Virginia · Public charity
Northern Virginia Family Services Inc
The mission of northern virginia family service (nvfs) is "to empower individuals and families to improve their quality of life, and to promote community cooperation and support in responding to family needs." nvfs was established in 1924 by community residents responding to their neighbors' overwhelming need for food, clothing, and…
- $7.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $447k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $446,571
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $446,571
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $30M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Northern Virginia Family Services Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $447k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $407k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $447k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $396k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $435k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $421k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $432k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $409k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Community Ministries Inc | $3,654,278 | 9 | 9% |
| Cornerstones Inc | $92,029 | 2 | 1% |
| Family Preservation and Strengthening Services | $83,432 | 4 | 9% |
| New Hope Housing Inc | $50,006 | 1 | 1% |
| Streetlight Community Outreach Ministries | $9,000 | 1 | 1% |
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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Northern Virginia Family Services Inc
- How much does Northern Virginia Family Services Inc give?
- Northern Virginia Family Services Inc reported 1 itemized grants totaling $446,571, out of $7,908,030 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Northern Virginia Family Services Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (94%), Housing & Shelter (3%), Employment (2%).
- Who are Northern Virginia Family Services Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Community Ministries Inc ($3.7M), Cornerstones Inc ($92k), Family Preservation and Strengthening Services ($83k).
- Does Northern Virginia Family Services Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Northern Virginia Family Services Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Northern Virginia Family Services Inc based?
- Northern Virginia Family Services Inc is based in VA.
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