· Public charity
Sentara Health
We improve health every day through coordinating, promoting and planning for the provision of health services and the promotion of health, medical education, and the social, cultural, educational, and economic development of the community.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k18 grants · $132k
- $10k–50k201 grants · $3.8M
- $50k–250k94 grants · $9.0M
- $250k+12 grants · $51M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL | $45,450,000 |
| PLANNING COUNCIL | $1,614,478 |
| LISC | $1,000,000 |
| NORFOLK BOTANICAL GARDEN INC | $500,000 |
| SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC | $397,973 |
| VIRGINIA ALLIANCE OF YMCAS | $375,000 |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC | $282,500 |
| NETWORK OF REGIONAL ADVOCACY | $273,690 |
| VA FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION | $255,000 |
| VIRGINIA COMMEMORATIONS INC | $250,000 |
| PIEDMONT VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION | $250,000 |
| OLDE TOWNE MEDICAL & DENTAL CENTER | $250,000 |
| GREATER PENINSULA CARES FOUNDATION INC | $248,400 |
| CLUSTER SPRINGS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT | $232,993 |
| CENTRAL VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $207,800 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $13.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 46% of Sentara Health’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 91% of the giving stays in VA; by stated purpose, 51%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.
318 repeat relationships: 189 still active in FY2024, 129 since wound down; 129 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.8M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- EVEastern Virginia Medical School Foundation3× · 2017–2022 · $11M · revenue +56% · 84% of their budget
LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION5× · 2019–2024 · $9.0M · revenue +80%- TPTHE PLANNING COUNCIL4× · 2020–2024 · $4.3M · revenue +9%
Funded once
- PMPORTSMOUTH MUSEUMS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $700k · revenue -56%
- HHHOSPICE HOUSE OF HAMPTON ROADS INCone grant, 2022 · $500k · revenue -3%
- JOJUDEO-CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTERINCone grant, 2022 · $500k · revenue -30%
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.
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.
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…
Habitat for Humanity Virginia provides support to Virginia affiliates so that they can build or facilitate affordable housing by offering advocacy, organizational development, funding, and resource development
SeniorNavigator and its family of websites are national models for aging, disability and veteran information. By combining online assistance with a network of community-based centers, the websites bring over 26,000 community resources,…
Our mission is to empower formerly incarcerated persons, veterans, at-risk youth, substance abusers and those suffering from homelessness. We help these groups of people overcome barriers that hinder their effective transition following…
Tracing its roots to the 1980s, the virginia housing alliance (vha) is the statewide leader in expanding housing opportunities, strengthening the capacity of affordable housing and homelessness service organizations, and advancing…
Virginia poverty law center uses advocacy, education, and litigation to break down systemic barriers that keep low-income virginians in the cycle of poverty.
Provide comprehensive primary medical care to the communities served.
Access partnership facilitates the connection between those with health care needs and available resources. vision is that all residents of hampton roads can obtain the health care that they need to achieve personal wellness. focus is…
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…
Central virginia housing coalition improves the regional quality of life by providing affordable housing opportunities to low income families through coalition, education, counseling, and financial assistance.
VCDC delivers vital financial resources and support while collaborating with local organizations dedicated to social impact, ensuring the creation of affordable homes in vibrant neighborhoods where everyone can thrive.
How this is measured
602 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 602 of the 753 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Eastern Virginia Medical School Foundation ↗
- Who funds LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds THE PLANNING COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC AND SUBSIDIARY ↗
- Who funds Federation of Virginia Food Banks ↗
- Who funds United Way of South Hampton Roads ↗
- Who funds OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Virginia Health Care Foundation ↗
- Who funds HAMPTON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INC ↗
- Who funds SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF EASTERN VA INC D/B/A THE UP CENTER ↗
- Who funds PORTSMOUTH MUSEUMS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Portsmouth Community Health Center Inc ↗
- Who funds STRENGTH IN PEERS INC ↗
- Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of South Hampton Roads ↗
- Who funds Virginia Ready Initiative ↗
- Who funds NORFOLK FESTEVENTS LTD ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ALBEMARLE ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds WMBG AREA MEDICAL ASSISTANCE CORP ↗
- Who funds American Diabetes Association ↗
- Who funds WESTERN TIDEWATER FREE CLINIC INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER PENINSULA CARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NAUTICUS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE HOUSE OF HAMPTON ROADS INC ↗
- Who funds NORFOLK BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
- Who funds JUDEO-CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTERINC ↗
- Who funds THE ELIZABETH RIVER TRAIL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds VIRGINIA COMMEMORATIONS INC ↗
- Who funds VIRGINIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds SupportWorks Housing ↗
- Who funds Network of Regional Advoacy ↗
- Who funds ACTION IN COMMUNITY THROUGH SERVICE OF PRINCE WILLIAM ↗
- Who funds FOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA ↗
- Who funds YOUTH FOR TOMORROW-NEW LIFE CENTER 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.
Open a dossier: Hampton Roads Community Foundation · United Way of South Hampton Roads · Langley for Families - the Foundation of Lfcu · The Blocker Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Townebank Foundation · Obici Healthcare Foundation Inc · Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · Peninsula Community Foundation of Virginia Inc · The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County · United Way of the Virginia Peninsula · The Genan Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Sentara Health funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sentara Health. Bigger dots raise more.
- Broward Community and Family Health Centers Inc: 19% of income from government
- Casa Inc: 8% of income from government
- Jackson Health Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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