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The Snow 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.

$426k
Granted FY2025still arriving
47
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$924kHuman Services$219kYouth Development$208kEnvironment$137kHealth$115kArts & Culture$56kReligion$47kFood & Nutrition$23kOther$0
02FY2025 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k31 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $215k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $160k
$2,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$7.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ANNA JULIA COOPER EPISCOPAL SCHOOL$60,000
JEPSON SCHOLARS FOUNDATION$50,000
LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN$50,000
NASSAU COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING$30,000
VCU MASSEY CANCER CENTER$25,000
COLLEGIATE SCHOOL$25,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO RICHMOND$25,000
ST STEPHENS EPISCOPAL CHURCH$20,000
SHELTERING ARMS FOUNDATION$15,000
UP RVA$15,000
UVA$10,000
VA MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND CULTURE$10,000
THE FAISON CENTER$10,000
VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS$10,000
SCAN$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $155k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 6% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%NASSAU COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $71k → 7%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%NASSAU COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $30k → 7%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $250 → 14%NASSAU COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $28k → 7%WESTMINSTER CANTERBURY: $5k → 9%NASSAU COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $12k → 7%WESTMINSTER CANTERBURY: $1k → 9%LITTLE HANDS VIRGINIA: $5k → 22%LITTLE HANDS VIRGINIA: $3k → 22%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

ID
MT
MN
IL
NY
OH
PA
CO
VA
MD
DC
TX
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 48 repeat orgs$143k to everyone else

48 repeat relationships: 40 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
19

Total granted

$1.6M
$130k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+36%

Still filing today

50%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPublic 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

  • AJ
    ANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOL
    6× · 2019–2025 · $375k · revenue +73%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO RICHMOND
    6× · 2019–2025 · $155k · revenue +84%
  • NC
    NASSAU COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $141k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • VC
    VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $39k · revenue +66%
  • BS
    BENEDICTINE SCHOOLS OF RICHMOND
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • VM
    Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +138%
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
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
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
3
University of Virginia Law School Foundation

The university of virginia law school foundation's primary purpose is to receive, manage and expend funds for the benefit of the university of virginia school of law.

Education
4
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
5
University of Virginia Alumni Association

The mission of the alumni association is to build the strongest bond among alumni and between alumni and the university by serving all alumni and students; being the center for engaging and connecting the global uva community; acting as a…

Education
6
Virginia Wesleyan University

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

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7
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
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
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
10
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
11
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
12
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Boots to Suits. 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

39 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. 39 of the 75 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
29/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOL: $375,000 · EducationANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOLTHE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL: $95,000 · EducationTHE COLLEGIATE SCHOOLUP RVA: $81,000 · EducationUP RVAVIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDAT: $38,895 · EducationVIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDA…THE FAISON CENTER INC: $27,000 · Education+3 more: $8,500 · EducationJEPSON SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $200,000 · OtherJEPSON SCHOLARS FOUNDATIONTHE SHELTERING ARMS FOUNDATION: $60,000 · OtherTHE SHELTERING ARMS FOUNDATIONVCU MASSEY CANCER CENTER: $55,000 · OtherVCU MASSEY CANCER CENTERVIRGINIA EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $50,000 · OtherVIRGINIA EPISCOPAL SCHOOLST STEPHENS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $29,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NASSAU COUNTY: $27,000 · OtherVIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $22,500 · Other+42 more: $187,750 · Other+42 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO RICHMOND: $155,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRL…AMERICAS YOUTH INC: $26,000 · Youth DevelopmentAMERICAS YO…+1 more: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentNASSAU COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $140,738 · Human ServicesNASSAU CO…LITTLE HANDS VIRGINIA INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesWESTMINSTER CANTERBURY CORPORATION: $6,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,250 · Human ServicesLEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $111,000 · EnvironmentKEEP NASSAU BEAUTIFUL INC: $11,000 · EnvironmentAMELIA TREE CONSERVANCY INC: $10,000 · Environment+1 more: $100 · EnvironmentVIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $16,000 · Arts & CultureVirginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE VALENTINE MUSEUM: $3,500 · Arts & CultureTREASURY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $1,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $250 · Arts & CultureFEED MORE INC: $16,000 · Food & NutritionLIVINGSTON FOOD PANTRY OF PARK COUNTY: $5,000 · Food & Nutrition
Education$625,395Other$631,250Youth Development$182,000Human Services$155,488Environment$132,100Arts & Culture$31,250Food & Nutrition$21,000

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 budgetANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOL: $375,000 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO RICHMOND: $155,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetNASSAU COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $140,738 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetLEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $111,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL: $95,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUP RVA: $81,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetTHE SHELTERING ARMS FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetVIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDAT: $38,895 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FAISON CENTER INC: $27,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTSIC INC DBA/TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN: $19,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFEED MORE INC: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $16,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKEEP NASSAU BEAUTIFUL INC: $11,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetVirginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNTAIN MISSION SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMELIA TREE CONSERVANCY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetLITTLE HANDS VIRGINIA INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTELLURIDE FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWESTMINSTER CANTERBURY CORPORATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNASSAU HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRIVERSIDE SCHOOL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIVINGSTON FOOD PANTRY OF PARK COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VALENTINE MUSEUM: $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOOTS TO SUITS: $3,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Virginia Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKENYON COLLEGE: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTREASURY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $1,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPGA TOUR CHARITIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $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.

Commonwealth Foundati…The Community Foundat…The Mary Morton Parso…Pga Tour Charities IncDominion Energy Chari…Carmax FoundationRichard S Reynolds Fo…Robins FoundationTownebank FoundationVirginia Sargeant Rey…Townebank Richmond Fo…Luck Companies Founda…
Commonwealth FoundationsVA26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Commonwealth Foundations · The Community Foundation Inc · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Pga Tour Charities Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Carmax Foundation · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Robins Foundation · Townebank Foundation · Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation · Townebank Richmond Foundation · Luck Companies 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 Snow Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Snow Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Tsic Inc Dba/Take Stock in Children: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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 · 0–25%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Snow Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Snow 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 75 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home