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Bayport Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$301k
Granted FY2025still arriving
31
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$175k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20212025.

Education$1.3MHousing & Shelter$205kYouth Development$70kHuman Services$25kArts & Culture$10kFood & Nutrition$7kRecreation & Sports$5k
02FY2025 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k27 grants · $76k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $175k
$2,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$681k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEWPORT NEWS EDUCATION FOUNDATION$175,000
PEAKE CHILDHOOD CENTER$25,000
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY$15,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB VA PENINSULA$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$9,500
VIRGINIA TECH UNIVERSITY$7,500
NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY$5,000
VIRGINIA PENINSULA COMMUNITY COLLEG$5,000
JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY$4,000
RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE$4,000
VIRGINIA PENINSULA FOOD BANK$3,500
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY$3,000
EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIV$2,000
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY$2,000
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY$2,000
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 (FY25–25, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%PEAKE CHILDHOOD CENTER: $25k → 17%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

NH
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
PA
CA
VA
MD
DE
NC
SC
LA
AL
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.3M · 32 repeat orgs$296k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +16% since the first grant, against +7% for the ones you funded once.

32 repeat relationships — 23 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
31

Total granted

$1.3M
$258k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+7%

Still filing today

41%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k 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
EducationArts & CultureFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesOther

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

  • VB
    VIRGINIA BEACH PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND SUBSIDIARY
    2× · 2022–2024 · $500k · revenue +52% · 53% of their budget
  • NN
    NEWPORT NEWS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $425k · revenue +717% · 58% of their budget
  • RC
    RANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $11k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • PR
    PENINSULA RESCUE MISSION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue +23%
  • TH
    TRI-RIVER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $55k · revenue -3% · 59% of their budget
  • VL
    VIRGINIA LIVING MUSEUM INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +20%

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
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
3
Virginia Wesleyan University

Virginia wesleyan university is a fully accredited liberal arts, united-methodist related institution founded in 1961.

4
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
5
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
6
Hilbert College

Hilbert college is an independent institution of higher learning that embraces its catholic franciscan heritage and values. students from diverse backgrounds are educated in liberal arts and professional programs to become informed…

Education
7
Franklin University

Since 1902, Franklin University has been a pioneer in meeting the needs of adult students who have the ambition to continue their education in combination with other responsibilities, receiving its status as a tax exempt organization in…

8
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
9
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

10
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
11
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
12
Mcdaniel College Inc

Mcdaniel college is a diverse student-centered community committed to excellence in the liberal arts & sciences and professional studies with careful mentoring and attention to the individual. mcdaniel changes lives. we challenge students…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hollins University Corporation and the most unlike its peers is Tri-River Habitat for Humanity Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 68 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr18%7%10–20yr14%13%20–35yr15%20%35–55yr15%60%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr18%1%10–20yr14%73%20–35yr15%19%35–55yr15%7%55yr+

The field is 23% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% 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%0/31
the rest of the field
13%
6,446/50,437

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

26 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 71 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
19/26
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

VIRGINIA BEACH PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND SUBSIDIARY — $500,000 · EducationVIRGINIA BEACH PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND SUBSIDIARYNEWPORT NEWS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $425,000 · EducationNEWPORT NEWS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION+18 more — $67,500 · Education+18 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUB VA PENINSULA — $70,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB VA PENINSU…TRI-RIVER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $55,000 · OtherTRI-RIVER HABITAT FOR HUMANI…OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY — $44,000 · OtherOLD DOMINION UNIVERSITYVIRGINIA TECH UNIVERSITY — $34,500 · OtherVIRGINIA TECH UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA — $32,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIAVIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY — $17,500 · OtherJAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY — $14,500 · Other+40 more — $127,500 · Other+40 morePENINSULA RESCUE MISSION INC — $150,000 · Housing & ShelterPENINSULA …DOWNTOWN HAMPTON CHILD CARE COUNCIL INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesVIRGINIA LIVING MUSEUM INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA PENINSULA FOODBANK — $7,000 · Food & Nutrition
Education$992,500Other$395,500Housing & Shelter$150,000Human Services$25,000Arts & Culture$10,000Food & Nutrition$7,000

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 budgetVIRGINIA BEACH PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND SUBSIDIARY — $500,000 over 2y, 53% of budgetNEWPORT NEWS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $425,000 over 2y, 58% of budgetPENINSULA RESCUE MISSION INC — $150,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetTRI-RIVER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $55,000 over 1y, 59% of budgetDOWNTOWN HAMPTON CHILD CARE COUNCIL INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE — $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA LIVING MUSEUM INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC — $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA PENINSULA FOODBANK — $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING — $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWashington and Lee University — $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEMMANUEL COLLEGE — $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH POINT UNIVERSITY — $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLLINS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION — $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGEWATER COLLEGE — $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT LEO UNIVERSITY INC — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREGENT UNIVERSITY — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHarvey Mudd College — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern New Hampshire University — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUEFIELD UNIVERSITY — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON COLLEGE — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTuskegee University — $1,000 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.

  • Who funds VIRGINIA BEACH PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND SUBSIDIARY
  • Who funds NEWPORT NEWS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
  • Who funds PENINSULA RESCUE MISSION INC
  • Who funds TRI-RIVER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN HAMPTON CHILD CARE COUNCIL INC
  • Who funds RANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE
  • Who funds VIRGINIA LIVING MUSEUM INC
  • Who funds LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC
  • Who funds VIRGINIA PENINSULA FOODBANK
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
  • Who funds Washington and Lee University
  • Who funds EMMANUEL COLLEGE
  • Who funds HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds HOLLINS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE
  • Who funds SAINT LEO UNIVERSITY INC
  • Who funds REGENT UNIVERSITY

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.

Hughes Memorial HomeVA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hughes Memorial Home · Sentara Health · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Abbitt Family Foundation · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Verizon Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Bayport Foundation 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.

2025
202122232425
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 0%
  • Johns Hopkins University11% of income from government
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc2% of income from government
  • Washington College0% of income from government
  • Saint Leo University Inc0% of income from government
  • Emmanuel College0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Bayport Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Bayport 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 71 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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