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Alloy Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$705k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$305k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Human Services$1.2MScience & Tech$460kArts & Culture$385kYouth Development$379kPhilanthropy$325kHealth$273kHousing & Shelter$150kFood & Nutrition$103kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $133k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $255k
  • $250k+1 grant · $305k
$15,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICE INC$305,000
INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION$100,000
CORNERSTONES INC$55,000
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER$50,000
NORTHERN VIRGINIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION$50,000
JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$27,650
FAIRFAX COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC$25,000
USTA MID ATLANTIC FOUNDATION$25,000
HOMEAID AMERICA INC$15,000
DOORWAYS FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES INC$10,000
SHELTER HOUSE INC$10,000
WOMEN GIVING BACK INC$10,000
SECOND STORY INC$10,000
OAR OF FAIRFAX COUNTY INC$5,000
EXPERIENCE CAMPS$2,600
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOMEAID NORTHERN VIRGINIA: $15k → 7%CARING MATTERS: $2k → 8%HOMEAID NORTHERN VIRGINIA: $10k → 7%CARINGMATTERS: $512 → 8%HOMEAID NORTHERN VIRGINIA: $10k → 7%CARING MATTERS INC: $500 → 8%HOMEAID NORTHERN VIRGINIA: $5k → 7%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $28k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $25k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $25k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $25k → 8%SECOND STORY: $10k → 6%SECOND STORY: $10k → 6%SECOND STORY: $10k → 6%SECOND STORY: $10k → 6%SECOND STORY: $10k → 6%SECOND STORY: $10k → 6%SECOND STORY: $2k → 6%SHARED HORIZONS: $5k → 14%FOOD FOR OTHERS: $5k → 6%FOOD FOR OTHERS: $5k → 6%FOOD FOR OTHERS: $3k → 6%NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICE INC: $305k → 6%CAPITAL CARING: $500 → 6%CORNERSTONES INC: $55k → 6%CORNERSTONES INC: $50k → 6%CORNERSTONES INC: $25k → 6%CORNERSTONES INC: $25k → 6%NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICE: $152k → 6%NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICE: $80k → 6%NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICE: $75k → 6%NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICE: $50k → 6%NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 6%NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 6%NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 6%NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
MI
NY
OH
NJ
CT
CA
UT
VA
MD
DE
TN
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.7M · 50 repeat orgs$596k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +17% since the first grant, against +12% for the ones you funded once.

50 repeat relationships — 10 still active in FY2025, 40 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
45

Total granted

$2.7M
$363k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+12%

Still filing today

68%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $233k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • NV
    NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $723k · revenue +17%
  • JS
    JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $103k · revenue +27%
  • WT
    WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
    3× · 2022–2024 · $77k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER WASH
    one grant, 2018 · $201k
  • JF
    JEWISH FED WASH DC UKRAINE
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • GI
    Girls Incorporated of Bristol
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -41%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Abilities Network Inc

Cultivating inclusive communities through relationships, innovation and high-quality services.

Health
2
Leadingage Inc

The mission of leadingage is to be the trusted voice for aging. our 6,000+ members and partners include nonprofit organizations representing the entire field of aging services, 38 state associations, hundreds of businesses, consumer…

Housing & Shelter
3
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
4
Usaging

Usaging represents & supports the national network of area agencies on aging & advocates for the title vi native american aging programs that help older adults & people with disabilities live with optimal health, well-being, independence &…

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5
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Create a more accessible, sustainable, prosperous and livable national capital region by being a discussion forum, expert resource, issue advocate, and catalyst for action.

Public Benefit
6
Opportunity Partners

Mission: together we advance the quality of life for people with disabilities. vision: people of all abilities thrive in the world. values: impact- generate solutions that make a difference. choice - create opportunities for people to lead…

Employment
7
The Arc Baltimore Inc

The arc baltimore supports people with developmental disabilities to lead fulfilling lives with a sense of belonging, purpose, and meaningful relationships.

Human Services
8
Abilitypath Housing

Abilitypath housing advances affordable, accessible housing projects that promote independence and inclusive communities for adults with developmental disabilities. through partnerships and innovative program designs, abilitypath housing…

Human Services
9
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
10
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
11
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

The neighborhood reinvestment corporation (d.b.a neighborworks america) is a congressionally chartered public non-profit corporation that creates opportunities for people to live in affordable homes, improve their lives, and strengthen…

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12
Marrakech Inc

Provides person-centered and inclusive services to children and adults with and without disabilities that includes securing employment, connecting to necessary supportive services, accessing housing and participating fully as contributing…

Employment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cornerstones Inc and the most unlike its peers is Second Story Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyJewish Community Organizati…Health Access Advocacy and …Local History MuseumsDomestic Violence ServicesWomen & Girls Leadership De…Food Banks and PantriesChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Christian Youth CampsAffordable Housing Developm…Developmental Disabilities …Cancer Support ServicesCommunity College Foundatio…Independent K-12 SchoolsCommunity Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 42 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%2%<5yr14%5%5–10yr18%13%10–20yr14%19%20–35yr15%33%35–55yr15%29%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%0%<5yr14%4%5–10yr18%7%10–20yr14%9%20–35yr15%23%35–55yr15%58%55yr+

The field is 23% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/66
the rest of the field
13%
6,446/50,402

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

63 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 63 of the 104 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
61/63
Grantees still filing
42/63
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NORTHERN VIRGINIA SCIENCE CTR — $350,000 · OtherNORTHERN VIRGINIA SCIENCE CTRTHE KENNEDY CENTER — $215,802 · OtherTHE KENNEDY CENTERBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER WASH — $200,504 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER WASHMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER — $100,000 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTERUSTAMid-Atlantic Foundation — $75,000 · OtherWomen Giving Back Inc — $70,000 · Other+62 more — $611,137 · Other+62 moreNORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC — $723,030 · Human ServicesNORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES …CORNERSTONES INC — $155,000 · Human ServicesCORNERSTONES INCJEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY — $102,500 · Human ServicesJEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCYABUSED AND HOMELESS CHILDREN'S REFUGE INC — $62,000 · Human ServicesABUSED AND HOMELESS CHILDREN'S REF…Housing Trust Fund of Northern Virginia (dba Homeaid Northern Virginia) — $40,000 · Human Services+5 more — $35,512 · Human ServicesJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC — $298,600 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FED…THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC — $25,000 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWISH…WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — $77,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — $60,000 · Arts & CultureNORTHERN VIRGINIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION — $50,000 · Arts & CultureJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — $27,650 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $1,500 · Arts & CultureINOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION — $100,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $27,500 · HealthAUTISM SPEAKS INC — $13,500 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION — $11,800 · Health+5 more — $5,864 · HealthFlint Hill School — $45,000 · EducationBRIGHT BEGINNINGS INC — $25,000 · EducationGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $23,500 · EducationEmerging Scholars Program Inc — $7,500 · Education+1 more — $1,200 · EducationShelter House Inc — $45,000 · Housing & ShelterFriendship Place — $12,500 · Housing & ShelterNew Hope Housing Inc — $12,500 · Housing & ShelterGOOD SHEPHERD HOUSING CORPORATION — $12,500 · Housing & ShelterSECOND STORY INC — $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,622,443Human Services$1,118,042Philanthropy$323,600Arts & Culture$216,150Health$158,664Education$102,200Housing & Shelter$92,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC — $723,030 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC — $298,600 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCORNERSTONES INC — $155,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY — $102,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — $77,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUSTAMid-Atlantic Foundation — $75,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWomen Giving Back Inc — $70,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetABUSED AND HOMELESS CHILDREN'S REFUGE INC — $62,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN VIRGINIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFlint Hill School — $45,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDOORWAYS FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES INC — $45,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetShelter House Inc — $45,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHousing Trust Fund of Northern Virginia (dba Homeaid Northern Virginia) — $40,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER WASHINGTON — $35,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSOME INC — $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $27,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHT BEGINNINGS INC — $25,000 over 3y, 35% of budgetFAIRFAX COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC — $25,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetGirls Incorporated of Bristol — $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $23,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEXPERIENCE CAMPS — $20,113 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC — $13,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOUDOUN HUNGER RELIEF INC — $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBRITEPATHS INC — $12,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Arc of Northern Virginia — $12,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFriendship Place — $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC — $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew Hope Housing Inc — $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD FOR OTHERS INC — $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD HOUSING CORPORATION — $12,500 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION — $11,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHit the Books Inc — $10,400 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILIATE — $9,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmerging Scholars Program Inc — $7,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHRIVE DC — $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSHARED HORIZONS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetREFUGEES INTERNATIONAL INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOAR of Fairfax County — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD RESCUE US INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS INC — $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC — $2,789 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCARINGMATTERS INC — $2,512 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGOOD360 — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundat…United Way of the Nat…The Jv Schiro Zavela …Van Metre Companies F…Philip L Graham Fund …The Peterson Family F…The Morris and Gwendo…Dominion Energy Chari…Greater Washington Co…The Closet of the Gre…America's CharitiesCommunity Foundation …
The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia IncVA33.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · United Way of the National Capital Area · The Jv Schiro Zavela Foundation · Van Metre Companies Foundation Inc · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · The Peterson Family Foundation Inc · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Closet of the Greater Herndon Area Inc · America's Charities · Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Alloy Family Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Jewish Social Service Agency — 1% of income from government
  • Capital Hospice — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 104 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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