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The Jerry & Alice Womack Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$56k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Education$138kHuman Services$44kAnimals$33kReligion$19kRecreation & Sports$10kEmployment$4kCommunity Improvement$2k
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HRUHCA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND$11,000
MERCY CHEFS$9,000
FRIENDS FOR CHESAPEAKE K-9$5,000
HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH$5,000
KEMPSVILLE RECREATION ASSOCIATION$3,000
OAKLETTE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$3,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
PORTSMOUTH HUMANE SOCIETY$2,000
NORFOLK SPCA$2,000
CHESAPEAKE HUMANE SOCIETY$2,000
GREAT BRIDGE CREW$2,000
UNION MISSION MINISTRIES$2,000
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY$2,000
VIRGINIA BEACH SPCA$2,000
SALVATION ARMY$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 (FY24–24, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, 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%MERCY CHEFS: $9k → 20%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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$223k · 15 repeat orgs$28k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
2

Total granted

$223k
$10k

Still filing today

27%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • CH
    CHESAPEAKE HUMANE SOCIETY INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $7k · revenue +37%
  • PH
    PORTSMOUTH HUMANE SOCIETY INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $7k · revenue +48%
  • NS
    NORFOLK SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $7k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • CV
    COURTHOUSE VETERINARY CLINIC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • R
    REAF
    one grant, 2022 · $4k
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
Eastern Shore Spca

Care and placement of unwanted animals on the eastern shore of virginia servicing accomack and northampton counties. providing temporary lodging and care to animals until placed while encouraging spaying and neutering.

Animals
2
Chesapeake Cats & Dogs Inc

Chesapeake cats and dogs (ccad) is a lifetime haven and no-kill animal rescue organization dedicated to rehabilitating and providing a second chance for cats and dogs that have been abandoned, abused, lost, strayed, or surrendered.

Animals
3
Henrico Humane Society Inc

The mission of Henrico Humane Society is to address the enormous population of homeless animals in the greater Richmond, Virginia area by providing care, shelter, and medical services until permanent homes can be found.

Animals
4
Darlington County Humane Society Inc

Darlington County Humane Society is a non-profit organization with the mission of promoting humane care of dogs and cats in Darlington County.

Animals
5
Happy Tails Dog Rescue Inc

The Organization's mission is to rescue dogs from high-kill animal shelters and place them in loving forever homes. All dogs rescued are given necessary medical care prior to adoption, including required vaccinations. Dogs are placed in…

Animals
6
Paws Need People

Paws need people strive to rescue pets from shelters and provide a place they can stay until they are adopted. they provide pets to veterans through its therapy pet program.

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7
The Humane Society of Beaufort County

To prevent domestic animal overpopulation through spaying and neutering programs, to place animals into proper homes, to educate the public on responsible pet ownership, and assist at the animal shelter.

Animals
8
Chatham Animal Rescue and Education Inc

Chatham Animal Rescue and Education, Inc. is a Not-For-Profit Organization, whose mission is to promote the health and safety of all dogs and cats in Chatham County, North Carolina.

Animals
9
Pets Return Home

The organization seeks to reduce the unecessary killing and suffering of healthy adoptable dogs at animal rescue and shelter organizations

Animals
10
Humane Society of Ocean City Inc

To promote and further the protection of animals and provide for prevention of cruelty to the same within the city of ocean city and surrounding areas. the organization also maintains shelter for protection, care, and welfare of animals…

Animals
11
Humane Society of Wicomico County Inc

The humane society is working to make a difference in the lives of animals and the people who love and care for them, and is dedicated to relieving the pain and suffering of animals through education and direct intervention.

Animals
12
Humane Society of the North Bay

Our mission is to provide shelter and compassionate care to our community's animals in need, offer programs that improve thier lives and strengthen the lifelong committment between animals and people.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chesapeake Humane Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Great Bridge Crew. 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

7 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. 7 of the 21 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
7/7
Grantees still filing
6/7
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HRUHCA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $131,000 · OtherHRUHCA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUNDOAKLETTE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $18,000 · OtherOAKLETTE UNITED METHODIST CHURCHHARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH: $15,000 · OtherHARMONY BAPTIST CHURCHKEMPSVILLE RECREATION ASSOCIATION: $8,000 · Other+10 more: $34,121 · Other+10 moreCHESAPEAKE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $7,000 · AnimalsCHESAPEAKE HUM…PORTSMOUTH HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $7,000 · AnimalsPORTSMOUTH HUM…NORFOLK SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS INC: $7,000 · AnimalsNORFOLK SOCIET…VIRGINIA BEACH SPCA: $7,000 · AnimalsVIRGINIA BEACH…FRIENDS FOR CHESAPEAKE K-9: $5,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS FOR CH…MERCY CHEFS INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesGREAT BRIDGE CREW: $2,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$206,121Animals$33,000Human Services$9,000Recreation & Sports$2,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMERCY CHEFS INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPORTSMOUTH HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNORFOLK SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetVIRGINIA BEACH SPCA: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% 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 MERCY CHEFS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds PORTSMOUTH HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds NORFOLK SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS INC ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA BEACH SPCA ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS FOR CHESAPEAKE K-9 ↗
  • Who funds GREAT BRIDGE CREW ↗

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.

United Way of South Hampton RoadsVA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of South Hampton Roads · Hampton Roads Community Foundation · Petsmart Charities Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Jerry & Alice Womack Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jerry & Alice Womack Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24
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
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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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    Find your warmest path to The Jerry & Alice Womack Foundation Inc 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 21 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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