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COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SERVING WESTERN VIRGINIA

EIN 54-1959458 ROANOKE, VA

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Revenue 2024
$13,341,807
Expenses 2024
$7,602,798

Program services were 62.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T31
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 1159

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SERVING WESTERN VIRGINIA PROVIDES LEADERSHIP,RESOURCES, AND INSPIRATION FOR PHILANTHROPY IN THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. TO FULFILL THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION, IT: ENABLES DONORS TO CARRY OUT THEIR CHARITABLE INTENT THROUGH ENDOWMENT FUNDS; PROVIDES RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP FOR ENTRUSTED FUNDS; MAKES CREATIVE GRANTS FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES; OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES TO ENCOURAGE AND ADVANCE EFFECTIVE PHILANTHROPY; PROMOTES AND PARTICIPATES IN COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO SHAPE A HEALTHY, CARING COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES LEADERSHIP, RESOURCES, AND INSPIRATION FOR PHILANTHROPY.

  • GRANT-MAKING AND CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND ANNUITIES FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. SEE SCHEDULE I FOR MORE DETAIL.

    Expenses $4,362,567 · Grants $4,362,567

  • ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS FOR GRANT-MAKING TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $422,634 · Revenue $1,484,441

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Susan Lancaster

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Lutheria H Smith

    BOARD TREASURER THROUGH 7/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Julianne B Naff

    BOARD TREASURER STARTING 8/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Alan E Ronk

    BOARD SECRETARY, CEO TILL 3/25

    Total calculated
    $270,407
    From this org
    $236,703
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,704
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $236,703
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,068
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,636
    Filer's total
    $270,407
  • Carly C Oliver

    BOARD SECRETARY, COO THEN CEO STARTING 4/25

    Total calculated
    $183,556
    From this org
    $159,692
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,864
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,692
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,182
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,682
    Filer's total
    $183,556
  • Lauren Ellerman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Sherry W Davidson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Rick James

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Colleen M Marston

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • George A Levicki

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Samuel Roman Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Nadra L Scott

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Richard G Bailey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Verletta White

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Florence Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Susan Cook

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Margie B Eason

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • James B Frith Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Gretchen W Beedle

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Elaine Milan Cronk

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • John Blanton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Dr J Randolph Clements

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Sarah Kelley

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $141,258
    From this org
    $123,689
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,569
    Hours/week
    40
  • April Haynes

    COO STARTING 4/1/25

    Total calculated
    $130,321
    From this org
    $113,397
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,924
    Hours/week
    40
  • Michelle Eberly

    DIRECTOR, GRANTS & DONOR ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $129,037
    From this org
    $113,314
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,723
    Hours/week
    40

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $13,341,807
    Expenses
    $7,602,798
    Contributions
    $8,383,379
    Grants paid
    $4,362,567
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,215,768
    Expenses
    $7,333,698
    Contributions
    $2,942,202
    Grants paid
    $4,202,715
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,560,771
    Expenses
    $6,901,716
    Contributions
    $4,740,158
    Grants paid
    $3,923,653

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,225,680
    Expenses
    $7,002,561
    Assets (EOY)
    $100,299,802
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,505,235
    Expenses
    $5,646,627
    Assets (EOY)
    $118,319,076
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,527,876
    Expenses
    $5,904,140
    Assets (EOY)
    $89,199,624
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,102,690
    Expenses
    $5,161,682
    Assets (EOY)
    $73,689,151
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,376,224
    Expenses
    $5,005,980
    Assets (EOY)
    $65,075,730
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,697,454
    Expenses
    $5,887,267
    Assets (EOY)
    $59,732,728
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,247,749
    Expenses
    $4,833,900
    Assets (EOY)
    $61,867,352

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

  • ROANOKE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    $396,350

    2023 HURT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR GENERAL PURPOSES, START ON SUCCESS (SOS) PROGRAM, TO SUPPORT NEEDS OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED

  • 2023 FOR GENERAL PURPOSES, HOSPICE HOSPITAL PROJECT, GIVEN IN HONOR OF RAYMOND S. WILLIAMS, TO SUPPORT GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER FOR CARING CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, FOR PLEDGES

  • 2022 TO SUPPORT THE GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER FOR CARING CAPITAL CAMPAIGN. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS THE FIRST ANNUAL INSTALLMENT OF THE $500,000 GRANT, FOR GENERAL PURPOSES, TO PURCHASE LOCK BOXES TO SAFEGUARD MEDICATIONS, TO SUPPORT THE NEW HOSPICE HOUSE, AND TO SUPPORT THE PALLIATIVE CARE PROGRAM PER THE PROJECT BUDGET

  • 2024 FOR GENERAL PURPOSES

  • 2023 FOR MISC. EDUCATIONAL FUNDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

  • 2022 FOR EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS

  • 2023 FOR GENERAL PURPOSES AND TO SUPPORT MISC. PROGRAMS

  • 2024 EDWIN K. MATTERN, JR. MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND :: MILLS, ZOIE

  • 2022 TO SUPPORT THE PERSONAL CARE PROGRAM PER THE PROJECT BUDGET, TO SUPPORT THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM, TO SUPPORT THE HOMEMAKER PROGRAM, AND FOR GENERAL PURPOSES

  • 2024 TO SUPPORT THE PERSONAL CARE, HOMEMAKER, AND TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS PER THE PROJECT BUDGET

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.