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The Alex & Susan Virgilio Foundation at a glance

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The Alex & Susan Virgilio 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.

$479k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$380k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$815kInternational$631kEducation$286kFood & Nutrition$100kHealth$81kRecreation & Sports$41kPhilanthropy$13kYouth Development$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $42k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $380k
$11,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CPC$379,500
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS$50,000
DE LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL$30,390
MUSTANG SOCCER CLUB$11,500
RH HELPING HANDS$5,000
SAN FRANCISCO CITY IMPACT$1,368
COMPASSION INTERNTATIONAL$1,212
THE BLOSSOM FOUNDATION$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 (FY19–24, $129k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 18% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Sacramento Children's Home: $1k → 12%THE BLOSSOM FOUNDATION: $500 → 16%Rhs Helping Hands Foundation: $10k → 20%United Help Ukraine Inc: $100k → 4%Rhs Helping Hands Foundation: $5k → 20%Rhs Helping Hands Foundation: $5k → 20%Rhs Helping Hands Foundation: $1k → 20%RH HELPING HANDS: $5k → 9%RH Helping Hands: $1k → 9%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

MI
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AR
TN
DC
GA
TX
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.

40%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$762k · 11 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
27

Total granted

$762k
$757k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+8%

Still filing today

55%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $380k 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
Human ServicesInternationalEducationPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2019–2024 · $100k · revenue +44%
  • UO
    University of Michigan
    3× · 2019–2022 · $80k · revenue +140%
  • RH
    RHS HELPING HANDS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2019–2022 · $21k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • HI
    HIAS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $300k · revenue -28%
  • IM
    INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +8%
  • TA
    THE ATHENIAN SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue +38%
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
UniversalGiving

Our mission is to connect people to quality giving and volunteer opportunities worldwide. universalgiving is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, whose vision is to create a world where giving and volunteering are a natural part of everyday…

Philanthropy
2
United States Association for Unhcr

USA for UNHCR protects and supports refugees by mobilizing resources, elevating awareness, and driving action through a network of engaged supporters.

International
3
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
4
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
5
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
6
University Health Inc

Primary functions are the coordination and delivery of health care resources and services, health care education for the hospital service area, long range analysis of health care needs and development of programs, and arranging for…

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7
Yours Humanly

Yours Humanly (YH) transforms the lives of children in need around the world by providing access to quality education and equitable resources. Through its two flagship initiatives, Coloring Futures and Bridging Gaps, YH has completed 34…

Education
8
Ummah Relief International

Ummah relief international is a dedicated grassroots relief organization providing humanitarian services to bring help and hope to thousands of victims of natural and human disasters with quick and targeted action.

International
9
Shift Project Ltd

At Shift, we have one purpose: to transform how business gets done in order to ensure respect for peoples lives and dignity. We believe that the best way to advance our mission is by working directly with Businesses to help shape their…

International
10
Mindful Schools

Mindful school's mission is to empower educators to spark change from the inside out by cultivating awareness, resilience, and compassionate action.

Education
11
Contra Costa Regional Health Foundation

Contra Costa Regional Health Foundation eliminates barriers and enhances the capabilities of Contra Costa Health Services and the community to improve the saftey, health, and wellness of every Contra Costa County resident.

Health
12
Robert a Toigo Foundation

Our mission is to shape the future of finance by developing leaders whose innovation, investment excellence, and human-centered leadership advance the industry and its adjacent sectors.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Convoy of Hope; the most unlike its peers is University of Michigan. 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

23 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. 23 of the 41 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/23
Grantees still filing
13/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $425,182 · OtherCOMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHCOMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CPC: $379,500 · OtherCOMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CPCTHE ATHENIAN SCHOOL: $100,000 · OtherTHE ATHENIAN SCHOOLUniversity of Michigan: $80,000 · OtherUniversity of MichiganDE LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL OF CONCORD INC: $62,615 · OtherDE LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL OF CONCORD INC+19 more: $69,433 · Other+19 moreHIAS INC: $300,000 · InternationalHIAS INCINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $100,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPSCONVOY OF HOPE: $100,000 · InternationalCONVOY OF HOPENOVA UKRAINE: $100,000 · InternationalNOVA UKRAINECompassion International Incorporated: $31,482 · InternationalUnited Help Ukraine Inc: $100,000 · Human ServicesRHS HELPING HANDS FOUNDATION: $21,000 · Human ServicesRH HELPING HANDS INC: $6,000 · Human Services+2 more: $1,500 · Human ServicesWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · Education+2 more: $1,190 · EducationPIVOT FOUNDATION: $11,891 · PhilanthropySURFAID INTERNATIONAL USA: $1,039 · PhilanthropySan Francisco City Impact: $8,208 · Youth DevelopmentOCEAN CITY CREW BOOSTERS INC: $500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,116,730International$631,482Human Services$128,500Education$101,190Philanthropy$12,930Youth Development$8,208Recreation & Sports$500

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 budgetHIAS INC: $300,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ATHENIAN SCHOOL: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Help Ukraine Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNOVA UKRAINE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $80,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $31,482 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBallistic United Soccer Club: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetRHS HELPING HANDS FOUNDATION: $21,000 over 4y, 7.0% of budgetPIVOT FOUNDATION: $11,891 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSan Francisco City Impact: $8,208 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRH HELPING HANDS INC: $6,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetSURFAID INTERNATIONAL USA: $1,039 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSACRAMENTO CHILDREN'S HOME: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBETA THETA PI FOUNDATION: $878 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CITY CREW BOOSTERS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBetter2gether RVA: $500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBLOSSOM FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $312 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMontair Foundation: $107 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLove Never Fails Inc: $102 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …Gs Donor Advised Phil…Ge Aerospace Foundati…American Endowment Fo…United Way WorldwideShell USA Company Fou…The Pfizer Foundation…Renaissance Charitabl…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN12.6× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 The Alex & Susan Virgilio Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Alex & Susan Virgilio Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 88%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.

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 41 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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