Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation
ActiveArts, Culture & Humanities
About Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation
To enrich the lives of all Virginians through the arts by preserving, collecting, and sharing the museum’s permanent collection and providing exhibitions, education, and statewide outreach.
Focus Areas
Arts & CultureArt EducationConservationExhibitionsStatewide cultural outreach
Who They Fund
museum visitors/general publicstudents and learners (education programs)local/regional arts community and artists
Funding Style
operating supportprogram supportcollection development/art acquisitioneducation and outreach funding
About Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation centers its giving on one institution: the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond. The largest recent grant listed is $32,028,369 in 2025, followed by $30,112,102 in 2024 and $25,228,668 in 2023, all directed to the museum for programs, projects, and operations. The grant descriptions show that support has been used for curatorial work, art acquisition, education, and exhibitions, which aligns with the foundation’s purpose of preserving, collecting, and sharing the museum’s permanent collection while extending statewide outreach. The funding relationship appears to function as core institutional support rather than a broad portfolio of outside grants. That makes the foundation especially relevant to researchers tracking museum operations, collection growth, and public programming at Virginia’s state art museum. Its stated mission also points to a public-facing role: enriching the lives of Virginians through the arts through exhibitions, education, and outreach. The recent grant record reinforces that the foundation’s work is organized around sustaining the museum’s long-term programmatic and collection needs.
What Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Funds
The foundation’s recent giving connects directly to museum operations and collections management. In 2025, it gave $32,028,369 to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts for programs, projects, and operations, with support used for curatorial work, art acquisition, education, and exhibitions. A second clear theme is art education and public outreach: the museum’s own summary emphasizes statewide outreach, and the grant language includes education support alongside exhibition activity. Collection growth is another recurring function in the funding record, with art acquisition named in the grant descriptions. The active grant programs also show a public-access orientation within Virginia. Statewide Partners is described as a partnership program for cultural organizations across Virginia, supporting collaborative programs, exhibitions, and potential financial support, while Visual Arts Fellowships provides support related to visual arts fellowships in Virginia.
How Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Gives
The three largest recent grants cluster tightly around the median: p25 is $27,670,385, median is $30,112,102, and p75 is $31,070,236. All three recent grants went to the same recipient, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, in consecutive years from 2023 through 2025, indicating a repeated annual pattern rather than one-off awards. The foundation does not fund individuals and is not listed as making program-related investments. Its giving appears to be institutional support tied to museum operations and related program functions. The active program list also shows grants are not unsolicited: both Statewide Partners and Visual Arts Fellowships say they do not accept unsolicited applications.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$39.3M
Total Assets
$346.9M
Total Revenue
$71.2M
Total Expenses
$46.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $27.7M and $31.1M, with a median of $30.1M.
25th Percentile
$27.7M
Median
$30.1M
75th Percentile
$31.1M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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