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Altria Companies Employee Community Fund

Acecf enhances the lives of people in our communities by effectively stewarding employees' contributions and empowering employees through philanthropy.

$3.2M
Granted FY2017
189
Grants FY2017
12
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Altria Companies Employee Community Fund’s FY2018 grant dollars went to American Online Giving Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2018 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2017, the last year Altria Companies Employee Community Fund named its own grantees at scale: 185 organizations, $3M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

185
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0
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Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Philanthropy$2.6MYouth Development$687kHousing & Shelter$558kHuman Services$536kFood & Nutrition$509kPublic Safety & Disaster$347kHealth$240kCrime & Legal$176kOther$0
02FY2017 · 189 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k27 grants · $162k
  • $10k–50k162 grants · $3.0M
$15,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$27k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RICHMOND FRIENDS OF THE HOMELESS$30,000
ASK CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION$30,000
POSITIVE VIBE FOUNDATION$30,000
RICHMOND HILL$30,000
FEEDING AMERICA SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA$30,000
FEED MORE INC$30,000
BLAIRS FIRE & RESCUE INC$30,000
CARITAS$30,000
CARES INC$30,000
CIRCLE CENTER ADULT DAY SERVICES$30,000
THE CHILD AND FAMILY NETWORK CENTERS$30,000
VIRGINIA VOICE INC$30,000
GREATER RICHMOND FIT4KIDS INC$30,000
ELDERHOMES CORP$30,000
SAFE HARBOR$30,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $698k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 49% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%CAMP KESEM NATIONAL: $10k → 14%MID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY: $20k → 14%FAMILY SHELTER SERVICE: $10k → 7%CORNERSTONE SERVICE INC: $5k → 7%NIGHT MINISTRY: $10k → 14%BETHANY PLACE: $3k → 16%LEARNING ALLY INC: $10k → 11%QUIN RIVERS INC: $20k → 5%BACKPACKS OF LOVE INC: $30k → 6%HAVEN SHELTER & SERVICES INC: $30k → 16%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $8k → 15%IN IANS BOOTS INC: $15k → 6%YWCA TRI-COUNTY AREA: $20k → 7%RESOURCES FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC: $8k → 22%MARYVILLE ACADEMY: $10k → 14%BLINDED VETERANS ASSOCIATION: $15k → 9%CIRCLE CENTER ADULT DAY SERVICES: $30k → 9%NORFOLK SENIOR CENTER: $25k → 19%UNITED METHODIST COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM OF ROANOKE VIRGINIA: $11k → 20%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER OF CHESTER COUNTY: $20k → 6%RAMP ACCESS MADE POSSIBLE BY STUDENTS: $10k → 6%POTTSTOWN AREA SENIORS CENTER: $15k → 7%YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF RICHMOND: $30k → 22%ST LUKES COMMUNITY HOUSE EPISCOPAL INC: $13k → 14%FAMILY RESCUE: $10k → 14%SHEPHARD CENTER OF CHESTERFIELD: $8k → 7%TRINITY VILLAGE CENTER: $20k → 9%BLUE ISLAND CITIZENS FOR PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES: $5k → 14%CAPITAL AREA PARTNERSHIP UPLIFTING PEOPLE INC: $19k → 22%RICHMOND FRIENDS OF THE HOMELESS: $30k → 7%UNITED METHODIST URBAN MINISTRIES OF RICHMOND INC: $30k → 9%SENIOR CONNECTIONS THE CAPITAL AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $15k → 22%VIRGINIA VOICE INC: $30k → 9%SAFE HARBOR: $30k → 22%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $20k → 22%PETER PAUL DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $30k → 9%YOUTH VILLAGES INC: $15k → 9%FAMILY LIFELINE: $20k → 22%FRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN: $20k → 22%SPORTABLE RICHMOND ADAPTIVE SPORTS AND RECREATION INC: $15k → 22%COMMONWEALTH CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $5k → 9%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
IN
PA
NJ
CA
KY
VA
TN
DC
LA
TX
FL
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 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.

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Transitions Family Violence Services

The mission of transitions family violence services (tfvs) is to build safe and healthy families on the virginia peninsula by providing services to adult and child victims of domestic violence and human trafficking. we work to increase…

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2
Ywca of Central Virginia

The ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, dignity, and freedom for all.

Human Services
3
Richmond Residential Services Inc

Richmond residential services strives to provide person-centered care for individuals with diverse abilities and support needs, facilitating choice, growth and community participation

Human Services
4
Samaritan House Inc

Samaritan House is committed to fostering personal safety, growth, and self-sufficiency in adults and their children through freedom from domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking and removing their risks of homelessness.

Housing & Shelter
5
SeniorNavigatorcom

SeniorNavigator and its family of websites are national models for aging, disability and veteran information. By combining online assistance with a network of community-based centers, the websites bring over 26,000 community resources,…

Community Improvement
6
Miller Home of Lynchburg Virginia
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7
Cornerstones Housing Corporation

Cornerstones housing corporation (chc) operates as the affordable housing arm of cornerstones, inc. together, cornerstones and its subsidiary chc have served fairfax county low- to moderate-income residents for over 50 years. working in…

Housing & Shelter
8
Shelter House Inc

Shelter House's mission is to prevent and end homelessness and domestic violence by engaging the community, building effective relationships and providing crisis intervention, safe housing and supportive services.

Housing & Shelter
9
Bethany House of Northern Virginia Inc

Bethany house's mission is to empower women and children escaping domestic violence by providing safe, short-term housing and comprehensive, trauma-informed services.

Human Services
10
Virginia Lutheran Homes Inc

Providing life-enriching services that promote well-being and build community.

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11
Virginia Community Action Partnership Inc

Virginia community action partnership (vacap) is the statewide membership association for virginia's thirty-one non-profit and public community action agencies. vacaps mission is to build the capacity and competencies of virginias…

Human Services
12
Northern Virginia Family Services Inc

The mission of northern virginia family service (nvfs) is "to empower individuals and families to improve their quality of life, and to promote community cooperation and support in responding to family needs." nvfs was established in 1924…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Commonwealth Catholic Charities; the most unlike its peers is Latin Ballet of Virginia. 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

180 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. 180 of the 186 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
64
Early backer (in before they grew)
173/180
Grantees still filing
148/180
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $2,564,267 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC+3 more: $61,333 · PhilanthropySupportWorks Housing: $60,000 · Other+78 more: $1,322,363 · Other+78 moreSAFE HARBOR: $30,000 · Human ServicesTHE HAVEN SHELTER AND SERVICES INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesVirginia Voice Inc: $30,000 · Human ServicesBACKPACKS OF LOVE INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesPETER PAUL DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesRICHMOND FRIENDS OF THE HOMELESS LTD: $30,000 · Human ServicesCircle Center Adult Day Services: $30,000 · Human ServicesSHALOM FARMSINC: $30,000 · Human ServicesYWCA RICHMOND: $30,000 · Human Services+36 more: $487,864 · Human Services+36 moreHOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF RICHMOND INC: $30,000 · HealthCENTRAL VIRGINIA HEALTH SERVICES INC: $30,000 · HealthTHE HEALING PLACE: $30,000 · HealthPOSITIVE VIBE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · HealthCOLONIAL HEIGHTS FIRE & EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES: $29,444 · HealthRICHMOND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY FUTURES FOUNDATION AND SUBSIDIARIES: $25,000 · HealthBALLY COMMUNITY AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 · HealthNAMI Central Virginia: $15,080 · HealthTHE FACES OF HOPE OF VIRGINIA INC: $15,000 · HealthTHE CROSS-OVER MINISTRY INC: $15,000 · HealthGreeneville Emergency & Rescue Squad: $15,000 · HealthACCESS NOW INC: $15,000 · Health+12 more: $106,022 · HealthUSA CARES INC: $40,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING FAMILIES FIRST: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterELDERHOMES CORPORATION: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterCARITAS: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterBETTER HOUSING COALITION: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterVETERANS PLACE OF WASHINGTON BOULEVARD: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterNASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterEmergency Shelter Inc: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING FORWARD: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterFriendship Place: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter+2 more: $7,500 · Housing & ShelterTHE SOCIETY OF ST ANDREW INC: $30,000 · Food & NutritionFEED MORE INC: $30,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA: $30,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionFOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA: $19,515 · Food & NutritionFREDERICKSBURG REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $18,780 · Food & NutritionCharlotte County Meals On Wheels: $17,749 · Food & NutritionMETROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE: $15,000 · Food & NutritionNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $10,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $10,000 · Food & NutritionVIRGINIA PENINSULA FOODBANK: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $5,000 · Food & NutritionTHE CHILD AND FAMILY NETWORK CENTERS INC: $30,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CHESTERFIELD: $21,000 · EducationWashington and Lee University: $20,000 · EducationPodium RVA: $15,000 · EducationCOLLEGE MENTORS FOR KIDS INC: $15,000 · EducationSt Andrew's School: $15,000 · EducationHOMEWORK HOTLINE INC: $13,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LAKE COUNTY: $10,000 · EducationMONTGOMERY COUNTY - NORRISTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $5,000 · Education
Philanthropy$2,625,600Other$1,382,363Human Services$757,864Health$400,546Housing & Shelter$237,500Food & Nutrition$216,044Education$144,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSupportWorks Housing: $60,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUSA CARES INC: $40,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSAFE HARBOR: $30,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetHOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF RICHMOND INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE SOCIETY OF ST ANDREW INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HAVEN SHELTER AND SERVICES INC: $30,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetBOYDTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC: $30,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetSOUTH HILL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC: $30,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetVirginia Voice Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetBACKPACKS OF LOVE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetCENTRAL VIRGINIA HEALTH SERVICES INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER RICHMOND FIT4KIDS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetFEED MORE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPETER PAUL DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCHESTERFLD COLONL HGHTS ALLIANCE FOR SOC MINISTRY: $30,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetHOUSING FAMILIES FIRST: $30,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetASK CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetFEEDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HEALING PLACE: $30,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetELK HILL FARM INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCircle Center Adult Day Services: $30,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetYWCA RICHMOND: $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCARES INCORPORATED: $30,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetELDERHOMES CORPORATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CHILD AND FAMILY NETWORK CENTERS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCARITAS: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMETROPOLITAN RICHMOND SPORTS BACKERS: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRICHMOND HILL INCORPORATED: $30,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetPOSITIVE VIBE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetCOLONIAL HEIGHTS FIRE & EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES: $29,444 over 1y, 49% of budgetBOYDTON LIFE STATION INC: $26,479 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetSOAR 365: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBETTER HOUSING COALITION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCE CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetThe Legal Aid Society of Roanoke Valley: $25,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetCHESTERFIELD CASA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetRICHMOND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetHENRICO COUNTY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY FUTURES FOUNDATION AND SUBSIDIARIES: $25,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetPRIMEPLUS SENIOR CENTERS: $24,860 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetSTRATEGIES TO ELEVATE PEOPLE RICHMOND: $23,500 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetPALMER SPRINGS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $22,618 over 1y, 13% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CHESTERFIELD: $21,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetTAPPAHANNOCK-ESSEX VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $20,620 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetLatin Ballet of Virginia: $20,540 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetGREATER RICHMOND AQUATICS PARTNERSHIP: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetDomestic Violence Center of Chester County: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetQuin Rivers Incorporated: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% 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.

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.

The Community Foundat…Herndon FoundationThe Pauley Family Fou…Richmond Memorial Hea…The Mary Morton Parso…Robins FoundationUnited Way of Greater…Dominion Energy Chari…The William H - John …Bon Secours - Richmon…Virginia Nonprofit Ho…Shelton H Short Jr Tr…
The Community Foundation IncVA89.6× affinity58 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · Herndon Foundation · The Pauley Family Foundation · Richmond Memorial Health Foundation · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Robins Foundation · United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The William H - John G - Emma Scott Foundation · Bon Secours - Richmond Health System Inc · Virginia Nonprofit Housing Coalition · Shelton H Short Jr Trust

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 Altria Companies Employee Community Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Altria Companies Employee Community Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Learning Ally Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
89report 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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to Altria Companies Employee Community Fund?

Find your warmest path to Altria Companies Employee Community Fund 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 186 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2020) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2017, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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