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Virginia Environmental Endowment

The endowment's mission is to improve the quality of the environment by using its capital, expertise, and resources to fund projects and programs that encourage all sectors to work together to prevent pollution, improve water quality, restore the chesapeake bay, conserve natural resources, promote environmental literacy and public…

$2.3M
Granted FY2026still arriving
35
Grants FY2026still arriving
4
States reached
$479k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$19MFood & Nutrition$640kAnimals$500kEducation$344kHealth$300kYouth Development$125kRecreation & Sports$117kPublic Benefit$42kOther$0
02FY2026 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 35 grants below total $1,969,897, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,286,799 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $316,902 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 · FY2026

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k27 grants · $736k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $418k
  • $250k+2 grants · $809k
$29,119
Median grant
4
States reached
$33M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION$478,669
CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC$330,637
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ENGI$133,331
NEW RIVER CONSERVANCY$98,850
ROANOKE VALLEY-ALLEGHANY REGIONAL COMMISSION$85,411
BAY JOURNAL MEDIA$50,000
BLUE SKY FUND$50,000
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER$40,000
WETLANDS WATCH$40,000
VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE -VIRGINIA SEA GRANT (VASG)$40,000
POTOMAC RIVERKEEPER NETWORK$35,000
THE ELIZABETH RIVER PROJECT$35,000
VIRGINIA CONSERVATION NETWORK$35,000
POTOMAC CONSERVANCY$30,000
VIRGINIAS UNITED LAND TRUSTS$30,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 78% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%DUCKS UNLIMITED: $701k → 9%NEW RIVER CONSERVANCY: $99k → 14%WEST VIRGINIA RIVERS COALITION: $215k → 18%VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS: $178k → 5%TROUT UNLIMITED: $755k → 7%KIWANIS FOUNDATION OF ROANOKE: $50k → 8%SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $50k → 8%JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION: $1.5M → 9%APPALACHIAN CONSERVATION CORPS: $192k → 11%CITY OF HOPEWELL STORMWATER PROGRAM: $261k → 11%THE MOUNTAIN LAKE CONSERVANCY: $107k → 12%WETLANDS WATCH: $226k → 19%WESTERN VIRGINIA WATER AUTHORITY: $137k → 20%VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ENGI: $133k → 21%CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION: $1.2M → 22%WATERSHED WATCH IN KENTUCKY: $150k → 13%NEW RIVER CONSERVANCY: $76k → 14%WEST VIRGINIA RIVERS COALITION: $80k → 18%TROUT UNLIMITED: $480k → 7%ROANOKE COLLEGE: $89k → 8%JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION: $1.0M → 9%THE MOUNTAIN LAKE CONSERVANCY: $96k → 12%WETLANDS WATCH: $59k → 19%BLUE RIDGE LAND CONSERVANCY: $73k → 20%JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION: $890k → 22%TROUT UNLIMITED: $196k → 7%JAMES CITY COUNTY: $782k → 7%JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION: $630k → 9%JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION: $539k → 22%TROUT UNLIMITED: $132k → 7%COLONIAL SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT: $640k → 7%VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION: $500k → 22%JAMES CITY COUNTY: $396k → 7%JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION: $479k → 22%JAMES CITY COUNTY: $295k → 7%CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION: $406k → 22%COLONIAL SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION- DIV OF COMM OF VA: $151k → 7%CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $331k → 22%VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH: $300k → 22%NATURE FORWARD: $80k → 8%CAPITAL REGION LAND: $60k → 22%LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN: $315k → 9%SUSTAINABLE CHESAPEAKE: $554k → 22%SUSTAINABLE CHESAPEAKE: $238k → 22%RIVANNA CONSERVATION ALLIANCE: $53k → 8%SUSTAINABLE CHESAPEAKE: $90k → 22%VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY: $750k → 8%VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY: $90k → 8%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

PA
KY
WV
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
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 28% of Virginia Environmental Endowment’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 89% of the giving stays in VA; by stated purpose, 70%.

Virginia Environmental Endowmentlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.1% directed abroad (not shown)
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19M · 56 repeat orgs$4.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

56 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2026, 27 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

56
38

Total granted

$19M
$3.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
+25%

Still filing today

86%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $136k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
EnvironmentEducationCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureAnimalsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • JR
    JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION
    10× · 2017–2026 · $5.2M · revenue +234% · 60% of their budget
  • CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2017–2026 · $1.9M · revenue +53%
  • TU
    TROUT UNLIMITED INC
    5× · 2017–2025 · $1.6M · revenue +133%

Funded once

  • CO
    COMMONWEALTH OF VA
    one grant, 2019 · $750k
  • DU
    Ducks Unlimited Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $701k · revenue +105%
  • CS
    COLONIAL SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
    one grant, 2019 · $640k
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
The Vermont River Conservancy Inc

Protect land along rivers, lakes and wetlands of vt; protect public access, wildlife habitat, scenic natural beauty, and ecological integrity.

Human Services
2
Virginia Environmental Endowment

The endowment's mission is to improve the quality of the environment by using its capital, expertise, and resources to fund projects and programs that encourage all sectors to work together to prevent pollution, improve water quality,…

Environment
3
Essex County Conservation Alliance

Preservation of essex county virginia's rural characteristics, its scenic lands, natural resources, and historic structures.

Environment
4
The Rockbridge Area Conservation Council

The mission of the rockbridge area conservation council (rockbridge conservation or rc) is to promote and enhance the protection, sustainable use, and stewardship of our community's natural and cultural resources.

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5
West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation

To promote sustainable economic development by facilitating reuse of commercial, industrial, and mining sites and providing long-term management of key risks from legacy environmental concerns.

Community Improvement
6
Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust

The virginia eastern shore land trust seeks to conserve rural lands, to preserve the farms, forests, wetlands, waters, and heritage of virginias eastern shore for the benefit of current and future generations.

Environment
7
Vermont Riverlands Llc

To protect and enhance the natural resources of vermont in order to promote the well-being of present and future generations of vermonters and visitors; preserve and aid in the preservation of open land along rivers and lakes; protect and…

Environment
8
Conserving Carolina

To protect, restore, and inspire appreciation of the natural world.

Environment
9
Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy

Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy inspires, motivates, and engages people to protect, preserve, and restore wildlife habitat in Loudoun County, Virginia.We accomplish our mission through our advocacy, education, citizen science, and habitat…

Animals
10
Virginia Forestry Association

Vfa promotes stewardship and wise use of the commonwealth's forest resources for the economic and environmental benefits of all virginians.

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11
Virginia Living Museum Inc

The museum connects people to nature by delivering educational classes, programs, exhibits, events and demonstrations. staff and volunteers engage learners of all ages on a 23 acre campus setting. indoor and outdoor learning opportunities…

Arts & Culture
12
The James River Basin Partnership

To improve and protect the water quality in the james river watershed and table rock lake.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New River Land Trust; the most unlike its peers is Trout Unlimited 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

78 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. 78 of the 100 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)
31
Early backer (in before they grew)
78/78
Grantees still filing
56/78
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION: $5,209,406 · EnvironmentJAMES RIVER ASSOCIATIONCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $1,944,769 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INCDucks Unlimited Inc: $701,408 · EnvironmentDucks Unlimited Inc+43 more: $4,986,572 · Environment+43 moreIndividual grant recipient: $1,177,900 · OtherIndividual grant recipientVIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION: $800,000 · OtherVIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERV…COMMONWEALTH OF VA: $750,000 · OtherCOMMONWEALTH OF VACOLONIAL SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT: $640,000 · OtherCOLONIAL SOIL AND WATER CONSER…JAMES CITY COUNTY: $540,893 · OtherJAMES CITY COUNTYSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $365,000 · OtherSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CEN…CITY OF HOPEWELL STORMWATER PROGRAM: $261,203 · Other+30 more: $1,658,005 · Other+30 moreTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $1,573,550 · Animals+1 more: $10,000 · AnimalsSUSTAINABLE CHESAPEAKE: $925,655 · Public BenefitWILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $217,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION: $116,500 · EducationROANOKE COLLEGE: $104,621 · EducationVirginia Association for Environmental Education: $45,405 · Education+2 more: $23,500 · EducationCONSERVATION LEGACY: $234,400 · Youth DevelopmentBLUE SKY FUND: $200,000 · Youth DevelopmentKiwanis Foundation of Roanoke: $135,411 · Community ImprovementALLIANCE FOR THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY: $57,000 · Community ImprovementTHE LIVING RIVER RESTORATION TRUST: $40,000 · Community ImprovementGROUNDWORK RVA INC: $25,000 · Community ImprovementBLACK FAMILY LAND TRUST INC: $15,000 · Community ImprovementVIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC: $10,000 · Community Improvement
Environment$12,842,155Other$6,193,001Animals$1,583,550Public Benefit$925,655Education$507,526Youth Development$434,400Community Improvement$282,411

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 budgetJAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION: $5,209,406 over 10y, 60% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $1,944,769 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $1,573,550 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetSUSTAINABLE CHESAPEAKE: $925,655 over 5y, 42% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $701,408 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWETLANDS WATCH INC: $389,456 over 7y, 27% of budgetSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $365,000 over 10y, 0.1% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA RIVERS COALITION INC: $355,000 over 4y, 25% of budgetLEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $315,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetNEW RIVER LAND TRUST: $277,446 over 3y, 24% of budgetVIRGINIA CONSERVATION NETWORK: $274,000 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetRIVANNA CONSERVATION ALLIANCE: $243,000 over 9y, 9.4% of budgetVA ASSOCIATION OF SOIL & WATER CONSERV DISTRICTS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $237,323 over 5y, 76% of budgetCONSERVATION LEGACY: $234,400 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNature Forward: $227,500 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetWILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $217,500 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetBAY JOURNAL MEDIA INC: $215,000 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetCAPITAL REGION LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $201,000 over 6y, 6.8% of budgetBLUE SKY FUND: $200,000 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetLAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC: $187,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetNew River Conservancy: $184,680 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetVIRGINIAS UNITED LAND TRUSTS: $180,000 over 8y, 19% of budgetTHE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $162,769 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetLAND SAVERS UNITED: $161,796 over 6y, 9.9% of budgetSHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK TRUST: $150,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetKiwanis Foundation of Roanoke: $135,411 over 2y, 62% of budgetTHE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC: $127,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK: $126,750 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetVIRGINIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE: $117,000 over 6y, 17% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION: $116,500 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetNorthern Virginia Conservation Trust: $111,000 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetROANOKE COLLEGE: $104,621 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPotomac Riverkeeper Network: $103,300 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetTHE LAND TRUST OF VIRGINIA INC: $74,500 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetCHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LOWER APPOMATTOX RIVER: $69,700 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $68,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY CONSERVATION COUNCIL: $65,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetThe Elizabeth River Project: $60,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetWATERKEEPERS CHESAPEAKE INC: $57,500 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetALLIANCE FOR THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY: $57,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE MARINERS' MUSEUM: $55,800 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEver Green Team: $46,250 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetVirginia Association for Environmental Education: $45,405 over 3y, 10% of budgetTHE LIVING RIVER RESTORATION TRUST: $40,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetMAYMONT FOUNDATION: $34,050 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetRIDGE TO REEFS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TROUT UNLIMITED INC ↗
  • Who funds SUSTAINABLE CHESAPEAKE ↗
  • Who funds Ducks Unlimited Inc ↗
  • Who funds WETLANDS WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA RIVERS COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW RIVER LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA CONSERVATION NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds RIVANNA CONSERVATION ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds VA ASSOCIATION OF SOIL & WATER CONSERV DISTRICTS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION LEGACY ↗
  • Who funds Nature Forward ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BAY JOURNAL MEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MOUNTAIN LAKE CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL REGION LAND CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUE SKY FUND ↗
  • Who funds LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds New River Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIAS UNITED LAND TRUSTS ↗
  • Who funds THE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds LAND SAVERS UNITED ↗
  • Who funds SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Kiwanis Foundation of Roanoke ↗
  • Who funds THE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE ↗

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.

National Fish and Wil…Dominion Energy Chari…Chesapeake Bay TrustVirginias United Land…The Keith Campbell Fo…The Oak Hill FundThe Community Foundat…The Nature ConservancyLand Trust Alliance I…Charlottesville Area …Agua FundincThe Conservation Fund…
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationDC41.9× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Chesapeake Bay Trust · Virginias United Land Trusts · The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc · The Oak Hill Fund · The Community Foundation Inc · The Nature Conservancy · Land Trust Alliance Inc · Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · Agua Fundinc · The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation

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 Virginia Environmental Endowment funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Virginia Environmental Endowment. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 32%
  • Defensores De La Cuenca: 100% of income from government
  • Ridge to Reefs Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Nature Forward: 32% of income from government
  • Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Conservancy Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
25report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Virginia Environmental Endowment?

Find your warmest path to Virginia Environmental Endowment 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 100 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 2026, released 2026. 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
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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