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Evelyn F James Foundation at a glance

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Evelyn F James 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.

$9k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$111kEducation$36kArts & Culture$15kHealth$7kPhilanthropy$5kHuman Services$3kPublic Benefit$3kCivil Rights$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
2
States reached
$302k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH$8,500
THOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION$500
LOS RIOS COLLEGE FOUNDATION$100
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 (FY19–21, $200) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PRESBYTERIAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $100 → 20%PRESBYTERIAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $100 → 20%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MN
NY
CT
CA
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
LA
AL
TX
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$185k · 44 repeat orgs$19k to everyone else

44 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 42 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

44
33

Total granted

$185k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+63%

Still filing today

59%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100 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 & CultureEducationHealthEnvironmentPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • NC
    North Cross School
    4× · 2019–2024 · $13k · revenue +14%
  • WF
    WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL
    6× · 2017–2024 · $7k · revenue +47%
  • TJ
    THOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $5k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • TL
    THE LEGACY CAMPAIGN
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • UF
    UVA-COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
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
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
3
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
4
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
5
Vcu Health Tappahannock Hospital

To deliver important healthcare services with exceptional quality and patient-centered care.

Health
6
Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation

The mission of vt-arc is to extend the impact of the virginia tech research and innovation enterprise, delivering superior analytic and technology solutions to government and non-government customers.

Science & Tech
7
Virginia Capital Trail Foundation

The virginia capital trail foundation exists to protect, promote, and enhance the virginia capital trail and engage communities around it.

Recreation & Sports
8
Jefferson Scholars Foundation

The jefferson scholars foundation (foundation) provides academic merit-based scholarship, fellowship and professorship support to students and faculty at the university of virginia (uva).

Philanthropy
9
Community Memorial Hospital

To provide excellence in the delivery of healthcare.

Health
10
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
11
Roanoke Symphony Orchestra

The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra provides a professional symphony orchestra of artistic excellence and integrity to enrich lives, to educate, and to entertain diverse audiences in western Virginia with the highest quality instrumental and…

Arts & Culture
12
Medical College of Va Foundation

To support and foster vcu health and vcu health sciences through philanthropy, stewardship, innovation, communication, and collaboration.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Renovation Alliance Inc. 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

42 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. 42 of the 81 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
29/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $108,800 · OtherST JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCHPROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION OF THE D OF C: $7,000 · Other+50 more: $42,450 · Other+50 moreNorth Cross School: $13,000 · EducationNorth Cross S…WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL: $6,500 · EducationWOODBERRY FOR…UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $2,700 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF…VIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INC: $1,100 · Education+3 more: $800 · EducationTHOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC: $5,100 · Arts & CultureOPERA ROANOKE: $2,700 · Arts & CultureTHE CORPORATION FOR THOMAS JEFFERSON'S POPLAR FOREST: $2,350 · Arts & CultureMILL MOUNTAIN PLAYHOUSE CO INC DBA MILL MOUNTAIN THEATRE: $750 · Arts & CultureBLUE RIDGE PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $620 · Arts & CultureSTRATFORD HALL: $550 · Arts & CultureJAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC: $500 · Arts & CultureTAUBMAN MUSEUM OF ART: $500 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $250 · Arts & CulturePLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTH ATLANTIC INC: $2,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HEALTH INVESTMENT PROGRAM INC: $900 · HealthBRAIN INJURY SERVICES: $500 · Health+2 more: $200 · HealthUNITED WAY OF VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE INC: $3,250 · Philanthropy+1 more: $100 · PhilanthropyMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,100 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $430 · InternationalBROOKGREEN GARDENS: $475 · EnvironmentCLEAN VALLEY COUNCIL INC: $200 · EnvironmentPATHFINDERS FOR GREENWAY INC: $100 · Environment
Other$158,250Education$24,100Arts & Culture$13,320Health$3,600Philanthropy$3,350International$1,530Environment$775

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 budgetNorth Cross School: $13,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL: $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC: $5,100 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE INC: $3,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOPERA ROANOKE: $2,700 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $2,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CORPORATION FOR THOMAS JEFFERSON'S POPLAR FOREST: $2,350 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTH ATLANTIC INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAPPLE RIDGE FARM INC: $1,425 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INC: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMonticello Association: $900 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH INVESTMENT PROGRAM INC: $900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMILL MOUNTAIN PLAYHOUSE CO INC DBA MILL MOUNTAIN THEATRE: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE RIDGE PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $620 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetROANOKE COLLEGE: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $575 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTRATFORD HALL: $550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBRAIN INJURY SERVICES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTRI-RIVER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTAUBMAN MUSEUM OF ART: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKGREEN GARDENS: $475 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $430 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN VALLEY COUNCIL INC: $200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROANOKE VALLEY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRANDIN THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarilion Clinic Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD HEALTH INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP DBA CHIP OF ROANOKE VALLEY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COOPER INSTITUTE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLos Rios Colleges Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRADLEY FREE CLINIC OF ROANOKE VALLEY INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY COLLEGE: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP HOLIDAY TRAILS: $50 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 North Cross School ↗
  • Who funds WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERA ROANOKE ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CORPORATION FOR THOMAS JEFFERSON'S POPLAR FOREST ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTH ATLANTIC INC ↗
  • Who funds APPLE RIDGE FARM INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Monticello Association ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HEALTH INVESTMENT PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds MILL MOUNTAIN PLAYHOUSE CO INC DBA MILL MOUNTAIN THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds BLUE RIDGE PUBLIC TELEVISION INC ↗
  • Who funds ROANOKE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds COMPASSION & CHOICES ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds STRATFORD HALL ↗
  • Who funds BRAIN INJURY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Renovation Alliance 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.

Community Foundation …Cartledge Charitable …Muse Family Foundatio…The Newbern FoundationRobertson Family Foun…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Farrell FoundationThe Beirne Carter Fou…Carilion Medical Cent…The Ceres Foundation …Gordon C Willis Chari…Sam & Marion Golden H…
Community Foundation Serving Western VirginiaVA34.3× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia · Cartledge Charitable Foundation Inc · Muse Family Foundation Co Elizabeth Muse · The Newbern Foundation · Robertson Family Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Farrell Foundation · The Beirne Carter Foundation · Carilion Medical Center · The Ceres Foundation Inc · Gordon C Willis Charitable Trust · Sam & Marion Golden Helping Hand 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 Evelyn F James Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Evelyn F James 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%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Trinity College: 0% of 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 · 0–90%
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 81 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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