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Virga Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$669k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
52
Grants FY2024
14
Organizations funded FY2022
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$62,400
States reached, FY2024
12
Total assets, FY2024
$9.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Environment$255kArts & Culture$135kCivil Rights$70kInternational$42kHuman Services$35kEducation$30kPhilanthropy$30kYouth Development$25kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
OR
CA
UT
CO
VA
AZ
NM
DC
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 55 grantees
All grantees of Virga Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Grand Canyon Trust Inc$62,40010%
Make the Road New York$50,00010%
Friends of Cedar Mesa$40,00021%
Community Radio Project Inc Ksjd$40,00024%
The Hopi Foundation Lomasumi'Nangwtukwsiwmani$35,00013%
Resources Legacy Fund$35,00010%
Naca-Inspired Schools Network$30,00010%
Youth Empowerment Services for Dine Bikeyah Inc$25,00013%
Flower Hill Institute$25,00011%
Montezuma Land Conservancy$23,00022%
Borderlands Restoration Network$20,00011%
Mancos Common Press Inc$20,00012%
Indian Country Grassroots Support$15,00014%
The Pinon Project$15,00010%
Greater Good Charities$15,00010%
Onward a Legacy Foundation$12,50020%
The Bridge Emergency Shelter$11,50023%
To Nizhoni Ani$10,00011%
Atabey Outdoors$10,00016%
Heritage Lands Collective$10,00015%
Navajo Health Foundation - Sage Memorial Hospital Inc$10,00010%
The Conservation Alliance$10,00010%
Cortez Center Inc Dba Cortez Cultural Center$10,00017%
Kute Inc Dba Ksut Public Radio$10,00010%
Protect Our Winters$10,00010%
EVLoves LLC$10,00012%
The Center for Media Justice DBA MediaJustice$10,00010%
The Reconciliation Center Inc$10,00010%
Vera Institute of Justice Inc$7,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$5,00010%
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$5,00010%
All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc$5,00010%
Dolores River Boating Advocates$5,00011%
Indigenous Lifeways$5,00011%
The Interoots Initiative$5,00011%
Greening Youth Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
The Good Samaritan Center$5,0001n/a
Outdoor Afro$5,00010%
Four Corners Rising$5,00015%
Project Eleven Hundred$4,0001n/a
Forge Project Association$4,00010%
Four Corners Food Coalition$3,00010%
Cycle Kids Inc$3,00010%
Mancos Valley Resources$3,00011%
American Whitewater$2,00010%
Dolores Rotary Club Foundation Inc$2,0001n/a
Blackhat Humane Society$1,50021%
For Pets Sake Inc$1,50011%
Saigon Childrens Charity USA$1,0001n/a
United States Fund for Unicef$1,00010%
Montezuma County Historical Society$50011%
San Francisco Food Bank$50010%
Mount Calvary Lutheran Church$5001n/a
Housing Matters$50010%
Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Virga Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Grand Canyon Trust Inc: $62,400 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMake the Road New York: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of Cedar Mesa: $40,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCommunity Radio Project Inc Ksjd: $40,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetThe Hopi Foundation Lomasumi'Nangwtukwsiwmani: $35,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetResources Legacy Fund: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNaca-Inspired Schools Network: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYouth Empowerment Services for Dine Bikeyah Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetFlower Hill Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMontezuma Land Conservancy: $23,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetBorderlands Restoration Network: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMancos Common Press Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetIndian Country Grassroots Support: $15,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetThe Pinon Project: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGreater Good Charities: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOnward a Legacy Foundation: $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Bridge Emergency Shelter: $11,500 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetTo Nizhoni Ani: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAtabey Outdoors: $10,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetHeritage Lands Collective: $10,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetNavajo Health Foundation - Sage Memorial Hospital Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Conservation Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCortez Center Inc Dba Cortez Cultural Center: $10,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetKute Inc Dba Ksut Public Radio: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetProtect Our Winters: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEVLoves LLC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetThe Center for Media Justice DBA MediaJustice: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Reconciliation Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVera Institute of Justice Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPalestine Children's Relief Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAll Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDolores River Boating Advocates: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetIndigenous Lifeways: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Interoots Initiative: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetOutdoor Afro: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFour Corners Rising: $5,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetForge Project Association: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFour Corners Food Coalition: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCycle Kids Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMancos Valley Resources: $3,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican Whitewater: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBlackhat Humane Society: $1,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFor Pets Sake Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMontezuma County Historical Society: $500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSan Francisco Food Bank: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHousing Matters: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 49.

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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.

El Pomar FoundationCO22.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: El Pomar Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Ballantine Family Fund · The Colorado Health Foundation · Onward a Legacy Foundation · The Wilderness Society · Colorado Gives Foundation · Rocky Mountain Health Foundation · Gates Family Foundation · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Tides Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable 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.

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About Virga Foundation

How much does Virga Foundation give?
Virga Foundation reported 52 grants totaling $668,900 in its FY2024 IRS filing.
What does Virga Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (36%), Arts & Culture (19%), Civil Rights (10%).
Who are Virga Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: The Grand Canyon Trust Inc ($62k), Make the Road New York ($50k), Friends of Cedar Mesa ($40k).
Does Virga Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Virga Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include El Pomar Foundation, Patagoniaorg, Ballantine Family Fund.
Where is Virga Foundation based?
Virga Foundation is based in DE.

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 58 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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