | Salem, VA | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood South Atlantic | Raleigh, NC | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Academy of Sciences | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Roanoke Valley Convention and Vis- Itors Bureau | Roanoke, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare Inc | Roanoke, VA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Harrison Museum of African American Culture | Roanoke, VA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Renovation Alliance | Roanoke, VA | $20,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Scott Robertson Memorial Junior Golf Academy | Roanoke, VA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Junior Achievement of Southwest Virginia Inc | Roanoke, VA | $19,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | Baltimore, MD | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Total Action Against Poverty in Roanoke Valley | Roanoke, VA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Virginia Inc | Roanoke, VA | $13,650 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Compress and Shock Foundation | Roanoke, VA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Future of Danville Foundation | Danville, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kuumba Community Health & Wellness Center Inc | Roanoke, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lick Run Community Development | Roanoke, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| One Valley Inc | Roanoke, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Research America | Arlington, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Roanoke Higher Education Center | Roanoke, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Virginia Chamber of Commerce | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Virginia Historical Society | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater Roanoke Transit Company | Roanoke, VA | $9,882 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Opera Roanoke | Roanoke, VA | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Center for Healthcare Leadership | Chicago, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Virginia Foundation for Community College Education | N Chesterfld, VA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aspen Group | Okemos, MI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation | Asheville, NC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Local Office on Aging Inc | Roanoke, VA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
35 of 61 (57%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Roanoke Regional Partnership
Promote economic development - Ronald Mcdonald House Charities Swva
Donated rent prog support - Carilion Clinic Properties LLC
Pediatric Behavioral Health - Radford University
Assoc Provost Health Sciences - Bradley Free Clinic
Behavioral health/language line - Freedom First Enterprises
LIFT Project - Fallon Park Elem School
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 44 of 61 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 26 | $1,625,958 | $15,000 |
| 2021 | 37 | $8,391,615 | $22,000 |
| 2022 | 34 | $5,824,474 | $12,250 |
| 2023 | 31 | $5,933,886 | $15,050 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
99% of its giving went to organizations in Virginia. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available 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 grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $19,250 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Virginia.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Carilion Medical Center's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 29 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 2 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 12385, Roanoke, VA, 24025.
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