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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 86-6502564

Barbara Brunckhorst Foundation

A private foundation in Richmond, VA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 18 grants and $23.2 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $23,220,000

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $425,703,198

  • Tax year 2023

    $18,205,000

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $414,280,765

  • Tax year 2022

    $19,980,000

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $287,088,470

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $245,452,837

Grants paid in 2024

18 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. VCU School of MedicineRichmond, VA

    To Fund the Liver Institute and Endow two Chairs.

    $22,000,000
  2. Richmond Animal Welfare FoundationRichmond, VA

    General Purpose unless otherwise stated

    $100,000
  3. Rockefeller Philanthropy AdvisorsNew York, NY

    Just Transition Fund

    $100,000
  4. VA Institute Marine Science FoundatGloucester Point, VA

    General Purpose unless otherwise stated

    $100,000
  5. Wildlife Center of VirginiaWaynesboro, VA

    General Purpose unless otherwise stated

    $100,000
  6. Individual

    General Purpose unless otherwise stated

    $90,000
  7. Environmental Law Alliance WorldwidEugene, OR

    General Purpose unless otherwise stated

    $75,000
  8. James River AssociationRichmond, VA

    General Purpose unless otherwise stated

    $75,000
  9. REPRO-Rising Virginia FoundationAlexandria, VA

    General Purpose unless otherwise stated

    $75,000
  10. Partnership Project IncWashington, DC

    Equitable & Just Nat'l Climate Forum

    $75,000
  11. Individual

    General Purpose unless otherwise stated

    $75,000
  12. Union of Concerned ScientistsCambridge, MA

    General Purpose unless otherwise stated

    $75,000
  13. Capital Region Land ConservancyRichmond, VA

    General Purpose unless otherwise stated

    $50,000
  14. Dogwood AllianceAsheville, NC

    General Purpose unless otherwise stated

    $50,000
  15. Partnership for Smarter GrowthRichmond, VA

    General Purpose unless otherwise stated

    $50,000
  16. Virginia Conservation NetworkRichmond, VA

    General Purpose unless otherwise stated

    $50,000
  17. American Assoc Study of Liver DiseaAlexandria, VA

    General Purpose unless otherwise stated

    $50,000
  18. Tramp's RescueBowling Green, VA

    General Purpose unless otherwise stated

    $30,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment5 grants $300,00041% of the total
  2. Animals2 grants $130,00018% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $100,00014% of the total
  4. Health1 grant $75,00010% of the total
  5. International aid1 grant $75,00010% of the total
  6. Human services1 grant $50,0007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Virginia11 grants $22,680,000
  2. New York1 grant $100,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $75,000
  4. Massachusetts1 grant $75,000
  5. Oregon1 grant $75,000
  6. North Carolina1 grant $50,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Richard Todd StravitzTrustee Hours 20Pay $84,000
  • Ansley S DowlerTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Susan S KempTrustee Hours 20Pay $84,000

The return

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