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Massey Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.6M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
82
Grants FY2025
72
Organizations funded FY2024
0%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,000,000
Organizations funded a year
68 to 76
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$74M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Massey Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementOther
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 arriving79$4.5M23%
FY202472$4.0M0%
FY202373$4.1M0%
FY202276$4.5M8%
FY202170$3.6M11%
FY202072$3.3M7%
FY201969$3.3M6%
FY201868$3.0M7%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$11MEducation$9.9MHuman Services$2.4MScience & Tech$2.3MArts & Culture$1.9MRecreation & Sports$1.6MEnvironment$1.0MFood & Nutrition$797kOther$0

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
Medical College of Va Foundation$3,200,00082%
Active Southern West Virginia Inc$1,600,000950%
The New Community School Foundation$1,445,00092%
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Inc$900,00092%
Childsavers- Memorial Child Guidance Clinic$560,00091%
Feed More Inc$475,00090%
University of Richmond$450,00090%
Maymont Foundation$450,00091%
Heart of Virginia Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$450,00092%
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts$450,0009n/a
Show all 66 grantees
All grantees of Massey Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Medical College of Va Foundation$3,200,00082%
Active Southern West Virginia Inc$1,600,000950%
The New Community School Foundation$1,445,00092%
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Inc$900,00092%
Childsavers- Memorial Child Guidance Clinic$560,00091%
Feed More Inc$475,00090%
University of Richmond$450,00090%
Maymont Foundation$450,00091%
Heart of Virginia Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$450,00092%
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts$450,0009n/a
The Cross-Over Ministry Inc$450,00091%
Va Foundation for Independent Colleges$385,00093%
Elijah House Academy$360,00092%
The Healing Place$320,00088%
Virginia Institute of Marine Science Fdn$300,00037%
The Richmond Ballet$295,00091%
Science Museum of Virginia Foundation Inc$275,00091%
Needle's Eye Ministries Inc$270,00096%
New Life for Youth Inc$270,00094%
Children's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation$265,00090%
The Virginia Home$255,00090%
The Blue Ridge School Inc$230,00090%
The Collegiate School$230,00090%
United Way of Southern Wv Inc$230,00094%
University of Pikeville$230,00090%
St Andrew's School$230,00091%
Virginia Home for Boys and Girls$230,00090%
Elk Hill Farm Inc$230,00090%
West Virginia University Foundation Inc$200,00040%
Peter Paul Development Center Inc$190,00062%
Virginia Union University$190,00090%
Forward Southern West Virginia Inc$180,0004n/a
Communities in Schools of Richmond Inc$175,00051%
University of the Cumberlands Inc$172,00090%
Bluefield University$172,00090%
Berea College$172,00090%
The Virginia College Fund$172,000916%
The Valentine Museum$152,00091%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond$152,00091%
Virginia Historical Society$152,00090%
The Richmond Symphony$152,00090%
Startup Virginia Inc$142,00083%
GoochlandCares$142,00080%
Legal Information Network for Cancer$142,00087%
Richmond Montessori School Inc$137,00090%
Riverside School Inc$137,00091%
National Coal Heritage Area Auth$137,0008n/a
YWCA Richmond$135,00060%
Patrick County Education Foundation$130,000563%
United Network for Organ Sharing$100,00060%
Marshall University Foundation Incorporated$100,00030%
Hampden-Sydney College$100,00040%
Richmond Fisher House Foundation$100,00048%
Shalom Farmsinc$92,00042%
The Steward School$85,00040%
Davidson College$60,00040%
Cancer Retreat Centers Inc$55,0001n/a
Hampton University$50,00010%
Bluefield State University Foundation Inc$40,00012%
Semper Fi & America's Fund$40,00040%
St Christopher's School Foundation$30,00010%
St Catherine's School Foundation$30,00010%
George C Marshall Research Foundation$20,0001n/a
Sportable Richmond Adaptive Sports and Recreation Inc$20,00011%
St James's Children's Center$20,00011%
Good Doctors Foundation$20,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($14M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Massey Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 60 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMedical College of Va Foundation: $3,200,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetActive Southern West Virginia Inc: $1,600,000 over 9y, 50% of budgetThe New Community School Foundation: $1,445,000 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetLewis Ginter Botanical Garden Inc: $900,000 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetChildsavers- Memorial Child Guidance Clinic: $560,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetFeed More Inc: $475,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Richmond: $450,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMaymont Foundation: $450,000 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetHeart of Virginia Council Inc Boy Scouts of America: $450,000 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetThe Cross-Over Ministry Inc: $450,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetVa Foundation for Independent Colleges: $385,000 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetElijah House Academy: $360,000 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetThe Healing Place: $320,000 over 8y, 8.4% of budgetVirginia Institute of Marine Science Fdn: $300,000 over 3y, 6.8% of budgetThe Richmond Ballet: $295,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetScience Museum of Virginia Foundation Inc: $275,000 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetNeedle's Eye Ministries Inc: $270,000 over 9y, 5.9% of budgetNew Life for Youth Inc: $270,000 over 9y, 4.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation: $265,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetThe Virginia Home: $255,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetThe Blue Ridge School Inc: $230,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetThe Collegiate School: $230,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Southern Wv Inc: $230,000 over 9y, 4.0% of budgetUniversity of Pikeville: $230,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSt Andrew's School: $230,000 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetVirginia Home for Boys and Girls: $230,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetElk Hill Farm Inc: $230,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetWest Virginia University Foundation Inc: $200,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPeter Paul Development Center Inc: $190,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetVirginia Union University: $190,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Richmond Inc: $175,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetUniversity of the Cumberlands Inc: $172,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBluefield University: $172,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBerea College: $172,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Virginia College Fund: $172,000 over 9y, 16% of budgetThe Valentine Museum: $152,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond: $152,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetVirginia Historical Society: $152,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetThe Richmond Symphony: $152,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetStartup Virginia Inc: $142,000 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetGoochlandCares: $142,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetLegal Information Network for Cancer: $142,000 over 8y, 6.9% of budgetRichmond Montessori School Inc: $137,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetRiverside School Inc: $137,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetYWCA Richmond: $135,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPatrick County Education Foundation: $130,000 over 5y, 63% of budgetUnited Network for Organ Sharing: $100,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMarshall University Foundation Incorporated: $100,000 over 3y, 0.2% 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 60.

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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.

The Community Foundation IncVA66× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · Shelton H Short Jr Trust · Herndon Foundation · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Robins Foundation · Robert G Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation · Carmax Foundation · Universal Leaf Foundation · The Pauley Family Foundation · Townebank 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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How do I get to Massey Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Massey Family Foundation 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.

About Massey Family Foundation

How much does Massey Family Foundation give?
Massey Family Foundation reported 82 grants totaling $4,600,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 68 and 76 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Massey Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (32%), Education (29%), Human Services (7%).
Who are Massey Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Medical College of Va Foundation ($3.2M), Active Southern West Virginia Inc ($1.6M), The New Community School Foundation ($1.4M).
Does Massey Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Massey Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Massey Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation Inc, Shelton H Short Jr Trust, Herndon Foundation.
Where is Massey Family Foundation based?
Massey Family 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 111 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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