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E C Wareheim Foundation at a glance

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E C Wareheim Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$757k
Granted FY2024still arriving
49
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$804kEducation$692kHuman Services$652kAnimals$302kEnvironment$287kCrime & Legal$284kHousing & Shelter$254kArts & Culture$219kOther$0
02FY2024 · 49 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k39 grants · $576k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $130k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$8.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MERCY MEDICAL ANGELS$70,000
Individual grant recipient$60,000
VETSHOUSE INC$27,000
UNIVERSITY ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM$25,000
PRIMEPLUS SENIOR CENTERS$25,000
VIRGINIA BEACH RESCUE SQUAD FOUNDATION$24,000
HENRICO COUNTY COURT APPOINTED$20,000
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF$20,000
MT PLEASANT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$20,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS OF SOUTHEASTERN$20,000
THE STOREHOUSE$20,000
IRVINE NATURE CENTER$20,000
ST MARY'S HEALTH WAGON$20,000
DEPAUL COMMUNITY RESOURCES$20,000
MT TRASHMORE FAMILY YMCA$20,000
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 (FY19–24, $339k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%YOUTH VOLUNTEER CORPS OF HAMPTON: $5k → 17%HELP AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE INC: $10k → 20%YOUTH VOLUNTEER CORPS OF HAMPTON: $5k → 17%HELP AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE INC: $10k → 20%YMCA OF THE VIRGINIA PENINSULAS: $10k → 17%YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS: $65k → 9%YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS: $45k → 9%YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS: $35k → 9%YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS: $32k → 9%YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS: $17k → 9%PRIMEPLUS SENIOR CENTERS: $25k → 19%PRIMEPLUS SENIOR CENTERS: $20k → 19%NORFOLK SENIOR CENTER: $20k → 19%NORFOLK SENIOR CENTER: $10k → 19%THE UNION MISSION: $10k → 19%THE UNION MISSION: $10k → 19%THE UNION MISSION: $10k → 19%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.
$4.1M · 62 repeat orgs$301k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

62 repeat relationships: 42 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

62
18

Total granted

$4.1M
$211k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+14%

Still filing today

68%
28%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesCivil RightsEducationHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • MM
    Mercy Medical Angels
    6× · 2019–2024 · $560k · revenue +26%
  • YM
    Young Men's Christian Association of South Hampton Roads
    5× · 2019–2023 · $194k · revenue +13%
  • SU
    STEVENSON UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2019–2023 · $160k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • VR
    VB RESCUE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • VB
    VIRGINIA BEACH RESCUE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • AR
    APPLE RIDGE FARM INC
    one grant, 2020 · $16k · revenue -21%
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 Beach Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc

The virginia beach casa program is a private, non-private organization committed to advocating for the best interests of children involved in the juvenile and domestic relations district court process. the casa program recruits, trains and…

Civil Rights
2
The District of Columbia Children's Advocacy Center

Safe shores provides survivor-centered intervention, hope and healing for children and families affected by abuse, trauma and violence in the district of columbia, and works to prevent and end child abuse and neglect through promising…

Crime & Legal
3
Childsavers- Memorial Child Guidance Clinic

The organization guides the community's children through life's critical moments with trauma-informed mental health and child development services. it believes that all children can be safe, happy, healthy and ready to learn.

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4
For Children's Sake of Virginia Inc

For children's sake is dedicated to promoting positive environments for children and families that develop trust, stability and independence.

Human Services
5
Transitions Family Violence Services

The mission of transitions family violence services (tfvs) is to build safe and healthy families on the virginia peninsula by providing services to adult and child victims of domestic violence and human trafficking. we work to increase…

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6
Casa of Central Virginia Inc

Casa of central va, inc. recruits, trains and supports volunteer advocates for abused and neglected children involved in juvenile court proceedings in the 24th judicial district and educates the community about the needs of these children.

Civil Rights
7
Prevent Child Abuse Virginia

To advance programs, practices, and policies that nurture children, empower families, and support communities.

—
8
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
9
Safe Harbor

Safe harbor provides the support that survivors of sexual and domestic violence and human trafficking need to overcome their crisis and to transform their lives.

Human Services
10
Newport News Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc

Advocate for abused and neglected children

Crime & Legal
11
Virginia Community Action Partnership Inc

Virginia community action partnership (vacap) is the statewide membership association for virginia's thirty-one non-profit and public community action agencies. vacaps mission is to build the capacity and competencies of virginias…

Human Services
12
Norfolk Casa Inc

Our mission is to speak up for the best interest of children who have been removed from their homes due to abuse and neglect. we recruit, train, and supervise community volunteers who provide a voice in court to assure each child a safe,…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Childrens Advocacy Programs of the Blue Ridge Inc; the most unlike its peers is Breakthrough T1D. 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

51 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. 51 of the 87 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/51
Grantees still filing
42/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VETSHOUSE INC: $185,500 · OtherVETSHOUSE INCIndividual grant recipient: $141,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $140,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMT PLEASANT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $125,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS OF SOUTHEASTERN: $80,000 · OtherHENRICO COUNTY COURT APPOINTED: $80,000 · OtherTHE STOREHOUSE: $80,000 · OtherTHE FRIENDS OF FOSTER CARE INCORPORATED: $80,000 · OtherTIDEWATER WOODEN BOAT WORKSHOP: $86,000 · Other+53 more: $1,397,500 · Other+53 moreMercy Medical Angels: $560,000 · HealthMercy Medical Ang…ST MARYS HEALTH WAGON INC: $80,000 · HealthST MARYS HEALTH W…ABILITY CENTER OF VIRGINIA: $42,000 · HealthABILITY CENTER OF…+1 more: $20,000 · HealthSTEVENSON UNIVERSITY: $160,000 · EducationSTEVENSON …COLLEGE BOUND INC: $105,000 · EducationCOLLEGE BO…MONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $60,000 · EducationMONTGOMERY…VIRGINIA BEACH LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $40,000 · EducationVIRGINIA B…BALTIMORE EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP TRUST: $40,000 · EducationBALTIMORE …Young Men's Christian Association of South Hampton Roads: $194,000 · Human ServicesPRIMEPLUS SENIOR CENTERS: $75,000 · Human ServicesTHE UNION MISSION: $30,000 · Human ServicesHELP AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE: $20,000 · Human Services+2 more: $20,000 · Human ServicesBLUE RIDGE CASA FOR CHILDREN INC: $95,000 · Civil RightsCHESTERFIELD CASA INC: $60,000 · Civil RightsCOLONIAL COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM INC: $56,000 · Civil RightsCHILDRENS ADVOCACY PROGRAMS OF THE BLUE RIDGE INC: $43,000 · Civil RightsRAPPAHANNOCK CASA INC: $16,000 · Civil RightsFAIRFAX COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsIRVINE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER INC: $110,000 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 · EnvironmentSamaritan House Inc: $94,000 · Housing & ShelterFORKIDS INC: $40,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$2,395,000Health$702,000Education$405,000Human Services$339,000Civil Rights$280,000Environment$180,000Housing & Shelter$134,000

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 budgetMercy Medical Angels: $560,000 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of South Hampton Roads: $194,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSTEVENSON UNIVERSITY: $160,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIRVINE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER INC: $110,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetCOLLEGE BOUND INC: $105,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetBLUE RIDGE CASA FOR CHILDREN INC: $95,000 over 6y, 6.1% of budgetSamaritan House Inc: $94,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTIDEWATER WOODEN BOAT WORKSHOP: $86,000 over 6y, 7.8% of budgetST MARYS HEALTH WAGON INC: $80,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF FOSTER CARE INCORPORATED: $80,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetVirginia Beach Rescue Squad Foundation Inc: $76,500 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetPRIMEPLUS SENIOR CENTERS: $75,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG AUDIENCES OF VIRGINIA INC: $65,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetDEPAUL COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHESTERFIELD CASA INC: $60,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCOLONIAL COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM INC: $56,000 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetPLACES AND PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCHESAPEAKE CARE INC: $50,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetPIEDMONT CASA INC: $48,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetSUGAR PLUM INC: $45,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetTHE FAMILY TREE INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDRENS ADVOCACY PROGRAMS OF THE BLUE RIDGE INC: $43,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetABILITY CENTER OF VIRGINIA: $42,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetFORKIDS INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HURRAH PLAYERS INC: $40,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetVIRGINIA BEACH LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 4y, 7.8% of budgetBALTIMORE EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP TRUST: $40,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTHE BALTIMORE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $32,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHORIZONS HAMPTON ROADS INC: $30,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetTHE UNION MISSION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetD'ART CENTER: $25,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW RIVER VALLEY CHILD ADVOCACY RESOURCES EDUCATION & SERVICES: $20,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF PORTSMOUTH JUVENILE COUR: $20,000 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetHOPE HOUSE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPORTSMOUTH MUSEUMS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetHELP AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetRAPPAHANNOCK CASA INC: $16,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetAPPLE RIDGE FARM INC: $16,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetTHE CENTRAL SCHOLARSHIP BUREAU INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMARYLAND STATE FAIR & AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH VOLUNTEER CORPS OF HAMPTON ROADS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTHE GENIEVE SHELTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFAIRFAX COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE VIRGINIA PENINSULAS: $10,000 over 1y, 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 Mercy Medical Angels ↗
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of South Hampton Roads ↗
  • Who funds STEVENSON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds IRVINE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE BOUND INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUE RIDGE CASA FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds Samaritan House Inc ↗
  • Who funds TIDEWATER WOODEN BOAT WORKSHOP ↗
  • Who funds ST MARYS HEALTH WAGON INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FRIENDS OF FOSTER CARE INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Virginia Beach Rescue Squad Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds PRIMEPLUS SENIOR CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG AUDIENCES OF VIRGINIA INC ↗
  • Who funds DEPAUL COMMUNITY RESOURCES ↗
  • Who funds CHESTERFIELD CASA INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COLONIAL COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds PLACES AND PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds PIEDMONT CASA INC ↗
  • Who funds SUGAR PLUM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FAMILY TREE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDRENS ADVOCACY PROGRAMS OF THE BLUE RIDGE INC ↗
  • Who funds ABILITY CENTER OF VIRGINIA ↗
  • Who funds FORKIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HURRAH PLAYERS INC ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA BEACH LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP TRUST ↗

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 Communi…United Way of South H…Sentara HealthDominion Energy Chari…The Blocker FoundationLangley for Families …Townebank FoundationBeazley Foundation In…The Landmark Foundati…The Southeast Virgini…The Dalis FoundationBrown Advisory Charit…
Hampton Roads Community FoundationVA48.8× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hampton Roads Community Foundation · United Way of South Hampton Roads · Sentara Health · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The Blocker Foundation · Langley for Families - the Foundation of Lfcu · Townebank Foundation · Beazley Foundation Incorporated · The Landmark Foundation · The Southeast Virginia Community Foundation · The Dalis Foundation · Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • The Baltimore Children's Museum Inc: 33% of income from government
  • The Family Tree Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Stevenson University: 6% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
24report 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 87 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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