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The Harry D Forsyth Foundation at a glance

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The Harry D Forsyth Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$58k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Human Services$59kRecreation & Sports$45kEducation$40kArts & Culture$34kInternational$34kCrime & Legal$27kYouth Development$25kHousing & Shelter$22kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VIRGINIA ORGANIZING FOR BELOVED COMMUNITY CVILLE$7,250
LYNCHBURG DAILY BREAD$7,000
BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOUNDATION$7,000
GREATER LYNCHBURG HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$5,000
HAITI MISSION FOUNDATION$5,000
RICHMOND CYCLING CORPS$5,000
POLLEN INITIATIVE$5,000
ACADEMY CENTER OF THE ARTS$5,000
HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION$3,500
VIRGINIA CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS$2,500
WASHINGTON & LEE UNIVERSITY$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,000
BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 46% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%PARKVIEW COMMUNITY MISSION: $5k → 13%ELIZABETH'S EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $5k → 8%ELIZABETH'S EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $5k → 8%PARKVIEW COMMUNITY MISSION: $4k → 13%PARKVIEW COMMUNITY MISSION: $2k → 13%ELIZABETH'S EARLLING LEARNING CENTER: $3k → 8%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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$301k · 26 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
13

Total granted

$301k
$48k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+41%

Still filing today

73%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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
Recreation & SportsEducationHealthHuman ServicesInternationalCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • CK
    Camp Kum-Ba-Yah Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $30k · revenue +509%
  • HM
    HAITI MISSION FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $24k · revenue +9%
  • VC
    VIRGINIA CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS
    6× · 2019–2025 · $19k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • JF
    JUBILEE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT
    one grant, 2024 · $6k
  • VA
    VISUAL ARTS CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • LC
    LYNCHBURG CITY SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +41%
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 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
2
Disability Law Center of Virginia

Dlcv's mission is to advance independence, choice and self-determination; protect legal, human, and civil rights; and eliminate abuse, neglect and discrimination of people with disabilities through zealous and uncompromising legal advocacy…

Human Services
3
Legal Aid Justice Center

The legal aid justice center partners with communities and clients to achieve justice by dismantling systems that create and perpetuate poverty.

Crime & Legal
4
Voices for Virginia's Children

The mission of voices for virginia's children is to champion public policies and legislation that achieve positive and equitable outcomes for young people.

Civil Rights
5
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
6
Lynchburg Covenant Fellowship Incorporated

Provision of safe and affordable housing.

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7
University of Lynchburg

The mission of the University is to inspire independent thinkers who become trustworthy, effective leaders that shape caring communities. The vision of the University of Lynchburg is to cultivate a world that is innovative, authentic, and…

Education
8
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
9
Virginia Foundation for Agriculture Innovation and Rural Sustainability

To assist rural virginians in developing and advancing their agricultural, economic and social interests to enhance their quality of life.

Environment
10
Fauquier Community Food Bank & Thrift Store

To fight hunger in fauquier county by providing our neighbors in need with nourishing food and encouraging self-sufficiency through vibrant community partnerships

Food & Nutrition
11
Virginia Community Action Partnership Inc

Virginia community action partnership (vacap) is the statewide membership association for virginia's thirty-one non-profit and public community action agencies. vacaps mission is to build the capacity and competencies of virginias…

Human Services
12
Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry Inc

Loaves & fishes provides nourishing food with respect and dignity to all who seek assistance, while offering robust opportunities for community engagement through volunteerism, partnerships, and nutrition education.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Pollen Initiative. 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

35 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. 35 of the 43 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/35
Grantees still filing
23/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $16,500 · OtherLEGAL AID SOCIETYGIRL SCOUTS OF VIRGINIA SKYLINE COUNCIL INC: $15,000 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS OF VIRGINIA SKYLINE COUNCIL INCJUBILEE FAMILY CENTER: $8,500 · OtherJUBILEE FAMILY CENTERIndividual grant recipient: $7,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $7,000 · OtherLCS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $7,000 · OtherJUBILEE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT: $6,000 · OtherVIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC: $15,250 · OtherVIRGINIA ORGANIZING INCLYNCHBURG DAILY BREAD INC: $12,000 · OtherLYNCHBURG DAILY BREAD INCBLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOUNDATION: $7,000 · OtherINTERFAITH OUTREACH ASSOCIATION: $6,000 · Other+14 more: $45,500 · Other+14 moreBEACON OF HOPE INC: $26,000 · Human ServicesBEACON OF HOPE …ELIZABETH'S EARLY LEARNING CENTER INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesELIZABETH'S EAR…PARK VIEW COMMUNITY MISSION INC: $10,500 · Human ServicesPARK VIEW COMMU…Camp Kum-Ba-Yah Inc: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsCamp Kum-Ba-Ya…PEOPLE CYCLE INC: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsPEOPLE CYCLE I…+1 more: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsVIRGINIA CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS: $19,050 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA CEN…ACADEMY CENTER OF THE ARTS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureACADEMY CENT…Pollen Initiative: $10,000 · Arts & CulturePollen Initi…HAITI MISSION FOUNDATION: $24,000 · InternationalHAITI MISS…GLEANING FOR THE WORLD INC: $7,500 · InternationalGLEANING F…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,500 · InternationalMEDECINS S…GREATER LYNCHBURG HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $12,000 · Housing & ShelterMIRIAM'S HOUSE INC: $7,500 · Housing & ShelterTHE HAVEN INC: $2,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 · EducationWashington and Lee University: $7,500 · EducationMOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $5,000 · Education
Other$152,750Human Services$49,000Recreation & Sports$46,000Arts & Culture$39,050International$34,000Housing & Shelter$21,500Education$21,500

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 budgetCamp Kum-Ba-Yah Inc: $30,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetHAITI MISSION FOUNDATION: $24,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetVIRGINIA CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS: $19,050 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetVIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC: $15,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF VIRGINIA SKYLINE COUNCIL INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPEOPLE CYCLE INC: $15,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetELIZABETH'S EARLY LEARNING CENTER INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLYNCHBURG DAILY BREAD INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGREATER LYNCHBURG HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPARK VIEW COMMUNITY MISSION INC: $10,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetACADEMY CENTER OF THE ARTS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPollen Initiative: $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGLEANING FOR THE WORLD INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWashington and Lee University: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMIRIAM'S HOUSE INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERFAITH OUTREACH ASSOCIATION: $6,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetLYNCHBURG CITY SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLINIC FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFREE CLINIC OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER LYNCHBURG COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LYNCHBURG: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HAVEN INC: $2,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetLYNCHBURG GROWS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetROADS TO RECOVERY INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDowntown Lynchburg Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJUBILEE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOUTER BANKS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 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.

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.

Greater Lynchburg Com…Centra Health IncFoster FoundationThe Al Stroobants Fou…Easley Char Irr Tua 5…Valentine Family Foun…Schewel Charitable Fo…M4k Lynchburg IncKva FoundationCentra Health Foundat…Carrington Family Fou…Old Dominion Box Co F…
Greater Lynchburg Community FoundationVA40.8× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation · Centra Health Inc · Foster Foundation · The Al Stroobants Foundation · Easley Char Irr Tua 5019004715 · Valentine Family Foundation · Schewel Charitable Foundation · M4k Lynchburg Inc · Kva Foundation · Centra Health Foundation · Carrington Family Foundation · Old Dominion Box Co Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%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 · 0–30%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Harry D Forsyth Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Harry D Forsyth Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 43 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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