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Saunders Family Foundation at a glance

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Saunders Family Foundation

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.

$461k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
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.

Health$723kEducation$703kHuman Services$566kAnimals$201kArts & Culture$163kSocial Science$125kPublic Benefit$105kRecreation & Sports$71kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $155k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $300k
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$9.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$100,000
UVA CONTEMPLATIVE SCIENCES CENTER$100,000
INNERWORKS CENTER$50,000
GOOCHLAND CARES$50,000
PGA TOUR CHARITIES$25,000
THE V FOUNDATION$25,000
VIRGINIA REPERTORY THEATRE$25,000
RICHMOND BALLET$25,000
VCU PAULEY HEART CENTER$20,000
UPRVA$15,000
THE LILIBET SNELLINGS KYTE$10,000
ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION$10,000
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY$5,000
GOOCHLAND VOLUNTEER FIRE RESCUE$1,000
BYRD THEATRE FOUNDATION$250
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 (FY17–23, $265k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%COMMUNITY CANCER FUND: $50k → 12%COMMUNITY CANCER FUND: $50k → 12%COMMUNITY CANCER FUND: $50k → 12%COMMUNITY CANCER FUND: $50k → 12%LITTLE HANDS VIRGINIA: $15k → 6%LITTLE HANDS VIRGINIA INC: $50k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
PA
MO
VA
NC
GA
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 18 repeat orgs$175k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
10

Total granted

$2.5M
$79k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
0%

Still filing today

78%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $96k 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
Arts & CultureHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesEducationYouth 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

  • CC
    COMMUNITY CANCER FUND
    4× · 2017–2021 · $200k · revenue +57%
  • G
    GoochlandCares
    6× · 2017–2024 · $150k · revenue +84%
  • TR
    THE RICHMOND BALLET
    7× · 2017–2024 · $103k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • CS
    COLLEGIATE SCHOOL ANNUAL FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • TP
    THE PEAVEY PROJECTgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +333%
  • VM
    VPM MEDIA CORPORATION
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -20%
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
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
2
Community Memorial Hospital

To provide excellence in the delivery of healthcare.

Health
3
Vcu Health Tappahannock Hospital

To deliver important healthcare services with exceptional quality and patient-centered care.

Health
4
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
5
Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce

Chamberrva is the trusted voice for modern business in the richmond virginia region. we are change agents, rallying to do the hard things that will create a more connected, prosperous, health and equitable community.

—
6
Richmond County Partnership for Children Inc

Richmond County Partnership for Children advances a high-quality, accountable system of care and early education for each child beginning with a healthy birth, and supports families to improve early childhood health and development to…

Education
7
Bon Secours - Richmond Health System Inc

The mission is to bring compassion to health care and to be good to those in need, especially those who are poor and dying. as a system of caregivers, we commit ourselves to help bring people and communities to health and wholeness.

Health
8
Virginia Agribusiness Council

Represent the agriculture, forestry, and agribusiness community in virginia.

—
9
Greater Richmond Partnership Inc

GRP's mission is to aggressively generate economic opportunities that create quality jobs for residents in the region and increase the tax base for needed community services.

Public Benefit
10
Mcv Associated Physicians

The mission of the organization is to provide physicians and other healthcare professionals to support the needs of the community, as well as the academic mission of the vcu school of medicine.

Health
11
The Richmond Forum

To present powerful voices so richmond can learn. to empower local voices so richmond can lead.

—
12
Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Conquer cancer funds research for every type of cancer to benefit every patient, everywhere. working in collaboration with a global network of top scientists and clinicians, and leading advocacy and research organizations, conquer cancer…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Robin Hood Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Amigos Hospitalito Atitlan. 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

23 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. 23 of the 36 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
13/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VCU FOUNDATION: $525,000 · OtherVCU FOUNDATIONThe Innerwork Center Inc: $486,000 · OtherThe Innerwork Center IncUVA CONTEMPLATIVE SCIENCES CENTER: $125,000 · OtherUVA CONTEMPLATIVE SCIENCES CENTERUVA CENTER FOR POLITICS: $105,000 · OtherUVA CENTER FOR POLITICS+15 more: $154,044 · Other+15 moreChildren's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation: $300,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital…GoochlandCares: $150,000 · HealthGoochlandCaresTHE V FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Health+1 more: $193 · HealthCOMMUNITY CANCER FUND: $200,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY C…LITTLE HANDS VIRGINIA INC: $65,059 · Human ServicesLITTLE HAND…GOOCHLAND PET LOVERS: $201,000 · AnimalsGOOCHLAND…The Dogwood School Inc: $20,000 · AnimalsThe Dogwo…THE RICHMOND BALLET: $103,000 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA REPERTORY THEATRE: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE RICHMOND SYMPHONY: $15,000 · Arts & CultureVPM MEDIA CORPORATION: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $250 · Arts & CultureUP RVA: $100,000 · EducationTHE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL: $27,000 · EducationPGA TOUR CHARITIES INC: $65,000 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $6,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,395,044Health$475,193Human Services$265,059Animals$221,000Arts & Culture$153,250Education$127,000Youth Development$71,000

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 Innerwork Center Inc: $486,000 over 8y, 26% of budgetChildren's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation: $300,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGOOCHLAND PET LOVERS: $201,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetCOMMUNITY CANCER FUND: $200,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetGoochlandCares: $150,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetTHE RICHMOND BALLET: $103,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetUP RVA: $100,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetLITTLE HANDS VIRGINIA INC: $65,059 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetPGA TOUR CHARITIES INC: $65,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL: $27,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA REPERTORY THEATRE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE PEAVEY PROJECT: $25,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetThe Dogwood School Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetTHE RICHMOND SYMPHONY: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD PEDIATRICS: $13,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVPM MEDIA CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Byrd Theatre Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $193 over 1y, 0.0% 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 Innerwork Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GOOCHLAND PET LOVERS ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CANCER FUND ↗
  • Who funds GoochlandCares ↗
  • Who funds THE RICHMOND BALLET ↗
  • Who funds UP RVA ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE HANDS VIRGINIA INC ↗
  • Who funds PGA TOUR CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE V FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA REPERTORY THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds THE PEAVEY PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds The Dogwood School Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE RICHMOND SYMPHONY ↗
  • Who funds WORLD PEDIATRICS ↗
  • Who funds VPM MEDIA CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Amigos Hospitalito Atitlan ↗
  • Who funds The Byrd Theatre Foundation ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗

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…Pga Tour Charities IncTownebank Richmond Fo…Richard S Reynolds Fo…Commonwealth Foundati…Robins FoundationThe Mary Morton Parso…Townebank FoundationDominion Energy Chari…Carmax FoundationEstes Foundation Co M…Wilbur Moreland Haven…
The Community Foundation IncVA29.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · Pga Tour Charities Inc · Townebank Richmond Foundation · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Commonwealth Foundations · Robins Foundation · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Townebank Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Carmax Foundation · Estes Foundation Co Matthew Breidenbach Pitcairn · Wilbur Moreland Havens Charitable 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 Saunders Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Saunders Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 36 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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The camps
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By state
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