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Greater Williamsburg Community Trust

The williamsburg community foundation enhances the quality of life in greater williamsburg by connecting people with causes that matter, managing charitable funds, and providing grants and scholarships for our community's most pressing needs and promising opportunities.

$1.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
44
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$102k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.1MHuman Services$559kHealth$499kAnimals$376kReligion$305kArts & Culture$238kInternational$114kRecreation & Sports$88kOther$0
02FY2025 · 44 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 44 grants below total $956,204, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,461,700 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $505,496 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $105k
  • $10k–50k23 grants · $429k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $422k
$12,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$46M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GWENDOLYN'S WISH INC$102,058
BOYS HOME OF VIRGINIA$76,544
HOSPICE HOUSE AND SUPPORT CARE OF WILLIAMSBURG$71,529
WALSINGHAM ACADEMY$68,117
SAINT BEDE CATHOLIC CHURCH$54,059
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY (VIRGINIA)$50,000
THE SALVATION ARMY A GEORGIA CORPORATION$38,558
WILLIAMSBURG HOUSE OF MERCY INC$29,100
JACKSON-FEILD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES$25,515
WORLD PEDIATRICS$24,430
FOUNDRY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC$24,430
ACTON INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGION AND LIBERTY$24,430
W&M MASON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FOUNDATION$24,430
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION$23,250
WILLIAM & MARY ATHLETIC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$23,100
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 24% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CAMP KASEM NATIONAL: $7k → 14%PENINSULA PASTORAL COUNSELING CENTER: $18k → 17%JACKSON-FEILD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES: $26k → 24%LACKEY CLINIC: $12k → 5%JACKSON-FEILD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES: $24k → 24%LACKEY CLINIC: $9k → 5%THE ARC OF GREATER WILLIAMSBURG: $34k → 7%PENINSULA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $13k → 17%JACKSON-FEILD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES: $24k → 24%WILLIAMSBURG HOUSE OF MERCY INC: $29k → 7%JACKSON-FIELD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES: $24k → 24%LACKEY CLINIC: $7k → 5%WILLIAMSBURG AREA FAITH IN ACTION: $21k → 7%BOYS HOME OF VIRGINIA: $65k → 14%PENINSULA PASTORAL COUNSELING CENTER: $8k → 17%JACKSON-FEILD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES: $22k → 24%FISH INC: $21k → 7%GROVE CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTER: $17k → 7%WILLIAMSBURG HOUSE OF MERCY INC: $15k → 7%WILLIAMSBURG AREA FAITH IN ACTION: $15k → 7%FAITH IN ACTION WILLIAMSBURG: $14k → 7%WILLIAMSBURG AREA FAITH IN ACTION: $12k → 7%WILLIAMSBURG AREA FAITH IN ACTION: $11k → 7%GROVE CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTER: $10k → 7%FISH INC: $10k → 7%WILLIAMSBURG AREA FAITH IN ACTION: $8k → 7%GROVE CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTER: $7k → 7%GROVE CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTER: $7k → 7%HEART FOR ORPHANS: $75k → 7%HOSPICE HOUSE AND SUPPORT CARE OF WILLIAMSBURG: $72k → 7%HOSPICE HOUSE AND SUPPORT CARE OF WILLIAMSBURG: $49k → 7%HOSPICE HOUSE AND SUPPORT CARE OF WILLIAMSBURG: $48k → 7%HOSPICE HOUSE AND SUPPORT CARE OF WILLIAMSBURG: $48k → 7%HOSPICE HOUSE AND SUPPORT CARE OF WILLIAMSBURG: $47k → 7%THE ARC OF GREATER WILLIAMSBURG: $15k → 7%AVALON A CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $14k → 7%HOSPICE HOUSE AND SUPPORT CARE OF WILLIAMSBURG: $14k → 7%HOSPICE HOUSE AND SUPPORT CARE OF WILLIAMSBURG: $11k → 7%HOSPICE HOUSE AND SUPPORT CARE OF WILLIAMSBURG: $11k → 7%THE ARC OF GREATER WILLIAMSBURG: $11k → 7%THE ARC OF GREATER GREENSBORO: $10k → 7%GROVE CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTER: $8k → 7%COLONIAL COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES PROGRAM INC: $8k → 7%AVALON A CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $8k → 7%THE ARC OF GREATER WILLIAMSBURG: $7k → 7%AVALON A CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $7k → 7%HOSPICE HOUSE AND SUPPORT CARE OF WILLIAMSBURG: $7k → 7%AVALON A CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $6k → 7%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

NY
PA
CT
CA
VA
NC
GA
TX
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.8M · 43 repeat orgs$714k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

43 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
34

Total granted

$3.8M
$586k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+28%

Still filing today

84%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $128k 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
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • GW
    GWENDOLYN'S WISH INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $478k · revenue +16% · 99% of their budget
  • HH
    HOSPICE HOUSE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $307k · revenue +60%
  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
    8× · 2017–2025 · $121k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • LU
    LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $105k · revenue +28%
  • HF
    HEART FOR ORPHANS INC
    one grant, 2017 · $75k · revenue +24%
  • VH
    VIRGINIA HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
    one grant, 2021 · $65k · revenue +15%
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
The Williams School

The williams school builds with each child the foundation for academic, moral and social success. a williams school student embodies confidence, integrity and a love of learning.

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2
Virginia Wesleyan University

Virginia wesleyan university is a fully accredited liberal arts, united-methodist related institution founded in 1961.

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3
Williams College

Williams College strives to achieve educational excellence by fostering a community of learning in collaboration with students, faculty, staff, devoted alumni and parents.

Education
4
Williamsburg Area Chamber of Commerce

To enhance, promote, and serve the business communities of the city of williamsburg, virginia, james city county, virginia, the bruton district of york county, virginia, and the yorktown, virginia waterfront.

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5
The Virginia Home

The virginia home provides compassionate and professional residential care to adult virginians with irreversible physical disabilities, ensuring that their lifelong comfort and security will never be compromised, regardless of the ability…

Health
6
Washington University of Virginia

Provides seminary, under-graduate, graduate, doctoral, and other continuing education programs

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7
William & Mary Real Estate Foundation

The mission of william and mary real estate foundation is to acquire, hold, manage, sell, lease, and participate in the development of real properties in support of the educational goals of the college of william and mary in virginia.

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8
Williamsburg Regional Hospital

Williamsburg Regional Hospital was an acute care facility located in Kingstree, South Carolina. The goal of the hospital was to deliver the best healthcare available to the residents of Williamsburg County and the surrounding area as we…

Health
9
Greater Williamsburg Community Trust

The williamsburg community foundation enhances the quality of life in greater williamsburg by connecting people with causes that matter, managing charitable funds, and providing grants and scholarships for our community's most pressing…

Philanthropy
10
Hospital Hospitality House of Richmond Inc

Our mission is to provide lodging and support for patients and their loved ones who need to be close to the hospital but not far from the feeling of home.

Health
11
West Virginia Health Care Association Inc

To promote the general welfare through development and maintenance of high standards of professional care and administration in all long-term care facilities to establish and promote programs of education for maintaining high standards of…

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12
Vcu Health Tappahannock Hospital

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

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Housing Partnerships 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

78 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. 78 of the 94 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
75/78
Grantees still filing
50/78
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WALSINGHAM ACADEMY: $460,898 · OtherWALSINGHAM ACADEMYTHE SALVATION ARMY: $247,949 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYST BEDE THE VENERABLE CATHOLIC CHURCH: $207,934 · OtherST BEDE THE VENERABLE CATHOLIC CHURCHST BEDE CATHOLIC CHURCH: $102,873 · OtherHISTORIC VIRGINIA LAND CONSERVANCY: $65,600 · Other+41 more: $854,892 · Other+41 moreHOSPICE HOUSE INC: $306,577 · Human ServicesHOSPICE HOUSE INCJACKSON FEILD HOMES: $119,479 · Human ServicesJACKSON FEILD HOMESWILLIAMSBURG AREA FAITH IN ACTION I: $80,280 · Human ServicesWILLIAMSBURG AREA FAITH …THE ARC OF GREATER WILLIAMSBURG: $76,496 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF GREATER WILLI…HEART FOR ORPHANS INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesHEART FOR ORPHANS INCVIRGINIA HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS: $64,721 · Human ServicesVIRGINIA HOME FOR BOYS A…WILLIAMSBURG HOUSE OF MERCY: $50,100 · Human ServicesGROVE CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTER: $48,994 · Human ServicesAVALON A CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $40,691 · Human Services+9 more: $144,978 · Human Services+9 moreBOYS HOME INC: $293,747 · EducationBOYS HOME INCLONGWOOD UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $104,798 · EducationLONGWOOD UNIVERSIT…William & Mary Business School Foundation: $79,430 · EducationWilliam & Mary Bus…THE WILLIAM & MARY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $58,000 · EducationTHE WILLIAM & MARY…Child Development Resources: $51,678 · EducationChild Development …COVENANT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $40,500 · EducationCOVENANT CHRISTIAN…RITA WELSH ADULT LITERACY PROGRAM INC: $27,990 · Education+8 more: $102,377 · Education+8 moreGWENDOLYN'S WISH INC: $477,968 · AnimalsGWENDOLYN'S …+1 more: $7,488 · AnimalsColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $121,050 · Arts & CultureJAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · Arts & CultureOLD SALEM INC: $9,000 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $5,997 · Arts & CultureWORLD PEDIATRICS: $121,241 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $11,000 · InternationalHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $7,442 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF WILLIAMSBURG REGIONAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $46,651 · PhilanthropyNORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyNETWORKPENINSULA: $15,000 · PhilanthropyTIDEWATER JEWISH FOUNDATION INC: $11,282 · PhilanthropyMENS CHARITY TENNIS INC: $5,687 · Philanthropy
Other$1,940,146Human Services$1,007,316Education$758,520Animals$485,456Arts & Culture$148,047International$145,683Philanthropy$98,620

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 budgetGWENDOLYN'S WISH INC: $477,968 over 5y, 99% of budgetHOSPICE HOUSE INC: $306,577 over 9y, 4.6% of budgetBOYS HOME INC: $293,747 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetWORLD PEDIATRICS: $121,241 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $121,050 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJACKSON FEILD HOMES: $119,479 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLONGWOOD UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $104,798 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWILLIAMSBURG AREA FAITH IN ACTION I: $80,280 over 6y, 8.6% of budgetWilliam & Mary Business School Foundation: $79,430 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ARC OF GREATER WILLIAMSBURG: $76,496 over 5y, 9.4% of budgetHEART FOR ORPHANS INC: $75,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetHISTORIC VIRGINIA LAND CONSERVANCY: $65,600 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetVIRGINIA HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS: $64,721 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPGA TOUR INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILLIAM & MARY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $58,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetWILLIAMSBURG MUSIC ASSOCIATION: $57,358 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetChild Development Resources: $51,678 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWILLIAMSBURG HOUSE OF MERCY: $50,100 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGROVE CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTER: $48,994 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF WILLIAMSBURG REGIONAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $46,651 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetWILLIAM & MARY ATHLETIC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $45,100 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHousing Partnerships Inc: $42,697 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetAVALON A CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $40,691 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetWILLIAMSBURG AREA MEALS ON WHEELS: $35,040 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetWMBG AREA MEDICAL ASSISTANCE CORP: $34,044 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetOLIVET MEDICAL MINISTRY INC: $33,353 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPENINSULA PASTORAL COUNSELING CENTER: $31,500 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetCOLONIAL COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM INC: $31,335 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetTRIANGLE ARTS AND CULTURE LEAGUE INC: $31,000 over 2y, 97% of budgetFISH INC: $30,250 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDREAM CATCHERS: $28,153 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetRITA WELSH ADULT LITERACY PROGRAM INC: $27,990 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetFOUNDRY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION DBA FEF: $24,430 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $24,430 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED JEWISH COMMUNITY OF THE VIRGINIA PENINSULA INC: $23,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEDMARC INC: $19,600 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPENINSULA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $18,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWJCC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $17,877 over 2y, 15% of budgetWilliam & Mary Foundation: $17,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANGELS OF MERCY INC: $16,597 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetBACON STREET YOUTH AND FAMILY SVCS: $15,540 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNETWORKPENINSULA: $15,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetHAMPTON UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilliamsburg Youth Orchestra: $13,322 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetJAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.3% 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.

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.

Sentara HealthUnited Way of the Vir…Peninsula Community F…Langley for Families …Williamsburg Communit…Dominion Energy Chari…The Community Foundat…Kiwanis Club of Willi…Hampton Roads Communi…The Robert McEldowney…Bernardine Franciscan…Rotary Club of Willia…
Sentara HealthVA43.9× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sentara Health · United Way of the Virginia Peninsula · Peninsula Community Foundation of Virginia Inc · Langley for Families - the Foundation of Lfcu · Williamsburg Community Health Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The Community Foundation Inc · Kiwanis Club of Williamsburg · Hampton Roads Community Foundation · The Robert McEldowney Jr Family Foundation · Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Foundation Inc · Rotary Club of Williamsburg 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 Greater Williamsburg Community Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Greater Williamsburg Community Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pga Tour Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
22report 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 94 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 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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