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Skewes Family Foundation at a glance

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Skewes Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$281k
Granted FY2025still arriving
36
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$313kCommunity Improvement$270kHuman Services$219kEducation$211kCrime & Legal$192kPublic Safety & Disaster$128kArts & Culture$108kRecreation & Sports$101kOther$0
02FY2025 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k27 grants · $91k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $111k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $80k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILD ABUSE REPORTING AND ENFORCEMT$80,000
MISSION DENTAL OF VIRGINIA INC$25,500
BIG CREEK PEOPLE IN ACTION INC$20,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PIEDMON$15,000
ITMAN FOOD BANK$10,000
STOP ABUSIVE FAMILY ENVIROMENTS INC$10,000
WEST VIRGINIA HEALTH RIGHT$10,000
THE SALVATION ARMY PRINCETON CORPS$10,000
FIVE LOAVES TWO FISHES FOOD BANK$10,000
JCS MINISTRIES INC$7,500
Individual grant recipient$7,000
CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN ACTION$5,000
GRAYHOUND YOUTH SPORTS INC$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
JUNIOR APPALACHIAN MUSICIANS INC$5,000
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 (FY17–25, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 23%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WV: $5k → 21%STOP ABUSIVE FAMILY ENVIROMENTS INC: $10k → 25%MCDOWELL COUNTY COMMISSION ON AGING: $5k → 25%CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WV: $2k → 21%APPALACHIAN AGENCY FOR SENIOR CITIZ: $5k → 18%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.
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 56 repeat orgs$677k to everyone else

56 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 40 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

56
74

Total granted

$1.6M
$502k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+21%

Still filing today

34%
16%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $175k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Community ImprovementArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • MD
    MISSION DENTAL VIRGINIA INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $203k · revenue +100%
  • BC
    BIG CREEK PEOPLE IN ACTION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $115k · revenue +63%
  • ST
    STOP THE HURT INC
    3× · 2017–2022 · $60k · revenue +77%

Funded once

  • CA
    CHILD ABUSE REPORTING AND ENFORCEME
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
  • BW
    BLUEFIELD WV CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL GAMES
    one grant, 2023 · $30k
  • BA
    BLUEFIELD ARTS AND REVITALIZATION CORPORATION
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue -45%
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
Wv Helping Hands
Human Services
2
Blue Ridge Mountain Volunteer Fire Co

To provide volunteer fire, rescue and ambulance service to the mountain area of jefferson county, wv and surrounding areas.

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3
Eastern West Virginia Community Action Agency Inc

Eastern West Virginia Community Action Agency serves the disadvantaged people by determining their needs; advocating for and providing programs that help remove them from the causes of poverty.

Housing & Shelter
4
Middleway Volunteer Fire Company

To provide volunteer fire, rescue and ambulance services to the residents of the counties of jefferson and berkeley, wv.

Public Safety & Disaster
5
Wayne County Community Services Organization

Establish, conduct, implement, operate, coordinate and finance programs for the benefit of the low-income, minority, elderly, disadvantaged and handicapped citizens of wayne county, wv

Community Improvement
6
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems Inc

Provide comprehensive primary medical care to the communites served.

Health
7
Wirt County Health Services Association Inc

Provision of primary and preventive care services to the rural population of wirt, jackson, and wood counties in west virginia and the surrounding areas.

Health
8
Central West Virginia Aging Services Inc

Provide homemaker and case management services to home-bound seniors and disabled members in west virginia. provide, also, training and job assistance to those 55 and older on a limited income.

Human Services
9
Mountaineer Community Health Center

To provide primary medical care service in a rural community.

Health
10
Harman Volunteer Fire Department Inc

None

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11
Berkeley County Humane Society

Animal welfare

Animals
12
Greenwood Volunteer Fire Department

Fire and rescue services

Public Safety & Disaster
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is West Virginia Health Right Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mountain Acres Properties 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

37 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. 37 of the 150 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
19/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $210,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $168,666 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBIG CREEK PEOPLE IN ACTION INC: $115,000 · OtherBIG CREEK PEOPLE IN ACTION INCCHILD ABUSE REPORTING AND ENFORCEMT: $80,000 · OtherWADE CENTER: $68,000 · OtherCENTER FOR CHRISTIAN ACTION INC: $60,000 · Other+126 more: $949,120 · Other+126 moreMISSION DENTAL VIRGINIA INC: $203,300 · HealthMISSION DEN…TRI-COUNTY HEALTH CLINIC: $21,000 · HealthTRI-COUNTY …+1 more: $1,800 · HealthCITY OF MULLENS FOUNDATION INC: $117,915 · Community ImprovementBLACKBERRY WINTER INC: $20,000 · Community ImprovementHELPING HANDS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $11,000 · Community ImprovementBRAMWELL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Community ImprovementBLUEFIELD UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $15,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS: $10,000 · EducationHISTORIC CRAB ORCHARD MUSEUM & PIONEER PARK INC: $37,000 · Arts & CultureBLUEFIELD ARTS AND REVITALIZATION CORPORATION: $25,000 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC POCAHONTAS INC: $12,500 · Arts & CultureJUNIOR APPALACHIAN MUSICIANS INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSTOP THE HURT INC: $60,000 · Crime & LegalANAWALT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC: $26,099 · Public Safety & DisasterWAR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTENT INCORP: $10,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$1,650,786Health$226,100Community Improvement$158,915Education$95,000Arts & Culture$79,500Crime & Legal$60,000Public Safety & Disaster$36,099

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMISSION DENTAL VIRGINIA INC: $203,300 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetCITY OF MULLENS FOUNDATION INC: $117,915 over 4y, 57% of budgetBIG CREEK PEOPLE IN ACTION INC: $115,000 over 9y, 7.9% of budgetSTOP THE HURT INC: $60,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetCENTER FOR CHRISTIAN ACTION INC: $60,000 over 8y, 8.7% of budgetBLUEFIELD UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHISTORIC CRAB ORCHARD MUSEUM & PIONEER PARK INC: $37,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetBEYOND WISHES THERAPEUTIC RIDING PROGRAM INC: $30,000 over 3y, 37% of budgetANAWALT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC: $26,099 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetITMANN FOOD BANK: $23,500 over 4y, 9.9% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of the Piedmont Inc: $22,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTRI-COUNTY HEALTH CLINIC: $21,000 over 5y, 9.4% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLACKBERRY WINTER INC: $20,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMountain Acres Properties Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetHISTORIC POCAHONTAS INC: $12,500 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetHELPING HANDS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $11,000 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetS A F E INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetEAST RIVER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $10,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetEMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP EXPANSION NETWORK: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA HEALTH RIGHT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWAR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTENT INCORP: $10,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetSECOND CHANCE FOR CATS INC: $7,500 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetJCS MINISTRIES INC: $7,500 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WEST VIRGINIA INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMERCER COUNTY FAIR INC: $6,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetMcDowell County Commission on Aging Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCLINCH VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR APPALACHIAN MUSICIANS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAPPALACHIAN AGENCY FOR SR CITIZENS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACTIVE SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHANDS & FEET MINISTRIES: $1,800 over 1y, 3.5% 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 MISSION DENTAL VIRGINIA INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY OF MULLENS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG CREEK PEOPLE IN ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds STOP THE HURT INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUEFIELD UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC CRAB ORCHARD MUSEUM & PIONEER PARK INC ↗
  • Who funds BEYOND WISHES THERAPEUTIC RIDING PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds ANAWALT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUEFIELD ARTS AND REVITALIZATION CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds ITMANN FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Club of the Piedmont Inc ↗
  • Who funds TRI-COUNTY HEALTH CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BLACKBERRY WINTER INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds Mountain Acres Properties Inc ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC POCAHONTAS 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.

Hugh I Shott Jr Found…K B Tierney Charitabl…Thompson Charitable F…Beckley Area Foundati…American Electric Pow…Community Foundation …United Way of Souther…West Virginia First F…The Stelio and Betty …Bernard McDonough Fou…Pallottine Foundation…Claude Worthington Be…
Hugh I Shott Jr Foundation IncWV20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hugh I Shott Jr Foundation Inc · K B Tierney Charitable Foundation Trust · Thompson Charitable Foundation · Beckley Area Foundation Inc · American Electric Power Foundation · Community Foundation of the Virginias Inc · United Way of Southern Wv Inc · West Virginia First Foundation Inc · The Stelio and Betty Tracy Corte Charitable Foundation · Bernard McDonough Foundation Inc · Pallottine Foundation of Huntington West Virginia · Claude Worthington Benedum 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 Skewes Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Skewes Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%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
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Skewes Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Skewes Family 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 150 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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