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Centra Health Foundation

To provide support to the centra healthcare system.

$6.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$6.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$33MHuman Services$123kFood & Nutrition$121kYouth Development$74kRecreation & Sports$69kHousing & Shelter$60kEducation$27kCommunity Improvement$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $6,136,739, the rows itemized in this filing. The $6,335,645 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $198,906 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 · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $26k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $67k
  • $250k+1 grant · $6.0M
$67,447
Median grant
1
States reached
$83M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTRA HEALTH INC$6,042,874
BEDFORD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL$67,447
SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC$26,418
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 (FY18–19, $289k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FREE FOUNDATION: $24k → 8%Foundation for Rehab Equipment & Endowment: $15k → 8%SOUTHSIDE VA FAMILY YMCA: $29k → 15%Park View Mission Inc: $28k → 13%BEDFORD RIDE PROJECT (CENTRAL VA ALLIANCE): $25k → 8%CENTRAL VA ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY INC: $99k → 13%CENTRAL VA ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY INC: $70k → 13%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 16% of Centra Health Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Centra Health Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
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.
$33M · 15 repeat orgs$517k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +96% since the first grant, against +47% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
28

Total granted

$33M
$517k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+96%
+47%

Still filing today

100%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • CH
    CENTRA HEALTH INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $31M · revenue +20%
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACCESS NETWORK INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $1.1M · revenue +210%
  • BM
    BEDFORD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
    6× · 2018–2024 · $415k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • FC
    FREE CLINIC OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA INC
    one grant, 2018 · $80k · revenue +8%
  • JH
    JOHNSON HEALTH CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $35k · revenue +73%
  • AE
    AMELIA EMERGENCY SQUAD INC
    one grant, 2019 · $30k · revenue -68%
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 Poverty Law Center Inc

Virginia poverty law center uses advocacy, education, and litigation to break down systemic barriers that keep low-income virginians in the cycle of poverty.

Crime & Legal
2
Miller Home of Lynchburg Virginia
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3
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems Inc

Provide comprehensive primary medical care to the communities served.

Health
4
Ywca of Central Virginia

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

Human Services
5
Virginias House a Family Resource Center
Human Services
6
Free Clinic of Franklin County Inc

The free clinic of franklin county, inc is founded on the belief that everyone should have access to quality, affordable, primary health care regardless of their socio-economic or insurance status.

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7
Legal Aid Justice Center

The legal aid justice center partners with communities and clients to achieve justice by dismantling systems that create and perpetuate poverty.

Crime & Legal
8
Peninsula Institute for Community Health

Providing medical and dental care to indigent patients.

Health
9
Virginia Community Food Connections

Our mission is to ensure the availability, access, and affordability of locally produced food by connecting local farmers and all members of the community through programs, awareness, and advocacy.

Food & Nutrition
10
Central Virginia Housing Coalition

Central virginia housing coalition improves the regional quality of life by providing affordable housing opportunities to low income families through coalition, education, counseling, and financial assistance.

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11
Habitat for Humanity Virginia

Habitat for Humanity Virginia provides support to Virginia affiliates so that they can build or facilitate affordable housing by offering advocacy, organizational development, funding, and resource development

Housing & Shelter
12
Free Clinic of the New River Valley Inc Community Health Center of the Nrv

The purpose of the community health center of the new river valley (chcnrv) is to provide affordable and high quality medical, dental, behavioral, and preventive health care services to people of all ages and circumstances, regardless of…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Central Virginia Health Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Neighbors Helping Neighbors of Amherst County Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

40 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. 40 of the 43 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
32/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTRA HEALTH INC: $30,714,258 · HealthCENTRA HEALTH INCCOMMUNITY ACCESS NETWORK INC: $1,112,500 · Health+13 more: $913,399 · HealthCENTRAL VIRGINIA ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY LIVING INC: $193,500 · Human ServicesFREE FOUNDATION FOR REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT & ENDOWMENT: $38,900 · Human ServicesSOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA FAMILY YMCA: $29,000 · Human ServicesPARK VIEW COMMUNITY MISSION INC: $28,000 · Human ServicesDANVILLE PITTSYLVANIA CANCER ASSOCIATION INC: $30,000 · OtherLYNCHBURG COMMUNITY ACTION GROUP I GROUP INC: $25,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF LYNCHBURG PARKS AND RECREATION INC: $11,462 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $10,000 · OtherPIEDMONT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $10,000 · OtherSecond StageAmherst: $10,000 · OtherINTERFAITH OUTREACH ASSOCIATION: $30,000 · OtherCENTRAL VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONINC: $27,000 · OtherBROOK HILL RETIREMENT CENTER FOR HORSES INC: $25,000 · OtherVirginia Legal Aid Society Inc: $10,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $10,000 · OtherPOSTPARTUM SUPPORT VIRGINIA INC: $8,000 · Other+2 more: $12,000 · OtherLYNCHBURG GROWS: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LYNCHBURG: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentPIEDMONT SENIOR RESOURCES AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionLYNCHBURG DAILY BREAD INC: $18,500 · Food & NutritionNEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS OF AMHERST COUNTY INC: $9,000 · Food & NutritionJUBILEE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $29,000 · Recreation & SportsGirls on the Run Central Virginia and Blue Ridge: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsCamp Kum-Ba-Yah Inc: $9,000 · Recreation & SportsMIRIAM'S HOUSE INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterRUSH HOMES INC: $20,000 · Housing & Shelter
Health$32,740,157Human Services$289,400Other$218,462Youth Development$60,000Food & Nutrition$52,500Recreation & Sports$48,000Housing & Shelter$40,000

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 budgetCENTRA HEALTH INC: $30,714,258 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACCESS NETWORK INC: $1,112,500 over 2y, 23% of budgetBEDFORD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $414,546 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC: $204,173 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL VIRGINIA ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY LIVING INC: $193,500 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetFREE CLINIC OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA INC: $80,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetLYNCHBURG GROWS: $40,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetFREE FOUNDATION FOR REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT & ENDOWMENT: $38,900 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetHeart of Virginia Free Clinic Inc: $37,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetJOHNSON HEALTH CENTER: $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMELIA EMERGENCY SQUAD INC: $30,280 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetROADS TO RECOVERY INC: $30,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetDANVILLE PITTSYLVANIA CANCER ASSOCIATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetINTERFAITH OUTREACH ASSOCIATION: $30,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetJUBILEE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $29,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetSOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA FAMILY YMCA: $29,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetPARK VIEW COMMUNITY MISSION INC: $28,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCENTRAL VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONINC: $27,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBROOK HILL RETIREMENT CENTER FOR HORSES INC: $25,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetPIEDMONT SENIOR RESOURCES AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLYNCHBURG COMMUNITY ACTION GROUP I GROUP INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCoalition for HIV Awareness and Prevention Inc: $24,500 over 2y, 32% of budgetTHE UP FOUNDATION: $24,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LYNCHBURG: $20,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetMIRIAM'S HOUSE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetRUSH HOMES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetLYNCHBURG DAILY BREAD INC: $18,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetRX DRUG ACCESS PARTNERSHIP: $12,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetVirginia Legal Aid Society Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Kum-Ba-Yah Inc: $9,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS OF AMHERST COUNTY INC: $9,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetKIDS' HAVEN A CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN: $8,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetPOSTPARTUM SUPPORT VIRGINIA INC: $8,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetDIAMOND HILL HEALTH AND WELLNESS COMM SVCS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 81% of budgetCENTRAL VIRGINIA HEALTH SERVICES INC: $6,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEAR 2 FREEDOM INC: $6,000 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.

Centra Health IncGreater Lynchburg Com…The Al Stroobants Fou…Foster FoundationSchewel Charitable Fo…Easley Char Irr Tua 5…The Harry D Forsyth F…Carrington Family Fou…M4k Lynchburg IncValentine Family Foun…United Way of Central…Kva Foundation
Centra Health IncVA64.1× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Centra Health Inc · Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation · The Al Stroobants Foundation · Foster Foundation · Schewel Charitable Foundation · Easley Char Irr Tua 5019004715 · The Harry D Forsyth Foundation · Carrington Family Foundation · M4k Lynchburg Inc · Valentine Family Foundation · United Way of Central Virginia Inc · Kva 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 Centra Health Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Centra Health Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 43 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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