The Oak Hill Fund

• Check first that your work fits the Fund's stated programmes (food security, reproductive health and rights, Chesapeake Bay and water quality, climate change and renewable energy, Mesoamerican Reef, or native tree species) and its stated geographic focus.
• It gives to organisations exempt under Section 501(c)(3) and does not fund additional overhead, so those seeking overhead should not apply, and tree work that is not tied to a larger restoration programme, specimen tree or grove protection, and invasive species removal are also excluded.
• Typical grants fall between $255 and $90,000, with a median of $20,000 and half of grants at $20,000 or less, so a request in the low tens of thousands is realistic, though the largest grant was $250,000.
• Food Security and reef conservation are by invitation only, while the other programmes take letters of inquiry in the windows set for each: Healthy People letters open on March 1, July 1 and November 1 with deadlines of March 30, July 30 and November 30 at midnight Eastern, and other letters open on February 1, June 1 and October 1 with deadlines of March 2, June 30 and October 30.
• About 70% of grant dollars to organisations went to groups the Fund had funded in earlier years, so a first approach should be carefully targeted, and proposals showing broad support and matching funds receive priority.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Faison Center · To support the campus solar project: markel hall and pioneer hall
  $250,0002024 tax year
• Piedmont Housing Alliance · To incorporate solar and energy storage into the redevelopment of friendship court.
  $150,0002024 tax year
• Virginia League for Planned Parenthood · Abortion care capacity building at virginia league for planned parenthood: 1) surge scenario planning, 2) hire and train additional abortion navigator and security personnel.
  $125,0002024 tax year
• Women's Emergency Network · Continued support to subsidize the cost of abortion care and larcs for people needing assistance in florida: $75,000 towards abortion care (including travel and lodging assistance; $25,000 each towards larcs and a case manager/social worker to help with logistics.
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Repro Rising Virginia Foundation · To build and maintain a pipeline for everyday people to serve as advocates for access to reproductive freedom through their virginia advocates for access initiative. specific programs include: 1) changing minds through storytelling training program; 2) repro on the record public events and activities; 3) rise up for repro: student advocacy fellowship program; and 4) the advocates for local access initiative
  $100,0002024 tax year
• James River Association · General support for all river protection and advocacy activities related to agricultural bmps, wetland areas, stormwater management, pfas, bacteria monitoring, coal ash storage, chlorophyll monitoring, fish passage, and volunteer programs, to name just a few.
  $85,0002024 tax year
• Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association · General support for operations, water quality monitoring programs, and capacity building: bacteria analysis of 200 samples and the water watchdogs program, plus engineering, communications, website, and grant writing consulting.
  $80,0002024 tax year
• D.C. Abortion Fund · To help pay for abortion care for anyone living in or traveling to the dc region. there are no restrictions or requirements as long as the abortion is performed at a clinic in the region.
  $80,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.