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Virginia S Warner Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$186k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
22
Grants FY2025
24
Organizations funded FY2024
25%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
10 to 32
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$2.9M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Virginia S Warner Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentEducationArts & CultureAnimalsFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving22$186k5%
FY202424$159k25%
FY202323$161k4%
FY202226$199k23%
FY202132$168k44%
FY202022$154k50%
FY201915$122k40%
FY201810$97k50%
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$320kEducation$242kArts & Culture$178kSocial Science$169kRecreation & Sports$94kAnimals$92kFood & Nutrition$69kInternational$36kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
UT
KY
WV
VA
MD
NC
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Philosophical Research Society$163,60097%
Chesapeake Conservancy Inc$95,00060%
Virginia Outdoors Foundation$94,0009n/a
Feeding America$60,00060%
The Orion Society Inc$58,00091%
Bard College$50,00070%
Tibet House US Inc$49,00090%
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts$48,00030%
The Hill School Corporation of Middleburg$41,00040%
Allen-Chase Foundation Dba Eaglebrook School$35,00070%
Show all 46 grantees
All grantees of Virginia S Warner Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Philosophical Research Society$163,60097%
Chesapeake Conservancy Inc$95,00060%
Virginia Outdoors Foundation$94,0009n/a
Feeding America$60,00060%
The Orion Society Inc$58,00091%
Bard College$50,00070%
Tibet House US Inc$49,00090%
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts$48,00030%
The Hill School Corporation of Middleburg$41,00040%
Allen-Chase Foundation Dba Eaglebrook School$35,00070%
Buxton Schoolinc$34,50040%
Grant Foundation Inc$31,00050%
The Piedmont Environmental Council$30,00050%
Pocket Sanctuary$30,0003n/a
Bull Run Mountains Conservancy Inc$27,50073%
New England Forestry Foundation Inc$25,00040%
Millbrook School$21,00050%
World Central Kitchen Inc$20,00020%
Blue Ridge Wildlife Center$17,50040%
Goose Creek Association$17,00055%
Och Conservation Foundation$15,00026%
The J a y C Foundation Inc$13,00011%
Tall Ship Providence Foundation$10,00011%
The Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights$10,00012%
Alford Land Trust Inc$10,0001n/a
Carnegie Institute$10,00010%
National Geographic Society$10,00020%
Parapsychology Foundation Inc$9,000118%
Conway School of Landscape Design Inc$8,00021%
The Wildlife Center of Virginia$7,50020%
Berkshire Bird Paradise Inc$6,39952%
Wild Earth Society Incorporated$5,11510%
Seven Loaves Services Inc$5,10051%
The Aspen Institute Inc$5,00010%
The Trustees of Reservations$5,00010%
Sempervirens Fund$5,00010%
Team Rubicon Inc$5,00010%
Middleburg Community Center Inc$5,00020%
Greenagers Inc$4,00020%
The Plains Community League$3,00014%
Appalachian Mountain Advocates Inc$3,00010%
National Gallery of Art$2,50010%
Fellowship of Universal Guidance$2,00025%
Rx Art Inc$1,00010%
Berkshire Humane Society Inc$1,00010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($211k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Virginia S Warner Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Philosophical Research Society: $163,600 over 9y, 7.2% of budgetChesapeake Conservancy Inc: $95,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFeeding America: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Orion Society Inc: $58,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetBard College: $50,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTibet House US Inc: $49,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetJohn F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: $48,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hill School Corporation of Middleburg: $41,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAllen-Chase Foundation Dba Eaglebrook School: $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBuxton Schoolinc: $34,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetGrant Foundation Inc: $31,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Piedmont Environmental Council: $30,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBull Run Mountains Conservancy Inc: $27,500 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetNew England Forestry Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMillbrook School: $21,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBlue Ridge Wildlife Center: $17,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetGoose Creek Association: $17,000 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetOch Conservation Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetThe J a y C Foundation Inc: $13,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTall Ship Providence Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThe Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCarnegie Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Geographic Society: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetParapsychology Foundation Inc: $9,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetConway School of Landscape Design Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetThe Wildlife Center of Virginia: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBerkshire Bird Paradise Inc: $6,399 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetWild Earth Society Incorporated: $5,115 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSeven Loaves Services Inc: $5,100 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetThe Aspen Institute Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Reservations: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSempervirens Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeam Rubicon Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMiddleburg Community Center Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGreenagers Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Plains Community League: $3,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetAppalachian Mountain Advocates Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNational Gallery of Art: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFellowship of Universal Guidance: $2,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetRx Art Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBerkshire Humane Society Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $1,000 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 43.

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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.

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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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Find your warmest path to Virginia S Warner Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Virginia S Warner Foundation Inc

How much does Virginia S Warner Foundation Inc give?
Virginia S Warner Foundation Inc reported 22 grants totaling $186,280 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Virginia S Warner Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (24%), Education (18%), Arts & Culture (13%).
Who are Virginia S Warner Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Philosophical Research Society ($164k), Chesapeake Conservancy Inc ($95k), Virginia Outdoors Foundation ($94k).
Does Virginia S Warner Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Virginia S Warner Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Virginia S Warner Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Luminescence Foundation Inc, Dun Foundation, William M Backer Foundation Inc.
Where is Virginia S Warner Foundation Inc based?
Virginia S Warner Foundation Inc is based in DC.

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 62 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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