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The Beirne Carter Foundation at a glance

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The Beirne Carter Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
38
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$2.8MEducation$2.8MEnvironment$1.6MArts & Culture$838kReligion$506kRecreation & Sports$472kHuman Services$321kHousing & Shelter$165kOther$0
02FY2024 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $76k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $810k
  • $250k+2 grants · $500k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$29M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATURE CONSERVANCY OF VIRGINIA$250,000
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND$250,000
ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH$150,000
LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN$150,000
RESTORATION HOUSING$105,000
VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF HISTORY & CULTURE$100,000
FRIENDS OF JAMES RIVER PARK$55,000
BEIRNE CARTER CENTER FOR IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH$50,000
PGA TOUR CHARITIES INC$50,000
ROANOKE AREA MINISTRIES$50,000
GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPICE INC$50,000
NATIONAL D-DAY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$50,000
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER$10,000
ARMSTRONG LEADERSHIP PROGRAM$10,000
NORTH CROSS SCHOOL$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $336k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $5k → 8%PATRICK HENRY FAMILY SERVICES INC: $25k → 20%WESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION: $125k → 9%WESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION: $86k → 9%SHALOM FARMS: $30k → 9%SHALOM FARMS: $10k → 9%WESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION: $6k → 9%PRESBYTERIAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 20%PRESBYTERIAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 20%PRESBYTERIAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 20%FRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN: $15k → 22%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

NY
MA
WY
CT
CO
VA
GA
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.0M · 52 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

52 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

52
48

Total granted

$8.0M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+15%

Still filing today

75%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $763k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentArts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesHousing & 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

  • TP
    THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA
    7× · 2018–2024 · $325k · revenue +58%
  • JR
    JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $295k · revenue +169%
  • AJ
    ANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOL
    7× · 2018–2024 · $245k · revenue +623%

Funded once

  • BG
    BOTANICAL GARDEN OF THE PIEDMONTgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $250k · revenue +822% · 51% of their budget
  • PF
    PATHFINDERS FOR GREENWAY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $175k · revenue +554%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION OF RICHMOND VCU
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
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
Historic Virginia Land Conservancy

Promoting for the benefit of the general public, the preservation, protection and enjoyment of our natural resources, principally in the lower james, york, rappahannock and chowan rivers and surrounding watersheds.

Environment
2
Virginia Conservation Network

Vcn is a facilitator of strategic action, a resource for network partners statewide, and a constant preservation presence in richmond. playing a unique role in virginia's conservation community, vcn helps the community speak with one…

Environment
3
Vcu Investment Management Company

To provide investment and investment management and related services to the rector and the board of visitors of virginia commonwealth university (vcu), and/or to the private and independent foundations and other entities affiliated with…

Education
4
Virginia Association of Museums

The virginia association of museums is a statewide network serving the museum community. the association's mission statement is "the virginia association of museums helps our museum community succeed".

Arts & Culture
5
Alliance for the Shenandoah Valley

Alliance for the shenandoah valley informs and engages people to protect the natural resources, cultural heritages, and rural character of our region.

Community Improvement
6
Virginia Commonwealth University Intellectual Property Foundation

The foundation determines the patentability and obtains patents on virginia commonwealth university (vcu) inventions and markets and licenses such inventions to commerical entities. the foundation's activities promote research efforts at…

Health
7
New River Land Trust

To conserve the rural, natural, and cultural heritage of the new river region, protecting farms, forests, open spaces, and historic places.

Environment
8
Virginia Environmental Endowment

The endowment's mission is to improve the quality of the environment by using its capital, expertise, and resources to fund projects and programs that encourage all sectors to work together to prevent pollution, improve water quality,…

Environment
9
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
10
Washington Heritage Museums

The mission of washington heritage museums is to preserve, promote and maintain its five 18th century properties in fredericksburg, virginia and develop dynamic educational resources and programs to engage and inspire the intrest of…

Arts & Culture
11
Virginia Living Museum Inc

The museum connects people to nature by delivering educational classes, programs, exhibits, events and demonstrations. staff and volunteers engage learners of all ages on a 23 acre campus setting. indoor and outdoor learning opportunities…

Arts & Culture
12
Virginias United Land Trusts

Virginias United Land Trusts was founded to promote conservation statewide and to coordinate conservation planning and green infrastructure. The Organization offers training and educational programs, like our annual Virginia Land…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Historic Richmond Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers. 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

77 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. 77 of the 110 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
76/77
Grantees still filing
50/77
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BEIRNE B CARTER CENTER FOR IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH: $1,150,000 · OtherBEIRNE B CARTER CENTER FOR IMMUNOLOGY …FRIENDS OF JAMES RIVER PARK: $304,085 · OtherFRIENDS OF JAMES RIVER PARKNATURE CONSERVANCY OF VIRGINIA: $250,000 · OtherNATURE CONSERVANCY OF VIRGINIAST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $195,000 · OtherST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCHUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $180,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIARoanoke Area Ministries: $125,000 · Other+40 more: $1,168,495 · Other+40 moreNorth Cross School: $1,670,000 · EducationNorth Cross SchoolTHE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA: $325,000 · EducationTHE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH…ANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOL: $245,000 · EducationANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOLNORTHSTAR ACADEMY INC: $125,000 · EducationSt Andrew's School: $124,999 · Education+5 more: $90,500 · EducationCarilion Clinic: $1,000,000 · HealthCarilion ClinicSHELTERING ARMS FOUNDATION: $135,000 · HealthSHELTERING ARMS …GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPICE INC: $100,000 · HealthGOOD SAMARITAN H…VIRGINIA LEAGUE FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD INCORPORATED: $85,000 · HealthVIRGINIA LEAGUE …VAIL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Health+5 more: $80,000 · Health+5 moreJAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION: $295,000 · EnvironmentJAMES RIVER AS…BOTANICAL GARDEN OF THE PIEDMONT: $250,000 · EnvironmentBOTANICAL GARD…PATHFINDERS FOR GREENWAY INC: $175,000 · EnvironmentPATHFINDERS FO…LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $165,000 · EnvironmentLEWIS GINTER B…CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BAY…THE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA: $52,500 · Environment+13 more: $220,500 · Environment+13 moreChildren's Museum of Richmond: $250,000 · Arts & CultureTAUBMAN MUSEUM OF ART: $107,500 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $100,000 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Arts & CultureBLUE RIDGE PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureSHIRLEY PLANTATION FOUNDATION: $35,000 · Arts & CultureTHE VALENTINE MUSEUM: $35,000 · Arts & CultureGRANDIN THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureSCIENCE MUSEUM OF WESTERN VIRGINIA: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $75,500 · Arts & CultureWESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION: $216,000 · Human ServicesSHALOM FARMSINC: $40,000 · Human ServicesPRESBYTERIAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $35,000 · Human ServicesPATRICK HENRY FAMILY SERVICES INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN: $15,000 · Human Services+2 more: $15,000 · Human ServicesRESTORATION HOUSING INC: $120,000 · Housing & ShelterNANTUCKET SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterRenovation Alliance Inc: $15,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$3,372,580Education$2,580,499Health$1,450,000Environment$1,233,000Arts & Culture$748,000Human Services$346,000Housing & Shelter$150,000

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 budgetNorth Cross School: $1,670,000 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetCarilion Clinic: $1,000,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTHE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA: $325,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetJAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION: $295,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetBOTANICAL GARDEN OF THE PIEDMONT: $250,000 over 1y, 51% of budgetChildren's Museum of Richmond: $250,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOL: $245,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetWESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION: $216,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetLEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $165,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetSHELTERING ARMS FOUNDATION: $135,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetRoanoke Area Ministries: $125,000 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetNORTHSTAR ACADEMY INC: $125,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetSt Andrew's School: $124,999 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetRESTORATION HOUSING INC: $120,000 over 4y, 8.9% of budgetTAUBMAN MUSEUM OF ART: $107,500 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $105,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN HOSPICE INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVIRGINIA LEAGUE FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD INCORPORATED: $85,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBRADLEY FREE CLINIC OF ROANOKE VALLEY INC: $65,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO RICHMOND: $60,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA: $52,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $50,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetVAIL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL D-DAY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetPGA TOUR CHARITIES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBLUE RIDGE PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $45,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetJACKSON HOLE LAND TRUST: $41,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSHALOM FARMSINC: $40,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $35,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetLAND SAVERS UNITED: $35,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetSCENIC VIRGINIA INC: $35,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetSHIRLEY PLANTATION FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 7y, 15% of budgetTHE VALENTINE MUSEUM: $35,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetOrange Free Clinic Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S TRUST FOUNDATION ROANOKE VALLEY INC: $26,995 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetGRANDIN THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetAddy Grace Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetSCIENCE MUSEUM OF WESTERN VIRGINIA: $25,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetPATRICK HENRY FAMILY SERVICES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHARRISON MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE: $20,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetBLACK HISTORY MUSEUM & CLT CTR: $20,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetMEDICAL COLLEGE OF VA FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE 500 YEAR FOREST FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetVALLEY CONSERVATION COUNCIL: $15,500 over 2y, 2.1% 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 North Cross School ↗
  • Who funds Carilion Clinic ↗
  • Who funds THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA ↗
  • Who funds JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds BOTANICAL GARDEN OF THE PIEDMONT ↗
  • Who funds Children's Museum of Richmond ↗
  • Who funds ANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds WESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PATHFINDERS FOR GREENWAY INC ↗
  • Who funds LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds SHELTERING ARMS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Roanoke Area Ministries ↗
  • Who funds NORTHSTAR ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds St Andrew's School ↗
  • Who funds RESTORATION HOUSING INC ↗
  • Who funds TAUBMAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA LEAGUE FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BRADLEY FREE CLINIC OF ROANOKE VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO RICHMOND ↗
  • Who funds THE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds ST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VAIL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL D-DAY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PGA TOUR CHARITIES 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.

The Community Foundat…The Mary Morton Parso…Richard S Reynolds Fo…Community Foundation …Tesco FoundationRobert G Cabell III a…Robins FoundationVirginia Sargeant Rey…Herndon FoundationDominion Energy Chari…Commonwealth Foundati…Shelton H Short Jr Tr…
The Community Foundation IncVA55.3× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia · Tesco Foundation · Robert G Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation · Robins Foundation · Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation · Herndon Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Commonwealth Foundations · Shelton H Short Jr Trust

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 Beirne Carter Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Beirne Carter Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Lawrence Memorial Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
27report 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.

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 110 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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