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Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce 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.

$17k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$211kEmployment$2k
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$25k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE$4,000
JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY$4,000
VIRGINIA TECH$3,000
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY$1,000
SOUTHERN VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY$1,000
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY$1,000
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT$1,000
EASTERN MENNONITE UNIVERSITY$1,000
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$1,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 54% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 12%UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $1k → 11%MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY: $1k → 15%SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $1k → 16%RENSSELAER: $1k → 11%BARNARD COLLEGE: $1k → 17%FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY: $1k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $1k → 17%ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $1k → 21%MARY BALDWIN UNIVERSITY: $2k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $5k → 8%SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY: $2k → 16%LIBERTY UNIVERSITY: $5k → 20%VIRGINIA TECHNICAL INSTITUTE: $6k → 21%VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY: $3k → 22%JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY: $4k → 29%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $3k → 8%LIBERTY UNIVERSITY: $3k → 20%VIRGINIA TECHNICAL INSTITUTE: $5k → 21%VCU OFFICE OF STUDENT ACCOUNTING: $3k → 22%JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY: $3k → 29%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $3k → 8%BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE: $3k → 11%LIBERTY UNIVERSITY: $2k → 20%VIRGINIA TECHNICAL INSTITUTE: $4k → 21%VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY: $2k → 22%JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY: $3k → 29%VALLEY CAREER & TECHNICAL CENTER: $2k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $3k → 8%BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE: $2k → 11%LIBERTY UNIVERSITY: $2k → 20%VIRGINIA TECH: $3k → 21%JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY: $2k → 29%BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $11k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $2k → 8%VIRGINIA TECH: $3k → 21%JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY: $2k → 29%BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $7k → 8%VIRGINIA TECH: $2k → 21%JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY: $2k → 29%BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $6k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $3k → 8%VIRGINIA TECH: $2k → 21%JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY: $2k → 29%BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $4k → 8%BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $3k → 8%BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $3k → 8%BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $3k → 8%BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $2k → 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

VT
MN
NY
IN
OH
PA
RI
UT
CO
MO
WV
VA
MD
TN
NC
SC
OK
LA
AL
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$168k · 19 repeat orgs$44k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
39

Total granted

$168k
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+14%

Still filing today

32%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time
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

  • LU
    LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $15k · revenue +75%
  • MARY BALDWIN UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2019–2024 · $7k · revenue +31%
  • SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2020–2023 · $3k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • VC
    VALLEY CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $2k
  • WM
    WILLIAM & MARY
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • UU
    UNION UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +23%
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
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
3
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
4
Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
5
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
6
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
7
Mcdaniel College Inc

Mcdaniel college is a diverse student-centered community committed to excellence in the liberal arts & sciences and professional studies with careful mentoring and attention to the individual. mcdaniel changes lives. we challenge students…

Education
8
Otterbein University

Otterbein University is an inclusive community dedicated to educating the whole person in the context of humane values. Our mission is to prepare graduates to think deeply and broadly, to engage locally and globally, and to advance their…

Education
9
Coker University

Coker university is a student-centered, comprehensive university. it is dedicated to providing every student an academic curriculum based upon a uniformly excellent liberal arts core that enhances the structured development of key personal…

Education
10
John Brown University

John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…

Education
11
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
12
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Southern Virginia University; the most unlike its peers is Virginia Technical Institute. 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

24 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. 24 of the 62 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
18/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $40,000 · OtherBLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGEJAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · OtherJAMES MADISON UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $20,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIAVIRGINIA TECH: $10,000 · OtherVIRGINIA TECHVIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY: $7,000 · Other+34 more: $50,037 · Other+34 moreVirginia Technical Institute: $16,000 · EducationVirginia Technical InstituteLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $15,000 · EducationLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INCBRIDGEWATER COLLEGE: $7,000 · EducationBRIDGEWATER COLLEGEMARY BALDWIN UNIVERSITY: $6,500 · EducationMARY BALDWIN UNIVERSITYSHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY: $3,000 · Education+17 more: $17,000 · Education+17 moreBROWN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · Community Improvement
Other$147,037Education$64,500Community Improvement$1,000

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 budgetVirginia Technical Institute: $16,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $15,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGEWATER COLLEGE: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMARY BALDWIN UNIVERSITY: $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEastern Mennonite University: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNION UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARNARD COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFERRUM COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGoshen College Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSavannah College of Art and DesignInc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMORY & HENRY UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILLIGAN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERCYHURST UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Christian University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $1,000 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 Virginia Technical Institute ↗
  • Who funds LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MARY BALDWIN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Eastern Mennonite University ↗
  • Who funds UNION UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BARNARD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds FERRUM COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Goshen College Inc ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University ↗

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.

Lettie Pate Whitehead…Tulsa Community Found…Council of Independen…National Collegiate A…Folds of Honor Founda…Ibm International Fou…Lonza L Rush Tes Trus…Hughes Memorial HomeJessie Ball duPont Re…The Community Foundat…The Blackbaud Giving …Trust Uw Frank E Page
Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation IncGA19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc · Tulsa Community Foundation · Council of Independent Colleges · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Folds of Honor Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Lonza L Rush Tes Trust Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Hughes Memorial Home · Jessie Ball duPont Religious Charitable & Educational Fund · The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Trust Uw Frank E Page

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 Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 62 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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