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Virginia Historical Society

Connecting people to america's past through the unparalleled story of virginia.

$552k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0194% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2022–2025.

Arts & Culture$1.2MEducation$135kCivil Rights$95kRecreation & Sports$88kReligion$35kHealth$16kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $117k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $435k
$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$177M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$75,000
VIRGINIA TRIBAL EDUCATION CONSORTIUM INC$75,000
THE JXN PROJECT$75,000
FREDERICKSBURG AREA MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER INC$60,000
VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS$50,000
PAMUNKEY INDIAN TRIBE$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
MONACAN NATION CULTURAL FOUNDATION$31,500
HISTORIC STAUNTON FOUNDATION$25,000
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN VIRGINIA$25,000
HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION$20,000
TOANO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC$15,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY22–22, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%RAPPAHANNOCK TRIBE OF VIRGINIA: $65k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Southeast Volusia Historical Society Inc

The mission of the southeast volusia county historical society is to collect and exhibit objects and documents related to the history of southeast volusia county, with particular emphasis on the settlement in 1768 and seeks to promote…

Arts & Culture
2
Barrett-Peake Heritage Foundation

The Barrett-Peake Heritage Foundation, Inc., is a nonprofit preservation organization whose mission is preserving Civil War era cemeteries and historic properties in the City of Hampton.

Arts & Culture
3
Mount Vernon Preservation Society
Arts & Culture
4
Washington Heritage Museums

The mission of washington heritage museums is to preserve, promote and maintain its five 18th century properties in fredericksburg, virginia and develop dynamic educational resources and programs to engage and inspire the intrest of…

Arts & Culture
5
Isle of Wight County Museum Foundation Inc
Arts & Culture
6
John E Thomasson Charitable Foundation
Education
7
The Staunton Augusta County African American Resea

Preserve african american heritage

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8
Richmond County Historical Society Inc

Historical preservation

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9
Secretariat Heritage Center
Arts & Culture
10
Essex County Museum & Historical Society Inc

Research and presserve history of Essex County VA & provide displays, presentations, publications and education to the county citizens and visitors

Arts & Culture
11
Virginia Trust for Historic Preservation Lee-Fendall House Museum and Gardens

The lee-fendall house museum & garden interprets american history through the experiences of those who lived and worked on the property from 1785 to 1969. as an educational center, the museum preserves its historic fabric to promote…

Arts & Culture
12
The Virginia Council

To preserve Virginias history and craft the most prosperous future for all of its citizens.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Historic Richmond Foundation and the most unlike its peers is HERE2HEAR Llc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyHistoric Preservation & Cul…Virginia Statewide Associat…Virginia Higher Education S…University Foundation Manag…Regional Economic Developme…Independent K-8 Schools
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 39 years old; the field is 15. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%0%<5yr15%21%5–10yr17%8%10–20yr14%15%20–35yr15%39%35–55yr14%18%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr15%25%5–10yr17%12%10–20yr14%16%20–35yr15%35%35–55yr14%14%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/45
the rest of the field
13%
1,596/12,187

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

39 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 39 of the 48 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/39
Grantees still filing
23/39
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Virginia Nottoway Indian Circle and Square Foundation Incorporated — $75,000 · Arts & CultureVirginia Nottoway Indian Circle and Square Foundati…THE JXN PROJECT — $75,000 · Arts & CultureTHE JXN PROJECTCHICKAHOMINY INDIAN TRIBE INC — $65,000 · Arts & CultureCHICKAHOMINY INDIAN TRIBE INCBLACK HISTORY MUSEUM & CLT CTR — $60,000 · Arts & CultureBLACK HISTORY MUSEUM & CLT CTRFREDERICKSBURG AREA MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER — $60,000 · Arts & CultureFREDERICKSBURG AREA MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTERTHE CORPORATION FOR THOMAS JEFFERSON'S POPLAR FOREST — $50,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CORPORATION FOR THOMAS JEFFERSON'S POPLAR FORES…AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OF FAUQUIER COUNTY — $50,000 · Arts & CultureAFRO-AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OF FAUQUIER CO…VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS — $50,000 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMSCALFEE COMMUNITY CENTER AND CULTURAL CENTER INC — $50,000 · Arts & CultureCALFEE COMMUNITY CENTER AND CULTURAL CENTER INCJAMESTOWN REDISCOVERY FOUNDATION — $35,000 · Arts & CultureMonacan Nation Cultural Foundation Inc — $31,500 · Arts & CultureASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF VA ANTIQUITIES — $30,000 · Arts & Culture+9 more — $167,440 · Arts & Culture+9 moreVIRGINIA TRIBAL EDUCATION CONSORTIUM INC — $75,000 · OtherVIRGINIA TRIBAL EDUCATION CONSORTIUM INCIndividual grant recipient — $75,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE GREATER REEDVILLE ASSOCIATION — $57,582 · OtherTHE GREATER REEDVILLE ASSOCIATIONPamunkey Indian Tribe — $50,000 · OtherPamunkey Indian TribeIndividual grant recipient — $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient — $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSHARON INDIAN SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC — $44,824 · OtherSHARON INDIAN SCHOOL FOUNDATION INCLINCOLN PRESERVATION FOUNDATION — $40,000 · OtherLINCOLN PRESERVATION FOUNDATIONMEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF THE GERMANNA COLONIES IN VIRGINIA INC — $35,000 · OtherMEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF THE GERMANNA COLON…HISTORIC STAUNTON FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 · OtherMANASSAS MUSEUM ASSOCIATES — $25,000 · OtherMONTGOMERY MUSEUM & LEWIS MILLER ART CTR — $25,000 · OtherFLUVANNA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $25,000 · Other+6 more — $61,500 · Other+6 moreLET FREEDOM RING FOUNDATION — $75,000 · ReligionRICHMOND HILL INCORPORATED — $35,000 · ReligionRAPPAHANNOCK TRIBE FOUNDATION — $65,000 · Human ServicesCITY OF RICHMOND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $30,000 · EducationVIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 · EducationNATIONAL D-DAY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION — $38,360 · Recreation & SportsRADFORD HERITAGE FOUNDATION — $30,000 · PhilanthropyTOANO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC — $15,000 · Community Improvement
Arts & Culture$798,940Other$638,906Religion$110,000Human Services$65,000Education$50,000Recreation & Sports$38,360Philanthropy$30,000Community Improvement$15,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetLET FREEDOM RING FOUNDATION — $75,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetTHE JXN PROJECT — $75,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCHICKAHOMINY INDIAN TRIBE INC — $65,000 over 1y, 87% of budgetRAPPAHANNOCK TRIBE FOUNDATION — $65,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetBLACK HISTORY MUSEUM & CLT CTR — $60,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetTHE GREATER REEDVILLE ASSOCIATION — $57,582 over 1y, 12% of budgetTHE CORPORATION FOR THOMAS JEFFERSON'S POPLAR FOREST — $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAFRO-AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OF FAUQUIER COUNTY — $50,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetVIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS — $50,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetCALFEE COMMUNITY CENTER AND CULTURAL CENTER INC — $50,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetNATIONAL D-DAY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION — $38,360 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF THE GERMANNA COLONIES IN VIRGINIA INC — $35,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetRICHMOND HILL INCORPORATED — $35,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetJAMESTOWN REDISCOVERY FOUNDATION — $35,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetRADFORD HERITAGE FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF VA ANTIQUITIES — $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCITY OF RICHMOND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetMONTGOMERY MUSEUM & LEWIS MILLER ART CTR — $25,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetFairfield Foundation of Virginia Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN VIRGINIA — $25,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetFLUVANNA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $25,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetTHE BOARD OF REGENTS OF GUNSTON HALL INCORPORATED — $20,400 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSCIENCE MUSEUM OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetVIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOANO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC — $15,000 over 1y, 43% of budgetBELLE GROVE INC — $14,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWOODLAND RESTORATION FOUNDATION — $13,040 over 1y, 15% of budgetFORT HARRISON INC — $12,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetPRINCE WILLIAM HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 50% of budgetCLARKE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION — $7,500 over 1y, 2.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundat…The Mary Morton Parso…Dominion Energy Chari…Chrisman Family Found…Robert G Cabell III a…Weissberg FoundationThe Roller-Bottimore …Herndon FoundationRichard S Reynolds Fo…Tesco FoundationUnited South and East…Richmond Memorial Hea…
The Community Foundation IncVA29.2× affinity13 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Chrisman Family Foundation · Robert G Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation · Weissberg Foundation · The Roller-Bottimore Foundation · Herndon Foundation · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Tesco Foundation · United South and Eastern Tribesinc · Richmond Memorial Health Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Virginia Historical Society funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%your 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
    12report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 48 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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