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Ray-Griffin Foundation at a glance

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Ray-Griffin Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$511k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$346k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$356kArts & Culture$200kEducation$56kEnvironment$55kReligion$49kHealth$19kInternational$14kAnimals$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $50k–250k2 grants · $165k
  • $250k+1 grant · $346k
$115,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHWAB CHARITABLE DONOR ADVISED FUND$346,374
THOMAS JEFFERSON'S POPLAR FOREST$115,000
CVCC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$50,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%YELLOWSTONE PARK FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%SCHWAB CHARITABLE DONOR ADVISED FUND: $346k → 10%INTERNATIONAL LEARNING CENTER: $4k → 19%NATIVE FISH SOCIETY: $5k → 8%THOMAS JEFFERSON'S POPLAR FOREST: $115k → 8%CENTRA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $4k → 13%CVCC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $50k → 20%YELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $2k → 11%YELLOWSTONE PARK FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%INTERNATIONAL LEARNING CENTER: $4k → 19%NATIVE FISH SOCIETY: $5k → 8%WESTERN RIVER CONSERVANCY: $2k → 12%THOMAS JEFFERSON'S POPLAR FOREST: $15k → 8%CENTRA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $3k → 13%LYNCHBURG HUMANE SOCIETY: $3k → 20%YELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $2k → 11%YELLOWSTONE PARK FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%INTERNATIONAL LEARNING CENTER: $4k → 19%NATIVE FISH SOCIETY: $5k → 8%WESTERN RIVER CONSERVANCY: $2k → 12%THOMAS JEFFERSON'S POPLAR FOREST: $15k → 8%CENTRA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $3k → 13%LYNCHBURG COMMUNITY TRUST: $2k → 20%YELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $2k → 11%INTERNATIONAL LEARNING CENTER: $2k → 19%NATIVE FISH SOCIETY: $3k → 8%WESTERN RIVER CONSERVANCY: $2k → 12%THOMAS JEFFERSON'S POPLAR FOREST: $15k → 8%CENTRA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $2k → 13%CVCC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $2k → 20%YELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $2k → 11%NATIVE FISH SOCIETY: $3k → 8%WESTERN RIVER CONSERVANCY: $2k → 12%THOMAS JEFFERSON'S POPLAR FOREST: $15k → 8%CENTRA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $2k → 13%CVCC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $2k → 20%NATIVE FISH SOCIETY: $2k → 8%WESTERN RIVER CONSERVANCY: $2k → 12%THOMAS JEFFERSON'S POPLAR FOREST: $15k → 8%CENTRA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $2k → 13%WESTERN RIVER CONSERVANCY: $2k → 12%THOMAS JEFFERSON'S POPLAR FOREST: $8k → 8%WESTERN RIVER CONSERVANCY: $2k → 12%PEAKLAND BAPTIST CHURCH: $11k → 8%INTERFAITH OUTREACH: $10k → 13%INTERFAITH OUTREACH: $10k → 13%INTERFAITH OUTREACH: $10k → 13%INTERFAITH OUTREACH: $5k → 13%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
MT
OR
WY
CA
VA
MD
DC
FL
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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$430k · 25 repeat orgs$364k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +73% since the first grant, against +45% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
6

Total granted

$430k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+73%
+45%

Still filing today

52%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $346k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsEnvironmentArts & CultureHealthHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • TC
    THE CORPORATION FOR THOMAS JEFFERSON'S POPLAR FOREST
    8× · 2017–2024 · $199k · revenue +73%
  • NF
    Native Fish Society Inc
    6× · 2017–2023 · $22k · revenue +257%
  • GL
    GREATER LYNCHBURG HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $8k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • PB
    PEAKLAND BAPTIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $11k
  • LH
    LYNCHBURG HUMANE SOCIETY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +155%
  • LD
    LYNCHBURG DAILY BREAD INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +45%
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.

1
The Potomac Conservancy Inc

Potomac conservancy safeguards the land and waters of the potomac river and its tributaries and connects people to this national treasure.

Environment
2
The Vermont River Conservancy Inc

Protect land along rivers, lakes and wetlands of vt; protect public access, wildlife habitat, scenic natural beauty, and ecological integrity.

Human Services
3
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
4
Greater Yellowstone Coalition

Greater yellowstone coalition works with all people to protect the lands, waters, and wildlife of the greater yellowstone ecosystem, now and for future generations.

Environment
5
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
6
Great Peninsula Conservancy

Preserve in perpetuity the natural habitats, rural landscapes, and open spaces of the great peninsula of washington's puget sound.

Environment
7
Lake Champlain Land Trust Inc

The mission of the lake champlain land trust is to save the scenic beauty, natural communities, and recreational amenities of lake champlain by permanently preserving significant islands, shoreline areas, and natural communities in the…

Environment
8
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
9
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
10
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
11
The Little Forks Conservancy Inc

To permanently protect and improve natural environments in Mid-Michigan by leading and inspiring actions that conserve vital habitats and waterways for the benefit of our entire community.

Environment
12
Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council

The Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council is a local nonprofit organization that strives to enhance and restore habitat for fish and wildlife our community and for future generations. Our Board of Directors consists of seven members with…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Wild Steelhead Coalition. 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

19 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. 19 of the 33 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
16/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCHWAB CHARITABLE DONOR ADVISED FUND: $346,374 · OtherSCHWAB CHARITABLE DONOR ADVISED FUNDCVCC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $56,000 · OtherCVCC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONINTERFAITH OUTREACH: $36,000 · OtherINTERFAITH OUTREACH+14 more: $66,068 · Other+14 moreTHE CORPORATION FOR THOMAS JEFFERSON'S POPLAR FOREST: $198,500 · Arts & CultureTHE CORPORATION FOR THOMAS J…+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureNative Fish Society Inc: $22,000 · AnimalsAtlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc: $7,000 · AnimalsTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $7,000 · AnimalsLYNCHBURG HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $3,000 · AnimalsTHEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC: $2,000 · AnimalsWESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY: $10,500 · EnvironmentYELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $6,000 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · EnvironmentWILD STEELHEAD COALITION: $1,500 · EnvironmentDESCHUTES RIVER ALLIANCE: $1,500 · EnvironmentCENTRA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $15,500 · HealthFREE CLINIC OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA INC: $3,500 · HealthGREATER LYNCHBURG HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $8,000 · Housing & ShelterGREATER LYNCHBURG COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Philanthropy
Other$504,442Arts & Culture$199,500Animals$41,000Environment$22,500Health$19,000Housing & Shelter$8,000Philanthropy$4,000

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 budgetTHE CORPORATION FOR THOMAS JEFFERSON'S POPLAR FOREST: $198,500 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetNative Fish Society Inc: $22,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCENTRA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $15,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY: $10,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER LYNCHBURG HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $8,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAtlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetYELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER LYNCHBURG COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFREE CLINIC OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLYNCHBURG HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLYNCHBURG DAILY BREAD INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWILD STEELHEAD COALITION: $1,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetDESCHUTES RIVER ALLIANCE: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GEORGE WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LYNCHBURG: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds THE CORPORATION FOR THOMAS JEFFERSON'S POPLAR FOREST ↗
  • Who funds Native Fish Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds CENTRA HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds GREATER LYNCHBURG HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Atlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc ↗
  • Who funds TROUT UNLIMITED INC ↗
  • Who funds YELLOWSTONE FOREVER ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER LYNCHBURG COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FREE CLINIC OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA INC ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LYNCHBURG HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds LYNCHBURG DAILY BREAD INC ↗
  • Who funds WILD STEELHEAD COALITION ↗
  • Who funds DESCHUTES RIVER ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds THE GEORGE WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LYNCHBURG ↗

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.

Greater Lynchburg Com…Valentine Family Foun…The Al Stroobants Fou…Old Dominion Box Co F…The Harry D Forsyth F…Carrington Family Fou…The Imperial Charitab…Easley Char Irr Tua 5…Centra Health IncFoster FoundationSchewel Charitable Fo…Liberty University Inc
Greater Lynchburg Community FoundationVA19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation · Valentine Family Foundation · The Al Stroobants Foundation · Old Dominion Box Co Foundation Inc · The Harry D Forsyth Foundation · Carrington Family Foundation · The Imperial Charitable Trust · Easley Char Irr Tua 5019004715 · Centra Health Inc · Foster Foundation · Schewel Charitable Foundation · Liberty University 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Native Fish Society Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Western Rivers Conservancy: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 33 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home