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Virginia Metzler Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Virginia Metzler Family Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$2.8M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0178% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$21kHealth$15kEducation$15kFood & Nutrition$10kHousing & Shelter$5kReligion$4kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kAnimals$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,761,263
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHEDULE$2,761,263
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 32% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $7k → 6%PLAID HOUSE: $3k → 4%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NEWARK: $3k → 16%COMMUNITY HOPE: $2k → 4%CORNERSTONE FAMILY PROGRAMS: $1k → 4%CHARITY WATER: $3k → 17%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

NY
MA
PA
NJ
VA
AZ
TN
NC
TX
FL
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.
03Its 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.

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Virtua Medical Group Pa

The physicians of virtua medical group (vmg) share a common philosophy in all they do: to create an outstanding experience for patients. in a broad range of specialties, from family medicine to surgery to oncology, vmg's highly-trained…

Health
2
Georgian Court University

Georgian court university (gcu), provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and is open to students of all faiths, delivers a curriculum that promotes scholarship, service, and personal development.

Education
3
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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4
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
5
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

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6
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
7
Monmouth University Inc

See schedule omonmouth university is a comprehensive institution of higher education committed to excellence and integrity in teaching, scholarship and service. through its offerings in liberal arts, sciences, and professional programs,…

Education
8
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
9
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
10
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
11
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
12
St Joseph's Health System Subordinate Group Return

We are committed to providing exceptional quality care which sustains and improves both individual and community health, with a special concern for those who are poor, vulnerable and underserved.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cornerstone Family Programs; the most unlike its peers is Wake Forest University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 27 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCHEDULE: $3,520,263 · OtherSCHEDULE+10 more: $32,500 · OtherMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $7,000 · Human ServicesPLAID HOUSE INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCDIOCESE OF NEWARK: $3,000 · Human ServicesCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesCommunity Hope Inc: $2,000 · Human ServicesCORNERSTONE FAMILY PROGRAMS: $1,000 · Human ServicesTRI-COUNTY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $4,000 · EducationSAGE ELDERCARE: $3,000 · EducationWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $1,500 · EducationLASELL UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · EducationCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $7,000 · Food & NutritionINTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY INC: $2,000 · Food & NutritionST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,000 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $3,000 · HealthNATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $3,000 · Public BenefitFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $1,000 · International
Other$3,552,763Human Services$19,000Education$9,500Food & Nutrition$9,000Health$6,000Public Benefit$3,000International$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRI-COUNTY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPLAID HOUSE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCDIOCESE OF NEWARK: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAGE ELDERCARE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOMELESS SOLUTIONS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUMMIT SPEECH SCHOOL: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Hope Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORNERSTONE FAMILY PROGRAMS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLASELL UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Community Foundation …Investors Foundation …The Hyde and Watson F…Healey Family Foundat…Fm Kirby Foundation I…Ej Grassmann TrustBristol-Myers Squibb …The Goldman Sachs Cha…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Charities Aid Foundat…Network for Good
Community Foundation of New JerseyNJ19.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of New Jersey · Investors Foundation Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Healey Family Foundation · Fm Kirby Foundation Inc · Ej Grassmann Trust · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good

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 Metzler Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Virginia Metzler Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Community Hope Inc: 41% of income from government
  • Plaid House Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Homeless Solutions Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Lasell University: 4% of income from government
  • Cornerstone Family Programs: 3% of income from government
  • Catholic Charities of the Arcdiocese of Newark: 1% of income from government
  • Sage Eldercare: 1% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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
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 27 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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