Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy

Bernice Sokol Foundation

New York, NY

The Bernice Sokol Foundation supports a varied mix of charitable organizations, including cultural institutions, a synagogue, and groups focused on refugees, guide dogs, and youth sports. Its 2025 grants totaled $17,277, typically $100, with most funding going to New York recipients. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Shiloh Foundation

Washington, DC

The Shiloh Foundation gives general support to a range of charitable organizations, including those working in health, food assistance, arts, archives, community organizing, and disability services, with most funding going to Washington, DC. In 2024, grants ranged from $100 to $50,000, with a median of $1,000. It does not limit giving to preselected organizations and has no standard application forms or specific deadline; contact Carol Wheeler.

Perakis Foundation

Wilton, CT

The Perakis Foundation supports a varied mix of charitable organizations, including literary arts, behavioral health, hospitals, and community services. Its 2025 grants ranged from $90 to $100,000, with a median of $1,000; most funding went to Connecticut, with smaller amounts going to Massachusetts, New York, California, and Pennsylvania. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Buller Family Foundation

Farmingdale, NY

Abraham Fuchsberg Family Foundation Inc

New York, NY

The foundation funds a broad range of causes, including religion and Jewish life, arts, health, and civil rights, with recent grants of $5,000–$50,000 and a median of $10,000. It is based in New York and has recently supported organizations in New York, Florida, Washington, DC, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Georgia. Its 2024 filing says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and lists application information, with no submission deadline stated.

Milton & Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond Foundation

Williamstown, MA

The Milton & Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond Foundation supports a range of charitable organizations, including those working in arts, aging, mental health, crisis response, and anti-hate advocacy, with much of its 2025 giving in Washington, DC, New York, California, Maryland, and Massachusetts. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,000 to $50,000, with a median of $10,000. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Betty and Wes Foster

Chantilly, VA

The foundation funds general-purpose and program support for organizations working in areas including food access, environmental protection, health research, education, and community support, primarily in Washington, D.C., Connecticut, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia. Its 2025 awards ranged from $500 to $150,000, with a median grant of $5,000; it gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Joshua Mailman Foundation

New York, NY

The Joshua Mailman Foundation supports preselected charitable organizations, with 2024 grants benefiting groups working in areas such as disability services, public leadership in Africa, conscious consumerism, and social equity. Grants ranged from $1,050 to $306,000, with a median of $15,000, and went mainly to organizations in New York, Massachusetts, California, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. It does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Morningstar Foundation

Dallas, TX

The MorningStar Foundation supported safe water, housing, and education in impoverished regions, as well as local nonprofits serving marginalized people and Alzheimer’s-related efforts, with activity described in Ethiopia, Mexico, Nicaragua, and locally. Giving varied substantially: it reported 16 grants totaling $5.24 million in 2023, but only one grant of $13,040 in 2024; its final 2023 return suggests it may have wound down. It states that it funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Virginia B Toulmin Charitable

Cresskill, NJ

The Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation funds community organizations focused on women’s and girls’ health and empowerment, disadvantaged youth, and the performing arts, especially opportunities for women and girls in the arts. Its 2024 grants ranged from $2,500 to $250,000, with a median of $57,500, and went mainly to organizations in New York and Florida. Funding is by invitation only; it does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Geary-OHara Family Foundation

Arlington, VA

The foundation funds organizations working in food assistance, healthcare, housing, family support, the arts, education, and civil liberties, with most of its giving in Virginia. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,000 to $25,000, and it gives only to preselected charities; unsolicited requests are not accepted.

The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc

McLean, VA

The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia funds programs in areas including education, youth development, mental health, human services, the arts, and the environment, primarily serving Northern Virginia communities. Its 2025 grants had a median of $15,000, though awards varied widely; organizations can apply through grant cycles, with eligibility varying by program.