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The Wildlife Foundation of Virginia

THE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA (wfv) is dedicated to conserving land, providing public access and outdoor recreation by strengthening the commitment of the commonwealth's sportsmen to the future of outdoor recreation.

$173k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$23k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$167kEnvironment$152kYouth Development$97kRecreation & Sports$92kHealth$55kHuman Services$35kAnimals$30kCommunity Improvement$10k
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $168k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$8.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FERRUM COLLEGE$23,090
VALOR RANCH$19,570
BACK BAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE$18,573
THE RECTOR AND VISITORS OF UVA$18,100
BOY SCOUTS OF VA TIDEWATER COUNCIL$16,892
HENRICO COUNTY PARKS AND REC$11,660
JAMES RIVER WOMEN$10,000
BACKWOODS WARRIORS FOUNDATION$10,000
BEYOND BOUNDARIES$10,000
BAT CONSERVATION AND RESCUE OF VA$10,000
SHENANDOAH REEL WOMEN$10,000
REEL CONNECTIONS FOR KIDS INC$10,000
SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL$5,250
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 (FY21–24, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%BEYOND BOUNDARIES: $13k → 22%BEYOND BOUNDARIES: $12k → 22%BEYOND BOUNDARIES: $10k → 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.
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.

33%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$211k · 9 repeat orgs$427k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against -5% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
22

Total granted

$211k
$264k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
-5%

Still filing today

67%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $163k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’21’22’23’24
Youth DevelopmentEnvironmentEducationRecreation & SportsHealthAnimalsOther
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

  • TH
    THE HUMBLE HUSTLE COMPANY INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $36k · revenue +37%
  • BB
    BEYOND BOUNDARIES
    3× · 2021–2024 · $35k · revenue +538%
  • DW
    Delta Waterfowl Foundation
    2× · 2022–2023 · $20k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • VD
    VA DEPT OF GAME & INLAND FISHERIES
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • GS
    Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital
    one grant, 2022 · $19k · revenue -16%
  • CI
    CAMP25 INC
    one grant, 2023 · $17k
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 Outdoor Adventure Inc
Youth Development
2
Rivers Way Outdoor Adventure
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3
Dan River Basin Association

The dan river basin association preserves and promotes the natural and cultural resources of the dan river basin through recreation, education, and stewardship.

Environment
4
Black River Outdoor Education Program I
—
5
Massachusetts Outdoor Heritage Foundation Inc Attn Susan Sacco
—
6
The Green Mountain Club Inc Debonis

The mission of the green mountain club is to make the vermont mountains play a larger part in the life of the people by protecting and maintaining the long trail system and fostering, through education, the stewardship of vermont's hiking…

—
7
Voorheesville Youth Outdoor Sports Program Inc
Recreation & Sports
8
Virginias United Land Trusts

Virginias United Land Trusts was founded to promote conservation statewide and to coordinate conservation planning and green infrastructure. The Organization offers training and educational programs, like our annual Virginia Land…

Environment
9
Historic Virginia Land Conservancy

Promoting for the benefit of the general public, the preservation, protection and enjoyment of our natural resources, principally in the lower james, york, rappahannock and chowan rivers and surrounding watersheds.

Environment
10
Outdoors for Everyone Project
Health
11
Friends of Herring Run Parks Inc

To restore, protect and promote the Herring Run stream valley as a place where nature and neighbors thrive.

Environment
12
White Pine Programs

White Pine Programs' mission is to host shared outdoor experiences that awaken curiosity, build personal resilience, and cultivate caring relationships with self, community, and the natural world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wildrock Inc; the most unlike its peers is Valor Ranch. 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

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
7/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VA DEPT OF GAME & INLAND FISHERIES: $50,270 · OtherVA DEPT OF GAME & INLAND FISHERIESVA DEPT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES: $23,771 · OtherVA DEPT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCESGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY: $19,487 · OtherGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYRECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $18,100 · OtherRECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINI…MONQUIN CREEK OUTFITTERS: $17,500 · OtherMONQUIN CREEK OUTFITTERSCAMP25 INC: $16,750 · OtherCAMP25 INCPIANKATANK CAMP AND CONFERENCE CENTER: $13,943 · OtherPIANKATANK CAMP AND CONFERENCE CENTERSHENANDOAH REEL WOMEN: $10,000 · OtherREEL CONNECTIONS FOR KIDS: $10,000 · OtherBAT CONSERVATION & RESCUE OF VIRGINIA: $10,000 · OtherBACKWOODS WARRIORS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF GOOCHLAND PARKS: $10,000 · OtherVIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY: $9,996 · OtherUVA CANCER CENTERUVA HEALTH SYSTEM: $9,960 · Other+5 more: $29,543 · Other+5 moreJAMES RIVER OUTDOOR COALITION: $21,500 · Youth DevelopmentJAMES RIVER OUTD…Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital: $19,400 · Youth DevelopmentGirl Scout Counc…BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA COUNCIL 596 TIDEWATER: $16,892 · Youth DevelopmentBOY SCOUTS OF AM…SOUTHEAST 4-H EDUCATIONAL CTR INC: $14,021 · Youth DevelopmentSOUTHEAST 4-H ED…HENRICO POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE: $11,660 · Youth DevelopmentHENRICO POLICE A…VERDUN ADVENTURE BOUND INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentVERDUN ADVENTURE…FRIENDS OF THE NORTH FORK OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER INC: $20,816 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF TH…BACK BAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SOCIETY: $18,573 · EnvironmentBACK BAY NATI…NEW RIVER LAND TRUST: $18,500 · EnvironmentNEW RIVER LAN…BLUE RIDGE DISCOVERY CENTER INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentBLUE RIDGE DI…JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION: $9,726 · EnvironmentJAMES RIVER A…FERRUM COLLEGE: $23,090 · EducationFERRUM COL…Albemarle Foundation For Education: $11,000 · EducationAlbemarle …UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY…HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE: $9,820 · EducationHAMPDEN-SY…THE CHILD CARE AND LEARNING CENTER: $5,900 · EducationTHE CHILD …THE HUMBLE HUSTLE COMPANY INC: $35,535 · HealthTHE HUMBL…Valor Ranch: $19,570 · HealthValor Ran…NATIONAL ARCHERY IN SCHOOLS PROGRAMS INC: $11,000 · Recreation & SportsWILDROCK INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsJAMES RIVER WOMEN: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsSWVA SPORTSMEN INC: $7,500 · Recreation & SportsBEYOND BOUNDARIES: $34,500 · Human ServicesDelta Waterfowl Foundation: $19,506 · Animals
Other$259,320Youth Development$93,473Environment$77,615Education$59,810Health$55,105Recreation & Sports$38,500Human Services$34,500Animals$19,506

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE HUMBLE HUSTLE COMPANY INC: $35,535 over 2y, 19% of budgetBEYOND BOUNDARIES: $34,500 over 3y, 10% of budgetFERRUM COLLEGE: $23,090 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJAMES RIVER OUTDOOR COALITION: $21,500 over 2y, 18% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE NORTH FORK OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER INC: $20,816 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetValor Ranch: $19,570 over 1y, 18% of budgetDelta Waterfowl Foundation: $19,506 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGirl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital: $19,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBACK BAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SOCIETY: $18,573 over 1y, 47% of budgetNEW RIVER LAND TRUST: $18,500 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA COUNCIL 596 TIDEWATER: $16,892 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSOUTHEAST 4-H EDUCATIONAL CTR INC: $14,021 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHENRICO POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE: $11,660 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL ARCHERY IN SCHOOLS PROGRAMS INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWILDROCK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetVERDUN ADVENTURE BOUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE RIDGE DISCOVERY CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE: $9,820 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION: $9,726 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSWVA SPORTSMEN INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTRAILS FOR YOUTH ORG: $6,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetTHE CHILD CARE AND LEARNING CENTER: $5,900 over 1y, 0.2% 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…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Community Foundation IncVA16.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Wildlife Foundation of Virginia funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wildlife Foundation of Virginia. 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.

    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 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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