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Binswanger Glass Foundation at a glance

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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES$12,675
JACKSON COUNTY CASA$12,675
VCU MASSEY CANCER CENTER$12,000
VALENTINE RICHMOND HISTORY CENTER$5,000
SCIENCE MUSEUM OF VIRGINIA$5,000
BON AIR SHELTERING ARMS FOUNDATION$3,000
JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION$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

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its 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. Its 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
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.
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has 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
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

  • 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

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

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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
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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.

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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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; 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 grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, 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.

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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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
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 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 ↗

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 Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
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

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's 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, 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 25 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-PF 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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