Open Foundations · Virginia

Mary Morton Parsons Foundation

Richmond, Virginia · EIN 541530891. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $9.5M across 71 grants in 2024, a median of $50K each.

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$9.5M
paid in 2024
71
grants paid
$50K
median grant
66%
to first-time recipients
$137.6M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
AMY NISENSON
Address
8003 FRANKLIN FARMS DRIVE SUITE, RICHMOND, VA, 232194037
Phone
8047802000
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
LETTER
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
NONE

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202522689349101307. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

capital campaignbuildingrenovation

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 71 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsVA$1,000,000SUPPORT CAPITAL CAMPAIGN WITH FOCUS ON RENOVATION OF THE LESLIE CHEEK THEATER
2Vpm Public MediaVA$750,000BUILD A NEW HEADQUARTERS IN DOWNTOWN RICHMOND
3Cross-over MinistryVA$605,000PURCHASE AND RENOVATE HENRICO CLINIC BUILDING AND RENOVATE RICHMOND CLINIC BUILDING
4Better Housing CoalitionVA$500,000SUPPORT THE COLBROOK DEVELOPMENT
5Liberation Veteran Services IncVA$500,000SUPPORT CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE I OF VETERANS VILLAGE, A NEW 38-UNIT MICRO-APARTMENT BUILDING
6Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of RichmondVA$500,000SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE AT VCU CHILDREN'S TOWER AND THE NEW GUESTROOM RONALD MCDONAL HOUSE IN RICHMOND
7Virginia Repertory TheatreVA$500,000SUPPORT THE GREAT STAGES CAMPAIGN AND CAPITAL PROJECTS
8CaritasVA$365,000SUPPORT DINWIDDIE AVENUE MEN'S CAMPUS RENOVATION PROJECT
9Colonial Williamsburg FoundationVA$320,000RESTORE THE POWDER MAGAZINE
10Hampden-sydney CollegeVA$300,000COMPLETE A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORIC RENOVATION OF VENABLE HALL
11Virginia Tech Foundation IncVA$300,000SUPPORT THE RENOVATION, UPGRADES, AND IMPROVEMENTS TO WAR MEMORIAL HALL
12Bridgewater CollegeVA$250,000SUPPORT RENOVATIONS TO BOWMAN HALL
13Pcs for PeopleMN$250,000EXPAND DIGITAL INCLUSION PROGRAM TO RICHMOND-HAMPTON ROADS REGION
14Randolph CollegeVA$250,000SUPPORT THE SCIENCE MATTERS CAMPAIGN
15Veritas SchoolVA$250,000SUPPORT CAMPUS EXPANSION CAMPAIGN

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202053$6.8M
202152$6.3M
202272$7.2M
202376$7.1M
202471$9.5M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Virginia94%
Minnesota1%
Connecticut1%
North Dakota1%
Indiana1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Charles F Witthoefft EsqVICE PRES/SECRETARY · 2024
Edward W ValentineDIRECTOR · 2024
Mrs Amy P NisensonEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · 2024
Mrs Palmer P GarsonTREASURER · 2024
Thurston R Moore EsqPRESIDENT · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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