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Msa Family Fund

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.

$53k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
10
Grants FY2024
10
Organizations funded FY2023
50%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$35,000
Organizations funded a year
10 to 24
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$1.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Msa Family Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
EnvironmentAnimalsPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureInternationalOther
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 arriving10$53k40%
FY202310$42k50%
FY202220$88k20%
FY202121$50k19%
FY202024$88k21%
FY201922$84k45%
FY201817$72k59%
FY201718$42kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$390kArts & Culture$39kAnimals$23kPhilanthropy$17kRecreation & Sports$10kEducation$9kHuman Services$5kCommunity Improvement$5kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
WI
NY
MA
OR
IA
CA
VA
MD
NC
DC

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 46 grantees
All grantees of Msa Family Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Clifton Institute Inc$230,000713%
Monterey Bay Salmon & Trout Project$69,00075%
The Piedmont Environmental Council$26,00070%
Smithsonian Institution$25,50060%
The Garden Club of America$25,00010%
Rachel's Network Inc$14,50041%
Piedmont Journalism Foundation$11,00033%
Great Meadow Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Defenders of Wildlife$6,00020%
Orcas Community Resource Center$5,00010%
Shenandoah National Park Trust$5,00010%
Bull Run Mountains Conservancy Inc$3,60061%
Virginia Native Plant Society Inc$3,10041%
Proctor Academy$2,50010%
Warrenton Garden Club$2,5001n/a
Fauquier Spca Inc$2,50050%
Xerces Society Inc$2,00040%
The San Juan Preservation Trust$2,00020%
Center for Plant Conservation Inc$2,00020%
Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy$2,00030%
Friends of the San Juans$2,00020%
American Bird Conservancy$1,75030%
Citizens for Fauquier County$1,75031%
Nature Forward$1,60030%
Verdun Adventure Bound Inc$1,50030%
Community Conservation Inc$1,25021%
The Carl Safina Center Inc the Safina Center$1,00010%
Shadows Fund Incorporated$1,00010%
Independent Feature Project Inc$1,0001n/a
Southern Environmental Law Center$1,00020%
Orcas Center$1,00010%
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C$1,0001n/a
Hospice of the Piedmont Inc$1,00010%
African Wildlife Foundation Inc$1,00010%
The Orion Society Inc$1,00020%
Blue Ridge Wildlife Center$75020%
Virginia Wilderness Committee$75011%
Windy Hill Foundation Inc$75020%
NatureServe$50010%
New Hampshire Children's Trust Inc$50010%
Foundation of the State Arboretum of Virginia$50020%
Organization for Tropical Studies Inc$50010%
Nature and Culture International$50010%
The Garden Club of Virginia Inc$35020%
Fauquier Education Farm Inc$2501n/a
Piedmont Regional Orchestra Dba Piedmont Symphony Orchestra$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($44k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Msa Family Fund supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Clifton Institute Inc: $230,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetMonterey Bay Salmon & Trout Project: $69,000 over 7y, 4.5% of budgetThe Piedmont Environmental Council: $26,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $25,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Garden Club of America: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRachel's Network Inc: $14,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetPiedmont Journalism Foundation: $11,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetGreat Meadow Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOrcas Community Resource Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetShenandoah National Park Trust: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBull Run Mountains Conservancy Inc: $3,600 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetVirginia Native Plant Society Inc: $3,100 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetProctor Academy: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFauquier Spca Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetXerces Society Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe San Juan Preservation Trust: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Plant Conservation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLoudoun Wildlife Conservancy: $2,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of the San Juans: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Bird Conservancy: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens for Fauquier County: $1,750 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetNature Forward: $1,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVerdun Adventure Bound Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Conservation Inc: $1,250 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetThe Carl Safina Center Inc the Safina Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetShadows Fund Incorporated: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSouthern Environmental Law Center: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOrcas Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHospice of the Piedmont Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAfrican Wildlife Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Orion Society Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBlue Ridge Wildlife Center: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVirginia Wilderness Committee: $750 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWindy Hill Foundation Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNatureServe: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Hampshire Children's Trust Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation of the State Arboretum of Virginia: $500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOrganization for Tropical Studies Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNature and Culture International: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Garden Club of Virginia Inc: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPiedmont Regional Orchestra Dba Piedmont Symphony Orchestra: $250 over 1y, 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 42.

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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.

Northern Piedmont Community FoundationVA26× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Northern Piedmont Community Foundation · Fauquier Health Foundation Dba the Path Foundation · The Luminescence Foundation Inc · Dun Foundation · William M Backer Foundation Inc · The Seilheimer Foundation · Wise Foundation · Skyemar Foundation · Awa Family Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Fhi Services · The Jesse and Rose Loeb Foundation Inc

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 Msa Family Fund

How much does Msa Family Fund give?
Msa Family Fund reported 10 grants totaling $52,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Msa Family Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (75%), Arts & Culture (7%), Animals (4%).
Who are Msa Family Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Clifton Institute Inc ($230k), Monterey Bay Salmon & Trout Project ($69k), The Piedmont Environmental Council ($26k).
Does Msa Family Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Msa Family Fund 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 Msa Family Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Northern Piedmont Community Foundation, Fauquier Health Foundation Dba the Path Foundation, The Luminescence Foundation Inc.
Where is Msa Family Fund based?
Msa Family Fund 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 61 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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