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The Kenneth and Bettie Christopher Perry Foundation at a glance

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The Kenneth and Bettie Christopher Perry 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.

$117k
Granted FY2025still arriving
38
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$168kHuman Services$77kReligion$16kHousing & Shelter$5kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kInternational$5kHealth$3kEducation$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k36 grants · $17k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$200
Median grant
9
States reached
$170k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Westminster Canterbury Foundation$50,000
Richmond Symphony$50,000
First Presbyterian Church$8,000
Science Museum of VA$1,000
Virginia Museum of History & Culture$1,000
World Pediatrics$500
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center$500
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden$500
George C Marshall Research Foundation$500
The Salvation Army$400
Hillsdale College$400
Special Olympics Virginia$300
St Francis Home$300
Operation Smile$250
St Labre Indian School$200
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 (FY20–25, $76k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Boys Town: $200 → 12%Good Samaritan Ministries: $200 → 22%Boys Town: $200 → 12%Westminster Canterbury Foundation: $50k → 9%Good Samaritan Ministries: $100 → 22%Westminster Canterbury Foundation: $25k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
SD
CA
CO
NE
KY
VA
KS
TN
NC
DC
MS
FL
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$260k · 24 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
8

Total granted

$260k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

67%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthInternationalPublic BenefitOther
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

  • TR
    THE RICHMOND SYMPHONY
    3× · 2021–2025 · $115k · revenue +32%
  • WC
    WESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2025 · $75k · revenue +231%
  • TV
    THE VALENTINE MUSEUM
    2× · 2022–2024 · $41k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • VM
    VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
    one grant, 2024 · $6k
  • CI
    Christ In Action Ministries Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
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
Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine

The mission of the edward via college of osteopathic medicine (vcom) is to prepare globally-minded, community-focused physicians to meet the needs of rural and medically underserved populations and promote research to improve human health.

Education
2
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
3
Virginia Wesleyan University

Virginia wesleyan university is a fully accredited liberal arts, united-methodist related institution founded in 1961.

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4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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5
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
6
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

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7
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
8
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
9
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
10
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
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
Washington and Lee University

Mission statement of washington and lee university: washington and lee university provides a liberal arts education that develops students' capacity to think freely, critically, and humanely and to conduct themselves with honor, integrity,…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Father Flanagan's Boys' Home. 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

33 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. 33 of the 47 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
10/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE RICHMOND SYMPHONY: $115,000 · Arts & CultureTHE RICHMOND SYMPHONYTHE VALENTINE MUSEUM: $41,000 · Arts & CultureTHE VALENTINE MUSEUM+3 more: $2,600 · Arts & CultureWESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Human ServicesWESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDAT…+4 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $16,000 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTER…VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $6,000 · OtherVIRGINIA MUSEUM…Christ In Action Ministries Inc: $5,000 · OtherChrist In Actio…Science Museum of VA: $2,000 · Other+26 more: $9,500 · Other+26 moreSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,000 · ReligionEIGHT DAYS OF HOPE INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterLEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $200 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY: $100 · EnvironmentWORLD PEDIATRICS: $1,000 · InternationalOPERATION SMILE INC: $250 · International
Arts & Culture$158,600Human Services$76,000Other$38,500Religion$5,000Housing & Shelter$5,000Environment$1,300International$1,250

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE RICHMOND SYMPHONY: $115,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetWESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE VALENTINE MUSEUM: $41,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetChrist In Action Ministries Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEIGHT DAYS OF HOPE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD PEDIATRICS: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGE C MARSHALL RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HENRICUS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAYMONT FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEED MORE INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKESIDE VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAARP FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY: $100 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.

The Community Foundat…Dominion Energy Chari…Hamilton Family Found…Susan Bailey & Sidney…Windsor Fdn Trust Uw …Chrisman Family Found…Louise B Cochrane Cha…Commonwealth Foundati…Robert G Cabell III a…Richard S Reynolds Fo…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Renaissance Charitabl…
The Community Foundation IncVA21.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Hamilton Family Foundation Charitable Trust · Susan Bailey & Sidney Buford Scott Endowment Trust · Windsor Fdn Trust Uw Quincy Cole · Chrisman Family Foundation · Louise B Cochrane Charitable Founda · Commonwealth Foundations · Robert G Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Renaissance Charitable 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 Kenneth and Bettie Christopher Perry Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kenneth and Bettie Christopher Perry 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report 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.
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Find your warmest path to The Kenneth and Bettie Christopher Perry 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 47 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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