This foundation concentrates its funding on environmental conservation in the Mid-Atlantic (notably Chesapeake Bay and regional land/conservation groups), alongside nonprofit health and human services — particularly mental/behavioral health and community hospitals — and a smaller emphasis on cultural/animal welfare institutions. Grants are almost exclusively unrestricted general support, suggesting trust in organizational leadership and an interest in core operating resilience. Although based in Dallas, TX, the grant list is heavily centered on Virginia/Chesapeake-region organizations.
A defining feature of Tua August Heid by T Heid Char is its repeated support for Chesapeake Bay and Mid-Atlantic conservation groups, paired with substantial unrestricted gifts to Virginia health and human services organizations. In the recent grants list, Chesapeake Bay Foundation in Annapolis appears in multiple years, and the same pattern shows up with Piedmont Environmental Council in Warrenton and The Nature Conservancy in Charlottesville. Those environmental grants sit alongside major support for community-based care providers such as St Joseph's Villa in Richmond, Childsavers-memorial Child Guidance Clinic in Richmond, and Colonial Behavioral Health in Williamsburg. The foundation’s giving also reaches botanical gardens, animal welfare groups, and regional hospitals, including Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville. Grant purposes are often broad general support, which suggests a preference for organizational flexibility rather than tightly defined project funding. Across the list, the pattern is regional and institution-focused, with a clear emphasis on established nonprofits serving conservation, behavioral health, and local community needs. The grant list is concentrated in Virginia and nearby Mid-Atlantic communities, even though the foundation is headquartered in Dallas.
Environmental conservation is one of the clearest themes in the grant list. The foundation gave $100,000 to Chesapeake Bay Foundation in Annapolis for unrestricted general support, and $100,000 to Piedmont Environmental Council in Warrenton for unrestricted general support. It also supported The Nature Conservancy in Charlottesville with $100,000 unrestricted gifts across multiple years. In human services, the focus turns to behavioral health and care for children and families: St Joseph's Villa in Richmond received $175,000 for unrestricted general support, while Childsavers-memorial Child Guidance Clinic in Richmond received $150,000 for unrestricted general support. Health care appears in gifts to Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, including $100,000 unrestricted grants. The foundation also backs community-facing places and institutions such as Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Inc in Richmond and Charlottesville-albemarle Spca in Charlottesville.
$904K
$22.9M
$1.9M
$1.1M
Most grants fall between $81K and $100K, with a median of $100K.
25th Percentile
$81K
Median
$100K
75th Percentile
$100K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in VA.
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Moderate number of relatively large, unrestricted grants concentrated in a handful of recurring regional grantees; mix of multi‑year or repeat gifts to environmental leaders and sustained support for clinical/social service providers rather than many small grants.
Notable grantees: Nature Conservancy, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, University of Virginia, ChildSavers - Memorial Child Guidance Clinic, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
Typical grant size is tightly clustered: the 25th percentile is $81,250, and both the median and 75th percentile are $100,000. The grants shown are mostly recurring rather than one-off; several recipients appear in multiple years, including Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Piedmont Environmental Council, Martha Jefferson Hospital, The Nature Conservancy, Charlottesville-albemarle Spca, and Capita Social Inc. The foundation appears to favor unrestricted general support, with only a few named-purpose grants in the list. It does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. The pattern suggests institution-level support for operating resilience rather than narrowly targeted project funding.
Grantmaking is regional and overwhelmingly U.S.-based, with all 30 recent grants going to U.S. recipients. Virginia dominates the recipient map, especially Richmond, Charlottesville, Warrenton, Williamsburg, Brookneal, Glen Allen, Roanoke, and the broader Virginia environmental and health network. Annapolis, Maryland appears repeatedly as well through Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Chesapeake Bay Fdn. Outside Virginia and Maryland, the list includes Greenville, South Carolina, showing a smaller Southern reach.
The recent grants show a mix of environmental conservation groups and health and human services nonprofits. Chesapeake Bay and Mid-Atlantic watershed organizations appear alongside behavioral health providers, community hospitals, botanical gardens, and animal welfare groups.
Most of the listed grants are unrestricted general support. That pattern appears across environmental groups, hospitals, and human services organizations, with only a small number of named-purpose grants such as the Quarter Place grant.
The grant-size distribution is concentrated around six figures. The 25th percentile is $81,250, and both the median and 75th percentile are $100,000, so many awards fall at or near $100,000.
Yes, but the list is heavily centered in Virginia and nearby Maryland. The recent grants also include Annapolis, Maryland, and Greenville, South Carolina, while all listed recipients are in the United States.
Yes. Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Piedmont Environmental Council, Martha Jefferson Hospital, The Nature Conservancy, Charlottesville-albemarle Spca, and Capita Social Inc all appear in multiple grant years, which suggests recurring support rather than isolated one-time gifts.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION | ANNAPOLIS, MD | $100,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL | WARRENTON, VA | $100,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| NATURE CONSERVANCY | CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA | $100,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| MARTHA JEFFERSON HOSPITAL | CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA | $100,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE SPCA | CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA | $100,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPORT |
| CHARLOTTESVILLE FREE CLINIC | CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA | $85,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| CARING FOR CREATURES FOUNDATION | Palmyra, VA | $75,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| CHILDSAVERS | Richmond, VA | $50,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| PATRICK HENRY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION | BROOKNEAL, VA | $50,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| LEWIS GINTER BOTANTICAL GARDEN INC | RICHMOND, VA | $40,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPORT |
| JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION | RICHMOND, VA | $40,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| WILD VIRGINIA INCORPORATED | Charlottesville, VA | $35,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| WARD BURTON WILDLIFE FOUNDATION | Halifax, VA | $25,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| PATH PARTNERSHIPS | WARRENTON, VA | $4,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA | CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA | $150,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| NATURE CONSERVANCY | CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA | $100,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION | ANNAPOLIS, MD | $100,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE SPCA | CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA | $100,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPORT |
| MARTHA JEFFERSON HOSPITAL | CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA | $100,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| PATRICK HENRY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION | BROOKNEAL, VA | $100,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL | WARRENTON, VA | $100,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION | RICHMOND, VA | $75,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| LEWIS GINTER BOTANTICAL GARDEN INC | RICHMOND, VA | $75,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPORT |
| SHELTRING ARMS FOUNDATION | GLEN ALLEN, VA | $75,000 | 2025 | REHABILITATION HOSPITAL |
| CHARLOTTESVILLE FREE CLINIC | CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA | $50,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| SHALOM FARMS | RICHMOND, VA | $50,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| BLUE RIDGE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY | ROANOKE, VA | $15,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| ST JOSEPH'S VILLA | Richmond, VA | $175,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| COLONIAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | Williamsburg, VA | $150,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| NATURE CONSERVANCY | CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA | $100,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE SPCA | Charlottesville, VA | $100,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPORT |
| MARTHA JEFFERSON HOSPITAL | CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA | $100,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| PATRICK HENRY MEMORIAL FDN | BROOKNEAL, VA | $100,000 | 2024 | GRANT FOR "QUARTER PLACE" |
| PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL | WARRENTON, VA | $100,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| CHESAPEAKE BAY FDN | ANNAPOLIS, MD | $100,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| CAPITA SOCIAL INC | Greenville, SC | $75,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPORT |
| CHILDSAVERS-MEMORIAL CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC | RICHMOND, VA | $150,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| LEWIS GINTER BOTANTICAL GARDEN INC | RICHMOND, VA | $125,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPORT |
| NATURE CONSERVANCY | CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA | $100,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| MARTHA JEFFERSON HOSPITAL | CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA | $100,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE SPCA | Charlottesville, VA | $100,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPORT |
| CHESAPEAKE BAY FDN | ANNAPOLIS, MD | $100,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL | WARRENTON, VA | $100,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| CAPITA SOCIAL INC | Greenville, SC | $75,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPORT |
NATURE CONSERVANCY
$100,000UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
MARTHA JEFFERSON HOSPITAL
$100,000UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE SPCA
$100,000UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPORT
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
CARING FOR CREATURES FOUNDATION
$75,000UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
PATRICK HENRY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
$50,000UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
LEWIS GINTER BOTANTICAL GARDEN INC
$40,000UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPORT
WARD BURTON WILDLIFE FOUNDATION
$25,000UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
PATH PARTNERSHIPS
$4,000UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
$150,000UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE SPCA
$100,000UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPORT
MARTHA JEFFERSON HOSPITAL
$100,000UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
PATRICK HENRY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
$100,000UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
LEWIS GINTER BOTANTICAL GARDEN INC
$75,000UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPORT
SHELTRING ARMS FOUNDATION
$75,000REHABILITATION HOSPITAL
BLUE RIDGE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
$15,000UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
COLONIAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
$150,000UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
NATURE CONSERVANCY
$100,000UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE SPCA
$100,000UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPORT
MARTHA JEFFERSON HOSPITAL
$100,000UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
PATRICK HENRY MEMORIAL FDN
$100,000GRANT FOR "QUARTER PLACE"
LEWIS GINTER BOTANTICAL GARDEN INC
$125,000UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPORT
NATURE CONSERVANCY
$100,000UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
MARTHA JEFFERSON HOSPITAL
$100,000UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE SPCA
$100,000UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPORT