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Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation at a glance

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Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
51
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$160k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$2.3MEducation$2.3MHealth$1.2MHuman Services$740kRecreation & Sports$465kReligion$360kHousing & Shelter$285kEnvironment$275kOther$0
02FY2024 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k36 grants · $815k
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $1.2M
$25,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$30M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS$160,000
SHELTERING ARMS FOUNDATION$140,000
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$100,000
VCU CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$100,000
VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATIONREYNOLDS HOMESTEAD$100,000
VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND CULTURE$100,000
VALENTINE MUSEUM$100,000
J SARGEANT REYNOLDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE$60,000
CROSSOVER HEALTHCARE MINISTRY$50,000
FAISON CENTER$50,000
ST JAMES' EPISCOPAL CHURCH$50,000
WILLIAM & MARY ATHLETICS FOUNDATION$50,000
YWCA$50,000
UP RVA$50,000
ST CATHERINE'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION$50,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $516k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 76% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%OPERATION HEALING FORCES: $10k → 12%MAX CURE FOUNDATION: $45k → 7%OPERATION HEALING FORCES: $10k → 12%MAX CURE FOUNDATION: $40k → 7%OPERATION HEALING FORCES: $10k → 12%MAX CURE FOUNDATION: $40k → 7%OPERATION HEALING FORCES: $10k → 12%ST JOSEPH'S VILLA: $205k → 9%SHALOM FARMS: $15k → 9%ST JOSEPH'S VILLA: $10k → 9%SHALOM FARMS: $10k → 9%VIRGINIA VOICE: $10k → 9%ST JOSEPH'S VILLA: $10k → 9%VIRGINIA VOICE: $1k → 9%VIRGINIA HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS: $25k → 9%PETER PAUL DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $15k → 9%FORWARD FOUNDATION: $15k → 9%SPORTABLE: $25k → 22%SPORTABLE: $10k → 22%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

ME
NY
MA
IN
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
NC
DC
OK
LA
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.4M · 60 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

60 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

60
33

Total granted

$7.4M
$975k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+10%

Still filing today

77%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $530k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentHousing & ShelterHealthOther
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

  • VH
    VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +14%
  • SC
    ST CATHERINE'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $300k · revenue +11%
  • TV
    THE VALENTINE MUSEUM
    3× · 2022–2024 · $300k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • VT
    VIRGINIA TREATMENT CENTER FOR CHILDREN
    one grant, 2021 · $165k
  • AMERICARES FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +35%
  • CM
    CHILDSAVERS- MEMORIAL CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +3%
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
Virginia Commonwealth University Intellectual Property Foundation

The foundation determines the patentability and obtains patents on virginia commonwealth university (vcu) inventions and markets and licenses such inventions to commerical entities. the foundation's activities promote research efforts at…

Health
2
Vcu Investment Management Company

To provide investment and investment management and related services to the rector and the board of visitors of virginia commonwealth university (vcu), and/or to the private and independent foundations and other entities affiliated with…

Education
3
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
4
Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities

VCIC works with schools, businesses, and communities to achieve success through inclusion.

Civil Rights
5
Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation

The mission of vt-arc is to extend the impact of the virginia tech research and innovation enterprise, delivering superior analytic and technology solutions to government and non-government customers.

Science & Tech
6
Vcu Health Tappahannock Hospital

To deliver important healthcare services with exceptional quality and patient-centered care.

Health
7
Virginia Tech Foundation Inc

Virginia tech foundation, inc. (vtf) is a virginia nonstock corporation established in 1948 for the sole purpose of managing virginia tech's endowment to advance virginia tech's mission and its strategic priorities.

Education
8
Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce

Chamberrva is the trusted voice for modern business in the richmond virginia region. we are change agents, rallying to do the hard things that will create a more connected, prosperous, health and equitable community.

—
9
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
10
Jefferson Scholars Foundation

The jefferson scholars foundation (foundation) provides academic merit-based scholarship, fellowship and professorship support to students and faculty at the university of virginia (uva).

Philanthropy
11
University of Virginia Law School Foundation

The university of virginia law school foundation's primary purpose is to receive, manage and expend funds for the benefit of the university of virginia school of law.

Education
12
Community Memorial Hospital

To provide excellence in the delivery of healthcare.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Historic Richmond Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Southampton County Historical Society. 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

79 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. 79 of the 108 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
78/79
Grantees still filing
50/79
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

J SARGEANT REYNOLDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $500,000 · OtherJ SARGEANT REYNOLDS COMMUNITY COLLEGEPROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION OF THE D OF C: $250,000 · OtherPROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION OF THE D…VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATIONREYNOLDS HOMESTEAD: $250,000 · OtherVIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATIONREYNOLDS HOMESTEADVIRGINIA ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION: $250,000 · OtherVIRGINIA ATHLETICS ASSOCIATIONSECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $225,000 · OtherSECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHVIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $225,000 · OtherVIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTSVIRGINIA TREATMENT CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $165,000 · Other+49 more: $2,063,500 · Other+49 moreVIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA HISTORICAL SO…THE VALENTINE MUSEUM: $300,000 · Arts & CultureTHE VALENTINE MUSEUMHISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION: $95,000 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC RICHMOND FOUN…THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MUSEUM: $75,000 · Arts & CultureART 180 Inc: $75,000 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA WAR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $140,000 · Arts & Culture+5 moreST CATHERINE'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $300,000 · EducationST CATHERINE'S SCHO…Teach for America Inc: $200,000 · EducationTeach for America I…UP RVA: $200,000 · EducationUP RVATHE FAISON CENTER INC: $150,000 · EducationTHE FAISON CENTER I…ANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOL: $100,000 · EducationANNA JULIA COOPER S…CAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · EducationRIVERSIDE SCHOOL INC: $75,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITY: $75,000 · EducationMEDICAL COLLEGE OF VA FOUNDATION: $70,000 · Education+11 more: $300,000 · Education+11 moreSHELTERING ARMS FOUNDATION: $300,000 · HealthGoochlandCares: $145,000 · HealthTHE CROSS-OVER MINISTRY INC: $100,000 · HealthST JOSEPH'S VILLA: $225,000 · Human ServicesTHE MAX CURE FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION HEALING FORCES INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesSPORTABLE RICHMOND ADAPTIVE SPORTS AND RECREATION INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesVIRGINIA HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS: $25,000 · Human ServicesSHALOM FARMSINC: $25,000 · Human Services+3 more: $41,000 · Human ServicesJAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION: $100,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY: $75,000 · EnvironmentCAPITAL TREES: $50,000 · EnvironmentTHE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA: $50,000 · EnvironmentBATTERSEA FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EnvironmentHealthCode: $25,000 · EnvironmentLIBERATION VETERAN SERVICES INC: $185,000 · Housing & ShelterCARPENTER'S SHELTER INC: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterBETTER HOUSING COALITION: $50,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$3,928,500Arts & Culture$1,760,000Education$1,545,000Health$545,000Human Services$516,000Environment$325,000Housing & Shelter$285,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,000,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetST CATHERINE'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetSHELTERING ARMS FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetTHE VALENTINE MUSEUM: $300,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetST JOSEPH'S VILLA: $225,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUP RVA: $200,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetLIBERATION VETERAN SERVICES INC: $185,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetTHE FAISON CENTER INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGoochlandCares: $145,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetTHE MAX CURE FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 over 3y, 27% of budgetTHE JOHN MARSHALL FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetTHE CROSS-OVER MINISTRY INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetOVERLAND SUMMERS FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 4y, 86% of budgetANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOL: $100,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetJAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION: $100,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION: $95,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetReWork Richmond Inc: $90,000 over 3y, 8.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY: $75,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetCAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO RICHMOND: $75,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetRIVERSIDE SCHOOL INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MUSEUM: $75,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetART 180 Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA WAR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetMEDICAL COLLEGE OF VA FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetST JOHN'S CHURCH FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetCARPENTER'S SHELTER INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDSAVERS- MEMORIAL CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNEW SCHOOLS FOR VIRGINIA: $50,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCAPITAL TREES: $50,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetTHE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE RICHMOND BALLET: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER RICHMOND AQUATICS PARTNERSHIP: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCENTRAL VIRGINIA LEGAL AID SOCIETY INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBETTER HOUSING COALITION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCOLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL TRUST IN AMERICA: $40,000 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetTrustees of Hamilton College: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION HEALING FORCES INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Sustainable Business Institute Inc: $38,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetWOMENEXECS ON BOARDS INC: $35,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetSPORTABLE RICHMOND ADAPTIVE SPORTS AND RECREATION INC: $35,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetVIRGINIANS FOR VETERANS: $35,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetFAIR GIRLS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 3.8% 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 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ST CATHERINE'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SHELTERING ARMS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE VALENTINE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds ST JOSEPH'S VILLA ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds UP RVA ↗
  • Who funds LIBERATION VETERAN SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FAISON CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GoochlandCares ↗
  • Who funds THE MAX CURE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JOHN MARSHALL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CROSS-OVER MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds OVERLAND SUMMERS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC RICHMOND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ReWork Richmond Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY ↗
  • Who funds CAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO RICHMOND ↗
  • Who funds RIVERSIDE SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds ART 180 Inc ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA WAR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VA FOUNDATION ↗

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.

The Community Foundat…Richard S Reynolds Fo…The Mary Morton Parso…Herndon FoundationRobins FoundationDominion Energy Chari…Shelton H Short Jr Tr…Pga Tour Charities IncEstes Foundation Co M…Wilbur Moreland Haven…The Pauley Family Fou…Robert G Cabell III a…
The Community Foundation IncVA73.3× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Herndon Foundation · Robins Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Shelton H Short Jr Trust · Pga Tour Charities Inc · Estes Foundation Co Matthew Breidenbach Pitcairn · Wilbur Moreland Havens Charitable Foundation · The Pauley Family Foundation · Robert G Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc: 12% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
26report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation 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 108 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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