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Arlington Community Foundation

We exist to identify and elevate the needs in our community, and to attract and deploy charitable resources to address those needs.

$4.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
114
Grants FY2025still arriving
21
States reached
$253k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

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

Housing & Shelter$5.7MRecreation & Sports$5.1MHealth$3.4MHuman Services$2.7MEducation$2.4MPhilanthropy$2.2MFood & Nutrition$1.1MReligion$1.1MOther$0
02FY2025 · 114 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 114 grants below total $3,040,922, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,065,119 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,024,197 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k34 grants · $230k
  • $10k–50k61 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k18 grants · $1.4M
  • $250k+1 grant · $253k
$12,000
Median grant
21
States reached
$51M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AFFORDABLE HOMES & COMMUNITIES (AHC)$252,856
DEED COMMUNITY GIVING FOUNDATION$224,303
MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY$112,500
ST MARY'S FOOD BANK$110,000
911 DAY$100,000
TRUE GROUND HOUSING PARTNERS INC$81,776
ARLINGTON THRIVE$71,699
TOUGH2GETHER FOUNDATION$70,500
ARLINGTON FOOD ASSISTANCE CENTER (AFAC)$65,350
JUST NEIGHBORS$61,900
CENTER FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY AND APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT$60,000
LEGAL AID JUSTICE CENTER$57,500
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON DC INC$55,500
ASPIRE AFTERSCHOOL LEARNING$54,450
GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC$53,000
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 (FY17–25, $2.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 46% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%ANNIE'S HOME: $30k → 22%PACK SHACK OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $50k → 8%ATLANTA MISSION: $10k → 13%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $200k → 8%YOUTHBUILD LOUISVILLE: $100k → 15%PACK SHACK OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $35k → 8%THE FIRST 72: $50k → 23%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $100k → 8%PACK SHACK OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $16k → 8%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $31k → 14%GOODWIN LIVING FOUNDATION: $128k → 9%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $12k → 8%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $10k → 8%COMMUNITY RESIDENCES INC: $27k → 6%TOGETHER WE BAKE: $13k → 9%CAPITAL CARING: $20k → 6%NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICE: $20k → 6%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $386k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $311k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $126k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $101k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $100k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS NATIONAL CAPITAL & GREATER CHESAPEAKE REGION: $26k → 6%ARLINGTON THRIVE: $72k → 7%ARLINGTON THRIVE: $36k → 7%ARLINGTON THRIVE: $36k → 7%ARLINGTON THRIVE: $31k → 7%YMCA ARLINGTON: $18k → 14%ARLINGTON THRIVE: $28k → 7%ARLINGTON THRIVE: $27k → 7%ARLINGTON THRIVE: $15k → 7%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON ARLINGTON BRANCH: $16k → 7%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON ARLINGTON BRANCH: $13k → 7%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON ARLINGTON BRANCH: $12k → 7%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON ARLINGTON BRANCH: $12k → 7%CULPEPPER GARDEN: $38k → 7%CULPEPPER GARDEN: $38k → 7%CULPEPPER GARDEN: $33k → 7%CULPEPPER GARDEN: $28k → 7%CULPEPPER GARDEN: $20k → 7%ASPIRE AFTERSCHOOL LEARNING: $75k → 7%ASPIRE AFTERSCHOOL LEARNING: $54k → 7%CHALLENGING RACISM: $51k → 7%ASPIRE AFTERSCHOOL LEARNING: $51k → 7%ASPIRE AFTERSCHOOL LEARNING: $35k → 7%ASPIRE AFTERSCHOOL LEARNING: $28k → 7%ASPIRE AFTERSCHOOL LEARNING: $23k → 7%ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $20k → 7%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

ME
WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
KS
AR
NC
SC
DC
HI
LA
GA
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$22M · 98 repeat orgs$4.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

98 repeat relationships: 62 still active in FY2025, 36 since wound down; 41 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

98
120

Total granted

$22M
$2.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+5%

Still filing today

76%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M 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 ServicesHealthEducationFood & NutritionPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • TG
    TRUE GROUND HOUSING PARTNERS INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $1.7M · revenue +47%
  • AI
    AHC INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.7M · revenue +16%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON
    5× · 2019–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • IH
    INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue -224%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $248k · revenue -16%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST JOSEPH
    one grant, 2024 · $181k · revenue 0%
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
The Arc of the District of Columbia Inc

To improve the quality of life for all persons with intellectual disabilities and their families through supports and advocacy.

Human Services
2
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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3
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
4
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
5
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
6
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
7
Washington Area Community Investment Fund Inc

The washington area community investment fund (wacif) is a nonprofit community loan fund focused on increasing equity and economic opportunity in the washington, dc area's underserved communities. wacif's mission is driven by three…

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8
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
9
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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10
Association of Clinical Research Professionals

Acrp promotes excellence in clinical research. we support clinical research professionals through training and development, the exchange of ideas and expertise, and certification. we serve as the preferred source for quality tools,…

Health
11
Vcu Health Tappahannock Hospital

To deliver important healthcare services with exceptional quality and patient-centered care.

Health
12
Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation

The mission of vt-arc is to extend the impact of the virginia tech research and innovation enterprise, delivering superior analytic and technology solutions to government and non-government customers.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Washington Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Jane Franklin Dance. 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

219 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. 219 of the 269 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
34
Early backer (in before they grew)
213/219
Grantees still filing
120/219
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARLINGTON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PARKS RECREATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES: $5,821,229 · OtherARLINGTON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PARKS RECREATION AND CULTURAL RESO…TRUE GROUND HOUSING PARTNERS INC: $1,722,296 · OtherTRUE GROUND HOUSING PARTNERS INCMARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $881,135 · OtherMARYMOUNT UNIVERSITYWESLEY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA: $795,000 · OtherARLINGTON FREE CLINIC INC: $553,375 · Other+112 more: $5,865,700 · Other+112 moreCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $1,042,050 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHA…WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC: $321,600 · Human ServicesWARRIOR CANI…ASPIRE AFTERSCHOOL LEARNING: $278,025 · Human ServicesASPIRE AFTER…ARLINGTON THRIVE: $260,949 · Human ServicesARLINGTON TH…CULPEPPER GARDEN III INCORPORATED: $156,500 · Human ServicesCULPEPPER GA…GOODWIN HOUSE FOUNDATION: $137,290 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON: $107,700 · Human ServicesTHE PACK SHACK: $100,830 · Human ServicesYOUNG ADULT DEVELOPMENT IN ACTION INC: $100,000 · Human Services+15 more: $418,078 · Human Services+15 moreThe Virginia Hospital Center Foundation: $734,350 · HealthThe Virgini…SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $693,200 · HealthSIBLEY MEMO…NATIONAL CAPITAL TREATMENT AND RECOVERY: $258,500 · HealthNATIONAL CA…INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $250,000 · HealthINOVA HEALT…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $138,969 · Health+17 more: $593,548 · Health+17 moreGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $385,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $247,652 · PhilanthropyPAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND: $225,000 · PhilanthropyDEED COMMUNITY GIVING FOUNDATION: $224,303 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST JOSEPH: $181,249 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $175,100 · Philanthropy911 DAY: $100,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropySUCEDE INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyREACH FOR UGANDAINC: $100,000 · Philanthropy+4 more: $105,650 · PhilanthropyAHC INC: $1,719,481 · Housing & Shelter+6 more: $197,158 · Housing & ShelterPathForward Inc: $684,350 · Community ImprovementACT FOR ALEXANDRIA: $219,862 · Community ImprovementJunior League of Northern Virginia: $88,600 · Community Improvement+1 more: $25,450 · Community ImprovementArlington Food Assistance Center: $302,753 · Food & NutritionGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $134,361 · Food & NutritionST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $110,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $69,196 · Food & NutritionLA COCINA VA: $53,384 · Food & NutritionFOOD LIFELINE: $29,875 · Food & Nutrition+6 more: $117,040 · Food & Nutrition
Other$15,638,735Human Services$2,923,022Health$2,668,567Philanthropy$1,943,954Housing & Shelter$1,916,639Community Improvement$1,018,262Food & Nutrition$816,609

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetTRUE GROUND HOUSING PARTNERS INC: $1,722,296 over 8y, 9.7% of budgetAHC INC: $1,719,481 over 9y, 3.9% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $1,042,050 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetMARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $881,135 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetWESLEY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA: $795,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetThe Virginia Hospital Center Foundation: $734,350 over 9y, 9.8% of budgetSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $693,200 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetPathForward Inc: $684,350 over 9y, 5.1% of budgetARLINGTON FREE CLINIC INC: $553,375 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetDOORWAYS FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES INC: $477,794 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetTHE CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOUNDATION OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $397,000 over 3y, 8.7% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $385,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC: $321,600 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetArlington Food Assistance Center: $302,753 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetASPIRE AFTERSCHOOL LEARNING: $278,025 over 8y, 7.9% of budgetARLINGTON THRIVE: $260,949 over 9y, 5.3% of budgetNATIONAL CAPITAL TREATMENT AND RECOVERY: $258,500 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $247,652 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND: $225,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACT FOR ALEXANDRIA: $219,862 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST JOSEPH: $181,249 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $175,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnimal Welfare League of Arlington: $166,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetBOWEN MCCAULEY DANCE INC: $163,500 over 6y, 12% of budgetOffender Aid & Restoration Arlington Co OAR Arlington Alexandria Falls Church: $161,100 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetCULPEPPER GARDEN III INCORPORATED: $156,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $138,969 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOODWIN HOUSE FOUNDATION: $137,290 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $134,361 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLEADERSHIP CENTER OF ARLINGTON: $130,850 over 5y, 6.9% of budgetArlington Community Access Corporation dba Arlington Independent Media: $129,245 over 2y, 12% of budgetWASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $116,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $110,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON: $107,700 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLANDON SCHOOL: $102,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PACK SHACK: $100,830 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetYOUNG ADULT DEVELOPMENT IN ACTION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSUCEDE INC: $100,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetREACH FOR UGANDAINC: $100,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetJunior League of Northern Virginia: $88,600 over 1y, 54% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $85,006 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON DC INC: $81,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $69,196 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorthern Virginia Conservation Trust: $68,487 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetLEGAL AID JUSTICE CENTER: $67,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCHALLENGING RACISM: $65,924 over 3y, 9.2% 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 TRUE GROUND HOUSING PARTNERS INC ↗
  • Who funds AHC INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WESLEY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA ↗
  • Who funds The Virginia Hospital Center Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PathForward Inc ↗
  • Who funds ARLINGTON FREE CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds DOORWAYS FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOUNDATION OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC ↗
  • Who funds Arlington Food Assistance Center ↗
  • Who funds ASPIRE AFTERSCHOOL LEARNING ↗
  • Who funds ARLINGTON THRIVE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CAPITAL TREATMENT AND RECOVERY ↗
  • Who funds INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ↗
  • Who funds PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ↗
  • Who funds DEED COMMUNITY GIVING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ACT FOR ALEXANDRIA ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST JOSEPH ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Animal Welfare League of Arlington ↗
  • Who funds BOWEN MCCAULEY DANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds Offender Aid & Restoration Arlington Co OAR Arlington Alexandria Falls Church ↗
  • Who funds CULPEPPER GARDEN III INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds GOODWIN HOUSE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds LEADERSHIP CENTER OF ARLINGTON ↗
  • Who funds Arlington Community Access Corporation dba Arlington Independent Media ↗

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.

Washington Forrest Fo…The Community Foundat…The Morris and Gwendo…United Way of the Nat…Greater Washington Co…Act for AlexandriaClark-Winchcole Found…Philip L Graham Fund …Dominion Energy Chari…Reinsch Pierce Family…Venable Foundation IncEugene & Agnes E Meye…
Washington Forrest FoundationVA85× affinity39 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Washington Forrest Foundation · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Act for Alexandria · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Reinsch Pierce Family Foundation Inc · Venable Foundation Inc · Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation

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 Arlington Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arlington Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: 21% of income from government
  • The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Warrior Canine Connection Inc: 5% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Curry College: 0% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Capital Hospice: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
47report 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.

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 269 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home