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The Capa Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$9k
Granted FY2026still arriving
9
Grants FY2026still arriving
1
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$57kArts & Culture$28kEducation$5kEnvironment$3kHealth$2kAnimals$950Human Services$500Public Benefit$425Other$0
02FY2026 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100
Median grant
1
States reached
$18k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH$8,175
FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY$250
HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION$250
VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS$105
VIRGINIA BEACH SPCA$100
CAPITAL TREES$100
ST JAMES CHILDREN'S CENTER$100
RICHMOND SPCA$100
ST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL$100
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 (FY18–19, $400) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%WESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION: $300 → 9%WESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION: $100 → 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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$104k · 29 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +103% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2026, 21 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
27

Total granted

$104k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+103%
+31%

Still filing today

69%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesAnimalsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • VH
    VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    6× · 2017–2025 · $3k · revenue +103%
  • HR
    HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2026 · $2k · revenue +52%
  • TV
    THE VALENTINE MUSEUM
    5× · 2017–2022 · $2k · revenue +176%

Funded once

  • M
    MEDARVA
    one grant, 2021 · $300
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $250
  • VM
    VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF HIOSTORY AND CULTURE
    one grant, 2023 · $250
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
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
2
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
3
Virginia Tech Foundation Inc

Virginia tech foundation, inc. (vtf) is a virginia nonstock corporation established in 1948 for the sole purpose of managing virginia tech's endowment to advance virginia tech's mission and its strategic priorities.

Education
4
Community Memorial Hospital

To provide excellence in the delivery of healthcare.

Health
5
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
6
Virginia War Memorial Foundation Inc

To promote and raise funds for the virginia war memorial, a state agency of virginia, which was created for the purpose of honoring patriotic virginians who rendered faithful service and sacrifice in the cause of freedom and liberty for…

Arts & Culture
7
William & Mary Foundation

The William & Mary Foundation advances the university's highest aspirations by securing private support, guiding a multi-asset investment portfolio, and offering strategic leadership. In this work, we propel the university toward national…

Education
8
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
9
Vcu Health Tappahannock Hospital

To deliver important healthcare services with exceptional quality and patient-centered care.

Health
10
University of Virginia Law School Foundation

The university of virginia law school foundation's primary purpose is to receive, manage and expend funds for the benefit of the university of virginia school of law.

Education
11
Association for the Preservation of Va Antiquities

To preserve, promote and serve as an advocate for virginia's irreplaceable historic places for cultural, economic and educational benefits for everyone.

Arts & Culture
12
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Historic Richmond Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Gateway Homes 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

31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 57 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
24/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $64,660 · OtherST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCHVA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $15,300 · OtherVA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS+32 more: $6,375 · Other+32 moreTHE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MUSEUM: $2,996 · Arts & CultureTHE AMERICAN…VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2,500 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA HIS…HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION: $2,150 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC RIC…THE VALENTINE MUSEUM: $1,700 · Arts & CultureTHE VALENTIN…NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE COMM OF VA: $1,225 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL SOC…VIRGINIA REPERTORY THEATRE: $750 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA REP…+1 more: $240 · Arts & CultureST JAMES'S CHILDREN'S CENTER: $1,600 · EducationST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $1,500 · EducationHOLLINS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION: $450 · EducationST CATHERINE'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $400 · EducationVMI Foundation: $350 · Education+2 more: $200 · EducationFRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY: $1,250 · EnvironmentSCENIC VIRGINIA INC: $700 · EnvironmentCAPITAL TREES: $700 · EnvironmentTHE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA INC: $400 · EnvironmentRICHMOND EYE AND EAR FOUNDATION: $700 · PhilanthropyVIRGINIA BEACH SPCA: $600 · AnimalsRICHMOND SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $100 · AnimalsWESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION: $400 · Human ServicesHONOR FLIGHT INC: $100 · Human Services
Other$86,335Arts & Culture$11,561Education$4,500Environment$3,050Philanthropy$700Animals$700Human Services$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 budgetTHE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MUSEUM: $2,996 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION: $2,150 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE VALENTINE MUSEUM: $1,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetST JAMES'S CHILDREN'S CENTER: $1,600 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY: $1,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE COMM OF VA: $1,225 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVIRGINIA REPERTORY THEATRE: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRICHMOND EYE AND EAR FOUNDATION: $700 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSCENIC VIRGINIA INC: $700 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCAPITAL TREES: $700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA BEACH SPCA: $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHOLLINS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION: $450 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetST CATHERINE'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA INC: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVMI Foundation: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Virginia Home: $225 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JHW FOUNDATION INC: $200 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCARITAS: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGATEWAY HOMES INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEADERSHIP METRO RICHMOND: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDICAL COLLEGE OF VA FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JOHN'S CHURCH FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOLLING HAXALL HOUSE FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHONOR FLIGHT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $25 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 THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE VALENTINE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds ST JAMES'S CHILDREN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE COMM OF VA ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA REPERTORY THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds RICHMOND EYE AND EAR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SCENIC VIRGINIA INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL TREES ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA BEACH SPCA ↗
  • Who funds HOLLINS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds ST CATHERINE'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA INC ↗
  • Who funds VMI Foundation ↗
  • Who funds VPM MEDIA CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds The Virginia Home ↗
  • Who funds THE JHW FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CARITAS ↗

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…Richard S Reynolds Fo…The Mary Morton Parso…Tesco FoundationRobins FoundationThe Mraz Charitable T…Ruth Camp and Henry C…Virginia Sargeant Rey…The Ruth Camp Campbel…Wilbur Moreland Haven…The Beirne Carter Fou…The William H - John …
The Community Foundation IncVA40.8× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Tesco Foundation · Robins Foundation · The Mraz Charitable Trust · Ruth Camp and Henry Campbell Fdn · Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation · The Ruth Camp Campbell Foundation Inc · Wilbur Moreland Havens Charitable Foundation · The Beirne Carter Foundation · The William H - John G - Emma Scott 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 Capa Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Capa Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 57 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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