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The Community Foundation of the Northern Shenandoah Valley

The community foundation enhances the quality of life in winchester and the northern shenandoah valley of virginia by inspiring philanthropy and civic engagement, empowering donors and community partners and providing stewardship of community resources.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$254k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$641kAnimals$497kHealth$385kPublic Benefit$350kEducation$278kArts & Culture$255kHuman Services$181kFood & Nutrition$127kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 24 grants below total $991,639, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,240,172 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $248,533 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $62k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $156k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $269k
  • $250k+2 grants · $504k
$11,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WARREN COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC$254,359
LEASHES OF VALOR$250,000
SPECIAL LOVE$104,096
SAMUELS PUBLIC LIBRARY$63,006
BLUE RIDGE WILDLIFE CENTER$51,400
BARNS OF ROSE HILL$50,784
POWHATAN SCHOOL CO AMY SLUSS$35,000
CHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION$30,000
WARREN COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT$25,000
FRONT ROYAL WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER$12,892
ST LUKE COMMUNITY CLINIC$12,000
SALVATION ARMY FRONT ROYAL$11,000
HANDUPLOANS$10,000
PEACEFUL FIELDS SANCTUARY$10,000
SERENITY FARM VIRGINIA$10,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–25, $87k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 5%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 5%OPERATION WARM: $17k → 6%OPERATION WARM: $15k → 6%FRONT ROYAL WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $17k → 10%FRONT ROYAL WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $13k → 10%PHOENIX PROJECT: $11k → 10%FOUNDATION FOR REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT & ENDOWMENT: $8k → 16%FRONT ROYAL WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $6k → 10%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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 28 repeat orgs$395k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
21

Total granted

$2.6M
$301k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
-2%

Still filing today

93%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $94k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsEducationArts & CultureHousing & 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

  • WC
    Warren County Habitat for Humanity
    2× · 2024–2025 · $509k · revenue ×47 · 34% of their budget
  • BO
    BARNS OF ROSE HILL
    5× · 2021–2025 · $244k · revenue +21%
  • BR
    BLUE RIDGE WILDLIFE CENTER
    2× · 2022–2025 · $154k · revenue +88%

Funded once

  • FV
    FORT VALLEY VOL FIRE DEPT INC
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -24% · 34% of their budget
  • FC
    FREDERICK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2017 · $35k
  • WC
    WARREN COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH COALITION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -22%
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
Warwick Valley Humane Society Inc

Operation of Animal Shelter

Animals
2
Windham County Humane Society

Windham County Humane Society is dedicated to ensuring the safety and well being of animals, as well as enhancing the relationship between individuals and pets through adoption, education, advocacy, compassion and promotion of animal…

Animals
3
Warren-Vance Community Health Center Inc

The clinic provides primary healthcare in a spirit of compassion to limited income persons who are without adequate health insurance benefits in warren and vance counties, north carolina.

Health
4
Vermont Companion Animal Neutering Inc

Provide low-cost spay and neuter services to low-income and homeless animals to reduce pet overpopulation.

Animals
5
Free Clinic of Franklin County Inc

The free clinic of franklin county, inc is founded on the belief that everyone should have access to quality, affordable, primary health care regardless of their socio-economic or insurance status.

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6
Wayne County Humane Society

Finding committed, permanent homes for companion animals in our community; measurably reducing companion animal overpopulation; educating and promoting humane values.

Animals
7
Franklin County Humane Society

Franklin County Humane Society dba Franklin County Animal Rescue (FCAR)promotes the health, welfare, and humane treatment of animal in Northwestern Vermont and provides temporary shelter for them with the goal of finding them good,…

Animals
8
Humane Association of Warren County -Ohio

To partner with the community to eliminate and prevent cruelty, neglect and homelessness, in order to achieve humane care and quality of life for all companion animals.

Animals
9
Williams County Humane Society

To spay and neuter animals and provide shelter

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10
Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center of Roanoke Inc

SWVA Wildlife Center's mission is to conserve Virginia's wildlife through rehabilitation and release while teaching care and respect of native species. We advocate for the protection of wildlife and wild places to ensure these magnificent…

Animals
11
The Washington County Humane Society Inc

Rescue and care for stray or unwanted animals.

Animals
12
The Wildlife Center of Virginia

Treatment and rehabilitation of ill or injured wild animals and educational programs for various environmental issues.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Barns of Rose Hill; the most unlike its peers is 1455 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 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)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/44
Grantees still filing
28/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Warren County Habitat for Humanity: $509,359 · OtherWarren County Habitat for HumanitySHENANDOAH AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $59,446 · OtherCONGREGATIONAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECT INC: $49,829 · OtherPROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: $45,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $43,250 · OtherOperation Warm Inc: $55,584 · OtherFORT VALLEY VOL FIRE DEPT INC: $100,000 · OtherFORT VALLEY VOL FIRE DEPT INCWINCHESTER AREA TEMPORARY THERMAL SHELTER INC: $47,494 · Other+22 more: $294,212 · Other+22 moreSPECIAL LOVE INC: $204,096 · HealthSPECIAL LOVE IN…ST LUKE COMMUNITY CLINIC INC: $45,500 · HealthST LUKE COMMUNI…LEARY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $40,644 · HealthLEARY EDUCATION…ABBACARE INC: $32,500 · HealthABBACARE INCCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $30,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S TUMO…WARREN COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH COALITION INC: $25,000 · HealthWARREN COUNTY C…DR TERRY SINCLAIR HEALTH CLINIC INC: $19,900 · Health+1 more: $5,000 · HealthLEASHES OF VALOR: $350,000 · Public BenefitLEASHES OF VAL…HIGHLAND FOOD PANTRY: $41,780 · Public BenefitHIGHLAND FOOD …Peaceful Fields Sanctuary Corporation: $119,500 · AnimalsPeaceful Fie…HUMANE SOCIETY OF WARREN COUNTY INC: $107,736 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIE…SERENITY FARM VIRGINIA: $100,000 · AnimalsSERENITY FAR…+2 more: $15,700 · AnimalsBARNS OF ROSE HILL: $243,851 · Arts & CultureBARNS OF …+3 more: $18,693 · Arts & Culture+3 moreSAMUELS LIBRARY INCORPORATED: $84,506 · EducationPOWHATAN SCHOOL INC: $78,000 · EducationLITERACY VOLUNTEERS - WINCHESTER AREA INC: $55,974 · EducationFREMONT STREET NURSERY: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $6,000 · EducationBLUE RIDGE WILDLIFE CENTER: $154,300 · PhilanthropyWarren County Educational Endowment Inc: $7,073 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC: $6,507 · Philanthropy
Other$1,204,174Health$402,640Public Benefit$391,780Animals$342,936Arts & Culture$262,544Education$234,480Philanthropy$167,880

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 budgetWarren County Habitat for Humanity: $509,359 over 2y, 34% of budgetLEASHES OF VALOR: $350,000 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetBARNS OF ROSE HILL: $243,851 over 5y, 9.0% of budgetSPECIAL LOVE INC: $204,096 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetBLUE RIDGE WILDLIFE CENTER: $154,300 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetPeaceful Fields Sanctuary Corporation: $119,500 over 3y, 58% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF WARREN COUNTY INC: $107,736 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetSERENITY FARM VIRGINIA: $100,000 over 3y, 58% of budgetFORT VALLEY VOL FIRE DEPT INC: $100,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetSAMUELS LIBRARY INCORPORATED: $84,506 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetPOWHATAN SCHOOL INC: $78,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSHENANDOAH AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $59,446 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetLITERACY VOLUNTEERS - WINCHESTER AREA INC: $55,974 over 7y, 5.2% of budgetOperation Warm Inc: $55,584 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCONGREGATIONAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECT INC: $49,829 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetWINCHESTER AREA TEMPORARY THERMAL SHELTER INC: $47,494 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetST LUKE COMMUNITY CLINIC INC: $45,500 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetHIGHLAND FOOD PANTRY: $41,780 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetLEARY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $40,644 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FRONT ROYAL WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER INC: $36,404 over 3y, 26% of budgetABBACARE INC: $32,500 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetWARREN COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH COALITION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetWINCHESTER RESCUE MISSION: $22,017 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetWINCHESTER DAY NURSERY INC: $20,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetDR TERRY SINCLAIR HEALTH CLINIC INC: $19,900 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBLUE RIDGE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $17,736 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPHOENIX PROJECT INC: $11,200 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetISLAND WORKFORCE HOUSING: $11,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetFRONT ROYAL - WARREN COUNTY C-CAP: $10,731 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSPCA OF WINCHESTER FREDERICK AND CLARKE COUNTIES: $10,700 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFREMONT STREET NURSERY: $10,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTHE LAUREL CENTER INTERVENTION FOR DOMESTIC & SEXUAL VIOLENCE: $8,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFREE FOUNDATION FOR REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT & ENDOWMENT: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budget1455 INC: $7,443 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC: $6,507 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGEWATER COLLEGE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GLASS-GLEN BURNIE MUSEUM INC: $5,950 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHENANDOAH VALLEY DISCOVERY MUSEUM INC: $5,300 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR DENTAL AESTHETICS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% 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.

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.

American Woodmark Fou…United Way of Norther…The Bank of Clarke Co…The Community Foundat…John L Harrell & Marg…The Clara Weiss FundAndrew U Ferrari Foun…The Woltz-Winchester …Valley Health SystemShingleton TuwWindcrest Foundation …The Monford D and Luc…
American Woodmark Foundation IncVA48.9× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Woodmark Foundation Inc · United Way of Northern Shenandoah Valley Inc · The Bank of Clarke County Foundation · The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County · John L Harrell & Margaret T Harrell Charitable Trust C/O First Bank Trustee · The Clara Weiss Fund · Andrew U Ferrari Foundation · The Woltz-Winchester Foundation · Valley Health System · Shingleton Tuw · Windcrest Foundation Inc · The Monford D and Lucy L Custer 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 Community Foundation of the Northern Shenandoah Valley funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Community Foundation of the Northern Shenandoah Valley. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report 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 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 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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