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The Williamsburg Christadelphian

Private foundation · Grantmaker Villas, NJ EIN: 51-0211853 Website

The Williamsburg Christadelphian is a private foundation based in Villas, New Jersey. Its 2025 filing describes direct charitable activities that include religious teaching and youth programs for Christadelphian churches, refugee assistance and humanitarian aid, and support for volunteer missionaries.

Key facts about The Williamsburg Christadelphian

In short: The Williamsburg Christadelphian gave $1.4M across 50 grants in 2025 (avg $29K), top state Virginia. 63% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

EIN
51-0211853
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$1,429,039
Grants made (2025)
50
Average grant
$28,581
Median grant
$700
New grantees (estimate)
63% first-time grantees (31 of 49, 2025)
Total assets
$2,168,554
Primary geography
Virginia (1% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
How to apply
Submit a written request to the organization. Full details ↓
Deadline
Ongoing submissions accepted.

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology). Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990-PF · View filing

Total Assets

$2.2M

+16.6% YoY

Annual Giving

$1.4M

+19.3% YoY

Grant Count

50

-21.9% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$29K

+52.7% YoY

Is The Williamsburg Christadelphian open to new grantees?

63%

first-time grantees, 2025

In 2025, 31 of 49 grantees (63%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $2K; repeat grants $76K. How we count

Medians: $293 first-time, $59K repeat.

  • 33% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+19%). Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.

Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.

Mission & Focus Areas

The foundation’s 2025 filing reports developing and producing religious teaching, faith-building, and youth activity programs—including seminars, video and online classes, music presentations, and youth internships—for Christadelphian churches in North America, Asia, and Africa. It also reports refugee assistance and humanitarian aid for Christadelphian members in North America, Turkey, Jamaica, the UK, and Kenya, and assistance with travel and other expenses for volunteer missionaries working in South Africa, Jamaica, Cambodia, Thailand, and North America.

The foundation’s website presents additional project opportunities through “Rise Up and Share,” including support for water tanks and children’s Sunday School events in South East Asia, dental care for children there, newcomer families in North America, RVA Light in Richmond, Virginia, and the PEACE Project in Haiti.

Grantmaking

In 2025, the foundation reported 50 grants totaling $1,429,039. Grant amounts ranged from $100 to $257,985, with a median of $700. Among the largest listed grants were $257,985 to Nguyen Thi Phung Treasurer Vietnam for missionary work and humanitarian aid; $181,740 to Cuddle Trust for missionary work and humanitarian aid; $149,000 to Christadelphian Shunem Home UK for humanitarian aid in India; and $126,576 to India Child Nutrition Programme for humanitarian aid in India.

The 2025 filing states that giving is not restricted to preselected organizations. It says a written request should be submitted to the organization and that awards are at its discretion.

Review Cycle

Ongoing submissions accepted.

How to Apply

Submit a written request to the organization. Awards are at the organization’s discretion.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

The foundation’s 2025 filing identifies direct charitable activity in North America, Turkey, Jamaica, the UK, Kenya, South Africa, Cambodia, and Thailand. Listed 2025 grants also included purposes tied to India, the Philippines, and Pakistan, among other locations. Its website’s current initiative describes projects in South East Asia, the Philippines, North America, Haiti, and Richmond, Virginia.

Grant Distribution by State

28states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 50 itemized grants.

Cities

RichmondBloomingtonEastlakeWest Palm BeachWoodstockMarshfieldSemi ValleyAttleboroGoffstownHonesdalePhoenixSouth Ozone ParkThree RiversBaltimoreCanyon CountryCataumetChestertonEast StroudsburgGlendaleGreenbriar

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$500K$1M$1.5M$2M42 grants2019 53 grants2020 56 grants2021 53 grants2022 77 grants2023 64 grants2024 50 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $959K (2019) to $1.7M (2021). In 2025 it made 50 grants totaling $1.4M.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2025

Nguyen THI Phung Treasurer Vietnam: $258KNguyen THI Phung TreasurerVietnam$258KCuddle Trust: $182KCuddle Trust$182KChristadelphian Shunem Home UK: $149KChristadelphian Shunem Home UK$149KIndia Child Nutrition Programme: $127KIndia Child NutritionProgramme$127KCopt: $123KCopt$123KSociety for Rural Development New F: $112KSociety for Rural DevelopmentNew F$112KJohn Elton Acbm Philipines Coordin: $111KJohn Elton Acbm PhilipinesCoordin$111KCambodia BEC 8437 ABA Ltd Account: $109KCambodia BEC 8437 ABA LtdAccount$109KChristadelphian Indian Rehabilitati: $79KChristadelphian IndianRehabilitati$79KAcbm Queensland Victoria: $40KAcbm Queensland Victoria$40K

The largest 2025 recipient was Nguyen THI Phung Treasurer Vietnam ($258K). Together the top 10 received $1.3M.

Organizations only. It also paid 1 individual scholarship ($1,300), which are not listed by name.

Grant Size Distribution

300 grants across all recorded years

255<$50K20$50–100K21$100–250K4$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 255 grants of 300 (85%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Nguyen THI Phung Treasurer Vietnam Missionary Work and Humanitarian Aid$257,985
Cuddle Trust Missionary Work and Humanitarian Aid$181,740
Christadelphian Shunem Home UK Humanitarian Aid in India$149,000
India Child Nutrition Programme Humanitarian Aid in India$126,576
Copt Missionary Work and Humanitarian Aid$122,500
Society for Rural Development New F Humanitarian Aid in India$111,710
John Elton Acbm Philipines Coordin Missionary Work and Humanitarian Aid$111,000
Cambodia BEC 8437 ABA Ltd Account Missionary Work in Cambodia$108,500
Christadelphian Indian Rehabilitati Humanitarian Aid in India$78,821
Acbm Queensland Victoria Support Bible Schools and Local Chur$39,700

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Filing year Assets Revenue Expenses Grants
2025 $2,168,554 $2,199,155 $1,890,902 $1,429,039
2024 $1,860,351 $1,146,108 $1,646,440 $1,197,910
2023 $2,360,633 $2,091,925 $1,683,713 $1,215,805
Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$1M$2M$3M$4M2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$2,168,554$1,860,351$2,360,633
Revenue$2,199,155$1,146,108$2,091,925
Expenses$1,890,902$1,646,440$1,683,713
Qualifying Distributions$1,890,902$1,646,440$1,683,713
Net Investment Income$42,794$54,605$36,691

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 12, 2025)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 7, 2026)
  3. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS September 1, 2020)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 26, 2021)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 29, 2022)
  6. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 10, 2023)
  7. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 10, 2024)

Leadership & Key People

Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings

The 2025 filing lists Mark Drabenstott as chairman; Virginia Brierly as treasurer; Duncan Kenzie as secretary; and Paul Elliott, Simon Dean, Darren Tappouras, and Levi Gelineau as directors.

The Williamsburg Christadelphian is led by Mark Drabenstott, Chairman on every filing since 2019; none of the 7 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Mark Drabenstott

    Chairman

    On filings since 2019

    20 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Paul Elliott

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    25 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Simon Dean

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Darren Tappouras

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Levi Gelineau

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Virginia Brierly

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2019

    25 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Duncan Kenzie

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    20 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (5)
  • Former: Alan Ghent (2019–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: John Perks (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Gregory Wiechert (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Cam Beeler (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Greg Wiechert (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.

Contact

Application contact: Virginia Brierly
Mailing address: PO Box 264, Villas, NJ 08251
Phone: (757) 679-4433
Website: https://www.wcfoundation.org

Frequently asked questions about The Williamsburg Christadelphian

How much does The Williamsburg Christadelphian give each year?

The Williamsburg Christadelphian gave $1.4M across 50 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $1.2M across 64 grants.

What is The Williamsburg Christadelphian's typical grant size?

The Williamsburg Christadelphian's median grant in 2025 was $700, and its average grant was $28,581, across 50 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from The Williamsburg Christadelphian that year got $2K on average.

Does The Williamsburg Christadelphian give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 50 grants with a stated purpose on The Williamsburg Christadelphian's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Humanitarian Aid in USA" (13 grants), "Humanitarian Aid in India" (7 grants) and "Missionary Work and Humanitarian Aid" (6 grants).

Who are The Williamsburg Christadelphian's largest grantees?

The Williamsburg Christadelphian's largest 2025 grantees include Nguyen THI Phung Treasurer Vietnam ($257,985), Cuddle Trust ($181,740) and Christadelphian Shunem Home UK ($149,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It also paid 1 individual scholarship ($1,300), which are not listed by name. Together they received 41% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is The Williamsburg Christadelphian?

The Williamsburg Christadelphian reported $2.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Its revenue that year was $2.2M.

What does The Williamsburg Christadelphian fund?

The foundation’s 2025 filing reports developing and producing religious teaching, faith-building, and youth activity programs—including seminars, video and online classes, music presentations, and youth internships—for Christadelphian churches in North America, Asia, and Africa. See mission & focus areas ↑

How do I apply for a grant from The Williamsburg Christadelphian?

Submit a written request to the organization. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑

Where does The Williamsburg Christadelphian make grants?

The foundation’s 2025 filing identifies direct charitable activity in North America, Turkey, Jamaica, the UK, Kenya, South Africa, Cambodia, and Thailand. Listed 2025 grants also included purposes tied to India, the Philippines, and Pakistan, among other locations. Its website’s current initiative describes projects in South East Asia, the Philippines, North America, Haiti, and Richmond, Virginia.

What is The Williamsburg Christadelphian's EIN?

The Williamsburg Christadelphian's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 51-0211853. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.

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