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Shenandoah Community Foundation

The mission of the SHENANDOAH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is to promote philanthropy in shenandoah county and surrounding areas by connecting people who care with causes that matter.

$664k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$675kEducation$241kHealth$161kFood & Nutrition$116kHousing & Shelter$107kHuman Services$78kInternational$50kRecreation & Sports$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $362,487, the rows itemized in this filing. The $663,817 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $301,330 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $155k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
$16,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHENANDOAH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS$150,000
COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION AND WELLNESS$50,000
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION INC$30,000
SHENANDOAH COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC$26,487
BLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK$22,500
SHENANDOAH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$16,000
WIND RIVER MINISTRIES$15,000
GOD'S BLESSINGS CHURCH$15,000
MENNONITE DISASTER SERVICE$10,000
BRETHREN HOUSING CORPORATION$10,000
DISASTER AID USA$10,000
SANDHILLS EMMAUS COMMUNITY$7,500
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 (FY20–24, $94k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SHELTER BOX USA: $15k → 14%SHENANDOAH AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $12k → 10%DISASTER AID USA: $10k → 11%SHENANDOAH COUNTY SEARCH INC: $10k → 12%SHENANDOAH ALLIANCE FOR SHELTER: $24k → 12%SHENANDOAH ALLIANCE FOR SHELTER: $17k → 12%SHENANDOAH ALLIANCE FOR SHELTER: $6k → 12%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

IL
CA
CO
VA
MD
NC
SC
AL
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 12 repeat orgs$361k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
19

Total granted

$1.2M
$243k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+45%

Still filing today

83%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $118k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthCrime & LegalHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther
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

  • BR
    BLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $91k · revenue +28%
  • FP
    FAMILY PROMISE OF SHENANDOAH COUNTY INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $50k · revenue +49%
  • LR
    LAUREL RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $22k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • SC
    SHENANDOAH COUNTRY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2020 · $39k
  • CF
    CENTER FOR THE ARTS OF GREATER MANASSAS PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue +57%
  • SC
    SHENANDOAH COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
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
Shenandoah Housing Corporation

To provide housing for low income families.

Housing & Shelter
2
Shenandoah Community Ambulance Assoc

Ambulance Services

Public Safety & Disaster
3
Shenandoah Women's Center Inc

To provide a safe environment and shelter of victims of domestic violence, and to provide educational programs and counseling on such matters.

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4
Shenandoah Valley Medical System I

To promote health and wellness within the community by providing a medical home to reduce barriers to care and ensure access to a full range of coordinated health care and wellness services.

Health
5
Roanoke Area Ministries

To serve the indigent.

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6
Shelter House Inc

Shelter House's mission is to prevent and end homelessness and domestic violence by engaging the community, building effective relationships and providing crisis intervention, safe housing and supportive services.

Housing & Shelter
7
Fauquier Family Shelter Services

To provide short term shelter, transitional housing and comprehensive services, means, and guidance to homeless and potentially homesless families in our community.

Housing & Shelter
8
The Lord's Pantry of Shinnston

Provide food to needy individuals & families - food is puchased from several sources, donated from serveral sources. costs include renting u-haul trucks to picking up truck loads of food from the mountaineer food bank. we also provide…

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9
Shenandoah Foundation
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10
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems Inc

Provide comprehensive primary medical care to the communities served.

Health
11
Feeding Southwest Virginia

To provide food and other related products primarily to member agencies for distribution to those in need, and also for direct distribution.

Food & Nutrition
12
Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition

The Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition builds healthier, happier, and more connected communities by expanding access to safe places to bike and walk, developing and maintaining trails, empowering youth and new riders, and advocating for…

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shenandoah County Free Clinic Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Prince William County Bar Foundation Inc. 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

26 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. 26 of the 39 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)
26/26
Grantees still filing
16/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Shenandoah Valley Music Festival: $606,700 · Arts & CultureShenandoah Valley Music FestivalCENTER FOR THE ARTS OF GREATER MANASSAS PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureSHENANDOAH COUNTY SCHOOLS: $188,219 · OtherSHENANDOAH COUNTY SCHOOLSBLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INC: $91,000 · OtherBLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INCVALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM: $42,000 · OtherVALLEY HEALTH SYSTEMSHENANDOAH COUNTRY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $39,219 · OtherSHENANDOAH COUNTRY PUBLIC SCHOOLSLAUREL RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $22,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION AND WELLNESS INC: $50,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION AND WELLN…+19 more: $195,562 · Other+19 moreSHENANDOAH COUNTY FREE CLINIC INC: $84,687 · HealthSHENANDOAH COUNTY PREGNANCY CENTER: $15,750 · HealthSHENANDOAH ALLIANCE FOR SHELTER: $47,100 · Human ServicesSHELTERBOX USA INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesSHENANDOAH AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $12,000 · Human ServicesDISASTER AID USA INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSHENANDOAH COUNTY SEARCH INCORPORATED: $10,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE OF SHENANDOAH COUNTY INC: $49,780 · Housing & ShelterBrethren Housing Corporation: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterThe Prince William County Bar Foundation Inc: $42,000 · Crime & LegalResponse Inc: $14,450 · Crime & LegalTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $50,000 · International
Arts & Culture$636,700Other$628,000Health$100,437Human Services$94,100Housing & Shelter$59,780Crime & Legal$56,450International$50,000

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 budgetShenandoah Valley Music Festival: $606,700 over 2y, 47% of budgetBLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INC: $91,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSHENANDOAH COUNTY FREE CLINIC INC: $84,687 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION AND WELLNESS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF SHENANDOAH COUNTY INC: $49,780 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetSHENANDOAH ALLIANCE FOR SHELTER: $47,100 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetCENTER FOR THE ARTS OF GREATER MANASSAS PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY INC: $30,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetLAUREL RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $22,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSHENANDOAH COUNTY PREGNANCY CENTER: $15,750 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetFeeding the Gulf Coast: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTERBOX USA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWIND RIVER MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetResponse Inc: $14,450 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetSHENANDOAH AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $12,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE NORTH FORK OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER INC: $11,187 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetWOODSTOCK FIRE DEPARTMENT: $10,200 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBrethren Housing Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetDISASTER AID USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetSHENANDOAH COUNTY SEARCH INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetMENNONITE DISASTER SERVICE OF VA: $10,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetSHENANDOAH VALLEY LOCAL MINISTRIES INC: $9,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetSHEN-PACO INDUSTRIES INC: $6,250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF HARRISONBURG ROCKINGHAM COUNTY INC: $5,200 over 1y, 1.1% 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.

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.

United Way of Norther…Shentel FoundationAmerican Woodmark Fou…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
United Way of Northern Shenandoah Valley IncVA24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Northern Shenandoah Valley Inc · Shentel Foundation · American Woodmark Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Shenandoah Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shenandoah Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%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
    1get no government money at all
    13report 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 39 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $571k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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