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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.

$778k
Granted FY2024still arriving
90
Grants FY2024still arriving
18
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Health$214kRecreation & Sports$179kEnvironment$78kEducation$55kAnimals$25kHuman Services$11kCommunity Improvement$11kReligion$11kOther$0
02FY2024 · 90 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 90 grants below total $656,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $778,084 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $121,584 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k63 grants · $215k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $392k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$7.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Great Meadow Foundation$50,000
The Piedmont Environmental Council$37,000
National Sporting Library and Museum$35,000
Help Our Wounded Foundation$30,000
Warrenton Horse Show Foundation$25,000
Glenwood Trust$20,000
Virginia Polo Fund$20,000
Inova$20,000
International Brain Research Foundation$20,000
Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration$15,000
League of Women Voters$10,000
National Park Foundation$10,000
The Upperville Colt & Horse Show$10,000
The Piedmont Environmental Council$10,000
Dementiamatters$10,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 53 repeat orgs$280k to everyone else

53 repeat relationships: 52 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 34 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

53
7

Total granted

$1.1M
$97k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+40%

Still filing today

60%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $183k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’23’24
EducationEnvironmentHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • TP
    THE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL
    3× · 2021–2024 · $67k · revenue +96%
  • TN
    THE NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
    2× · 2021–2024 · $60k · revenue +35%
  • GP
    GLENWOOD PARK TRUST
    2× · 2021–2023 · $40k · revenue +259%

Funded once

  • NN
    NAMI Nationalgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $60k · revenue +211%
  • UF
    UVA Fund
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • D
    Demandmatters
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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.

03Its 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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc; 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.
03the grantee network

56 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 56 of the 95 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
55/56
Grantees still filing
33/56
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

International Brain Research Foundation: $70,000 · OtherInternational Brain Research FoundationInova: $60,000 · OtherInovaVirginia Polo Fund: $50,000 · OtherVirginia Polo FundINTERNATIONAL WILDERNESS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $42,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL WILDERNESS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INCGLENWOOD PARK TRUST: $40,000 · OtherGLENWOOD PARK TRUSTA PLACE TO BE: $30,000 · OtherVIRGINIA POINT TO POINT FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherAMATEUR RIDERS CLUB OF AMERICA: $25,000 · Other+52 more: $389,000 · Other+52 moreGREAT MEADOW FOUNDATION INC: $115,000 · EnvironmentGREAT MEADOW FOUNDA…THE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $67,000 · EnvironmentTHE PIEDMONT ENVIRO…OCH CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EnvironmentOCH CONSERVATION FO…CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $14,500 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUN…SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentCITIZENS FOR FAUQUIER COUNTY: $10,000 · Environment+1 more: $7,000 · EnvironmentNAMI National: $60,000 · HealthNAMI NationalHelp Our Wounded Foundation: $35,000 · HealthHelp Our Woun…THE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION: $30,000 · HealthTHE ASSOCIATI…DEMENTIAMATTERS: $25,000 · HealthDEMENTIAMATTE…+3 more: $12,000 · Health+3 moreTHE NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY AND MUSEUM: $60,000 · EducationTHE NATION…THE WHEELER SCHOOL: $20,000 · EducationTHE WHEELE…NEXT GENERATION CHOICES FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationNEXT GENER…UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND: $12,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $8,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SI…MIDDLEBURG MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationMIDDLEBURG COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $3,000 · EducationWARRENTON HORSE SHOW FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsUPPERVILLE COLT & HORSE SHOW INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsVIRGINIA HORSE CENTER FOUNDATION: $9,000 · Recreation & SportsTHOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC: $13,000 · AnimalsCheetah Conservation Fund: $12,000 · AnimalsMIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · AnimalsASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $2,000 · AnimalsBrother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc: $2,000 · Animals+1 more: $1,000 · AnimalsCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $11,000 · Human ServicesBelmont Child Care Association Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesPIEDMONT CHILD CARE CENTER INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesST LOUIS AREA DIAPER BANK: $2,000 · Human Services
Other$736,000Environment$238,500Health$162,000Education$128,000Recreation & Sports$44,000Animals$35,000Human Services$21,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREAT MEADOW FOUNDATION INC: $115,000 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetTHE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $67,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY AND MUSEUM: $60,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetNAMI National: $60,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL WILDERNESS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $42,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGLENWOOD PARK TRUST: $40,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetHelp Our Wounded Foundation: $35,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetA PLACE TO BE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVIRGINIA POINT TO POINT FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetWARRENTON HORSE SHOW FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetAMATEUR RIDERS CLUB OF AMERICA: $25,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetDEMENTIAMATTERS: $25,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetTHE WHEELER SCHOOL: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOCH CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetNEXT GENERATION CHOICES FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $14,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMIDDLEBURG COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBUCHANAN HALL CORPORATION: $12,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetCheetah Conservation Fund: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS FOR FAUQUIER COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetUPPERVILLE COLT & HORSE SHOW INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVIRGINIA HORSE CENTER FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PLAINS COMMUNITY LEAGUE: $8,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGOOSE CREEK ASSOCIATION: $7,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetBelmont Child Care Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBethesda Hospital Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIDDLEBURG MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMIDDLEBURG COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHERN PIEDMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBethesda Hospital Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LITTLE CLUB 1896 FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetNEW LIFE ALUMNI & FRIENDS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA HEARTLAND CHAPTER INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetMIDDLESEX COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPIEDMONT CHILD CARE CENTER INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORY CARE HOME SOLUTIONS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS PSYCHOANALYTIC INSTITUTE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% 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.

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.

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

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.
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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 95 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.

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 FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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