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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 54-1201084

The Roller-Bottimore Foundation

A private foundation in Dallas, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 14 grants and $677,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Orran L Brown
15 Tapoan Rd
Richmond, VA 23226
(804) 521-7201
n/a
Form and materials
ONLINE GRANT APPLICATION AFTER ESTABLISHING A PORTAL ACCOUNT AT www.rollerbottimorefoundation.org GRANT GUIDELINES ARE ON THE WEBSITE.
Deadlines
May 1 and november 1
Restrictions
LIMITED TO IRC SECTION 501(c)(3) ORGANIZATIONS; COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA LOCATION PREFERENCE; EMPHASIS ON HISTORICAL PRESERVATION AND LOCAL HISTORY

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $677,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $6,225,247

  • Tax year 2024

    $444,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $6,287,009

  • Tax year 2023

    $586,450

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $5,753,913

  • Tax year 2022

    $390,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $6,124,485

  • Tax year 2021

    $528,642

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $5,986,395

  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $5,694,186

  • Tax year 2019

    $434,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $5,330,071

Grants paid in 2025

14 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Emory & Henry UniversityEmory, VA

    Restoration of historic

    $84,500
  2. Science Museum of Virginia FoundationRichmond, VA

    Preserving richmond's train

    $75,000
  3. Friends of Hollywood CemeteryRichmond, VA

    Restoration of historic

    $75,000
  4. National Soc of Colonial Dames of VaRichmond, VA

    Restoration of wilton's

    $75,000
  5. Branch Museum of DesignRichmond, VA

    Ornamental plaster

    $75,000
  6. Memorial FDN of the Germanna Colonies in VirginiaLocust Grove, VA

    Restoration work on

    $60,000
  7. Lyric Council IncBlacksburg, VA

    Venue facade & roof repairs

    $50,000
  8. The Menokin FoundationWarsaw, VA

    Brick & mortar project of

    $50,000
  9. Venture Richmond IncRichmond, VA

    Preservation of browns

    $25,000
  10. Mariners' MuseumNewport News, VA

    Preserve photos & films in

    $25,000
  11. National Trust for Historic PreservationWashington, DC

    Outlands greenhouse project

    $23,000
  12. Virginia War Memorial FoundationRichmond, VA

    Transcribing oral hisories

    $20,000
  13. William & Mary FoundationWilliamsburg, VA

    Expanding history at

    $20,000
  14. Foundation for Historic Christ ChurchIrvington, VA

    Entablature conservation

    $20,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture6 grants $213,00046% of the total
  2. Education2 grants $104,50022% of the total
  3. Environment1 grant $75,00016% of the total
  4. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $50,00011% of the total
  5. Community development1 grant $25,0005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Virginia13 grants $654,500
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $23,000

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • John L McElroy IIITREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Orran L BrownPRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $0
  • Coleen Butler RodriguezSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
  • Ashleigh BrewerBOARD MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Margaret K TurnerBOARD MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Matson RobertsBOARD MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Harold WilliamsBOARD MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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