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Marjorie Sutton Memorial 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.

$38k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
38
Grants FY2025
43
Organizations funded FY2024
9%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$3,000
Organizations funded a year
37 to 66
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$1.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 9% of the organizations Marjorie Sutton Memorial Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthReligionHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving37$38k8%
FY202443$83k9%
FY202337$68k5%
FY202250$75k14%
FY202144$73k11%
FY202049$74k10%
FY201955$75k11%
FY201866$83k11%
83% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$126kHuman Services$85kPublic Safety & Disaster$83kReligion$52kArts & Culture$50kCrime & Legal$32kEducation$30kRecreation & Sports$11kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
IA
IN
PA
CA
NE
WV
VA
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Safetynet Inc$20,00093%
The Piedmont Arts Association$19,00091%
Horsepasture Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc$17,00093%
Bassett Rescue Squad Inc$16,50093%
Children's Assistive Technology Service$15,50040%
Stepping Stones Inc$15,50091%
Gods Pit Crew Inc$14,50090%
Dyers Store Volunteer Fire Department Inc$14,50092%
Winns Creek Baptist Church$13,0009n/a
The Rescue Mission of Roanoke Inc$12,50090%
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All grantees of Marjorie Sutton Memorial Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Safetynet Inc$20,00093%
The Piedmont Arts Association$19,00091%
Horsepasture Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc$17,00093%
Bassett Rescue Squad Inc$16,50093%
Children's Assistive Technology Service$15,50040%
Stepping Stones Inc$15,50091%
Gods Pit Crew Inc$14,50090%
Dyers Store Volunteer Fire Department Inc$14,50092%
Winns Creek Baptist Church$13,0009n/a
The Rescue Mission of Roanoke Inc$12,50090%
Axton Life Saving Crew Inc$12,00067%
Samaritan's Purse$10,00010%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$8,00090%
Martinsville Volunteer Fire Department$8,0004n/a
Piedmont Virginia Dental Health Foundation$7,50073%
Boys Home Inc$7,50040%
College Mentors for Kids Inc$5,00020%
Virginia Sheriffs' Institute Inc$3,57070%
Kearfott Memorial Baptist Church$3,5005n/a
American Cancer Society Inc$3,00040%
Special Olympics Virginia Inc$3,00060%
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc$2,50050%
Southside Survivor Response Center Inc$2,50020%
MARC Workshop Inc$2,50040%
Henry County Food Pantry Inc$2,0002n/a
American Heart Association Inc$2,00030%
Martinsville Henry County Spca$2,00030%
Paralyzed Veterans of America$1,75030%
Young America's Foundation$1,50030%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Triangle$1,50020%
Community Storehouse$1,00020%
Snow Creek Rescue Squad$1,00022%
Chatham Heights Baptist Church$1,0002n/a
The Community Dream Center$1,00011%
Charity League of Martinsville$1,0001n/a
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$75010%
Children Incorporated$50010%
Franklin County Rescue Squad Inc$50011%
AARP Foundation$50010%
Starling Avenue Baptist Church$5001n/a
Danville Life Saving and First Aid Crew Inc$50010%
Broad Street Christian Church$5001n/a
Christmas Cheer Inc$5001n/a
Harmony Rescue Inc$30010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 70 recipients with no EIN on record ($400k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Marjorie Sutton Memorial Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSafetynet Inc: $20,000 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetThe Piedmont Arts Association: $19,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetHorsepasture Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc: $17,000 over 9y, 3.5% of budgetBassett Rescue Squad Inc: $16,500 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetChildren's Assistive Technology Service: $15,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetStepping Stones Inc: $15,500 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetGods Pit Crew Inc: $14,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDyers Store Volunteer Fire Department Inc: $14,500 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetThe Rescue Mission of Roanoke Inc: $12,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAxton Life Saving Crew Inc: $12,000 over 6y, 7.5% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $8,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPiedmont Virginia Dental Health Foundation: $7,500 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetBoys Home Inc: $7,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCollege Mentors for Kids Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVirginia Sheriffs' Institute Inc: $3,570 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Virginia Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGuiding Eyes for the Blind Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSouthside Survivor Response Center Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMARC Workshop Inc: $2,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMartinsville Henry County Spca: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetParalyzed Veterans of America: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of the Triangle: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Storehouse: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSnow Creek Rescue Squad: $1,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetThe Community Dream Center: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren Incorporated: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFranklin County Rescue Squad Inc: $500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAARP Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDanville Life Saving and First Aid Crew Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHarmony Rescue Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.5% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 35.

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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.

Community Foundation Serving Western VirginiaVA30× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia · United Way of Henry County & Martinsville · William Whidbee Sale & Virginia B Sale Foundation · The Harvest Foundation of the Piedmont · Edgar a Thurman Fdn Children Nect · Irving and Jett Groves Charitable Foundation · Wc English Foundation · The Thomas B Stanley Jr and Ruth B Stanley Family Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Verizon Foundation · Duke Energy 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.

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About Marjorie Sutton Memorial Foundation

How much does Marjorie Sutton Memorial Foundation give?
Marjorie Sutton Memorial Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $37,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 66 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Marjorie Sutton Memorial Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (19%), Human Services (13%), Public Safety & Disaster (13%).
Who are Marjorie Sutton Memorial Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Safetynet Inc ($20k), The Piedmont Arts Association ($19k), Horsepasture Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc ($17k).
Does Marjorie Sutton Memorial Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Marjorie Sutton Memorial Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Marjorie Sutton Memorial Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia, United Way of Henry County & Martinsville, William Whidbee Sale & Virginia B Sale Foundation.
Where is Marjorie Sutton Memorial Foundation based?
Marjorie Sutton Memorial Foundation is based in VA.

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 115 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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