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Julia and Tunnicliff Fox Charitable Trust at a glance

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Julia and Tunnicliff Fox Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$180k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$401kArts & Culture$310kHealth$220kEducation$140kRecreation & Sports$30kYouth Development$25kCommunity Improvement$15kCivil Rights$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEXTUP RVA$15,000
SOAR365$15,000
SHELTERING ARMS FOUNDATION$15,000
ART 180$15,000
ALEXANDRIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC$15,000
TIDEWATER ARTS OUTREACH$15,000
CRISTO REY RICHMOND$15,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
RICHMOND BALLET INC$15,000
HIGHER ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM$15,000
VERSABILITY RESOURCES$15,000
RICHMOND PERFORMING ARTS ALLIANCE$15,000
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 (FY17–25, $182k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FEE FOUNDATION FOR REHABILITATION: $14k → 8%CIRCLE CENTER ADULT DAY SERVICES: $15k → 9%NEXTUP RVA: $15k → 9%NEXTUP RVA: $10k → 9%PETER PAUL DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $30k → 9%YWCA OF RICHMOND: $10k → 22%COMMONWEALTH CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $53k → 9%COMMONWEALTH CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $35k → 9%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.
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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$742k · 16 repeat orgs$484k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
29

Total granted

$742k
$469k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+13%

Still filing today

81%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

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

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthCivil RightsCrime & LegalOther
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

  • SH
    SACRED HEART CENTER INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $183k · revenue +89%
  • CC
    Commonwealth Catholic Charities
    2× · 2017–2018 · $88k · revenue +72%
  • CR
    Cristo Rey Richmond High School Inc
    3× · 2020–2025 · $45k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • BS
    Bon Secours Richmond Healthcare Foundation
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue -39%
  • SM
    SCIENCE MUSEUM OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $40k · revenue -3%
  • VR
    VALENTINE RICHMOND HISTORIAL MUSEUM
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
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
Richmond Art Center

To be a catalyst in Richmond for learning and living through art.

Arts & Culture
2
Academy of Richmond County
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3
The Richmond Symphony

The richmond symphony performs, teaches and champions music to inspire and unite our communities.

Arts & Culture
4
Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities

VCIC works with schools, businesses, and communities to achieve success through inclusion.

Civil Rights
5
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
6
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

Vcca's mission is to provide time and space for national and international writers, visual artists, and composers of talent and promise to bring forth their finest works, because the arts are vital, diversity is a strength, and creativity…

Arts & Culture
7
Richmond Civic Theatre Inc

Creating live community theatre experiences that engage, entertain, educate, and enlighten.

Arts & Culture
8
Riverviews

Creating spaces where contemporary art inspires connection, sparks creativity, and fosters innovation.

Arts & Culture
9
Vpm Media Corporation

To use the power of media to educate, entertain and inspire, using public television and public radio to make a positive impact on the communities throughout central virginia, charlottesville, the shenandoah valley, the northern neck and…

Arts & Culture
10
Richmond Residential Services Inc

Richmond residential services strives to provide person-centered care for individuals with diverse abilities and support needs, facilitating choice, growth and community participation

Human Services
11
The Virginia Air & Space Center

To serve as the region's leading source of informational science education through interactive science demonstrations, hands-on education programs and outreach programs.

Arts & Culture
12
Adult Day Care of Richmond Inc

Organization serves frail adults by providing supervised activities designed to alleviate the effects of social isolation and the deterioration that often accompanies a lack of physical and intellectual stimulation. families of clients are…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Commonwealth Catholic Charities; the most unlike its peers is Circle Center Adult Day Services. 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

34 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. 34 of the 46 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/34
Grantees still filing
25/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SACRED HEART CENTER INC: $183,000 · OtherSACRED HEART CENTER INCIndividual grant recipient: $65,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBon Secours Richmond Healthcare Foundation: $50,000 · OtherBon Secours Richmond Healthcare FoundationVALENTINE RICHMOND HISTORIAL MUSEUM: $30,000 · OtherSPORTABLE RICHMOND ADAPTIVE SPORTS: $30,000 · OtherHIGHER ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM INC: $30,000 · OtherVERSABILITY RESOURCES INC: $25,000 · OtherAlexandria Symphony Orchestra: $25,000 · Other+16 more: $205,000 · Other+16 moreART 180 Inc: $40,000 · Arts & CultureART 180 IncSCIENCE MUSEUM OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureSCIENCE MUSEUM OF VIR…THE RICHMOND BALLET: $35,000 · Arts & CultureTHE RICHMOND BALLETDOGTOWN DANCE THEATRE: $30,000 · Arts & CultureDOGTOWN DANCE THEATRERICHMOND PERFORMING ARTS ALLIANCE: $25,000 · Arts & CultureRICHMOND PERFORMING A…TIDEWATER ARTS OUTREACH: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTIDEWATER ARTS OUTREA…The Virginia Holocaust Museum: $15,000 · Arts & CultureThe Virginia Holocaus…ELEGBA FOLKLORE SOCIETY INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureELEGBA FOLKLORE SOCIE…ACADEMY CENTER OF THE ARTS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCommonwealth Catholic Charities: $88,000 · Human ServicesCommonwealth Cat…PETER PAUL DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesPETER PAUL DEVEL…NEXTUP RVA: $25,000 · Human ServicesNEXTUP RVACircle Center Adult Day Services: $15,000 · Human ServicesCircle Center Ad…FREE FOUNDATION FOR REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT & ENDOWMENT: $14,000 · Human ServicesFREE FOUNDATION …YWCA RICHMOND: $10,000 · Human ServicesYWCA RICHMONDCristo Rey Richmond High School Inc: $45,000 · EducationJSARGEANT REYNOLDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EducationTHE VISUAL ARTS CENTER OF RICHMOND: $10,000 · EducationPOSITIVE VIBE FOUNDATION: $45,500 · HealthSHELTERING ARMS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthRISE RICHMOND INC: $15,000 · Crime & LegalCHESTERFIELD CASA INC: $5,000 · Civil Rights
Other$643,000Arts & Culture$235,000Human Services$182,000Education$75,000Health$70,500Crime & Legal$15,000Civil Rights$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSACRED HEART CENTER INC: $183,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetCommonwealth Catholic Charities: $88,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBon Secours Richmond Healthcare Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPOSITIVE VIBE FOUNDATION: $45,500 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetCristo Rey Richmond High School Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetART 180 Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetSCIENCE MUSEUM OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE RICHMOND BALLET: $35,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPETER PAUL DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetDOGTOWN DANCE THEATRE: $30,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetHIGHER ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVERSABILITY RESOURCES INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlexandria Symphony Orchestra: $25,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetRICHMOND PERFORMING ARTS ALLIANCE: $25,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNEXTUP RVA: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSHELTERING ARMS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTIDEWATER ARTS OUTREACH: $25,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetA GRACE PLACE ADULT CARE CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetJSARGEANT REYNOLDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRISE RICHMOND INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHILDSAVERS- MEMORIAL CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCircle Center Adult Day Services: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetThe Virginia Holocaust Museum: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetELEGBA FOLKLORE SOCIETY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetSOUTH RICHMOND ADULT DAY CARE CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetFREE FOUNDATION FOR REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT & ENDOWMENT: $14,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE VISUAL ARTS CENTER OF RICHMOND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYWCA RICHMOND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREADING AND EDUCATION FOR ADULT DEVELOPMENT: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetDEPAUL COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACADEMY CENTER OF THE ARTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetELIJAH HOUSE ACADEMY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHESTERFIELD CASA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% 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.

The Community Foundat…Herndon FoundationDominion Energy Chari…Shelton H Short Jr Tr…The Pauley Family Fou…Virginia Nonprofit Ho…Robins FoundationWindsor Fdn Trust Uw …Wilbur Moreland Haven…The William H - John …Tesco FoundationThe Mary Morton Parso…
The Community Foundation IncVA49.4× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · Herndon Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Shelton H Short Jr Trust · The Pauley Family Foundation · Virginia Nonprofit Housing Coalition · Robins Foundation · Windsor Fdn Trust Uw Quincy Cole · Wilbur Moreland Havens Charitable Foundation · The William H - John G - Emma Scott Foundation · Tesco Foundation · The Mary Morton Parsons 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 Julia and Tunnicliff Fox Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Julia and Tunnicliff Fox Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Julia and Tunnicliff Fox Charitable Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Julia and Tunnicliff Fox Charitable Trust 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 46 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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