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Chrisman Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
82
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$1.1MEducation$452kHuman Services$423kHealth$317kReligion$186kEnvironment$161kRecreation & Sports$63kScience & Tech$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 82 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k35 grants · $173k
  • $10k–50k44 grants · $798k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $165k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS FOUNDATION$55,000
UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON FOUND$55,000
LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN$55,000
JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC$45,000
ST THOMAS' EPISCOPAL CHURCH$35,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$35,000
WESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION$30,000
PRESERVATION VIRGINIA$30,000
ANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOL$30,000
PATRICK HENRY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$30,000
THE LIBRARY OF VA FOUNDATION$25,000
THE COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUND$25,000
BON SECOURS RICH HEALTH CARE FOUND$25,000
ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL$25,000
BELLE GROVE INC$25,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $150k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%RICHMOND FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION: $15k → 22%NELSON COUNTY PANTRY: $8k → 13%NELSON COUNTY PANTRY: $5k → 13%NELSON COUNTY PANTRY: $3k → 13%RICHMOND FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 9%WESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION: $30k → 9%WESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION: $30k → 9%WESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%VIRGINIA VOICE: $3k → 9%VIRGINIA VOICE: $3k → 9%VIRGINIA HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS: $5k → 9%SAFE HARBOR: $5k → 22%HENRICO CHRISTMAS MOTHER: $4k → 22%SPORTABLE: $10k → 22%SPORTABLE: $5k → 22%SPORTABLE: $5k → 22%SPORTABLE: $5k → 22%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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 84 repeat orgs$235k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

84 repeat relationships: 70 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

84
30

Total granted

$2.9M
$157k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+10%

Still filing today

62%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $135k · revenue +97%
  • LG
    LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $130k · revenue +25%
  • JF
    JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $125k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • VM
    VCU MASSEY COMPREHEN CANCER CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $15k
  • SC
    SOUTHSIDE COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • TW
    THE WOMAN'S CLUB
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +13%
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
Vcu Investment Management Company

To provide investment and investment management and related services to the rector and the board of visitors of virginia commonwealth university (vcu), and/or to the private and independent foundations and other entities affiliated with…

Education
2
Virginia Commonwealth University Intellectual Property Foundation

The foundation determines the patentability and obtains patents on virginia commonwealth university (vcu) inventions and markets and licenses such inventions to commerical entities. the foundation's activities promote research efforts at…

Health
3
Virginia Association of Museums

The virginia association of museums is a statewide network serving the museum community. the association's mission statement is "the virginia association of museums helps our museum community succeed".

Arts & Culture
4
Washington Heritage Museums

The mission of washington heritage museums is to preserve, promote and maintain its five 18th century properties in fredericksburg, virginia and develop dynamic educational resources and programs to engage and inspire the intrest of…

Arts & Culture
5
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
6
Virginia Conservation Network

Vcn is a facilitator of strategic action, a resource for network partners statewide, and a constant preservation presence in richmond. playing a unique role in virginia's conservation community, vcn helps the community speak with one…

Environment
7
Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce

Chamberrva is the trusted voice for modern business in the richmond virginia region. we are change agents, rallying to do the hard things that will create a more connected, prosperous, health and equitable community.

—
8
Vpm Media Corporation

To use the power of media to educate, entertain and inspire, using public television and public radio to make a positive impact on the communities throughout central virginia, charlottesville, the shenandoah valley, the northern neck and…

Arts & Culture
9
Virginia Museum of Natural History Foundation

The Foundation implements programs and projects which support the goals of the Museum. The responsibilities include solicitation, receipt and disbursements

—
10
Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities

VCIC works with schools, businesses, and communities to achieve success through inclusion.

Civil Rights
11
Voices for Virginia's Children

The mission of voices for virginia's children is to champion public policies and legislation that achieve positive and equitable outcomes for young people.

Civil Rights
12
Community Memorial Hospital

To provide excellence in the delivery of healthcare.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Historic Richmond Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Capitol Area Rescue Effort. 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

75 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. 75 of the 126 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
74/75
Grantees still filing
46/75
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JOHN'S CHURCH FOUNDATION: $108,500 · OtherST JOHN'S CHURCH FOUNDATIONST THOMAS' EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $102,500 · OtherST THOMAS' EPISCOPAL CHURCHVA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS FOUNDATION: $95,000 · OtherVA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS FOUNDATIONVPM: $62,500 · OtherREADING AND EDUCATION FOR ADULT DEVELOPMENT: $60,000 · OtherSPARC: $60,000 · OtherVA WAR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $55,000 · OtherST JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $55,000 · OtherBON SECOURS RICH HEALTH CARE FOUND: $50,000 · Other+65 more: $822,500 · Other+65 moreJAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 · Arts & CultureJAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDAT…ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF VA ANTIQUITIES: $95,000 · Arts & CultureASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESER…THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MUSEUM: $77,500 · Arts & CultureTHE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MUS…PATRICK HENRY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 · Arts & CulturePATRICK HENRY MEMORIAL FOU…BELLE GROVE INC: $47,500 · Arts & CultureBELLE GROVE INCColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $45,000 · Arts & CultureColonial Williamsburg Foun…Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation: $42,500 · Arts & CultureVirginia Museum of Fine Ar…VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $40,000 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIET…STRATFORD HALL: $35,000 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA WAR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $32,500 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Arts & CultureChildren's Museum of Richmond: $27,500 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $74,500 · Arts & Culture+6 moreUNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $135,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF…ANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOL: $82,500 · EducationANNA JULIA CO…St Andrew's School: $70,000 · EducationSt Andrew's S…MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VA FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationMEDICAL COLLE…Coal Pit Ministry Inc: $15,000 · EducationCITY OF RICHMOND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $12,500 · Education+5 more: $30,500 · Education+5 moreChildren's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation: $75,000 · HealthFREE CLINIC OF POWHATAN INC: $44,000 · HealthGoochlandCares: $43,000 · HealthLAKESIDE VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD INC: $15,000 · HealthGOOD HEALTH CLINIC INC: $15,000 · HealthThe Virginia Home: $12,500 · HealthConexus: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $5,000 · HealthLEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $130,000 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentJAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION: $5,500 · Environment+1 more: $5,000 · EnvironmentWESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION: $65,000 · Human ServicesRICHMOND FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Human ServicesSPORTABLE RICHMOND ADAPTIVE SPORTS AND RECREATION INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesNelson County Pantry Inc: $15,500 · Human ServicesHENRICO CHRISTMAS MOTHER: $10,500 · Human ServicesVirginia Voice Inc: $5,500 · Human Services+2 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesRICHMOND FIRST TEE: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentHENRICO POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE: $24,500 · Youth DevelopmentKIDS COME FIRST IN THE FLORIDA KEYS: $5,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,471,000Arts & Culture$742,000Education$365,500Health$219,500Environment$160,500Human Services$156,500Youth Development$69,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $135,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $130,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetJAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetST JOHN'S CHURCH FOUNDATION: $108,500 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF VA ANTIQUITIES: $95,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOL: $82,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTHE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MUSEUM: $77,500 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetChildren's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPATRICK HENRY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetSt Andrew's School: $70,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetWESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetREADING AND EDUCATION FOR ADULT DEVELOPMENT: $60,000 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetBELLE GROVE INC: $47,500 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFREE CLINIC OF POWHATAN INC: $44,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetGoochlandCares: $43,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetVirginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation: $42,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $40,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRICHMOND FIRST TEE: $40,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCARITAS: $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSTRATFORD HALL: $35,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetVIRGINIA WAR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $32,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetHISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetTHE HENRICUS FOUNDATION: $28,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetChildren's Museum of Richmond: $27,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRICHMOND FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetSPORTABLE RICHMOND ADAPTIVE SPORTS AND RECREATION INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetHENRICO POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE: $24,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTUCKAHOE VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD INC: $23,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDICAL COLLEGE OF VA FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHEPHERDS CENTER OF RICHMOND: $20,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetMAYMONT FOUNDATION: $18,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetELDERHOMES CORPORATION: $17,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHENRICO COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $16,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetNelson County Pantry Inc: $15,500 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetRISE RICHMOND INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCoal Pit Ministry Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetNATIONAL D-DAY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CORPORATION FOR THOMAS JEFFERSON'S POPLAR FOREST: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetVIRGINIA REPERTORY THEATRE: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLAKESIDE VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetGOOD HEALTH CLINIC INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRICHMOND COMMUNITY TOOLBANK: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHANOVER TAVERN FOUNDATION: $13,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetHENRICO COUNTY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetThe Virginia Home: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCITY OF RICHMOND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 2y, 1.9% 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 UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JOHN'S CHURCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF VA ANTIQUITIES ↗
  • Who funds ANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PATRICK HENRY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds St Andrew's School ↗
  • Who funds WESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds READING AND EDUCATION FOR ADULT DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds BELLE GROVE INC ↗
  • Who funds Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FREE CLINIC OF POWHATAN INC ↗
  • Who funds GoochlandCares ↗
  • Who funds Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds RICHMOND FIRST TEE ↗
  • Who funds CARITAS ↗
  • Who funds STRATFORD HALL ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA WAR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE HENRICUS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Children's Museum of Richmond ↗
  • Who funds RICHMOND FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SPORTABLE RICHMOND ADAPTIVE SPORTS AND RECREATION INC ↗

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 Community Foundat…Dominion Energy Chari…Richard S Reynolds Fo…Herndon FoundationThe Mary Morton Parso…Carmax FoundationRobert G Cabell III a…Townebank FoundationShelton H Short Jr Tr…The Pauley Family Fou…Robins FoundationPeachtree House Found…
The Community Foundation IncVA87.4× affinity46 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Herndon Foundation · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Carmax Foundation · Robert G Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation · Townebank Foundation · Shelton H Short Jr Trust · The Pauley Family Foundation · Robins Foundation · Peachtree House 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 Chrisman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chrisman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
25report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Chrisman Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Chrisman Family 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 126 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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