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Graham Foundation Inc

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.

$893k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$690k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$2.0MHealth$271kEducation$249kHousing & Shelter$129kArts & Culture$65kFood & Nutrition$50kRecreation & Sports$38kEnvironment$23kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $150k
  • $250k+1 grant · $690k
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$6.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC$690,000
NEW YORK CITY CENTER INC$50,000
UVA HEALTH FOUNDATION$50,000
THE HILL SCHOOL OF MIDDLEBURG$50,000
A PLACE TO BE$30,000
OUR CHILDREN FOUNDATION$20,000
UVA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION$2,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 80% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $3k → 8%OUR SISTERS SCHOOL INC: $3k → 11%NATURE BRIDGE: $3k → 8%HARLEM GROWN: $3k → 17%WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: $10k → 14%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 22%MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $690k → 16%THE HILL SCHOOL OF MIDDLEBURG: $50k → 4%GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $20k → 6%OUR CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $20k → 6%BLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK: $10k → 8%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER CHARLOTTESVILLE: $35k → 8%VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ART: $5k → 22%Next Generation Choices Foundation: $5k → 5%TABOR ACADEMY: $25k → 8%NEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $50k → 17%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $10k → 22%MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $600k → 16%FOXCROFT SCHOOL: $20k → 4%GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $13k → 6%OUR CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $20k → 6%BLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK: $10k → 8%Next Generation Choices Foundation: $5k → 5%TABOR ACADEMY: $10k → 8%Habitat: $10k → 22%MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $600k → 16%The Hill School: $5k → 4%George Mason University Foundation: $10k → 6%OUR CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $15k → 6%BLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK: $10k → 8%UVA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $50k → 8%Next Generation Choices Foundation: $5k → 5%Habitat for Humanity: $10k → 22%FOXCROFT SCHOOL: $5k → 4%George Mason University Foundation: $10k → 6%NEXT GENERATION CHOICES FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 6%UVA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $15k → 8%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 22%The Hill School: $5k → 4%NEXT GENERATION CHOICES FOUNDATION INC: $7k → 6%Virginia Athletics Foundation: $10k → 8%The Hill School: $5k → 4%OUR CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $5k → 6%UVA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $5k → 8%Virginia Athletics Foundation: $10k → 8%VIRGINIA ATHLETICS FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%UVA HEALTH SYSTEM: $10k → 8%UVA HEALTH SYSTEM: $10k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NH
NY
MA
IA
IN
CT
CA
VA
AR
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.6M · 44 repeat orgs$222k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +43% since the first grant, against +8% for the ones you funded once.

44 repeat relationships — 5 still active in FY2025, 39 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

44
29

Total granted

$2.6M
$122k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+8%

Still filing today

64%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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
EducationEnvironmentInternationalArts & CultureRecreation & SportsCivil RightsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • AP
    A PLACE TO BE
    8× · 2017–2025 · $135k · revenue +70%
  • TH
    THE HILL SCHOOL CORPORATION OF MIDDLEBURG
    5× · 2017–2025 · $70k · revenue +68%
  • OC
    OUR CHILDREN FOUNDATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $60k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • GC
    GREATER CHARLOTTESVILLE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $35k · revenue -17%
  • H
    Habitat
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -40%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

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
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
4
University of Virginia Law School Foundation

The university of virginia law school foundation's primary purpose is to receive, manage and expend funds for the benefit of the university of virginia school of law.

Education
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
The Waldorf School Inc

The waldorf school of lexington nurtures each child's curiosity, ingenuity, and love of learning so that they can meet the future with wonder, confidence, and resilience.

Education
7
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
8
The Miller School of Albemarle

We create opportunities for discovery and reflection by engaging the minds, hands, and hearts of our students.

Education
9
Habitat for Humanity of Northern Va

Habitat for humanity of northern virginia brings our community together to build decent, affordable houses - and hope - for people in need. habitat provides a "hand up" to home ownership through sweat equity, donor generosity, volunteer…

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10
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
11
Hampden-Sydney College

Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.

Education
12
Hampshire Country School

Hampshire country school is a place of possibilities for high-ability, neurodiverse students enrolling in later elementary or middle school who have not found success in traditional educational environments. hampshire country school offers…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Our Sisters School and the most unlike its peers is Our Children Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsEquine Therapy ProgramsLocal Food System Organizat…Policy Research and AdvocacyOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Independent K-12 SchoolsLocal History MuseumsHealth Access Advocacy and …Food Banks and PantriesEnvironmental Conservation …Youth Sports ProgramsCancer Support ServicesCommunity Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 39 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%3%<5yr13%5%5–10yr18%20%10–20yr14%23%20–35yr13%25%35–55yr23%25%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%1%<5yr13%12%5–10yr18%7%10–20yr14%23%20–35yr13%30%35–55yr23%28%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/52
the rest of the field
10%
4,324/41,943

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

46 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 46 of the 76 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/46
Grantees still filing
33/46
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC — $1,890,000 · OtherMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INCA PLACE TO BE — $134,500 · OtherA PLACE TO BE+46 more — $352,500 · Other+46 moreTHE HILL SCHOOL CORPORATION OF MIDDLEBURG — $70,000 · EducationTHE HILL SC…GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $53,500 · EducationGEORGE MASO…TABOR ACADEMY — $35,250 · EducationTABOR ACADE…Foxcroft School — $35,000 · EducationFoxcroft Sc…NEXT GENERATION CHOICES FOUNDATION — $32,000 · EducationNEXT GENERA…VIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INC — $24,950 · EducationVIRGINIA ST…UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION — $22,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY …+3 more — $9,500 · EducationOUR CHILDREN FOUNDATION — $60,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR LOUDOUN AND NORTHERN FAUQUIER COUNTIES — $25,000 · PhilanthropyNEW YORK CITY CENTER INC — $50,000 · Arts & CultureAlexandria Seaport Foundation — $17,500 · Arts & CultureSHENANDOAH VALLEY DISCOVERY MUSEUM INC — $4,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $1,000 · Arts & CultureHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC — $20,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $10,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc — $10,000 · InternationalPROJECT KNAPSACK INC — $4,500 · InternationalHEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL — $3,000 · InternationalNATUREBRIDGE — $5,500 · EnvironmentLLOYD CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT INC — $4,000 · EnvironmentDARTMOUTH NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST INC — $4,000 · EnvironmentTHE DOWNSTREAM PROJECT — $4,000 · EnvironmentHARLEM GROWN INC — $2,500 · EnvironmentWARRENTON HORSE SHOW FOUNDATION — $5,000 · Recreation & SportsTEAM ASHBURN SYNCHRONIZED SKATING INC — $3,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$2,377,000Education$282,700Philanthropy$85,000Arts & Culture$72,500International$47,500Environment$20,000Recreation & Sports$8,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetA PLACE TO BE — $134,500 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetTHE HILL SCHOOL CORPORATION OF MIDDLEBURG — $70,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetOUR CHILDREN FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $53,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY CENTER INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTABOR ACADEMY — $35,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFoxcroft School — $35,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER CHARLOTTESVILLE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWINDY HILL FOUNDATION INC — $34,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetNEXT GENERATION CHOICES FOUNDATION — $32,000 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetBLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR LOUDOUN AND NORTHERN FAUQUIER COUNTIES — $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetVIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INC — $24,950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION — $22,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlexandria Seaport Foundation — $17,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATUREBRIDGE — $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOUR SISTERS SCHOOL — $5,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEVERY ORPHANS HOPE — $5,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFAUQUIER FREE CLINIC INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWARRENTON HORSE SHOW FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY BOATING CENTER INC — $4,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT KNAPSACK INC — $4,500 over 2y, 13% of budgetTHE PLAINS COMMUNITY LEAGUE — $4,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetSOUTHCOAST HOSPITALS GROUP INC — $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMIDDLEBURG COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLLOYD CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT INC — $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDARTMOUTH NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST INC — $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DOWNSTREAM PROJECT — $4,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetSHENANDOAH VALLEY DISCOVERY MUSEUM INC — $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTEAM ASHBURN SYNCHRONIZED SKATING INC — $3,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL — $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARLEM GROWN INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENT SCHOOL — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL OF THE PIEDMONT INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE LOVELAND FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIDDLEBURG ACADEMY INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAUQUIER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW BEDFORD YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION INC — $500 over 1y, 1.7% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Wise FoundationThe Anna McWane Chari…The Luminescence Foun…The Van Metre Family …Dun FoundationWilliam M Backer Foun…The Bank of Clarke Co…Fauquier Health Found…James Lessing Kleebla…MRC Full Circle Found…Alexander Brady Found…McGraw Foundation
Wise FoundationVA22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wise Foundation · The Anna McWane Charitable Foundation · The Luminescence Foundation Inc · The Van Metre Family Foundation Inc · Dun Foundation · William M Backer Foundation Inc · The Bank of Clarke County Foundation · Fauquier Health Foundation Dba the Path Foundation · James Lessing Kleeblatt Memorial Foundation Inc · MRC Full Circle Foundation · Alexander Brady Foundation · McGraw Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Graham Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Southcoast Hospitals Group Inc — 15% of income from government
  • Lloyd Center for the Environment Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Community Boating Center Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Our Sisters School — 0% of 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
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Graham Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Graham Foundation Inc 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 76 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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