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Nunnally Foundation-Main at a glance

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Nunnally Foundation-Main

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.

$125k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$225kScience & Tech$175kHuman Services$155kYouth Development$80kHealth$55kCommunity Improvement$50kRecreation & Sports$35kArts & Culture$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MASONIC HOME OF VIRGINIA$60,000
BEYOND BOUNDARIES$25,000
SYLVIAS SISTERS$15,000
GOOCHLANDCARES INC$10,000
DEPAUL COMMUNITY RESOURCES$10,000
BLUE SKY FUND$5,000
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 (FY25–25, $25k) 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%BEYOND BOUNDARIES: $25k → 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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$483k · 6 repeat orgs$338k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
10

Total granted

$483k
$243k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+19%

Still filing today

83%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesCrime & LegalOther
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

  • G
    GoochlandCares
    4× · 2021–2025 · $85k · revenue +51%
  • BS
    BLUE SKY FUND
    4× · 2020–2025 · $80k · revenue +126%
  • TC
    THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL
    2× · 2020–2022 · $75k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • RC
    RANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +19%
  • TN
    THE NEW COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +30%
  • VC
    VIRGINIA COALITION FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOP
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
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.

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Academy of Richmond County
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2
Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine

The mission of the edward via college of osteopathic medicine (vcom) is to prepare globally-minded, community-focused physicians to meet the needs of rural and medically underserved populations and promote research to improve human health.

Education
3
Groundwork Rva Inc

Mission: to cultivate the next generation of urban conservationists in richmond, virginia. vision: groundwork rva works with richmond youth to increase environmental, economic, and social well-being in neighborhoods by transforming…

Community Improvement
4
Great Aspirations Scholarship Program Inc

To provide resources to students and families in need to access financial aid, scholarships, private financial support and counseling to encourage and maximize each student's educational opportunities. grasp's focus is on increasing…

Education
5
Virginia Community Action Partnership Inc

Virginia community action partnership (vacap) is the statewide membership association for virginia's thirty-one non-profit and public community action agencies. vacaps mission is to build the capacity and competencies of virginias…

Human Services
6
Vpm Media Corporation

To use the power of media to educate, entertain and inspire, using public television and public radio to make a positive impact on the communities throughout central virginia, charlottesville, the shenandoah valley, the northern neck and…

Arts & Culture
7
Virginia Public Access Project

Vpap's mission is to elevate public understanding of state and local virginia politics and government by organizing and presenting public information in ways that are easily accessible to all and free of partisan bias.

Public Benefit
8
Lutheran Family Services of Virginia Inc Dba Encircle

Encircle's mission is to express god's love by providing services and assistance to empower communities, families, and individuals in their journey to well-being. our goal is to make the world a more loving place.

Human Services
9
Startup Virginia Inc

Startup virginia is a non-profit, high-growth-business incubator, dedicated to building a long-term, sustainable economy for virginia. we connect our startup community to exceptional mentors and extensive programs in a dynamic workspace.

Community Improvement
10
The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc

The virginia foundation for community college education (vfcce) mission is building student success and the commonwealth's future by supporting virginia's community colleges. vfcce provides statewide leadership in raising funds for…

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11
Uva Prince William Health System

Uva prince william health system ("pwhs") is part of the uva community health enterprise, an integrated network of not-for-profit, tax-exempt entities that includes physician offices, outpatient facilities and community medical centers.…

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12
Side By Side Va Inc

Side by side ensures virginia's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth an equal opportunity for success through access to support, education, and advocacy. side by side continues to be the only organization in the area…

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The New Community School Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Depaul Community Resources. 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

16 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. 16 of the 19 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE: $175,000 · OtherVIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINETHE NEW COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherTHE NEW COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOUNDATIONVIRGINIA COALITION FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOP: $50,000 · OtherVIRGINIA COALITION FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPDAILY PLANET INCORPORATED: $25,000 · OtherDAILY PLANET INCORPORATEDSYLVIAS SISTERS: $17,500 · Other+3 more: $27,500 · Other+3 moreTHE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL: $75,000 · EducationTHE COLLEGIATE SCHOOLRANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE: $50,000 · EducationRANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGEUP RVA: $50,000 · EducationUP RVAGoochlandCares: $85,000 · HealthGoochlandCaresMASONIC HOME OF VIRGINIA: $60,000 · HealthMASONIC HOME OF VIRG…LEGAL INFORMATION NETWORK FOR CANCER: $5,000 · HealthBLUE SKY FUND: $80,000 · Youth DevelopmentBLUE SKY FU…BEYOND BOUNDARIES: $25,000 · Human ServicesRICHMOND PERFORMING ARTS ALLIANCE: $15,000 · Arts & CultureASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF VA ANTIQUITIES: $10,000 · Arts & CultureASSISTING FAMILIES OF INMATES INC: $20,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$345,000Education$175,000Health$150,000Youth Development$80,000Human Services$25,000Arts & Culture$25,000Crime & Legal$20,000

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 budgetGoochlandCares: $85,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetBLUE SKY FUND: $80,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetTHE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUP RVA: $50,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetBEYOND BOUNDARIES: $25,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetDAILY PLANET INCORPORATED: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetASSISTING FAMILIES OF INMATES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSYLVIAS SISTERS: $17,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetRICHMOND PERFORMING ARTS ALLIANCE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF VA ANTIQUITIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDEPAUL COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASK CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLEGAL INFORMATION NETWORK FOR CANCER: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% 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.

The Community Foundat…Herndon FoundationDominion Energy Chari…Richard S Reynolds Fo…Townebank FoundationCarmax FoundationShelton H Short Jr Tr…Tr R & Ct Gwathmey Me…The Pauley Family Fou…Charlottesville Area …Townebank Richmond Fo…Annabella R Jenkins F…
The Community Foundation IncVA29.4× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · Herndon Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Townebank Foundation · Carmax Foundation · Shelton H Short Jr Trust · Tr R & Ct Gwathmey Mem Uw Egj · The Pauley Family Foundation · Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · Townebank Richmond Foundation · Annabella R Jenkins 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Nunnally Foundation-Main funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nunnally Foundation-Main. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    3report 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 19 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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