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The Armstrong Family Foundation at a glance

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The Armstrong Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$154k
Granted FY2025still arriving
54
Grants FY2025still arriving
16
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$309kHealth$194kReligion$72kFood & Nutrition$49kInternational$49kHuman Services$26kArts & Culture$13kPublic Safety & Disaster$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 54 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k51 grants · $83k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $71k
$1,000
Median grant
16
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DUKE UNIVERSITY - CANCER INSTITUTE$34,550
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH (MC 0112) VIRGINIA TECH$19,030
ELON UNIVERSITY$17,500
GLADES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$9,000
UNCG ADVANCEMENT SERVICES$8,700
JESUIT RETREAT HOUSE$7,500
INSTITUTE OF WORLD POLITICS$5,000
COLLEGE FOUNDATION OF UVA$5,000
PLACE OF HOPE$4,000
HAWKEN SCHOOL$3,500
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$3,000
COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL$3,000
GUILFORD COLLEGE$2,500
BUFFALO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$2,000
SAINT LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH$2,000
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 (FY21–25, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 14% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%LitArts RI: $1k → 7%Family Services of the Piedmont: $1k → 16%FAMILY SERVICES OF THE PIEDMONT: $500 → 16%OCONOMOWOC SILVER STREAK: $500 → 5%Family Services of the Piedmont: $500 → 16%PLACE OF HOPE: $4k → 11%Place of Hope: $3k → 11%Place of Hope: $3k → 11%Place of Hope: $2k → 11%Place of Hope: $2k → 11%The Servant Center: $500 → 16%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

IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IA
OH
NJ
RI
CO
KY
WV
VA
KS
TN
NC
DC
LA
TX
FL
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$719k · 57 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

57 repeat relationships: 42 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

57
20

Total granted

$719k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
-1%

Still filing today

49%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • Elon University
    5× · 2021–2025 · $86k · revenue +25%
  • TI
    THE INSTITUTE OF WORLD POLITICS
    5× · 2021–2025 · $21k · revenue +21%
  • HS
    HAWKEN SCHOOL
    5× · 2021–2025 · $18k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • PH
    PROJECT HOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue -51%
  • SC
    Sari Center
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • EF
    Easterseals Florida Treasure Coast Early Steps
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
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
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
4
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
5
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
6
Randolph College Inc

See detailed description of organization's primary mission provided on schedule o

Education
7
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

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8
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
9
George Fox University

George fox university, a christ centered community, prepares students spiritually, academically, and professionally to think with clarity, act with integrity, and serve with passion.

Education
10
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
11
Barton College

Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…

Education
12
Hilbert College

Hilbert college is an independent institution of higher learning that embraces its catholic franciscan heritage and values. students from diverse backgrounds are educated in liberal arts and professional programs to become informed…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Rogers Free Library 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

44 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. 44 of the 86 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/44
Grantees still filing
27/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Duke University - Cancer Institute: $179,630 · OtherDuke University - Cancer InstituteDepartment of English (MC 0112) Virginia Tech: $63,030 · OtherDepartment of English (MC 0112) Virginia TechDepartment of English (MC 0112): $38,720 · OtherDepartment of English (MC 0112)GLADES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $37,500 · OtherGLADES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHUNCG Advancement Services: $36,600 · OtherUNCG Advancement ServicesJESUIT RETREAT HOUSE: $27,500 · OtherJESUIT RETREAT HOUSE+49 more: $124,150 · Other+49 moreElon University: $86,250 · EducationElon UniversityGUILFORD COLLEGE: $22,500 · EducationGUILFORD COLLEGEHAWKEN SCHOOL: $17,500 · EducationHAWKEN SCHOOLSouthern Methodist University: $6,000 · Education+10 more: $18,950 · Education+10 moreTHE INSTITUTE OF WORLD POLITICS: $21,000 · InternationalCompassion International Incorporated: $14,000 · InternationalPLACE OF HOPE INC: $14,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,500 · Human ServicesBEACON OF HOPE INC: $3,250 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICE OF THE PIEDMONT INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesLitArts RI: $1,000 · Human Services+3 more: $1,100 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $12,000 · ReligionBOCA RATON POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · PhilanthropyGUARANTY FOUNDATION: $750 · PhilanthropyVICTIMS OF COMMUNISM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureDREAM FOUNDRY: $2,500 · Arts & CultureRHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA & MUSIC SCHOOL: $1,250 · Arts & Culture
Other$507,130Education$151,200International$35,000Human Services$27,350Religion$12,000Philanthropy$6,750Arts & Culture$6,750

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 budgetElon University: $86,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGUILFORD COLLEGE: $22,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE OF WORLD POLITICS: $21,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHAWKEN SCHOOL: $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPLACE OF HOPE INC: $14,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBOCA RATON POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLYNCHBURG CITY SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOCA HELPING HANDS INC: $4,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JED FOUNDATION: $3,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetISIDORE NEWMAN SCHOOL: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGreensboro Independent School Corp: $3,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDavidson College: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVICTIMS OF COMMUNISM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDREAM FOUNDRY: $2,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE OF THE PIEDMONT INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE ERIE INK: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHUNGER TASK FORCE INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA & MUSIC SCHOOL: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $1,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLYNCHBURG GROWS: $1,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBEST FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMIRIAM'S HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLitArts RI: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUARANTY FOUNDATION: $750 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF ROGERS FREE LIBRARY INC: $700 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBETHANY COLLEGE: $650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SERVANT CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHenderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOconomowoc Food Pantry Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVanderbilt University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALDWELL ACADEMY: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCARING SERVICES INC: $100 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.

  • Who funds Elon University ↗
  • Who funds GUILFORD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE INSTITUTE OF WORLD POLITICS ↗
  • Who funds HAWKEN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds PLACE OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds Southern Methodist University ↗
  • Who funds BOCA RATON POLICE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds LYNCHBURG CITY SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds BOCA HELPING HANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JED FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ISIDORE NEWMAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds BEACON OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds Greensboro Independent School Corp ↗
  • Who funds Davidson College ↗
  • Who funds VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds DREAM FOUNDRY ↗

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.

Amg Charitable Gift F…Lincoln Financial Fou…The Harry D Forsyth F…Community Foundation …The Blackbaud Giving …Baird Foundation IncGe Aerospace Foundati…Renaissance Charitabl…The Bank of America C…Raymond James Charita…National Philanthropi…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…
Amg Charitable Gift FoundationCO14.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · The Harry D Forsyth Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Baird Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase 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 The Armstrong Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Armstrong Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Place of Hope Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 86 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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