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Melvin C Draft Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$163k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
40
Grants FY2024
35
Organizations funded FY2023
37%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
17 to 35
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$3.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 37% of the organizations Melvin C Draft Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthInternationalAnimalsYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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
FY2024still arriving39$161k33%
FY202335$153k37%
FY202226$139k38%
FY202133$166k36%
FY202022$164k23%
FY201923$142k17%
FY201822$157k36%
FY201717$143kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$585kAnimals$134kArts & Culture$112kHousing & Shelter$100kHealth$92kRecreation & Sports$59kPublic Safety & Disaster$44kYouth Development$37kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
MA
IA
NJ
CA
VA
KS
TN
NC
DC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of Melvin C Draft Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Heartland Horse Heroes Inc$45,000834%
Metropolitan Ministries Inc$43,00050%
Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc$35,00070%
Piedmont Habitat for Humanity Inc$35,00071%
Gulf Coast Humane Society Inc$30,00030%
K9 Services German Shepherd Rescue Inc$30,0003n/a
Buckingham County Vol Fire Department DBA Dillwyn Fire Department$28,00074%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$26,95080%
Buckingham County Public Library Inc$13,50059%
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of W Pasco Inc$12,75054%
Piedmont Housing Alliance$11,00030%
Emergency Food Network$11,00031%
Charlottesville Area Dental Access Inc$11,00031%
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Inc$9,50040%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$9,00050%
Heart to Heart International Inc$6,25020%
Hernando Pasco Hospice Inc$6,20050%
The Paramount Theater of Charlottesville Inc$6,01030%
The Norml Foundation$6,01031%
Direct Relief$5,20020%
International Relief Teams$5,10020%
Western Albemarle Rescue Squad$5,00011%
Humane World for Animals Inc$4,80060%
Ladybug Farm Sanctuary Inc$4,50031%
Aca Scholarship Foundation$4,0002n/a
Humane Society of Pasco County$4,00021%
Maysville Baptist Church$4,0002n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$4,00010%
Team Rubicon Inc$3,01210%
All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc$3,01010%
American Diabetes Association$3,00020%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$2,95010%
Homes for Our Troops Inc$2,95010%
Cindys Pets Inc$2,5002n/a
Maxx & Me Pet Rescue Inc$2,50012%
Central Virginia Regional Library$2,50010%
Pace Center for Girlsinc$1,00010%
Spca Inc$1,00010%
Forty Mile Point Lighthouse Society$1,00011%
One Community Now Inc$50010%
Charity Navigator$20010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($784k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Melvin C Draft Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 38 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHeartland Horse Heroes Inc: $45,000 over 8y, 34% of budgetMetropolitan Ministries Inc: $43,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFlorida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc: $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPiedmont Habitat for Humanity Inc: $35,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetGulf Coast Humane Society Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBuckingham County Vol Fire Department DBA Dillwyn Fire Department: $28,000 over 7y, 4.5% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $26,950 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBuckingham County Public Library Inc: $13,500 over 5y, 9.4% of budgetSociety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of W Pasco Inc: $12,750 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetPiedmont Housing Alliance: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEmergency Food Network: $11,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCharlottesville Area Dental Access Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBlue Ridge Area Food Bank Inc: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shriners' Hospital for Children: $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHeart to Heart International Inc: $6,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHernando Pasco Hospice Inc: $6,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Paramount Theater of Charlottesville Inc: $6,010 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Norml Foundation: $6,010 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetDirect Relief: $5,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Relief Teams: $5,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWestern Albemarle Rescue Squad: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $4,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLadybug Farm Sanctuary Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetHumane Society of Pasco County: $4,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeam Rubicon Inc: $3,012 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAll Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc: $3,010 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $2,950 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHomes for Our Troops Inc: $2,950 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaxx & Me Pet Rescue Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCentral Virginia Regional Library: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPace Center for Girlsinc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpca Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetForty Mile Point Lighthouse Society: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetOne Community Now Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCharity Navigator: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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 38.

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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.

Charlottesville Area Community FoundationVA19.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Melvin C Draft Family Foundation

How much does Melvin C Draft Family Foundation give?
Melvin C Draft Family Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $162,668 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Melvin C Draft Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (47%), Animals (11%), Arts & Culture (9%).
Who are Melvin C Draft Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Heartland Horse Heroes Inc ($45k), Metropolitan Ministries Inc ($43k), Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc ($35k).
Does Melvin C Draft Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Melvin C Draft Family 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 Melvin C Draft Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, Duke Energy Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is Melvin C Draft Family Foundation based?
Melvin C Draft Family Foundation is based in FL.

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 83 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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