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Vesta Inc

To empower people to achieve self-determination.

$125k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$202kFood & Nutrition$60kHuman Services$40kCrime & Legal$15kEmployment$10kCommunity Improvement$10kHousing & Shelter$10kInternational$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$120M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UMBC AT THE UNIVERSITIES AT SHADY GROVE$40,000
MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$25,000
ANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC$25,000
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY FOUNDATION$25,000
PRINCE GEORGE'S COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC$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 (FY21–23, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ECKERD CONNECTS: $10k → 12%COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DEVELOPMENT: $10k → 11%RED WIGGLER FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%SOWING EMPOWERMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INC: $10k → 11%RIVER JORDAN PROJECT INC: $10k → 11%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 13% of Vesta Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 92% of the giving stays in MD; by stated purpose, 78%.

Vesta Inclessmore 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.

34%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$127k · 3 repeat orgs$245k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
13

Total granted

$127k
$120k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-15%
+13%

Still filing today

100%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionCivil RightsOther
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

  • AW
    A WIDER CIRCLE INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $72k · revenue -15%
  • TM
    THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC
    2× · 2021–2024 · $30k · revenue -25%
  • CG
    CASAPRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $25k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • CA
    CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +13%
  • MF
    MANNA FOOD CENTER INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -5%
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
Chester County Food Bank

We mobilize and educate our community to ensure equitable access to nutritious and familiar food. we do this by raising, and soliciting funds for the acquisition, storage, growing, collection and distribution of food to low income citizens…

Food & Nutrition
2
Arcadia Food Inc

Cultivate local food systems prioritizing health, equity, and sustainability, from farm forward.

Food & Nutrition
3
Community Action Council of Howard County Maryland Inc

The community action council of howard county (cac) seeks to diminish poverty and enable self-sufficiency for all howard county individuals, families, and children in need through housing assistance, food assistance, energy assistance,…

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4
San Francisco Food Bank

To end hunger in san francisco and marin counties by soliciting food donations nationally, distributing this food to qualifying public service agencies and neighborhood pantries, advocating for improved government food programs, and…

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5
Manna On Main Street

Manna on main street is committed to ending hunger in the north penn region by providing food, fulfilling social service and education needs, and conducting community outreach. through a food pantry and soup kitchen, emergency financial…

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6
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank

Our mission is to leverage the power of community to achieve lasting solutions to hunger and its root causes.

Food & Nutrition
7
Community College Preparatory Academy Public Charter School

The mission of the community college preparatory academy public charter school is to provide the education and skills development to empower and prepare under-credited adults for postsecondary educational success, viable employment and…

Education
8
Freshfarm Markets

Freshfarm is a washington, dc-based nonprofit that builds a more equitable, sustainable, and resilient food system in the mid-atlantic region by producing innovative solutions in partnership with local communities and organizations. we…

Food & Nutrition
9
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Inc

The food bank purchases food and obtains donations of food from the united states department of agriculture, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, growers and community members for distribution to people in need in 25 counties and eight…

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10
Community Kitchen Pittsburgh

Community kitchen pittsburgh is a nonprofit food service company. because poverty, food insecurity and employment are entwined issues, we work across these focus areas, engaging in the following activities: "culinary based workforce…

Food & Nutrition
11
Community Resource Center Inc

The mission of the community resource center (crc) is to serve all individuals and families by connecting them to resources that improve their lives. the crc is a community based human services organization that was formed in 1987 when a…

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12
Arlington Food Assistance Center

To provide dignified access to free groceries for qualified families in Arlington, VA and surrounding counties.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Eckerd Youth Alternatives Inc; the most unlike its peers is River Jordan Project 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

15 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. 15 of the 21 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
5/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

A WIDER CIRCLE INC: $71,500 · EducationA WIDER CIRCLE INCANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCMONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationMONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONTHE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationTHE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY FOUND…PRINCE GEORGE'S COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationPRINCE GEORGE'S COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION IN…UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK: $40,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARKTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $30,000 · OtherTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INCTHE SALVATION ARMY: $20,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYHOPE FOR HAITI INCORPORATED: $10,000 · OtherHOPE FOR HAITI INCORPORATEDJUBILEE HOUSING INC: $10,000 · OtherJUBILEE HOUSING INCTRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherJOHN BAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherREDEMPTION HOUSE OF PRAYER: $5,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DEVELOPMENT: $10,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY OUT…River Jordan Project Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesRiver Jordan …SOWING EMPOWERMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSOWING EMPOWE…ECKERD YOUTH ALTERNATIVES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesECKERD YOUTH …RED WIGGLER FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesRED WIGGLER F…CASAPRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY INC: $25,000 · Civil RightsCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionMANNA FOOD CENTER INC: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition
Education$156,500Other$125,000Human Services$45,000Civil Rights$25,000Food & Nutrition$20,000

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 budgetA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $71,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCASAPRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRINCE GEORGE'S COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMANNA FOOD CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DEVELOPMENT: $10,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetRiver Jordan Project Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetSOWING EMPOWERMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetJUBILEE HOUSING INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetECKERD YOUTH ALTERNATIVES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRED WIGGLER FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

Greater Washington Co…United Way of the Nat…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC18.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Vesta Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vesta Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Casaprince George's County Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Eckerd Youth Alternatives Inc: 12% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Sowing Empowerment and Economic Development Inc: 9% of income from government
  • A Wider Circle Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Manna Food Center Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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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How do I get to Vesta Inc?

Find your warmest path to Vesta Inc 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 21 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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