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Curtis Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$126k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
19
Grants FY2024
17
Organizations funded FY2023
18%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$46,500
Organizations funded a year
17 to 42
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$296k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Curtis Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyAnimalsHealthHuman ServicesOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving16$116k19%
FY202317$80k18%
FY202221$89k29%
FY202117$87k12%
FY202022$174k18%
FY201917$168k12%
FY201842$166k43%
FY201740$187kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$578kPhilanthropy$218kEducation$196kArts & Culture$40kHealth$24kPublic Benefit$15kReligion$9kEnvironment$8kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
OR
MO
VA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 44 grantees
All grantees of Curtis Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Old Dominion University Educational Foundation$140,40050%
United Way of South Hampton Roads$132,62080%
Giving USA Foundation Inc$32,50071%
Virginia Stage Company$10,50040%
The Virginia Arts Festival Inc$10,00020%
Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$9,60080%
Lynnhaven River Now$8,20080%
Young Women's Christian Association of South Hampton Roads$7,25040%
Samaritan House Inc$6,00060%
American Heart Association Inc$5,20030%
Friends of the Norfolk Public Library$5,00051%
Hampton Roads Pride$3,75021%
Hospice House Inc$3,00010%
Recovery for the City$2,75021%
Old Dominion University Alumni Association Inc$2,50011%
Virginia Symphony Orchestra$2,50010%
Chesapeake Bay Academy$1,50020%
Spikes K9 Fund$1,50010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$1,00010%
D'Art Center$1,00010%
Chartway Promise Foundation$1,00010%
Coastal Virginia Building Industry Association$1,00010%
Tri-River Habitat for Humanity Inc$1,00013%
Chesapeake Humane Society Inc$91620%
I Need a Lighthouse$80021%
Tidewater Arts Outreach$75020%
The Union Mission$75020%
Virginia Beach Spca$70030%
Norfolk Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc$56910%
Bible Way Church of God$5001n/a
Pi Beta Phi Foundation$50020%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$50010%
Christ Sanctuary International$50010%
Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia$50020%
Meals on Wheels Inc$40020%
Indigo$3001n/a
American Cancer Society Inc$25010%
Westminster Canterbury Foundation$25010%
The Amy Elizabeth Lauth Foundation Inc$20010%
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$20020%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$10010%
Holy Trinity Catholic Church$1001n/a
Cancer Care Foundation of Tidewater$10010%
Hampden-Sydney College$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($669k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Curtis Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOld Dominion University Educational Foundation: $140,400 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of South Hampton Roads: $132,620 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetGiving USA Foundation Inc: $32,500 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetVirginia Stage Company: $10,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Virginia Arts Festival Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association Inc: $9,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLynnhaven River Now: $8,200 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of South Hampton Roads: $7,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSamaritan House Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Norfolk Public Library: $5,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetHampton Roads Pride: $3,750 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetHospice House Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRecovery for the City: $2,750 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetOld Dominion University Alumni Association Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetVirginia Symphony Orchestra: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChesapeake Bay Academy: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSpikes K9 Fund: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetD'Art Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChartway Promise Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCoastal Virginia Building Industry Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTri-River Habitat for Humanity Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetChesapeake Humane Society Inc: $916 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetI Need a Lighthouse: $800 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTidewater Arts Outreach: $750 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Union Mission: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVirginia Beach Spca: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorfolk Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc: $569 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPi Beta Phi Foundation: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Foundation for Suicide Prevention: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChrist Sanctuary International: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFoodbank of Southeastern Virginia: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestminster Canterbury Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Amy Elizabeth Lauth Foundation Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Care Foundation of Tidewater: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHampden-Sydney College: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 41.

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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.

Hampton Roads Community FoundationVA43.6× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hampton Roads Community Foundation · Sentara Health · United Way of South Hampton Roads · Townebank Foundation · Patricia and Douglas Perry Foundation DBA The Perry Family Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Tidewater Jewish Foundation Inc · Chesapeake Bay Wine Classic Foundation · The Dalis Foundation · The Landmark Foundation · The Blocker Foundation · The Helen G Gifford 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.

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How do I get to Curtis Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Curtis 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.

About Curtis Family Foundation

How much does Curtis Family Foundation give?
Curtis Family Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $126,060 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 42 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Curtis Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (51%), Philanthropy (19%), Education (17%).
Who are Curtis Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Old Dominion University Educational Foundation ($140k), United Way of South Hampton Roads ($133k), Giving USA Foundation Inc ($33k).
Does Curtis Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Curtis Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Curtis Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hampton Roads Community Foundation, Sentara Health, United Way of South Hampton Roads.
Where is Curtis Family Foundation based?
Curtis Family Foundation is based in VA.

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 80 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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