Black Dog Foundation
Private foundation · The Plains, VA · EIN 04-3721096 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The Black Dog Foundation
56grants reported
$5,000median award
$2,500lower quartile
$1,500smallest grant
$373Ktotal paid
7states reached
3years giving
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
PO Box W
The Plains, VA 20198-0198
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Doctors Without Borders (medicnes Sans Frontiers) GENERAL USE | Hagerstown, MD | $43,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders (medicnes Sans Frontiers) GENERAL USE | Hagerstown, MD | $19,250 |
| Doctors Without Borders (medicnes Sans Frontiers) GENERAL USE | Hagerstown, MD | $18,000 |
| World Resources Institute GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $14,000 |
| World Resources Institute GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $14,000 |
| World Resources Institute GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $13,000 |
| Nature Conservancy of Virginia GENERAL USE | Arlington, VA | $13,000 |
| Nature Conservancy of Virginia GENERAL USE | Arlington, VA | $13,000 |
| Nature Conservancy of Virginia GENERAL USE | Arlington, VA | $12,000 |
| Environmental Defense Fund GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $10,000 |
| Environmental Defense Fund GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $10,000 |
| Environmental Defense Fund GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $10,000 |
| Halo Trust GENERAL USE | Thornhill | $9,000 |
| Halo Trust GENERAL USE | Thornhill | $9,000 |
| Halo Trust GENERAL USE | Thornhill | $8,000 |
| Partners in Health GENERAL USE | Boston, MA | $7,500 |
| Partners in Health GENERAL USE | Boston, MA | $7,500 |
| Partners in Health GENERAL USE | Boston, MA | $7,500 |
| World Central Kitchen GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $7,000 |
| Wamu GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $6,500 |
| ACLU of Virginia GENERAL USE | Richmond, VA | $6,000 |
| NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund GENERAL USE | New York, NY | $5,500 |
| World Central Kitchen GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $5,500 |
| Blue Ridge Abortion Fund GENERAL USE | Charlottesville, VA | $5,000 |
| Finley's Green Leap Forward Fund GENERAL USE | Broad Run, VA | $5,000 |
| Finley's Green Leap Forward Fund GENERAL USE | Broad Run, VA | $5,000 |
| NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund GENERAL USE | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Piedmont Environmental Council GENERAL USE | Warrenton, VA | $5,000 |
| World Central Kitchen GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $5,000 |
| Finley's Green Leap Forward Fund GENERAL USE | Broad Run, VA | $5,000 |
| NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund GENERAL USE | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Piedmont Environmental Council GENERAL USE | Warrenton, VA | $5,000 |
| Blue Ridge Abortion Fund GENERAL USE | Charlottesville, VA | $4,000 |
| Blue Ridge Abortion Fund GENERAL USE | Charlottesville, VA | $3,500 |
| Bald Head Island Conservancy GENERAL USE | Bald Head Island, NC | $3,500 |
| Bald Head Island Conservancy GENERAL USE | Bald Head Island, NC | $3,000 |
| Piedmont Environmental Council GENERAL USE | Warrenton, VA | $3,000 |
| Bald Head Island Conservancy GENERAL USE | Bald Head Island, NC | $3,000 |
| ACLU of Virginia GENERAL USE | Richmond, VA | $3,000 |
| Wamu GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $3,000 |
| Fauquier Free Clinic GENERAL USE | Warrenton, VA | $2,500 |
| Reserva Youth Land Trust GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $2,500 |
| ACLU of Virginia GENERAL USE | Richmond, VA | $2,500 |
| Wamu GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $2,500 |
| Fauquier Free Clinic GENERAL USE | Warrenton, VA | $2,500 |
| Reserva Youth Land Trust GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $2,500 |
| African American Historical Association GENERAL USE | The Plains, VA | $2,000 |
| Literacy Volunteers of Fauquier County GENERAL USE | Warrenton, VA | $2,000 |
| Ayuda GENERAL USE | Washington, DC | $2,000 |
| Fauquier Free Clinic GENERAL USE | Warrenton, VA | $2,000 |
| African American Historical Association GENERAL USE | The Plains, VA | $2,000 |
| Literacy Volunteers of Fauquier County GENERAL USE | Warrenton, VA | $2,000 |
| Mara Elephant Project GENERAL USE | Carmel, IN | $2,000 |
| Mara Elephant Project GENERAL USE | Carmel, IN | $1,500 |
| African American Historical Association GENERAL USE | The Plains, VA | $1,500 |
| Literacy Volunteers of Fauquier County GENERAL USE | Warrenton, VA | $1,500 |
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