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Metropolitan Health Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$147k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$549kHuman Services$325kEducation$295kFood & Nutrition$120kHousing & Shelter$59kReligion$5k
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $39k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $108k
$6,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VIRGINIA HOME$25,000
CROSSOVER MINISTRIES$20,000
BRIGHT POINT COMM COLLEGE$16,500
J SARGEANT REYNOLDS$16,500
CIRCLES RVA INC$15,000
FEED MORE INC$15,000
DAILY PLANET$7,500
GATEWAY HOMES$6,000
Individual grant recipient$5,800
ACCESS NOW INC$5,000
BON SECOURS HEALTH CARE FND$5,000
THRIVE BIRTH TO FIVE$5,000
SALVATION ARMY$2,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
HENRICO CHRISTMAS MOTHER$1,000
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 (FY17–20, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, 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.

area typical 8%CIRCLES RVA INC: $10k → 22%CIRCLES RVA INC: $10k → 22%CIRCLES RVA INC: $5k → 22%CIRCLES RVA INC: $5k → 22%FAMILY LIFELINE: $2k → 22%FAMILY LIFELINE: $2k → 22%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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 26 repeat orgs$7k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
4

Total granted

$1.3M
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+136%
+175%

Still filing today

42%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyEducationOther
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

  • TV
    The Virginia Home
    9× · 2017–2025 · $210k · revenue +142%
  • TC
    THE CROSS-OVER MINISTRY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $180k · revenue +140%
  • FM
    FEED MORE INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $120k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • FP
    FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • BH
    BETTER HOUSING COALITIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +380%
  • PS
    POSTPARTUM SUPPORT VIRGINIA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +175%
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
Peninsula Institute for Community Health

Providing medical and dental care to indigent patients.

Health
2
Prestera Center for Mental Health Services Inc

To provide behavioral health care services in a united effort dedicated to helping people achieve their full potential.

Health
3
Central Virginia Health Services Inc

Central virginia health services, inc. (organization) is a non-profit health care organization with locations in bowling green, charles city, new canton, charlotte court house, farmville, alberta, petersburg, aylett, hopewell, montross,…

Health
4
SeniorNavigatorcom

SeniorNavigator and its family of websites are national models for aging, disability and veteran information. By combining online assistance with a network of community-based centers, the websites bring over 26,000 community resources,…

Community Improvement
5
Access Partnership

Access partnership facilitates the connection between those with health care needs and available resources. vision is that all residents of hampton roads can obtain the health care that they need to achieve personal wellness. focus is…

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6
Free Clinic of the New River Valley Inc

The purpose of the Community Health Center of the New River Valley (CHCNRV) is to provide affordable and high quality medical, dental, behavioral, and preventive health care services to people of all ages and circumstances, regardless of…

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7
Uva Community Health Inc

Our mission: transforming health and inspiring hope for all virginians and beyond. our vision: to be the nation's leading public academic health system and a best place to work - while transforming patient care, research, education, and…

Health
8
Beckley Health Right Inc

To provide primary care services at no cost to uninsured and underinsured low income residents of west virginia.

Health
9
Shenandoah Valley Medical System I

To promote health and wellness within the community by providing a medical home to reduce barriers to care and ensure access to a full range of coordinated health care and wellness services.

Health
10
Transitions Family Violence Services

The mission of transitions family violence services (tfvs) is to build safe and healthy families on the virginia peninsula by providing services to adult and child victims of domestic violence and human trafficking. we work to increase…

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11
Virginia Center for Health Innovation

The mission of the virginia center for health innovation (vchi) is to facilitate innovation by convening key stakeholders and securing the resources to accelerate value-driven models of wellness and health care throughout virginia.

Health
12
Federation of Virginia Food Banks

Facilitating statewide collaboration among Virginia's food banks, partners, and neighbors to improve nutrition security and empower strong, healthy communities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Cross-Over Ministry Inc; the most unlike its peers is Circles Rva Inc. 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

14 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. 14 of the 30 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
13/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JOHN TYLER COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $82,500 · OtherJOHN TYLER COMMUNITY COLLEGEJ SARGEANT REYNOLDS COMM COLLEGE: $82,500 · OtherJ SARGEANT REYNOLDS COMM COLLEGEBON SECOURS HEALTH CARE FND: $78,000 · OtherBON SECOURS HEALTH CARE FNDHEALTH BRIGADE: $68,000 · OtherHEALTH BRIGADEJ SARGEANT REYNOLDS: $66,000 · OtherJ SARGEANT REYNOLDSBRIGHT POINT COMM COLLEGE: $63,500 · OtherBRIGHT POINT COMM COLLEGEGATEWAY HOMES INC: $57,900 · OtherGATEWAY HOMES INCDAILY PLANET INCORPORATED: $55,100 · OtherDAILY PLANET INCORPORATEDST FRANCIS HOME: $25,000 · Other+11 more: $118,800 · Other+11 moreThe Virginia Home: $210,000 · HealthThe Virginia HomeTHE CROSS-OVER MINISTRY INC: $180,000 · HealthTHE CROSS-OVER MINISTRY INCACCESS NOW INC: $32,500 · HealthACCESS NOW INCFEED MORE INC: $120,000 · Food & NutritionFEED MORE …CIRCLES RVA INC: $97,500 · Human ServicesCIRCLES R…HENRICO CHRISTMAS MOTHER: $9,000 · Human ServicesHENRICO C…FAMILY LIFELINE: $4,000 · Human ServicesBETTER HOUSING COALITION: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterPOSTPARTUM SUPPORT VIRGINIA INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $250 · Education
Other$697,300Health$422,500Food & Nutrition$120,000Human Services$110,500Housing & Shelter$1,000Philanthropy$1,000Education$250

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Virginia Home: $210,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CROSS-OVER MINISTRY INC: $180,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetFEED MORE INC: $120,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCIRCLES RVA INC: $97,500 over 9y, 12% of budgetHEALTH BRIGADE: $68,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetGATEWAY HOMES INC: $57,900 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetDAILY PLANET INCORPORATED: $55,100 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetACCESS NOW INC: $32,500 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetHENRICO CHRISTMAS MOTHER: $9,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILY LIFELINE: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDSAVERS- MEMORIAL CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBETTER HOUSING COALITION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds The Virginia Home ↗
  • Who funds THE CROSS-OVER MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds FEED MORE INC ↗
  • Who funds CIRCLES RVA INC ↗
  • Who funds HEALTH BRIGADE ↗
  • Who funds GATEWAY HOMES INC ↗
  • Who funds DAILY PLANET INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds ACCESS NOW INC ↗
  • Who funds HENRICO CHRISTMAS MOTHER ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY LIFELINE ↗
  • Who funds CHILDSAVERS- MEMORIAL CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds BETTER HOUSING COALITION ↗
  • Who funds POSTPARTUM SUPPORT VIRGINIA INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗

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 IncVA23.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · Annabella R Jenkins Foundation · The Pauley Family Foundation · Richmond Memorial Health Foundation · Herndon Foundation · Altria Companies Employee Community Fund · Dennis Foundation · Estes Foundation Co Matthew Breidenbach Pitcairn · Wilbur Moreland Havens Charitable Foundation · The William H - John G - Emma Scott Foundation · Robert G Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation · Virginia Nonprofit Housing Coalition

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 Metropolitan Health Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Metropolitan Health Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%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
    5report 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.

    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 30 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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