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Private foundation (trust)EIN 311518708Est. 1997-06

THE BARR FOUNDATION

CHESAPEAKE, VA 23322

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$5.7M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$140K

FY 2024

Grants Made

103

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$1K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$53–$25K

Typical

Deadlines

June 30, 2024

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$356K

Total Expenses

$334K

Qualifying Distributions

$255K

Distributable Amount

$281K

Min. Investment Return

$283K

Payout rate 91%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.91%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

103 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $53 through median $500 to maximum $25K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

6 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $210K in 2021. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

500 grants

BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION
$223K
5 grants
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA - FRALIN MUSEUM
$90K
3 grants
VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL
$68K
6 grants
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA
$25K
5 grants
JEWISH MUSEUM CONTEMPORARY ARTS COUNCIL
$24K
5 grants
CHRYSLER MUSEUM
$18K
5 grants
PLANNED PARENTHOOD
$17K
5 grants
WHRO
$17K
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
488
grants
$10–50K
10
grants
$50–250K
2
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

24 states

Virginia
$368K
44% of total
New York
$330K
39% of total
District of Columbia
$42K
5% of total
Georgia
$14K
2% of total
New Hampshire
$11K
1% of total
Vermont
$9K
1% of total
Washington
$9K
1% of total
North Carolina
$8K
1% of total
Alabama
$8K
1% of total
Maryland
$7K
1% of total

+14 more states

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