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Binswanger Glass Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$63k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Health$139kArts & Culture$125kHuman Services$118kCrime & Legal$115kAnimals$33kEnvironment$19kScience & Tech$15kReligion$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $37k
$2,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$113k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JACKSON COUNTY CASA$12,675
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES$12,675
VCU MASSEY CANCER CENTER$12,000
VALENTINE RICHMOND HISTORY CENTER$5,000
SCIENCE MUSEUM OF VIRGINIA$5,000
JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION$3,000
BON AIR SHELTERING ARMS FOUNDATION$3,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$2,500
CROW$2,000
RICHMOND SPCA$1,600
MAYMONT FOUNDATION$1,000
LEWIS GINTER BOTANNICAL GARDEN$1,000
ST LUKE'S HISTORIC CHURCH MUSEUM$500
GLOUCESTER-MATTHEWS HUMANE SOCIETY$500
GLOUCESTER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$500
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, $115k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 5%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $14k → 5%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $13k → 5%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $13k → 5%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $13k → 5%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $13k → 5%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $12k → 5%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $12k → 5%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $11k → 5%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.

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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$562k · 22 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships — 15 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
2

Total granted

$562k
$10k

Still filing today

59%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
AnimalsArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesCivil RightsHealthOther

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

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $115k · revenue +105%
  • JC
    JACKSON COUNTY CASA
    9× · 2017–2025 · $115k · revenue +107%
  • TV
    THE VALENTINE MUSEUM
    9× · 2017–2025 · $52k · revenue +176%

Funded once

  • UB
    UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • BA
    BIG ARTS
    one grant, 2024 · $5k

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
Virginia Living Museum Inc

The museum connects people to nature by delivering educational classes, programs, exhibits, events and demonstrations. staff and volunteers engage learners of all ages on a 23 acre campus setting. indoor and outdoor learning opportunities…

Arts & Culture
2
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida

We are a grassroots organization focused on the critical environmental issues of sw florida. we accomplish this through a myriad of efforts by the teams in our programmatic departments: science, policy, education and wildlife…

3
Isle of Wight County Museum Foundation Inc
Arts & Culture
4
Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens

The mission of the jenkins arboretum & gardens is to preserve natural, tranquil woodlands for community enjoyment, to showcase native plants and a world class collection of rhododendrons and azaleas, and to promote environmental…

Environment
5
The Glass-Glen Burnie Museum Inc

The mission of the museum of the shenandoah valley (msv) is to preserve and enrich the cultural life and heritage of the shenandoah valley. serving the region as a cultural site, the msv fulfills its mission by presenting exhibitions;…

Arts & Culture
6
Essex County Conservation Alliance

Preservation of essex county virginia's rural characteristics, its scenic lands, natural resources, and historic structures.

Environment
7
Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.

Animals
8
The Virginia and Alfred Harrell Foundation
9
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.

10
Association for the Preservation of Va Antiquities

To preserve, promote and serve as an advocate for virginia's irreplaceable historic places for cultural, economic and educational benefits for everyone.

Arts & Culture
11
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
12
Historic Virginia Land Conservancy

Promoting for the benefit of the general public, the preservation, protection and enjoyment of our natural resources, principally in the lower james, york, rappahannock and chowan rivers and surrounding watersheds.

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the most unlike its peers is The Arc - Eastern Shore of Virginia Incorporated. 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

14 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. 14 of the 25 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

VCU MASSEY CANCER CENTER — $106,000 · OtherVCU MASSEY CANCER CENTERSCIENCE MUSEUM OF VIRGINIA — $33,500 · OtherSCIENCE MUSEUM OF VIRGINIAVIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS — $25,000 · OtherVIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTSSCIENCE MUSEUM — $15,000 · OtherSCIENCE MUSEUMDING DARLING WILDLIFE SOC — $10,000 · Other+9 more — $27,450 · Other+9 moreJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES — $115,002 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICESJACKSON COUNTY CASA — $115,002 · Civil RightsJACKSON COUNTY CASATHE VALENTINE MUSEUM — $52,000 · Arts & CultureTHE VALENTI…MAYMONT FOUNDATION — $7,600 · Arts & CultureMAYMONT FOU…Children's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation — $26,500 · HealthDING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC — $11,000 · AnimalsGLOUCESTER-MATHEWS HUMANE SOCIETY — $4,850 · AnimalsRICHMOND SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $4,600 · AnimalsCLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE INC — $3,000 · AnimalsLEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN INC — $9,800 · EnvironmentJAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION — $9,000 · Environment
Other$216,950Human Services$115,002Civil Rights$115,002Arts & Culture$59,600Health$26,500Animals$23,450Environment$18,800

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$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES — $115,002 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetJACKSON COUNTY CASA — $115,002 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetTHE VALENTINE MUSEUM — $52,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation — $26,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC — $11,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN INC — $9,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION — $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMAYMONT FOUNDATION — $7,600 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARC - EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA INCORPORATED — $6,000 over 6y, 7.1% of budgetGLOUCESTER-MATHEWS HUMANE SOCIETY — $4,850 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRICHMOND SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $4,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE INC — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGLOUCESTER VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE SQUAD INC — $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBroadwater Academy — $1,300 over 2y, 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 JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES
  • Who funds JACKSON COUNTY CASA
  • Who funds THE VALENTINE MUSEUM
  • Who funds Children's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation
  • Who funds DING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC
  • Who funds LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN INC
  • Who funds JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION
  • Who funds MAYMONT FOUNDATION
  • Who funds THE ARC - EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA INCORPORATED
  • Who funds GLOUCESTER-MATHEWS HUMANE SOCIETY
  • Who funds RICHMOND SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
  • Who funds CLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE INC
  • Who funds GLOUCESTER VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE SQUAD INC
  • Who funds Broadwater Academy

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 Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC8.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Binswanger Glass 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.

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no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    6report 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, 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.

    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 25 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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