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· Private foundation

Shingleton Tuw

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$162k
Granted FY2025still arriving
82
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Religion$241kHealth$217kEducation$195kPublic Safety & Disaster$103kArts & Culture$64kHousing & Shelter$63kHuman Services$42kPublic Benefit$35kOther$0
02FY2025 · 82 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k76 grants · $95k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $67k
$811
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONGREGATIONAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECT$16,500
VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT$10,000
DR TERRY SINCLAIR HEALTH CLINIC INC$10,000
2 FOR 2 FOUNDATION$10,000
FOUNDATION FOR REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT$10,000
WINCHESTER AREA TEMPORARY THERMAL SHELTE$10,000
SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY$7,600
LOVE TO NIC$7,500
NORTHWESTERN WORKSHOP INC$6,611
WINCHESTER MEDICAL CTR FDN$5,000
GAINESBORO FIRE AND RESCUE$3,213
VIRGINIA ASSN FOR THE BLIND$3,211
UNITED WAY OF N SHENANDOAH VALLEY$3,211
EBENEZER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$1,811
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$1,611
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 (FY17–17, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BURLINGTON UNITED METHODIST: $2k → 16%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.

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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.0M · 101 repeat orgs$114k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +36% since the first grant, against +9% for the ones you funded once.

101 repeat relationships — 80 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

101
27

Total granted

$1.0M
$104k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+9%

Still filing today

22%
15%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthPublic Safety & DisasterHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther

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

  • SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2017–2025 · $112k · revenue +39%
  • WA
    WINCHESTER AREA TEMPORARY THERMAL SHELTER INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $42k · revenue +337%
  • CC
    CONGREGATIONAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECT INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $32k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • FM
    FREE MEDICAL CLINIC OF
    one grant, 2017 · $23k
  • LF
    LORD FAIRFAX EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • VC
    VIRGINIA CENTER FOR LITERARY ARTS
    one grant, 2021 · $10k

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
Winchester Volunteer Fire Department

to prevent the loss of life and to control or reduce the loss of property by applying all of our knowledge and resources.

Public Safety & Disaster
2
Nokesville Volunteer Fire Department

Fire and rescue services

Public Safety & Disaster
3
Buckingham County Vol Fire Department Dba Dillwyn Fire Department

The purpose of the Buckingham County Vol. Fire Dept. is to provide fire protection to the citizens of Buckingham County and surrounding counties if needed. We also respond to automobile accidents as well as any other request for assistance.

Public Safety & Disaster
4
Virgilina Volunteer Fire Association

The virgilina volunteer fire association's primary exempt purpose is to provide fire suppression and emergency medical assistance to their designated district.

Public Safety & Disaster
5
Association of Stafford Volunteer Fire Department Co Eng 2 Inc

Provide fire suppression for the citizens of stafford county, virginia and surrounding jusidictions.

Public Safety & Disaster
6
Flemington Volunteer Fire Department Inc

To provide volunteer fire fighting services in the flemington, wv region.

7
Snowville Volunteer Fire Dept Inc

Public safety

8
Sterling Volunteer Fire Co Inc

The sterling volunteer fire company, inc. operates out of four fire stations to provide fire protection to the residences of sterling va and surrounting areas.

Public Safety & Disaster
9
Burkeville Volunteer Fire Department

The organization provides emergency, medical, and fire fighting services to the citizens in and around the Burkeville, Virginia area.

Public Safety & Disaster
10
Blue Ridge Volunteer Fire Co Inc

Fire prevention and protection in bluemont and surrounding areas

11
New Manchester Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Fire fighting

12
Brookneal Volunteer Fire Department Inc

To provide firefighting and rescue services to residents and businesses of selected areas of campbell county, virginia.

Public Safety & Disaster

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shenandoah Area Council Boy Scouts of America and the most unlike its peers is Star Tannery Volunteer Fire Department. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 47 years old; the field is 15. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%7%<5yr16%7%5–10yr18%3%10–20yr13%7%20–35yr15%31%35–55yr14%45%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%4%<5yr16%5%5–10yr18%1%10–20yr13%0%20–35yr15%30%35–55yr14%60%55yr+

The field is 23% startups (under 5 years old) — 7% of your grantees by number, and just 4% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/37
the rest of the field
13%
394/3,038

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

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 20172026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 130 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
18/26
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

WINCHESTER FIRE AND RESCUE FND — $67,474 · OtherWINCHESTER FIRE AND RESCUE FNDVIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT — $35,000 · OtherCONGREGATIONAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECT INC — $31,900 · OtherNORTHWESTERN WORKSHOP INC — $30,617 · Other+113 more — $580,871 · Other+113 moreSHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY — $111,600 · EducationSHENANDOAH UNIVER…THE VIRGINIA COLLEGE FUND — $34,000 · EducationTHE VIRGINIA COLL…FREMONT STREET NURSERY — $10,617 · EducationFREMONT STREET NU…BOYS HOME INC — $10,617 · EducationBOYS HOME INCVA FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT COLLEGES — $9,000 · EducationDR TERRY SINCLAIR HEALTH CLINIC INC — $67,500 · HealthDR TERRY S…LEARY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 · HealthLEARY EDUC…EASTER SEALS UCP NORTH CAROLINA & VIRGINIA INC — $8,517 · HealthEASTER SEA…VCU Health Childrens Services at Brook Road — $4,100 · HealthWINCHESTER AREA TEMPORARY THERMAL SHELTER INC — $42,000 · Housing & ShelterShenandoah Arts Council Inc — $30,000 · Arts & Culture2 for 2 Foundation Inc — $15,000 · Recreation & SportsGirl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital — $8,517 · Youth Development
Other$745,862Education$175,834Health$105,117Housing & Shelter$42,000Arts & Culture$30,000Recreation & Sports$15,000Youth Development$8,517

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 budgetSHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY — $111,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDR TERRY SINCLAIR HEALTH CLINIC INC — $67,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetWINCHESTER AREA TEMPORARY THERMAL SHELTER INC — $42,000 over 6y, 7.8% of budgetTHE VIRGINIA COLLEGE FUND — $34,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetCONGREGATIONAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECT INC — $31,900 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetShenandoah Arts Council Inc — $30,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetLEARY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSHENANDOAH AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $17,617 over 6y, 0.8% of budget2 for 2 Foundation Inc — $15,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetFREMONT STREET NURSERY — $10,617 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS HOME INC — $10,617 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWINCHESTER DAY NURSERY INC — $10,617 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCONCERN HOTLINE INC — $10,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetVA FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT COLLEGES — $9,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGirl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital — $8,517 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS UCP NORTH CAROLINA & VIRGINIA INC — $8,517 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVCU Health Childrens Services at Brook Road — $4,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE INCORPORATED OF VIRGINIA — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBURLINGTON UNITED METHODIST FAMILY SERVICES INC — $2,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHAWNEE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT — $1,691 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDSHIP FIRE COMPANY NUMBER ONE — $1,414 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSTAR TANNERY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT — $1,414 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetREYNOLDS STORE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY — $1,414 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH END FIRE COMPANY — $1,134 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBOYCE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INC — $330 over 2y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds DR TERRY SINCLAIR HEALTH CLINIC INC
  • Who funds WINCHESTER AREA TEMPORARY THERMAL SHELTER INC
  • Who funds THE VIRGINIA COLLEGE FUND
  • Who funds CONGREGATIONAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECT INC
  • Who funds Shenandoah Arts Council Inc
  • Who funds LEARY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds SHENANDOAH AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
  • Who funds 2 for 2 Foundation Inc
  • Who funds FREMONT STREET NURSERY
  • Who funds BOYS HOME INC
  • Who funds WINCHESTER DAY NURSERY INC
  • Who funds CONCERN HOTLINE INC
  • Who funds VA FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT COLLEGES
  • Who funds Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital
  • Who funds EASTER SEALS UCP NORTH CAROLINA & VIRGINIA INC

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.

American Woodmark Foundation IncVA27.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Woodmark Foundation Inc · The Bank of Clarke County Foundation · United Way of Northern Shenandoah Valley Inc · The Community Foundation of the Northern Shenandoah Valley · John L Harrell & Margaret T Harrell Charitable Trust C/O First Bank Trustee · The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County · Truist Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Shingleton Tuw 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
202122232425
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report 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, FY2025

    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.

    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 130 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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