· Private foundation
The Appleseeds Foundation
Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
98% of The Appleseeds Foundation’s FY2018 grant dollars went to The Community Foundation Of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2018 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2018
- Under $10k4 grants · $11k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
- $250k+1 grant · $277k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HARRISONBURG AND ROCKINGHAM COUNTY | $277,075 |
| THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HARRISONBURG AND ROCKINGHAM COUNTY | $200,000 |
| SHENANDOAH VALLEY ECONOMIC EDUCATION | $7,500 |
| THOMAS HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL | $1,500 |
| TURNER ASHBY HIGH SCHOOL | $1,500 |
| STUARTS DRAFT MIDDLE SCHOOL | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–18) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 18% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 45% of The Appleseeds Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +116% since the first grant, against -11% for those funded once.
4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2018, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- YEYOUR ECONOMIC SUCCESS2× · 2017–2018 · $15k · revenue +116%
- TATURNER ASHBY HIGH SCHOOL2× · 2017–2018 · $3k
- THTHOMAS HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL2× · 2017–2018 · $3k
Funded once
- HCHARRISONBURG CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INCone grant, 2017 · $21k · revenue +24%
- BRBLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +51%
- FCFREE CLINICone grant, 2017 · $10k
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.
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.
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Our mission is to create and support mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.
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The james beard foundation believes in a vibrant, equitable, and sustainable independent restaurant industry that stands as a cornerstone of american culture, community, and economy - and drives towards a better food system. the james…
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To advance change by feeding the hungry and educating and engaging the community in the fight to end hunger.
The american farm bureau foundation for agriculture strives to build awareness, understanding, and a positive perception of agriculture through education. the foundation offers a varierty of fun and engaging standards-based programs and…
Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. the organization's vision is that all youth achieve their full potential.
Icic drives inclusive economic prosperity in under-resourced communities through innovative research and programs to create jobs, income, and wealth for local residents.
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How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 21 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HARRISONBURG & ROCKINGHAM COUNTY ↗
- Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HARRISONBURG CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds YOUR ECONOMIC SUCCESS ↗
- Who funds BLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds PACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BURNT ORANGES INC ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC ↗
- Who funds FRESH AIR FUND ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Appleseeds Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Appleseeds Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Pace Center for Girlsinc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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