Virginia · Public charity
The Closet of the Greater Herndon Area Inc
A thrift shop that sells donated items and donates its net revenue to various charities and gives scholarships to local high schools that choose the recipients
- $238k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $105k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $33,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 32
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations The Closet of the Greater Herndon Area Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $105k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 28 | $133k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 32 | $147k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $87k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $128k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $20k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $91k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $88k | 77% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herndon-Reston FISH Inc | $174,200 | 9 | 4% |
| Cornerstones Inc | $54,250 | 8 | 0% |
| All Ages Read Together | $52,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Family Preservation and Strengthening Services | $38,700 | 6 | 2% |
| Britepaths Inc | $36,300 | 8 | 0% |
| Shelter House Inc | $33,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Herndon Village Network | $23,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Pathway Homes Inc | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Stroke Comeback Center | $22,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Food for Neighbors | $22,000 | 5 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
The Closet of the Greater Herndon Area Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · The Jv Schiro Zavela Foundation · Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties · Van Metre Companies Foundation Inc · Nelson J & Katherine Friant Post Foundation · Alloy Family Foundation Inc · Ada L and Albert M Wibel Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Latino Economic Development Corporation
How this is measured
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About The Closet of the Greater Herndon Area Inc
- How much does The Closet of the Greater Herndon Area Inc give?
- The Closet of the Greater Herndon Area Inc reported 9 itemized grants totaling $105,000, out of $238,150 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Closet of the Greater Herndon Area Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (39%), Housing & Shelter (18%), Education (11%).
- Who are The Closet of the Greater Herndon Area Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Herndon-Reston FISH Inc ($174k), Cornerstones Inc ($54k), All Ages Read Together ($53k).
- Does The Closet of the Greater Herndon Area Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Closet of the Greater Herndon Area Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc, Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, United Way of the National Capital Area.
- Where is The Closet of the Greater Herndon Area Inc based?
- The Closet of the Greater Herndon Area Inc is based in VA.
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