Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless

Public charity · Grantmaker Charlottesville, VA EIN: 26-4577927

The Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless (BRACH) aims to make homelessness rare, brief and nonrecurring. We collaborate with communities and work to reduce homelessness by initiating creative solutions and coordinating regional resources and services.

Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless at a glance

In short: Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless gave $638K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $319K), mostly in Virginia. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$637,711
-14.3% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
2
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$318,856
-14.3% vs 2024
Median grant
$318,856
Total assets
$353,758
+115.5% vs 2024
Primary geography
Virginia (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

The Haven at First & Market: $558KThe Haven at First & Market$558KPacem: $80KPacem$80K

The largest 2025 recipient was The Haven at First & Market ($558K). Together the top 2 received $638K.

Grant Size Distribution

10 grants across all recorded years

<$50K3$50–100K2$100–250K$250–500K4$500K–1M1$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $500K–1M range: 4 grants of 10 (40%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

States

Cities

Charlottesville

How Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless gives

  • Giving fell 44% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$500K$1M$1.5M2 grants2019 1 grant2020 2 grants2021 2 grants2022 2 grants2023 2 grants2024 2 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $616K (2019) to $1.1M (2022). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $638K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
The Haven at First & Market Charlottesville, VAHomeless Assistance$557,711
Pacem Charlottesville, VAHomeless Assistance$80,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrants
2025$353,758$1,164,083$1,040,222$637,7112
2024$164,138$1,044,674$1,210,769$744,2202
2023$191,383$2,289,409$2,575,673$799,5992
2022$477,809$3,351,452$3,130,136$1,136,6152
2021$256,784$2,400,570$2,337,822$780,0132
2020$211,301$1,099,468$1,056,115$841,8141
2019$274,300$949,025$846,811$615,7662

About Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless

Based on IRS filings

Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Charlottesville, VA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $354K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $638K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless is led by Cameron Moore, Chair on every filing since 2022; none of the 9 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Cameron Moore

    Chair

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Anthony Haro

    Director

    Executive Di → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    $69K (2019) → $0 (2025)

  • Paul Martin

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jean Knorr

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Misty Graves

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Alice Micklem

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nichele Carver

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Shayla Washington

    Executive Di

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $56K (2024) → $0 (2025)

  • Taylor Harvey-Ryan

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (23)
  • Former: Kaki Dimock (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Cheryl Winston (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Sam Spencer (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Virginia Leavell (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Zoe Parakuo (2024) — Director
  • Former: Marny Bentley (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Cyndi Richardson (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Ed Bain (2019–2021) — Treasurer
  • Former: Janette Kawachi (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Marcia Becker (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Mohan Nadkarni (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Phyllis Savides (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Rebecca Schmidt (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Ron White (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Sue Moffett (2019–2021) — Chair
  • Former: Tom McQueeney (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Mike Murphy (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Paul Kent (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Rob Hull (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Sharon Root (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Stephen Hitchcock (2020–2021) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Claudette Greene (2019) — Director
  • Former: Russ Manley (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2024 IRS filing

Shayla Washington — Executive Di: $56KShayla WashingtonExecutive Di$56K

The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $56K, to Shayla Washington (Executive Di).

Frequently asked questions about Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless

How much does Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless give each year?

Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless gave $638K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $744K across 2 grants.

How large is Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless?

Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless reported $354K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.2M.

What is Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless?

Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Charlottesville, VA. It holds $354K in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless operate?

Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless has awarded grants in Virginia.

What is Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless's EIN?

Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 26-4577927. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS September 23, 2025)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 15, 2020)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS September 26, 2024)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS September 26, 2024)

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