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Abbitt Family Foundation at a glance

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Abbitt Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$590kHealth$332kEducation$188kReligion$115kPhilanthropy$61kHuman Services$41kHousing & Shelter$34kCivil Rights$29kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Faison Center$50,000
Virginia Living Museum$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–22, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%St Francis Service Dogs: $2k → 8%Downtown Hampton Child Development Ctr: $5k → 14%Peninsula Agency on Aging: $1k → 17%An Achievable Deam: $3k → 17%Thrive Peninsula: $1k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 26 repeat orgs$337k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
46

Total granted

$1.1M
$337k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+11%

Still filing today

46%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TF
    THE FAISON CENTER INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $314k · revenue +12%
  • TM
    THE MARINERS' MUSEUM
    5× · 2021–2025 · $226k · revenue +43%
  • VL
    VIRGINIA LIVING MUSEUM INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $115k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • CN
    Christopher Newport University
    one grant, 2021 · $170k
  • AA
    An Achievable Dream Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $21k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Virginia Commonwealth University Intellectual Property Foundation

The foundation determines the patentability and obtains patents on virginia commonwealth university (vcu) inventions and markets and licenses such inventions to commerical entities. the foundation's activities promote research efforts at…

Health
2
Virginia Association of Museums

The virginia association of museums is a statewide network serving the museum community. the association's mission statement is "the virginia association of museums helps our museum community succeed".

Arts & Culture
3
Portsmouth Museums Foundation

To generate private and public funds for the children's museum of virginia, and to serve as a receiving agent for funds benefiting all of portsmouth's city museums and related projects, in partnership with the city of portsmouth.

Arts & Culture
4
Vcu Investment Management Company

To provide investment and investment management and related services to the rector and the board of visitors of virginia commonwealth university (vcu), and/or to the private and independent foundations and other entities affiliated with…

Education
5
Voices for Virginia's Children

The mission of voices for virginia's children is to champion public policies and legislation that achieve positive and equitable outcomes for young people.

Civil Rights
6
Virginia Institute of Marine Science Fdn

The vims foundation advises and assists the william & mary batten school of coastal & marine sciences and the virginia institute of marine science, promotes philanthropy to and stewards the philanthropic resources of the vims foundation,…

Education
7
Virginia Discovery Museum Inc

The virginia discovery museum's mission is to operate a hands-on museum focusing on artistic, recreational, scientific, and educational programs and exhibits for the benefit of children who reside in the city of charlottesville and…

Arts & Culture
8
Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation Inc

To connect people to the marine environment, inspiring a more sustainable future. we aspire to be a driver in conservation, education, tourism, and sustainability, leading the charge to save wildlife and their ecosystems.

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9
Washington Heritage Museums

The mission of washington heritage museums is to preserve, promote and maintain its five 18th century properties in fredericksburg, virginia and develop dynamic educational resources and programs to engage and inspire the intrest of…

Arts & Culture
10
Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum Inc

To foster appreciation of delmarva's unique natural and cultural heritage through education, exploration and enjoyment.

Arts & Culture
11
Virginia Environmental Endowment

The endowment's mission is to improve the quality of the environment by using its capital, expertise, and resources to fund projects and programs that encourage all sectors to work together to prevent pollution, improve water quality,…

Environment
12
The Virginia Air & Space Center

To serve as the region's leading source of informational science education through interactive science demonstrations, hands-on education programs and outreach programs.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Watermen's Museum. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 73 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/34
Grantees still filing
24/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Christopher Newport University: $169,500 · OtherChristopher Newport UniversityVA Living Museum: $150,000 · OtherVA Living MuseumHistoric St Luke's Church: $63,334 · OtherHistoric St Luke's ChurchCNUEF: $40,500 · OtherCNUEFTRI-RIVER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $31,250 · OtherAn Achievable Dream Foundation Inc: $25,000 · Other+46 more: $205,200 · Other+46 moreTHE MARINERS' MUSEUM: $226,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MARINERS' MUSEUMVIRGINIA LIVING MUSEUM INC: $114,500 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA LIVING MUSEUM INCJAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 · Arts & CultureJAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION IN…+7 more: $17,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FAISON CENTER INC: $313,500 · EducationTHE FAISON CENTER INC+2 more: $8,000 · EducationVIRGINIA PENINSULA FOODBANK: $15,000 · Food & NutritionDOWNTOWN HAMPTON CHILD CARE COUNCIL INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesSAINT FRANCIS SERVICE DOGS: $4,500 · Human ServicesAN ACHIEVABLE DREAM INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesPENINSULA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHRIVE PENINSULA FORMERLY DUCO: $1,000 · Human ServicesCOASTAL SHORES INC CO COASTAL TIDES LLC: $10,000 · EnvironmentFEAR 2 FREEDOM INC: $5,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$684,784Arts & Culture$427,500Education$321,500Food & Nutrition$15,000Human Services$14,000Environment$10,000Crime & Legal$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE FAISON CENTER INC: $313,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTHE MARINERS' MUSEUM: $226,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetVIRGINIA LIVING MUSEUM INC: $114,500 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetJAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetTRI-RIVER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $31,250 over 2y, 21% of budgetVIRGINIA PENINSULA FOODBANK: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOASTAL SHORES INC CO COASTAL TIDES LLC: $10,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetVERSABILITY RESOURCES INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBACON STREET YOUTH AND FAMILY SVCS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFEAR 2 FREEDOM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetST CATHERINE'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVIRGINIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOWNTOWN HAMPTON CHILD CARE COUNCIL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPENINSULA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA INC: $4,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS SERVICE DOGS: $4,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVirginia Center for Inclusive Communities: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJAMESTOWN REDISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVA FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHAMPTON ROADS EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAN ACHIEVABLE DREAM INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLONIAL VIRGINIA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNEWPORT NEWS PUBLIC ART FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPort Warwick Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPENINSULA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEWPORT NEWS POLICE DEPT FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTAD'S KIDS: $1,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHRIVE PENINSULA FORMERLY DUCO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPENINSULA RESCUE MISSION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACCESS NOW INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WATERMEN'S MUSEUM: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE FAISON CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MARINERS' MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA LIVING MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TRI-RIVER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA PENINSULA FOODBANK ↗
  • Who funds COASTAL SHORES INC CO COASTAL TIDES LLC ↗
  • Who funds VERSABILITY RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds BACON STREET YOUTH AND FAMILY SVCS ↗
  • Who funds FEAR 2 FREEDOM INC ↗
  • Who funds ST CATHERINE'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN HAMPTON CHILD CARE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds PENINSULA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA INC ↗
  • Who funds SAINT FRANCIS SERVICE DOGS ↗
  • Who funds Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities ↗
  • Who funds JAMESTOWN REDISCOVERY FOUNDATION ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Dominion Energy Chari…Langley for Families …Townebank FoundationSentara HealthThe Isabel Duncan Hat…Jp Yancey FoundationPetters Family Founda…The Community Foundat…Peninsula Community F…The Mary Morton Parso…Rouse-Bottom Foundati…Tidewater Jewish Foun…
Dominion Energy Charitable FoundationVA34.9× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Langley for Families - the Foundation of Lfcu · Townebank Foundation · Sentara Health · The Isabel Duncan Hatchett Foundation · Jp Yancey Foundation · Petters Family Foundation · The Community Foundation Inc · Peninsula Community Foundation of Virginia Inc · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Rouse-Bottom Foundation · Tidewater Jewish Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Abbitt Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Abbitt Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Abbitt Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Abbitt Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 73 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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