Virginia Law Foundation
A philanthropy of the Rule of Law, funding access to justice at one end and honoring the profession's best at the other, and treating both as the same cause.
Financial profile
Virginia Law Foundation · EIN 51-0198088 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $5,684,149 | $162,418 | $4,953,583 | $6,879,008 | $23,036,156 | Dec 2023 |
| FY2022 | $4,087,286 | $130,058 | $4,930,826 | $6,261,430 | $22,714,296 | Dec 2022 |
| FY2021 | $10,719,064 | $155,503 | $4,625,065 | $5,647,864 | $25,822,946 | Dec 2021 |
| FY2020 | $6,149,558 | $588,625 | $4,584,729 | $5,334,071 | $23,523,915 | Dec 2020 |
| FY2019 | $6,573,189 | $127,679 | $5,297,473 | $6,452,707 | $21,058,670 | Dec 2019 |
| FY2018 | $6,374,164 | $97,500 | $4,976,578 | $5,977,660 | $18,865,712 | Dec 2018 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies Virginia Law Foundation is read alongside.
TBF
Tennessee Bar Foundation
The philanthropic conscience of a state's legal profession, a body that honors its most distinguished…
MSBF
Michigan State Bar Foundation
The grantmaking foundation of Michigan's legal profession, channeling lawyer trust account interest into…
82 companies named
OSBF
Ohio State Bar Foundation
The largest bar foundation in the country, a grantmaking and fellowship body advancing justice across Ohio by…
IBF
Indiana Bar Foundation
The legal community's philanthropic engine for two civic goods at once, teaching Hoosiers how their democracy…
6 companies named
SCBF
South Carolina Bar Foundation
A standing endowment for justice, a quiet institution that turns the ordinary interest on lawyers' trust…
14 companies named
Who backs VLF
Every company Virginia Law Foundation names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.
| Company | Support as published | Also named by |
|---|---|---|
| Merck Foundation | Foundation donor | AAFP AAO AAP AAPA AAM +3 |
| Kaufman & Canoles, P.C. | Foundation donor | GRCC |
Sources: 1 published list, read September 2026
2026 Donors. Read September 28, 2026. Donor recognition page; mostly individuals, only companies and corporate foundations recorded. Event sponsor lists on the sponsorship page are composite images without readable names.
Who backs Virginia Law Foundation's peers, but not Virginia Law Foundation
Companies named publicly by at least one of Virginia Law Foundation's five peer societies, and not found in Virginia Law Foundation's reviewed public records.
The outside view
A philanthropy of the Rule of Law, funding access to justice at one end and honoring the profession's best at the other, and treating both as the same cause.
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- Preserve
- Outward
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Their shape
The Legacy
Faithful to what was handed down.
The Legacy is devoted to continuity, carrying a tradition and an identity across generations. Its gift is stability and deep institutional memory, its challenge is making room for change.
Also reads toward The Movement and The Guild.
Strengths
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