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Shenandoah 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.

$2.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2024.

Health$3.9MPhilanthropy$3.5MEducation$645kEnvironment$208kEmployment$140kPublic Safety & Disaster$75kAnimals$61kScience & Tech$55kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $260k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $175k
  • $250k+5 grants · $2.0M
$20,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$20M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KIRYLE FOUNDATION$500,000
MEGLBAGL FOUNDATION$500,000
ROUGH-J-RANCH FOUNDATION$500,000
UCSF FOUNDATION$250,000
CRAIG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$250,000
MONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION$125,000
ROWLAND HALL$50,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$30,000
LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH$25,000
ROBERTS ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT FUND$25,000
ASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$25,000
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM$20,000
JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$20,000
BRIDGING BIONICS FOUNDATION$20,000
COX SCIENCE CENTER AND AQUARIUM$20,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–23, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CA
UT
CO
AZ
NC
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$8.5M · 45 repeat orgs$170k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +37% since the first grant, against -3% for the ones you funded once.

45 repeat relationships — 21 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
18

Total granted

$8.5M
$130k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
-3%

Still filing today

80%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthPhilanthropyEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsAnimalsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +51%
  • KF
    KIRYLE FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +243% · 69% of their budget
  • MF
    MEGLBAGL FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +203% · 68% of their budget

Funded once

  • TO
    The Orme School
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue -70%
  • Teach for America Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +5%
  • ND
    NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue -13%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
2
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
3
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
4
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
5
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
6
Ucsf Health Medical Foundation

See schedule othe mission of ucsf health medical foundation is threefold: 1) to establish, operate and maintain medical clinics for the provision of healthcare services in california; 2) to promote health by providing, coordinating,…

Health
7
Arc Research Institute

Our mission is to accelerate scientific progress, understand the root causes of disease, and narrow the gap between discoveries and impact on patients.

Health
8
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
9
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

See schedule ouniversity corporation for atmospheric research (ucar), on behalf of, and in cooperation with its member university members, is engaged in the management of long-term atmospheric and related research and educational…

Science & Tech
10
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
11
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
12
The Carle Foundation Hospital

To be the trusted partner in all healthcare decisions and to improve health by providing highly accessible, world-class care and services.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Aspen Institute Inc and the most unlike its peers is Del Monte Forest Conservancy. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCancer Support ServicesEnvironmental Conservation …Equine Therapy ProgramsVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Animal Rescue and ShelterCommunity FoundationsIndependent K-12 SchoolsHealth Access Advocacy and …
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 46 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%0%<5yr15%2%5–10yr20%16%10–20yr17%23%20–35yr11%18%35–55yr13%41%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr15%0%5–10yr20%4%10–20yr17%63%20–35yr11%23%35–55yr13%10%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/48
the rest of the field
14%
26,003/186,930

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

47 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 47 of the 65 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/47
Grantees still filing
33/47
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

KIRYLE FOUNDATION — $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyKIRYLE FOUNDATIONMEGLBAGL FOUNDATION — $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyMEGLBAGL FOUNDATIONROUGH-J-RANCH FOUNDATION — $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyROUGH-J-RANCH FOUNDATIONEBJ FOUNDATION — $500,000 · PhilanthropyEBJ FOUNDATIONREDF — $140,000 · Philanthropy+2 more — $21,000 · PhilanthropyCraig Hospital Foundation — $925,000 · HealthCraig Hospital FoundationMONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION — $500,000 · HealthMONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATIONALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $190,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELAT…ASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $135,000 · HealthASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUND…American Heart Association Inc — $80,000 · Health+8 more — $230,000 · Health+8 moreUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION — $1,410,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFO…ROWLAND HALL-ST MARK'S SCHOOL — $90,000 · EducationROWLAND HALL-ST MARK…+3 more — $55,000 · EducationHEAD ROYCE ENDOWMENT FUND — $270,000 · OtherHEAD ROYCE EN…LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT STANFORD — $135,000 · OtherLUCILE PACKAR…LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH — $105,000 · OtherLUCILE PACKAR…THE WILLOWS COMMUNITY SCHOOL — $90,000 · OtherTHE WILLOWS C…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $40,000 · OtherASPEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $40,000 · OtherBridging Bionics Foundation — $40,000 · Other+24 more — $323,500 · Other+24 moreMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION — $120,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $45,000 · AnimalsCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — $35,000 · Arts & CultureCox Science Center and Aquarium Inc — $20,000 · Arts & CultureCarmel Ideas Foundation — $15,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC — $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $2,500 · Arts & CultureASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES — $50,000 · EnvironmentTHE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA — $2,500 · Environment
Philanthropy$3,661,000Health$2,060,000Education$1,555,500Other$1,043,500Animals$165,000Arts & Culture$82,500Environment$52,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION — $1,410,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetKIRYLE FOUNDATION — $1,000,000 over 4y, 69% of budgetMEGLBAGL FOUNDATION — $1,000,000 over 4y, 68% of budgetROUGH-J-RANCH FOUNDATION — $1,000,000 over 4y, 72% of budgetCraig Hospital Foundation — $925,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetEBJ FOUNDATION — $500,000 over 3y, 70% of budgetMONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION — $500,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $190,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetREDF — $140,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $135,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION — $120,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILLOWS COMMUNITY SCHOOL — $90,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetROWLAND HALL-ST MARK'S SCHOOL — $90,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $80,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES — $50,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $45,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetINTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC — $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $40,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBridging Bionics Foundation — $40,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMountain Rescue Aspen Inc — $25,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN TEAM FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Thacher School Inc — $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCox Science Center and Aquarium Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCarmel Ideas Foundation — $15,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetDEL MONTE FOREST CONSERVANCY — $15,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetThe Orme School — $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTeach for America Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBUFFALO THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAMERICAN BONE HEALTH — $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP INERNATIONAL — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Show Jumping Hall of Fame and Museum Inc — $5,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetTHE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKQED INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDRENS HEALTH GUILD — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Esb Charitable Founda…National Philanthropi…The Ayco Charitable F…The Chicago Community…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jewish Communal FundSilicon Valley Commun…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Charities Aid Foundat…Donor Advised Charita…
Esb Charitable FoundationCA15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Esb Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Shenandoah Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Cox Science Center and Aquarium Inc — 6% of income from government
  • Willamette University — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
7report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Shenandoah Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Shenandoah Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 65 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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