· Private foundation
Lacy 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SENIOR SERVICESMEALS ON WHEELS | $25,000 |
| BREAKTHROUGH MANCHESTER | $23,100 |
| UNITED WAY OF MARTINSVILLEHENRY COUNTY (HOPE & SMART BEGINNINGS) | $20,000 |
| CRISIS CONTROL MINISTRY | $20,000 |
| GRACE NETWORK OF MARTINSVILLEHENRY COUNTY | $20,000 |
| EXPERIMENT IN SELF-RELIANCE | $15,000 |
| COMMUNITY STOREHOUSE | $10,000 |
| FAMILY YMCA BUILDING A HEALTHY COMMUNITY | $10,000 |
| SAFETYNET INC | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $110k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TDTHE DERRYFIELD SCHOOL6× · 2020–2025 · $127k · revenue +25%
- GNGrace Network of Martinsville & Henry Co6× · 2020–2025 · $122k · revenue +15%
- BABOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE BLUE RIDGE INC5× · 2020–2024 · $120k · revenue +6%
Funded once
- MHMARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AID FUNDone grant, 2020 · $3k
- SASALVATION ARMYone grant, 2021 · $1k
- GBGREATER BINGHAMTON HEALTH CENTER OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTHone grant, 2020 · $300
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.
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.
Feeding the hungry and providing food assistance to needy families.
NourishNC, Inc.'s goal is to provide healthy food to hungry children, empowering them to succeed in the classroom and in their community
To fight hunger in fauquier county by providing our neighbors in need with nourishing food and encouraging self-sufficiency through vibrant community partnerships
Provision of food for the needy
As a community organization we provide confidential, temporary food, clothing, and financial assistance to help economically and nutritionally insecure individuals and families return to self-sufficiency.
The organization operates a food bank which provides food for at risk households.
The Foodbank's mission is to provide food, and develop awareness of and creative solutions for food insecurity. Annually, the Foodbank distributes approximately 9.5 million pounds of food to 130 food pantries, soup kitchens, children's…
Our mission is to ensure the availability, access, and affordability of locally produced food by connecting local farmers and all members of the community through programs, awareness, and advocacy.
To fight hunger and poverty by providing food, education, programs and resources to families in a dignified, personal and expeditious manner directly as a food pantry and as a food bank; without zip code restrictions.
Empowering neighbors to work to self-sustainability through provision of food and other essential items
Provide assistance to the needy
Provide food to families in need within the local area.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 16 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE DERRYFIELD SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Grace Network of Martinsville & Henry Co ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE BLUE RIDGE INC ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
- Who funds CRISIS CONTROL MINISTRY INC ↗
- Who funds Experiment In Self-Reliance Inc ↗
- Who funds SAFETYNET INC ↗
- Who funds IMPRINTS CARES ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY STOREHOUSE ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lacy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lacy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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