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Celebrate Great Falls Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Great Falls, VA EIN: 54-1791999 Website

Support local charitable organizations and events

Celebrate Great Falls Foundation at a glance

In short: Celebrate Great Falls Foundation gave $50K across 4 grants in 2025 (avg $12K), mostly in Virginia. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$49,879
+11.6% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
4
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$12,470
+11.6% vs 2024
Median grant
$13,540
Total assets
$759,045
+132.8% 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 Celebrate Great Falls Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 4 recipients in 2025

Great Falls Elementary School: $18KGreat Falls Elementary School$18KForestville Elementary School: $15KForestville Elementary School$15KColvin Run Elementary School: $12KColvin Run Elementary School$12KFriends of Colvin Run Mill: $5KFriends of Colvin Run Mill$5K

The largest 2025 recipient was Great Falls Elementary School ($18K). Together the top 4 received $50K.

Grant Size Distribution

19 grants across all recorded years

19<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 19 grants of 19 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 4 itemized grants.

States

Cities

Great FallsVienna

How Celebrate Great Falls Foundation gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−7%). 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$20K$40K$60K3 grants2019 0 grants2020 3 grants2021 3 grants2022 5 grants2023 4 grants2024 4 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $34K (2021) to $54K (2022). In 2025 it made 4 grants totaling $50K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Great Falls Elementary School Great Falls, VASupport Local Public Schools$17,800
Forestville Elementary School Great Falls, VASupport Local Public Schools$15,421
Colvin Run Elementary School Vienna, VASupport Local Public Schools$11,658
Friends of Colvin Run Mill Great Falls, VASupport Local Historic Site$5,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$759,045$708,188$274,168$49,8794$22,315
2024$326,025$243,493$257,899$44,6794$14,537
2023$339,431$275,131$217,452$51,5925$-3,442
2022$281,752$274,257$221,042$53,5333$1,307
2021$228,537$168,276$181,086$33,5083$9,236
2020$241,347$68,171$58,891———
2019$232,067$193,855$188,866$45,0003$6,258

About Celebrate Great Falls Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Celebrate Great Falls Foundation is a public charity, based in Great Falls, VA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $759K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 4 grants totaling $50K. Net investment income was $22K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Celebrate Great Falls Foundation is led by Jennifer Cleveland, Executive Director on every filing since 2023; none of the 8 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Jennifer Cleveland

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2023

    $48K (2024) → $0 (2025)

  • Kate Simmons Hickey

    President

    Vice President → Co-President, 2022

    Co-President → President, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Beverly Lane

    Director

    President → Co-President, 2022

    Co-President → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Jt Palmer

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    No compensation reported

  • Melissa Whitson

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    No compensation reported

  • Barbara Morehouse

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eamon McCrann

    Vice President

    Director → Vice President, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Frank Pieruccini

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (5)
  • Former: Erin Lobato (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Glynis Canto (2019–2023) — Secretary
  • Former: Piper Ryan (2022) — Executive Director
  • Former: Kathy Matay (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Maria Rennert (2019–2021) — 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

Jennifer Cleveland — Executive Director: $48KJennifer ClevelandExecutive Director$48K

The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $48K, to Jennifer Cleveland (Executive Director).

Frequently asked questions about Celebrate Great Falls Foundation

How much does Celebrate Great Falls Foundation give each year?

Celebrate Great Falls Foundation gave $50K across 4 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $45K across 4 grants.

What is Celebrate Great Falls Foundation's typical grant size?

Celebrate Great Falls Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $13,540, and its average grant was $12,470, across 4 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does Celebrate Great Falls Foundation give grants?

Celebrate Great Falls Foundation gives mostly in Virginia: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Great Falls, VA (3 grants).

Does Celebrate Great Falls Foundation give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 4 grants with a stated purpose on Celebrate Great Falls Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Support Local Public Schools" (3 grants).

How large is Celebrate Great Falls Foundation?

Celebrate Great Falls Foundation reported $759K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $708K.

What is Celebrate Great Falls Foundation's EIN?

Celebrate Great Falls Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 54-1791999. 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

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 10, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 12, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 5, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 3, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 6, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)

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