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Viro Fund at a glance

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Viro Fund

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$93k
Granted FY2018
24
Grants FY2018
5
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Education$91kHealth$78kPhilanthropy$55kArts & Culture$49kHuman Services$33kYouth Development$25kHousing & Shelter$15kFood & Nutrition$10kOther$0
02FY2018 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k23 grants · $82k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$11,000
MIKE SLIVE FOUNDATION$5,000
FAMILY SUNSHINE CENTER$5,000
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART CIRCLE$5,000
SOME$5,000
BEYOND THE HOOP FOUNDATION$5,000
POTOMAC FUND$5,000
WHEATON COLLEGE$5,000
YMCA OF MONTGOMERY$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
MONTGOMERY AREA CONCIL ON AGING$5,000
NATIONAL CHILD RESEARCH CENTER$5,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE RIVER REGI$5,000
NATIONAL PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL$5,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$5,000
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 (FY17–18, $33k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOODLAND FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $1k → 11%YMCA OF MONTGOMERY: $5k → 18%MONTGOMERY AREA CONCIL ON AGING: $5k → 18%YMCA OF MONTGOMERY: $5k → 18%MONTGOMERY AREA CONCIL ON AGING: $5k → 18%BRANTWOOD CHILDREN'S HOME: $1k → 18%BRANTWOOD CHILDREN'S HOME: $1k → 18%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
VA
MD
DC
AL
GA
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.

41%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$174k · 20 repeat orgs$249k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
32

Total granted

$174k
$223k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+22%

Still filing today

60%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • AC
    Alabama Children's Hospital Foundation
    2× · 2017–2018 · $15k · revenue +81%
  • YM
    YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +5%
  • WHEATON COLLEGE
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • HD
    HIGHLANDS DAY SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $40k · revenue +21%
  • RR
    RIVER REGION UNITED WAY
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue -29%
  • WF
    WHEATON FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
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
Montgomery Cancer Wellness Foundation

To provide supportive services, educational services, and assistance to cancer patients throughout central alabama, including those patients who lack the resources

Health
2
Morehouse School of Medicine

Leading the creation and advancement of health equity we exist to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities, increase the diversity of the health professional and scientific workforce, and address primary health care…

Education
3
Alabama Partnership for Children

To work in partnership with families and organizations to ensure that all alabama children (birth to five) get everything they need to develop to their fullest potential.

Education
4
The Grady Health Foundation Inc

The mission of the grady health foundation is to grow both philanthropic support and broad-based understanding of the critical role that grady health system plays in the metro atlanta region. our focus is to ensure grady health system has…

Philanthropy
5
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits

Our mission is to create thriving communities by helping nonprofits succeed. our work revolves around four primary areas of focus.1. we are a hub for social innovation 2. we are a capacity accelerator for organizations and their people3.…

Community Improvement
6
The Arc Baltimore Inc

The arc baltimore supports people with developmental disabilities to lead fulfilling lives with a sense of belonging, purpose, and meaningful relationships.

Human Services
7
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
8
Atlanta Birth Center Inc

Provides a holistic program with comprehensive midwifery care, a nurturing environment where you feel supported, respected, safe and secure, and personalized family-centered care.

Health
9
Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce

Community and economic development

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10
Robert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc

The woodruff arts center's mission is to inspire, create, support, and celebrate renowned arts and education for diverse audiences through a unique model of partnerships and collaborations, and in an institutionally sustainable manner.

Arts & Culture
11
The Winifred Masterson Burke Rehabilitation Hospital

Mission: to provide the highest quality medical care and rehabilitation services to ensure that each patient achieves the maximum functional recovery from illness, injury or disability. vision: to lead the field as the most effective and…

Health
12
The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc

To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alabama Children's Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Walter a Bloedorn Foundation. 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

36 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. 36 of the 56 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
25/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HIGHLANDS DAY SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherHIGHLANDS DAY SCHOOL FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $32,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWHEATON FUND: $25,000 · OtherWHEATON FUNDCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $11,000 · OtherSOME INC: $10,000 · OtherBEYOND THE HOOP FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE RIVER REGI: $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORICAL PRES: $10,000 · OtherPOTOMAC FUND: $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL GALLERY OF ART CIRCLE: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherFAMILY SUNSHINE CENTER: $10,000 · Other+17 more: $48,200 · Other+17 morePrevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn: $20,000 · HealthPrevent Cance…Alabama Children's Hospital Foundation: $15,000 · HealthAlabama Child…SACRED HEART FOUNDATION INC: $6,800 · HealthSACRED HEART …MONTGOMERY AREA NON-TRADITIONAL EQUESTRI: $4,000 · HealthMONTGOMERY AR…GIFT OF LIFE FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesWOODLANDS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesMONTGOMERY AREA COUNCIL ON AGING: $10,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesRIVER REGION UNITED WAY: $30,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyMETROPOLITAN CLUB PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSTUDIO BY THE TRACKS INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureWORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $4,000 · Arts & CultureHermitage Artist Retreat Inc: $1,000 · Arts & CultureATLANTA BELTLINE PARTNERSHIP INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureWHEATON COLLEGE: $10,000 · EducationNATIONAL CHILD RESEARCH CENTER: $10,000 · EducationCHILDREN'S CENTER OF MONTGOMERY INC: $2,000 · EducationTHE SEASIDE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · EducationHEART OF ALABAMA FOOD BANK INC: $7,000 · Food & NutritionWHOLESOME WAVE GEORGIA INC: $2,000 · Food & NutritionFRIENDS OF REFUGEES INC: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$251,200Health$48,800Human Services$33,000Philanthropy$31,000Arts & Culture$26,000Education$23,000Food & Nutrition$10,000

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 budgetHIGHLANDS DAY SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRIVER REGION UNITED WAY: $30,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPrevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAlabama Children's Hospital Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWHEATON COLLEGE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN CLUB PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetSOME INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CHILD RESEARCH CENTER: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMONTGOMERY AREA COUNCIL ON AGING: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHEART OF ALABAMA FOOD BANK INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSACRED HEART FOUNDATION INC: $6,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Mike Slive Foundation for Prostate Cancer Research: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTUKABATCHEE AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJUNIOR LEAGUE OF BIRMINGHAM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSTUDIO BY THE TRACKS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetN STREET VILLAGE INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY AREA NON-TRADITIONAL EQUESTRI: $4,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWHOLESOME WAVE GEORGIA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIFT OF LIFE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S CENTER OF MONTGOMERY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetROSEMARY BEACH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE SEASIDE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF REFUGEES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWALTER A BLOEDORN FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEnvironmental Fund for Georgia Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC MONTGOMERY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHermitage Artist Retreat Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDICAL OUTREACH MINISTRIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA BELTLINE PARTNERSHIP INC: $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.

The Caritas FundKiwanis Club of Montg…The Daniel Foundation…Gordy-Mead-Britton Fo…Arthur M Britton Foun…The S Adam Schloss Fo…Loeb Family Foundatio…Alfa FoundationHill Crest Foundation…International Paper C…The Wayne and Shan Ru…Samuel L Schloss Fami…
The Caritas FundAL34.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Caritas Fund · Kiwanis Club of Montgomery Foundation Inc · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Gordy-Mead-Britton Foundation · Arthur M Britton Foundation Inc · The S Adam Schloss Foundation Inc · Loeb Family Foundation Inc · Alfa Foundation · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · International Paper Company Foundation · The Wayne and Shan Russell Charitable Foundation · Samuel L Schloss Family Foundation Tr Schlossburke K Trustee

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Hermitage Artist Retreat Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wheaton College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 56 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2019) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2018, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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The unnamed billions
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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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