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The Burke & Herbert Bank Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
112
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2024–2025.

Health$194kArts & Culture$175kHuman Services$114kHousing & Shelter$107kFood & Nutrition$98kRecreation & Sports$68kCommunity Improvement$66kReligion$58kOther$0
02FY2025 · 112 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k69 grants · $281k
  • $10k–50k39 grants · $518k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $225k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$5.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
POTOMAC HIGHLANDS MENTAL HEALTH GUILD INC$75,000
WHAT IS YOUR VOICE INC$50,000
THE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION$50,000
MCCOY-MCMECHEN MUSEUM INC$50,000
VALLEY VIEW GOLF UNITED INCORPORATED$34,000
CHANNEL MARKER INC$25,000
JK COMMUNITY FARM$25,000
CADCO FOUNDATION INC$25,000
BEN AND ESTHER ROSENBLOOM HILLEL CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE AT UNIVERSITY OF MD$25,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF HARDY COUNTY$25,000
CAMP PADDY RUN INC$22,000
MERCY HOUSE INC$15,000
OCEANA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$15,000
PETERSBURG VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY$14,760
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HARRISONBURG$12,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY24–25, $102k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%THE STEP SISTERS: $3k → 4%CONNECT OUR KIDS: $2k → 4%BAKHITA KIDS: $2k → 6%NEW CREATION VA INC: $5k → 11%HARDY COUNTY COMMITTEE ON AGING INC: $10k → 13%SEED SOWER INC: $10k → 20%CHILDLAW SERVICES INC: $10k → 21%ALICES KIDS INC: $3k → 6%RECOVER HOPE INC: $5k → 7%LITTLE HANDS VIRGINIA INC: $5k → 9%BEYOND BOUNDARIES: $5k → 22%DELMARVA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $5k → 15%LOISANN'S HOPE HOUSE: $3k → 15%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (7015): $5k → 19%WEST VIRGINIA CHILD ABUSE NETWORK INC: $5k → 18%TOGETHER WE BAKE: $10k → 9%LOISANN'S HOPE HOUSE: $3k → 15%HARDY COUNTY CHILD CARE CENTER INC: $5k → 13%CORNERSTONES INC: $3k → 6%THE CAMPAGNA CENTER INC: $5k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
Habitat for Humanity Virginia

Habitat for Humanity Virginia provides support to Virginia affiliates so that they can build or facilitate affordable housing by offering advocacy, organizational development, funding, and resource development

Housing & Shelter
3
Wv Helping Hands
Human Services
4
Ywca of Central Virginia

The ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, dignity, and freedom for all.

Human Services
5
West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition

Work to improve the health of children and families in west virginia through leadership. to provide a forum for diverse organizations to discuss, coordinate and collaborate on issues that improve the health and well-being of west virginia…

Health
6
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
7
Communityworks in West Virginia Inc

Communityworks in west virignia (cwwv) creates housing and community development solutions for all west virginians through a network of member organizations. cwwv carries out its mission by providing effective training and technical…

Housing & Shelter
8
Virginia Community Food Connections

Our mission is to ensure the availability, access, and affordability of locally produced food by connecting local farmers and all members of the community through programs, awareness, and advocacy.

Food & Nutrition
9
Mountainheart

Mountainheart community services, inc. provides services to the low income and elderly citizens of west virginia through head start, child care, right from the start, weatherization, birth to three and in-home care programs.

Community Improvement
10
GoochlandCares

GoochlandCares (GC) provides basic human services for local individuals who need help with healthcare, housing, food, clothing, and domestic violence services, providing a safety net for 2,135 Goochland residents and their families in 2024.

Health
11
Transitions Family Violence Services

The mission of transitions family violence services (tfvs) is to build safe and healthy families on the virginia peninsula by providing services to adult and child victims of domestic violence and human trafficking. we work to increase…

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12
The Haven At First and Market Inc

The haven provides a safe and welcoming space for the homeless and very poor in charlottesville, virginia area by supprting individuals and families as they pursue stability through connections to resources and creative housing…

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Center for Alexandria's Children and the most unlike its peers is Mccoy-Mcmechen Museum Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity Arts OrganizationsUrban Agriculture & Food Ac…Domestic Violence Crisis Se…Community Health CentersChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Jewish Community FederationsYmca Community CentersYouth Development CentersAffordable Housing Developm…Affordable Housing Developm…Senior Support ServicesIndependent K-8 SchoolsAnimal Rescue and AdoptionChild and Family ServicesVolunteer Fire DepartmentsPregnancy Support ServicesLand Conservation Organizat…Cancer Support OrganizationsElementary Literacy TutoringDevelopmental Disabilities …Food Pantries & AssistanceSubstance Abuse TreatmentRotary Club Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 21 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%16%<5yr14%12%5–10yr19%17%10–20yr16%23%20–35yr13%24%35–55yr16%8%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%17%<5yr14%10%5–10yr19%16%10–20yr16%18%20–35yr13%33%35–55yr16%5%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 16% of your grantees by number, and just 17% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%2/115
the rest of the field
13%
240,394/1,819,450

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

98 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 98 of the 119 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
97/98
Grantees still filing
31/98
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MCCOY-MCMECHEN MUSEUM INC — $50,000 · OtherMCCOY-MCMECHEN MUSEUM INCVALLEY VIEW GOLF UNITED INCORPORATED — $34,000 · OtherVALLEY VIEW GOLF UNITED INCORPORATEDBEN AND ESTHER ROSENBLOOM HILLEL CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE AT UNIVERSITY OF MD — $25,000 · OtherCAMP PADDY RUN INC — $22,000 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY OF HARDY COUNTY INC — $25,000 · Other+57 more — $337,010 · Other+57 morePOTOMAC HIGHLANDS MENTAL HEALTH GUILD INC — $75,000 · HealthPOTOMAC HIGHLANDS ME…WHAT IS YOUR VOICE INC — $50,000 · HealthWHAT IS YOUR VOICE I…CHANNEL MARKER INC — $25,000 · HealthCHANNEL MARKER INCREA OF HOPE FELLOWSHIP HOME INC — $10,000 · HealthEASTERN REGIONAL FAMILY RESOURCE NETWORK INC — $7,500 · Health+7 more — $29,000 · Health+7 moreOPEN DOORS INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesOPEN DOORS I…THE LAUREL CENTER INTERVENTION FOR DOMESTIC & SEXUAL VIOLENCE — $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE LAUREL C…CHILDLAW SERVICES INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesCHILDLAW SER…Together We Bake — $10,000 · Human ServicesTogether We …HARDY COUNTY COMMITTEE ON AGING INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesHARDY COUNTY…SEED SOWER INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesSEED SOWER I…LOISANN'S HOPE HOUSE — $5,000 · Human ServicesDELMARVA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesBEYOND BOUNDARIES — $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE CAMPAGNA CENTER INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesHardy County Child Care Center Inc — $5,000 · Human ServicesWEST VIRGINIA CHILD ABUSE NETWORK INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesNEW CREATION VA INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesLITTLE HANDS VIRGINIA INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesRecover Hope Inc — $5,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (7015) — $5,000 · Human Services+5 more — $11,500 · Human Services+5 moreTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION — $50,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MOUNT …BLUEFIELD ARTS AND REVITALIZATION CORPORATION — $25,000 · Arts & CultureBLUEFIELD …WASHINGTON HERITAGE MUSEUMS — $10,000 · Arts & CultureWASHINGTON…WYTHEVILLE TRAINING SCHOOL CULTURAL CENTER INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureWYTHEVILLE…Alexandria Seaport Foundation — $5,000 · Arts & CultureTAMARACK FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 · Arts & CultureJK COMMUNITY FARM — $25,000 · Food & NutritionMIDSHORE MEALS TIL MONDAY INC — $10,000 · Food & NutritionFREDERICKSBURG REGIONAL FOOD BANK — $10,000 · Food & NutritionAARONS PLACE INC — $10,000 · Food & NutritionITMANN FOOD BANK — $10,000 · Food & NutritionMOUNTAINEER FOOD BANK INC — $5,000 · Food & NutritionHOPE DISTRIBUTED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $5,000 · Food & NutritionHELPING OVERCOME POVERTY'S EXISTENCE IN — $20,000 · Housing & ShelterBETTER HOUSING COALITION — $10,000 · Housing & ShelterCommunity Lodgings Inc — $10,000 · Housing & ShelterREAL LIFE — $8,000 · Housing & ShelterGods Way Home Inc — $5,000 · Housing & ShelterHIS HOPE MINISTRIES INC — $5,000 · Housing & ShelterCADCO FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 · Community ImprovementOCEANA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC — $15,000 · Community ImprovementADULT CARE CENTER OF THE NORTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY — $5,000 · Community ImprovementTHE 516 PROJECT INC — $5,000 · Community ImprovementCITY OF MULLENS FOUNDATION INC — $2,500 · Community Improvement
Other$493,010Health$196,500Human Services$121,500Arts & Culture$105,000Food & Nutrition$75,000Housing & Shelter$58,000Community Improvement$52,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPOTOMAC HIGHLANDS MENTAL HEALTH GUILD INC — $75,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWHAT IS YOUR VOICE INC — $50,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetBLUEFIELD ARTS AND REVITALIZATION CORPORATION — $25,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetCHANNEL MARKER INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF HARDY COUNTY INC — $25,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetBEN AND ESTHER ROSENBLOOM HILLEL CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE AT UNIVERSITY OF MD — $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHELPING OVERCOME POVERTY'S EXISTENCE IN — $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOCEANA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC — $15,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HARRISONBURG — $12,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMIDSHORE MEALS TIL MONDAY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetOPEN DOORS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBETTER HOUSING COALITION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCORNERSTONE CRAFTSMAN INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCommunity Lodgings Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE LAUREL CENTER INTERVENTION FOR DOMESTIC & SEXUAL VIOLENCE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetREA OF HOPE FELLOWSHIP HOME INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFREDERICKSBURG REGIONAL FOOD BANK — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCATE FAIRFAX — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAARONS PLACE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR ALEXANDRIA'S CHILDREN — $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWYTHEVILLE TRAINING SCHOOL CULTURAL CENTER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetITMANN FOOD BANK — $10,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetGREATER FREDERICKSBURG HABITAT FOR HUMANITY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSOUTHERN HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKANAWHA-CHARLESTON HUMANE ASSOCIATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOakwood Services International Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVIRGINIA DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION — $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE RICHMOND KIWANIS FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetEASTERN SHORE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER INC — $8,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVALLEY INTERFAITH ACTION — $7,500 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetEASTERN REGIONAL FAMILY RESOURCE NETWORK INC — $7,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMilford Advocacy for the Homeless — $6,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetCHILD PROTECT OF MERCER COUNTY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLOISANN'S HOPE HOUSE — $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWildfowl Trust Of North America Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAlexandria Seaport Foundation — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBEYOND BOUNDARIES — $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE CAMPAGNA CENTER INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGods Way Home Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHardy County Child Care Center Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA CHILD ABUSE NETWORK INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHIS HOPE MINISTRIES INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLITTLE HANDS VIRGINIA INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPARTNERS IN CARE MARYLAND INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRecover Hope Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetHIGHLAND MEDICAL CENTER INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALEXANDRIA TUTORING CONSORTIUM INC — $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (7015) — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Dominion Energy Chari…The Greater Kanawha V…The Community Foundat…American Woodmark Fou…Act for AlexandriaMid Shore Community F…Dock Street FoundationThe Community Foundat…Truist West Virginia …Encova Foundation of …The Community Foundat…Truist Foundation Inc
Dominion Energy Charitable FoundationVA30.4× affinity20 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation · The Community Foundation Inc · American Woodmark Foundation Inc · Act for Alexandria · Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc · Dock Street Foundation · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Truist West Virginia Foundation Inc · Encova Foundation of West Virginia · The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County · Truist Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Burke & Herbert Bank Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 27%
  • Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship Center Inc — 79% of income from government
  • Partners in Care Maryland Inc — 40% of income from government
  • What Is Your Voice Inc — 27% of income from government
  • St Michaels Community Center Inc — 20% of income from government
  • Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore Inc — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
36report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 119 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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the interactive map of money crossing state lines