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Tidewater Children's Foundation at a glance

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Tidewater Children's Foundation

To provide grant funding to organizations for programs that provide for the care , education, well-being, health or happiness of children in need in south hampton roads.

$138k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$280kYouth Development$42kHuman Services$40kCrime & Legal$38kEducation$37kArts & Culture$35kEnvironment$17k
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $92,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $137,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $45,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $80k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEENS WITH A PURPOSE$20,000
CHKD$20,000
SHERIFF JOE BARON FOUNDATION$15,000
EVMS$15,000
EDMARC$10,000
ELIZA HOPE FOUNDATION$6,000
CHILDREN'S ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SER$6,000
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 (FY17–24, $95k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHILDREN'S ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SERVICE: $10k → 13%AN ACHIEVABLE DREAM INC: $40k → 17%ELIZA HOPE FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%Eliza Hope Foundation: $8k → 10%ELIZA HOPE FOUNDATION: $6k → 10%Childrens Assistive Technology Service: $15k → 19%CHILDREN'S ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SER: $6k → 19%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 35% of Tidewater Children's Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 99% of the giving stays in VA; by stated purpose, 64%.

Tidewater Children's Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$286k · 5 repeat orgs$201k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +94% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
16

Total granted

$286k
$161k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+94%
+20%

Still filing today

100%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthPhilanthropyEnvironmentArts & CultureOther
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
    Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters
    6× · 2017–2024 · $190k · revenue +106%
  • CA
    CHILDREN'S ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SERVICE
    3× · 2017–2024 · $31k · revenue +172%
  • TY
    TWP-THE YOUTH MOVEMENT
    2× · 2020–2024 · $26k · revenue +94%

Funded once

  • AA
    AN ACHIEVABLE DREAM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $40k · revenue +234%
  • NF
    NAUTICUS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +176%
  • SC
    Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
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 Beach City Public Schools Entrepreneurship and Business
Education
2
Youth Sailing Virginia Inc

Youth sailing virginia's mission is to teach life skills to high school, middle school youth and their families in the commonwealth of virginia through safe, fun and competitive, recreational and educational community sailing programs with…

Recreation & Sports
3
Virginia Institute of Autism Inc

The virginia institute of autism is dedicated to helping people overcome the challenges of autism through innovative, evidence-based programs in education, outreach and adult services.

Philanthropy
4
Voices for Virginia's Children

The mission of voices for virginia's children is to champion public policies and legislation that achieve positive and equitable outcomes for young people.

Civil Rights
5
Henrico Education Foundation Inc

The mission of the henrico education foundation (hef) is to strengthen public education by advancing innovative programs and initiatives designed to improve student achievement.

Education
6
Virginia Early Childhood Foundation

Vecf is the non-partisan steward of virginia's promise for early childhood success.

Education
7
Virginia Mentoring Partnership

Virginia mentoring partnership provides training and technical assistance to mentors and mentoring programs to increase the quality and quantity of mentoring for virginia's youth. the vision of vmp is that every child who needs a mentor…

Crime & Legal
8
Good Shepherd Episcopal School

The mission of Good Shepherd Episcopal School is to inspire each child to achieve academic excellence within a diverse, nurturing community that builds character and fosters respect for one another and our shared environment, locally and…

Education
9
Center for Early Success

The mission of the center for early success is to strengthen the system of individuals and organizations caring for and educating children age birth to five.

Human Services
10
Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association Inc

Improve the civic, educational & cultural life of the citizens of eastern va through the production and distrib. of important and impactful local, national, and educational content.

Arts & Culture
11
James Barry Robinson Institute

The Barry Robinson Center offers programs to improve the lives of children and their families.

Human Services
12
Downtown Hampton Child Care Council Inc

To nurture young children by providing affordable, quality preschool programs that develop the whole child and foster school readiness. continued on schedule o.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Elevate Early Education Inc; the most unlike its peers is Youth Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 24 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters: $190,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital of the King's DaughtersEDMARC INC: $10,000 · HealthAN ACHIEVABLE DREAM INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesAN ACHIEVABLE DREAM I…CHILDREN'S ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SERVICE: $31,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S ASSISTIVE …ELIZA HOPE FOUNDATION: $23,500 · Human ServicesELIZA HOPE FOUNDATIONSHERIFF JOE BARON FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherSHERIFF JOE BARON FOUNDA…EVMS ACADEMIC PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherEVMS ACADEMIC PHYSICIANS…NAUTICUS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherNAUTICUS FOUNDATIONSuffolk Center for Cultural Arts: $10,000 · OtherSuffolk Center for Cultu…Kairos Freedom Schools of VA Inc: $7,500 · OtherKairos Freedom Schools o…YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · OtherYOUTH FOUNDATION INCNORFOLK BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $9,000 · OtherNORFOLK BOTANICAL GARDEN…The Elizabeth River Project: $7,500 · OtherThe Elizabeth River Proj…CAMP HOLIDAY TRAILS: $10,000 · OtherCAMP HOLIDAY TRAILSFRIENDS OF PORTSMOUTH JUVENILE COUR: $8,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF PORTSMOUTH JU…VIRGINIA BEACH COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC: $7,500 · OtherVIRGINIA BEACH COURT APP…TWP-THE YOUTH MOVEMENT: $26,000 · Youth DevelopmentHORIZONS HAMPTON ROADS INC: $15,700 · PhilanthropyTHE MICRO NON PROFIT NETWORK: $7,000 · PhilanthropyELEVATE EARLY EDUCATION INC: $7,000 · EducationTHE MUSE WRITERS CENTER: $7,000 · EducationCHESAPEAKE BAY ACADEMY: $7,000 · EducationTHE RICHMOND BALLET: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL INC: $7,500 · Arts & Culture
Health$200,000Human Services$94,500Other$105,500Youth Development$26,000Philanthropy$22,700Education$21,000Arts & Culture$17,500

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 budgetChildren's Hospital of the King's Daughters: $190,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAN ACHIEVABLE DREAM INC: $40,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SERVICE: $31,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTWP-THE YOUTH MOVEMENT: $26,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetELIZA HOPE FOUNDATION: $23,500 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetHORIZONS HAMPTON ROADS INC: $15,700 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetEVMS ACADEMIC PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDMARC INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNAUTICUS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCAMP HOLIDAY TRAILS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE RICHMOND BALLET: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORFOLK BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF PORTSMOUTH JUVENILE COUR: $8,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetKairos Freedom Schools of VA Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetThe Elizabeth River Project: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVIRGINIA BEACH COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetELEVATE EARLY EDUCATION INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MUSE WRITERS CENTER: $7,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE MICRO NON PROFIT NETWORK: $7,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY ACADEMY: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

Hampton Roads Communi…United Way of South H…Dominion Energy Chari…Patricia and Douglas …Townebank FoundationThe Blocker FoundationSentara HealthThe Charity Bowl Foot…Beazley Foundation In…Chesapeake Bay Wine C…The Southeast Virgini…Tidewater Jewish Foun…
Hampton Roads Community FoundationVA31.9× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hampton Roads Community Foundation · United Way of South Hampton Roads · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Patricia and Douglas Perry Foundation DBA The Perry Family Foundation · Townebank Foundation · The Blocker Foundation · Sentara Health · The Charity Bowl Football Game · Beazley Foundation Incorporated · Chesapeake Bay Wine Classic Foundation · The Southeast Virginia Community Foundation · Tidewater Jewish 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 Tidewater Children's Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tidewater Children's Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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
    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 24 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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