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Historic Richmond Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Richmond, VA EIN: 54-6026404 Website

To shape the future of richmond by preserving our diverse historic buildings, neighborhoods, and places, sparking revitalization, and championing our distinctive architectural legacy.

Historic Richmond Foundation at a glance

Total assets
$18,489,160
+10.0% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$1,386,968
+31.1% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$526,214
+34.1% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$1,169,561
+19.4% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

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

How to apply to Historic Richmond Foundation

Who Historic Richmond Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

3 grants across all recorded years

3<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 3 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

RichmondCharles City

How Historic Richmond Foundation gives

  • Giving fell 86% from 2020 to 2023. 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$25K$50K$75K$100KTotal only2019 3 grants2020 0 grants2021 2 grants2022 1 grant2023 Total only2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $1K (2024) to $90K (2020). In 2024 it reported $1K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
E&E Properties LLC Richmond, VAFacade Restoration at 620 N 25TH St$12,500
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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$18,489,160$1,386,968$1,169,561——$526,214
2024$16,802,506$1,058,328$979,236$1,000Total only$392,523
2023$15,518,494$1,117,723$956,211$12,5001$580,090
2022$14,144,510$999,096$894,579$37,5002$-44,255
2021$15,495,692$1,237,594$698,579——$456,738
2020$13,867,061$815,245$861,143$90,0003$92,026
2019$12,802,179$1,047,731$777,816$1,200Total only$375,458

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Historic Richmond Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Historic Richmond Foundation is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Richmond, VA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $18.5M in total assets. Net investment income was $526K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Historic Richmond Foundation is led by Cyane B. Crump, Executive Director on every filing since 2019; 1 of 26 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Cyane B. Crump

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $147K (2019) → $210K (2025)

  • Julie Weissend

    President

    2nd Vice President → Vice President, 2023

    Vice President → President, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ben Thompson

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cn Jenkins Jr.

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David H. Hallock Jr.

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David I. Meyers

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Douglas J. Hanson

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jonathan H. Bliley

    Treasurer

    Board Member → Assistant Treasurer, 2021

    Assistant Treasurer → Treasurer, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Martha A. Warthen

    Board Member

    1st Vice President → President, 2023

    President → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert A. Vallejo

    Board Member

    Treasurer → Board Member, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sean M. Beard

    Board Member

    Board Member → Secretary, 2021

    Secretary → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steve Williams

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jess Ellington

    Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joseph K. Reid III

    Vice President

    Board Member → Assistant Secretary, 2023

    Assistant Secretary → Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • James Hill

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lexi Cleveland

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Janis Allen

    Secretary

    Board Member → Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Zarina Fazaldin

    Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Austin Jones

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Charles D. Piper

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Coleen Butler Rodriguez

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dorothea Martin

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Laura Battaglia

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marshall French

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Staci A. Phillips

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Leslie Stack

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (22)
  • Former: Garnett Hamerman (2023–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Matthias Kaseorg (2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Gregory H. Ray (2019–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Harold J. Williams III (2019–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Robert E. Comet (2019–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Todd Flowers (2019–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Deborah Brooks (2022–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Graham Sheridan (2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Susan Startt Fisher (2019–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Pam Zell (2021–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Helen Vu (2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Andrew K. Clark (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Betty M. Fahed (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: R. Scott Ukrop (2019–2021) — 2nd Vice President
  • Former: William S. Tate (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Karin Walker (2020–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Amelia Paulie (2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Sarah Jane Wyatt (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Erin Rowe (2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Abbe Little (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Allison Woodward (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Harry A. Turton Jr. (2019) — Board Member

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 2025 IRS filing

Cyane Crump — Executive Director: $210KCyane CrumpExecutive Director$210K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $210K, to Cyane Crump (Executive Director).

Frequently asked questions about Historic Richmond Foundation

How large is Historic Richmond Foundation?

Historic Richmond Foundation reported $18.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.4M.

What is Historic Richmond Foundation?

Historic Richmond Foundation is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Richmond, VA. It holds $18.5M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Historic Richmond Foundation operate?

Historic Richmond Foundation has awarded grants in Virginia.

What is Historic Richmond Foundation's EIN?

Historic Richmond Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 54-6026404. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated October 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 2020 (received by the IRS July 21, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 14, 2023)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 24, 2024)
  4. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 24, 2020)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 24, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 17, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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