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Farrell Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$35k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0178% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$2.5MEducation$266kHuman Services$145kRecreation & Sports$103kPhilanthropy$99kArts & Culture$88kReligion$82kFood & Nutrition$57kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$6.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OLPH$20,000
FEEDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA$5,000
VA WESTERN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$2,500
ST FRANCIS SERVICE DOGS$2,500
HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH GREEK FESTIVAL$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,000
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 (FY18–25, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 45% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $10k → 9%TURN THE PAGE: $5k → 8%ROANOKE WOMANS FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%ST FRANCIS SERVICE DOGS: $3k → 8%ST FRANCIS SERVICE DOGS: $3k → 8%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
NY
MA
IA
CT
CO
VA
MD
TN
NC
GA
FL
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 57 repeat orgs$663k to everyone else

57 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 53 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

57
73

Total granted

$3.1M
$655k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+21%

Still filing today

28%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyAnimalsOther
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

  • CC
    Carilion Clinic Foundation
    5× · 2019–2024 · $2.2M · revenue +48%
  • RC
    ROANOKE CULTURAL ENDOWMENT
    3× · 2021–2023 · $55k · revenue +54%
  • BF
    BRADLEY FREE CLINIC OF ROANOKE VALLEY INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $37k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • CC
    Carilion Clinic
    one grant, 2023 · $172k · revenue +21%
  • VW
    VA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ED FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $52k
  • WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +18%
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
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
2
Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine

The mission of the edward via college of osteopathic medicine (vcom) is to prepare globally-minded, community-focused physicians to meet the needs of rural and medically underserved populations and promote research to improve human health.

Education
3
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
4
Carilion Medical Center

Our mission is to improve the health of the communities we serve through our commitment to a common purpose of better patient care, better community health, and lower cost.

Health
5
Roane County Medical Center

Roane County Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
6
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
7
Medical College of Va Foundation

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

Education
8
Roanoke College

Roanoke College develops students as whole persons and prepares them for responsible lives of learning, service, and leadership by promoting their intellectual, ethical, spiritual and personal growth.

Education
9
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
10
Carilion Services Inc

Our mission is to improve the health of the communities we serve through our commitment to a common purpose of better patient care, better community health, and lower cost.

Health
11
Roanoke Blacksburg Innovation Network

The organization supports the region by connecting, communicating, and collaborating with stakeholders to grow and strengthen our innovation economy.

Education
12
Bon Secours - Richmond Health System Inc

The mission is to bring compassion to health care and to be good to those in need, especially those who are poor and dying. as a system of caregivers, we commit ourselves to help bring people and communities to health and wholeness.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kip Nininger Scholarship Fund 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

38 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 38 of the 133 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
24/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Carilion Clinic Foundation: $2,195,765 · HealthCarilion Clinic FoundationCarilion Clinic: $172,360 · HealthCarilion Clinic+3 more: $17,000 · HealthWAKE FOREST: $100,000 · OtherWAKE FORESTOLPH: $60,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $54,500 · OtherVA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ED FOUNDATION: $51,500 · OtherUNITED WAY: $50,000 · OtherCENTER IN THE SQUARE: $50,000 · OtherVA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION: $50,000 · OtherVIRGINIA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $41,500 · OtherVWCC FARRELL FAMILY: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · Other+101 more: $653,621 · Other+101 moreWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationTHE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA: $22,500 · EducationFaith Christian School Inc: $11,500 · Education+1 more: $2,500 · EducationROANOKE CULTURAL ENDOWMENT: $55,000 · Arts & CultureTAUBMAN MUSEUM OF ART: $7,000 · Arts & CultureMILL MOUNTAIN PLAYHOUSE CO INC DBA MILL MOUNTAIN THEATRE: $5,000 · Arts & CultureBLUE RIDGE PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $2,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureUNITED WAY OF VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyTHE IMMOKALEE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesTURN THE PAGE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesSAINT FRANCIS SERVICE DOGS: $5,000 · Human ServicesRoanoke Womens Foundation: $2,100 · Human ServicesTUMAINI FUND USA INC: $6,560 · International
Health$2,385,125Other$1,191,121Education$86,500Arts & Culture$70,000Philanthropy$27,500Human Services$22,100International$6,560

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCarilion Clinic Foundation: $2,195,765 over 5y, 15% of budgetCarilion Clinic: $172,360 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetROANOKE CULTURAL ENDOWMENT: $55,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRADLEY FREE CLINIC OF ROANOKE VALLEY INC: $37,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA: $22,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRoanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFaith Christian School Inc: $11,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBREAST CANCER ALLIANCE INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetROANOKE CITY POLICE ASSOCIATION INC: $8,906 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetAPPLE RIDGE FARM INC: $8,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTAUBMAN MUSEUM OF ART: $7,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTUMAINI FUND USA INC: $6,560 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetSALEM RESCUE SQUAD INC: $6,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICABLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS COUNCIL: $5,300 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROANOKE VALLEY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTURN THE PAGE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS SERVICE DOGS: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMILL MOUNTAIN PLAYHOUSE CO INC DBA MILL MOUNTAIN THEATRE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRESTORATION HOUSING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKip Nininger Scholarship Fund Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTHE IMMOKALEE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTALENT CHALLENGE FOR CHARITY LTD: $2,500 over 1y, 32% of budgetBLUE RIDGE PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRoanoke Womens Foundation: $2,100 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNational Law Enforcement and Firefighters Childrens Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVirginia Congress of Parents & Teachers Crystal Spring Elementary PTA: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $500 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 Carilion Clinic Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Carilion Clinic ↗
  • Who funds ROANOKE CULTURAL ENDOWMENT ↗
  • Who funds WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BRADLEY FREE CLINIC OF ROANOKE VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ↗
  • Who funds Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce ↗
  • Who funds Faith Christian School Inc ↗
  • Who funds MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAST CANCER 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 …Evelyn F James Founda…Powell Charitable Fou…Cartledge Charitable …Robertson Family Foun…The Newbern FoundationThe Rice Foundation I…Muse Family Foundatio…The Ceres Foundation …Investco FoundationElbert H Evelyn J & K…Edgar a Thurman Fdn C…
Community Foundation Serving Western VirginiaVA32.2× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia · Evelyn F James Foundation · Powell Charitable Foundation · Cartledge Charitable Foundation Inc · Robertson Family Foundation Inc · The Newbern Foundation · The Rice Foundation Inc · Muse Family Foundation Co Elizabeth Muse · The Ceres Foundation Inc · Investco Foundation · Elbert H Evelyn J & Karen H Waldron Charitable Foundation · Edgar a Thurman Fdn Children Nect

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%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
    3get no government money at all
    12report 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 133 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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