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MRC Full Circle 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.

$435k
Granted FY2023
52
Grants FY2023
13
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 54% of MRC Full Circle Foundation’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2023 · 52 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 52 grants below total $323,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $435,000 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $112,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k40 grants · $113k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $160k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$3,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$7.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
International Brain Research Foundation$50,000
Great Meadow Foundation$25,000
Glenwood Park Trust$20,000
Inova$20,000
WILD Foundation$20,000
Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration$15,000
Demandmatters$10,000
Virginia Polo Fund$10,000
Virginia Point to Point Foundation$10,000
UVA Alumni Fund$10,000
The Wheeler School$10,000
A Place to Be$10,000
Planned Parenthood STL$9,000
Amateur Riders Club of America$5,000
The Piedmont Environmental Council$5,000
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$347k · 27 repeat orgs$306k to everyone else

27 repeat relationships — 27 still active in FY2023, 0 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
8

Total granted

$347k
$130k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+35%

Still filing today

74%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $176k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’23
EnvironmentEducationHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • GP
    GLENWOOD PARK TRUST
    2× · 2021–2023 · $30k · revenue +259%
  • VP
    VIRGINIA POINT TO POINT FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2023 · $20k · revenue +54%
  • AP
    A PLACE TO BE
    2× · 2021–2023 · $20k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • NN
    NAMI Nationalgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $60k · revenue +211%
  • TN
    THE NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY AND MUSEUMgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +35%
  • D
    DEMENTIAMATTERS
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue -74%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
2
Virginia Capital Trail Foundation

The virginia capital trail foundation exists to protect, promote, and enhance the virginia capital trail and engage communities around it.

Recreation & Sports
3
Historic Virginia Land Conservancy

Promoting for the benefit of the general public, the preservation, protection and enjoyment of our natural resources, principally in the lower james, york, rappahannock and chowan rivers and surrounding watersheds.

Environment
4
The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc

To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.

Environment
5
Jefferson National Parks Association

Jefferson national parks association provides quality educational products and related services that enhance public understanding and appreciation of america's national parks, public lands and historic places.

Arts & Culture
6
Northern Neck Land Conservancy

Northern neck land conservancy's mission is to preserve the rural heritage of the northern neck and essex county by conserving their lands, water, economies and culture for future generations. the land conservancy assists landowners who…

Environment
7
Virginia Commonwealth University Intellectual Property Foundation

The foundation determines the patentability and obtains patents on virginia commonwealth university (vcu) inventions and markets and licenses such inventions to commerical entities. the foundation's activities promote research efforts at…

Health
8
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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9
Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation

Glen foerd stewards an eclectic riverfront estate for the enjoyment and educational benefit of the community. drawing from the estate's architecture, art, material culture, and history-as well as its gardens and waterways-glen foerd…

Environment
10
Vcu Health Tappahannock Hospital

To deliver important healthcare services with exceptional quality and patient-centered care.

Health
11
Wild Virginia Incorporated

Protecting and connecting virginia's wild places.

Environment
12
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc and the most unlike its peers is Dementiamatters. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyChildhood Cancer SupportEnvironmental Advocacy and …Community Hospital SystemsCharter and Independent Sch…Youth Sports ProgramsLgbtqia+ Advocacy and Commu…Early Childhood Care CentersPublic Library SupportFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Animal Rescue and ShelterVeteran Support Services
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%0%<5yr14%7%5–10yr18%11%10–20yr14%22%20–35yr15%41%35–55yr15%19%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%0%<5yr14%7%5–10yr18%9%10–20yr14%13%20–35yr15%60%35–55yr15%10%55yr+

The field is 23% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/37
the rest of the field
13%
6,446/50,431

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 60 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
24/36
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

International Brain Research Foundation — $50,000 · OtherInternational Brain Research FoundationINTERNATIONAL WILDERNESS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL WILDERNESS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INCGLENWOOD PARK TRUST — $30,000 · OtherGLENWOOD PARK TRUSTInova — $20,000 · OtherInovaVIRGINIA POINT TO POINT FOUNDATION — $20,000 · OtherVIRGINIA POINT TO POINT FOUNDATIONA PLACE TO BE — $20,000 · OtherA PLACE TO BEAMATEUR RIDERS CLUB OF AMERICA — $15,000 · Other+29 more — $165,000 · Other+29 moreGREAT MEADOW FOUNDATION INC — $65,000 · EnvironmentGREAT MEADOW FOUND…THE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL — $15,000 · EnvironmentTHE PIEDMONT ENVIR…OCH CONSERVATION FOUNDATION — $10,000 · EnvironmentOCH CONSERVATION F…CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC — $7,000 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BAY FOU…GOOSE CREEK ASSOCIATION — $5,000 · EnvironmentSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC — $5,000 · EnvironmentNAMI National — $60,000 · HealthNAMI NationalDEMENTIAMATTERS — $15,000 · HealthDEMENTIAMATTERSTHE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION — $15,000 · HealthTHE ASSOCIATION F…NEW LIFE ALUMNI & FRIENDS INC — $5,000 · HealthHelp Our Wounded Foundation — $5,000 · HealthTHE NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY AND MUSEUM — $25,000 · EducationTHE NATION…NEXT GENERATION CHOICES FOUNDATION — $10,000 · EducationNEXT GENER…THE WHEELER SCHOOL — $10,000 · EducationTHE WHEELE…UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — $7,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $6,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SI…+1 more — $1,000 · EducationTHOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC — $8,000 · AnimalsCheetah Conservation Fund — $7,000 · AnimalsMIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION — $2,000 · AnimalsVIRGINIA HORSE CENTER FOUNDATION — $7,000 · Recreation & SportsCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC — $6,000 · Human ServicesPIEDMONT CHILD CARE CENTER INC — $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE PLAINS COMMUNITY LEAGUE — $6,000 · Community Improvement
Other$350,000Environment$107,000Health$100,000Education$59,000Animals$17,000Recreation & Sports$7,000Human Services$7,000Community Improvement$6,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetGREAT MEADOW FOUNDATION INC — $65,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetNAMI National — $60,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL WILDERNESS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGLENWOOD PARK TRUST — $30,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetTHE NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY AND MUSEUM — $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetVIRGINIA POINT TO POINT FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetA PLACE TO BE — $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetDEMENTIAMATTERS — $15,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetTHE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL — $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION — $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMATEUR RIDERS CLUB OF AMERICA — $15,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetNEXT GENERATION CHOICES FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetTHE WHEELER SCHOOL — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCH CONSERVATION FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetMIDDLEBURG COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC — $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBUCHANAN HALL CORPORATION — $7,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetCheetah Conservation Fund — $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA HORSE CENTER FOUNDATION — $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC — $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION — $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PLAINS COMMUNITY LEAGUE — $6,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC — $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW LIFE ALUMNI & FRIENDS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGOOSE CREEK ASSOCIATION — $5,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetHelp Our Wounded Foundation — $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBethesda Hospital Foundation Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA HEARTLAND CHAPTER INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPIEDMONT CHILD CARE CENTER INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST LOUIS PSYCHOANALYTIC INSTITUTE — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMIDDLESEX COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Dun FoundationThe Luminescence Foun…Wise FoundationTara Foundation IncWilliam M Backer Foun…Alexander Brady Found…McGraw FoundationThe Van Metre Family …The Anna McWane Chari…The Hall Family Found…Awa Family FoundationFauquier Health Found…
Dun FoundationVA32.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dun Foundation · The Luminescence Foundation Inc · Wise Foundation · Tara Foundation Inc · William M Backer Foundation Inc · Alexander Brady Foundation · McGraw Foundation · The Van Metre Family Foundation Inc · The Anna McWane Charitable Foundation · The Hall Family Foundation Inc · Awa Family Foundation · Fauquier Health Foundation Dba the Path Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to MRC Full Circle Foundation?

Find your warmest path to MRC Full Circle 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.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 60 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $727k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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