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The Sharp 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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
32
Grants FY2024still arriving
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fund
0189% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Education$1.6MHealth$755kHuman Services$278kRecreation & Sports$240kReligion$207kYouth Development$191kPhilanthropy$117kArts & Culture$55kOther$0
02FY2024 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 32 grants below total $935,500 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $1,368,000 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $432,500 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $184k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $700k
$10,000
Median grant
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ELIJAH HOUSE ACADEMY$100,000
TRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL INC$100,000
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$100,000
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$100,000
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION - CURE ALZHEIMERS FUND$100,000
LIVE RED FOUNDATION INC$75,000
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER RICHMOND$75,000
COMFORT ZONE CAMP INC$50,000
FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION$34,000
SWEET MONDAY INC$25,000
OPERATION HEALING FORCES INC$25,000
SERGE GLOBAL INC$25,000
LIVE RED FOUNDATION INC$25,000
CHRISTIAN DEVOTIONS MINISTRIES$10,000
SCIENCE MUSEUM OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED$10,000
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.3M · 17 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +40% since the first grant, against +6% for the ones you funded once.

17 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 26 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
12

Total granted

$2.3M
$417k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+6%

Still filing today

71%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $730k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureRecreation & SportsReligionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TC
    THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL
    2× · 2021–2022 · $729k · revenue +15%
  • CR
    Cristo Rey Richmond High School Inc
    2× · 2021–2022 · $200k · revenue +84%
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2021–2022 · $150k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • TE
    TRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +18%
  • SO
    SAVE OUR SICK KIDS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -98% · 48% of their budget
  • YM
    Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Richmond (6769)
    one grant, 2022 · $75k · revenue -3%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
Community Memorial Hospital

To provide excellence in the delivery of healthcare.

Health
3
Bon Secours - Richmond Health System Inc

The mission is to bring compassion to health care and to be good to those in need, especially those who are poor and dying. as a system of caregivers, we commit ourselves to help bring people and communities to health and wholeness.

Health
4
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
5
Vcu Health Tappahannock Hospital

To deliver important healthcare services with exceptional quality and patient-centered care.

Health
6
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
7
Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Conquer cancer funds research for every type of cancer to benefit every patient, everywhere. working in collaboration with a global network of top scientists and clinicians, and leading advocacy and research organizations, conquer cancer…

Health
8
University Cooperative School

We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.

9
Valor Christian Schools

See schedule o.in partnership with committed parents, our mission is to provide a purpose-driven college preparatory program, within a vibrant christ-centered environment that empowers students to discover their passions and to develop…

Education
10
The Vermont Community Foundation

The vermont community foundation helps to build philanthropic resources to sustain healthy and vital vermont communities. the foundation connects and mobilizes people through giving to multiply the impact of philanthropy.

Philanthropy
11
Virginia Tech Foundation Inc

Virginia tech foundation, inc. (vtf) is a virginia nonstock corporation established in 1948 for the sole purpose of managing virginia tech's endowment to advance virginia tech's mission and its strategic priorities.

Education
12
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Richmond (6769) and the most unlike its peers is Live Red Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCharter and Independent Sch…Ymca Community CentersCommunity Hospital SystemsGovernment Accountability &…Jewish Community FederationsAnimal Rescue and ShelterCommunity FoundationsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Christian Outreach Ministri…Youth Sports Programs
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 40 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%0%<5yr14%4%5–10yr18%26%10–20yr14%7%20–35yr15%37%35–55yr15%26%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%0%<5yr14%6%5–10yr18%20%10–20yr14%6%20–35yr15%50%35–55yr15%18%55yr+

The field is 23% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/28
the rest of the field
13%
6,446/50,440

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 57 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
18/26
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ALZHEIMERS DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION - CURE ALZHEIMERS FUND — $600,000 · OtherALZHEIMERS DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION - CURE ALZHEIME…BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $115,500 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICAJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — $100,000 · OtherJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYLIVE RED FOUNDATION INC — $100,000 · OtherLIVE RED FOUNDATION INCTRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL INC — $100,000 · OtherTRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL INCELIJAH HOUSE ACADEMY — $100,000 · OtherELIJAH HOUSE ACADEMYYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER RICHMOND — $75,000 · OtherHOPE CHURCH — $66,000 · OtherTHE NEW COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOUNDATION — $63,000 · Other+30 more — $370,496 · Other+30 moreTHE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL — $729,153 · EducationTHE COLLEGIATE SCHOOLCristo Rey Richmond High School Inc — $200,000 · EducationCristo Rey Richmond High School IncJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — $150,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYTRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL — $100,000 · EducationTRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOLCOMFORT ZONE CAMP INC — $100,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Richmond (6769) — $75,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION HEALING FORCES INC — $70,000 · Human Services+2 more — $7,000 · Human ServicesLIVE RED FOUNDATION — $110,000 · Recreation & SportsNOVA OF VIRGINIA AQUATICS INC — $50,000 · Recreation & SportsSAVE OUR SICK KIDS FOUNDATION INC — $100,000 · HealthFOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION — $10,000 · HealthTHE CROSS-OVER MINISTRY INC — $10,000 · HealthSWEET MONDAY INC — $50,000 · ReligionVIRGINIA WAR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 · Arts & CultureSCIENCE MUSEUM OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · Arts & CulturePOSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO INC — $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,689,996Education$1,179,153Human Services$252,000Recreation & Sports$160,000Health$120,000Religion$50,000Arts & Culture$35,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL — $729,153 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCristo Rey Richmond High School Inc — $200,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIVE RED FOUNDATION — $110,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetTRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL — $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSAVE OUR SICK KIDS FOUNDATION INC — $100,000 over 1y, 48% of budgetCOMFORT ZONE CAMP INC — $100,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Richmond (6769) — $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION HEALING FORCES INC — $70,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE NEW COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOUNDATION — $63,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSERGE GLOBAL INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSWEET MONDAY INC — $50,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetNOVA OF VIRGINIA AQUATICS INC — $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetVIRGINIA WAR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetELIJAH HOUSE ACADEMY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CROSS-OVER MINISTRY INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCIENCE MUSEUM OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJewish Family Services Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFULL CIRCLE GRIEF CENTER — $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRICHMOND SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL
  • Who funds Cristo Rey Richmond High School Inc
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds LIVE RED FOUNDATION
  • Who funds TRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
  • Who funds SAVE OUR SICK KIDS FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds COMFORT ZONE CAMP INC
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Richmond (6769)
  • Who funds OPERATION HEALING FORCES INC
  • Who funds THE NEW COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOUNDATION
  • Who funds SERGE GLOBAL INC
  • Who funds SWEET MONDAY INC
  • Who funds NOVA OF VIRGINIA AQUATICS INC
  • Who funds VIRGINIA WAR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES
  • Who funds ELIJAH HOUSE ACADEMY
  • Who funds FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION
  • Who funds THE CROSS-OVER MINISTRY INC
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds SCIENCE MUSEUM OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATION INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundation IncVA31.3× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · Carmax Foundation · Herndon Foundation · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Shelton H Short Jr Trust · Luck Companies Foundation · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Peachtree House Foundation · Honey Foundation · The Pauley Family Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Sharp Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Sharp 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 57 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $1.2M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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