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Walter Payne Foundation at a glance

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Walter Payne Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$199k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Public Safety & Disaster$256kFood & Nutrition$244kArts & Culture$204kRecreation & Sports$195kCrime & Legal$143kEducation$141kHuman Services$97kHealth$96kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $86k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $113k
$8,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FACES FOOD PANTRY$15,000
LYNCHBURG DAILY BREAD$13,000
WOLFBANE PRODUCTIONS$12,000
VIRGINIA LEGAL AID SOCIETY$12,000
HOLIDAY LAKE 4-H EDUCATIONAL CENTER$11,000
VIRGINIA CHILDREN'S BOOK FESTIVAL$10,000
APPOMATTOX LITERACY INTERVENTION$10,000
PIEDMONT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$10,000
CASA OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA$10,000
APPOMATTOX COUNTY COMMUNITY PARK$10,000
LONGWOOD CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS$8,000
HUMANKIND$8,000
PAMPLIN VOL FIRE DEPARTMENT$8,000
PREGNANCY SUPPORT CENTER$8,000
PROSPECT VOL FIRE DEPARTMENT$8,000
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 (FY17–25, $132k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%HUMANKIND: $8k → 8%HUMANKIND: $8k → 8%HUMANKIND: $8k → 8%HUMANKIND: $8k → 8%HUMANKIND: $8k → 8%HUMANKIND: $6k → 8%HUMANKIND: $6k → 8%HUMANKIND: $5k → 8%THE APPOMATTOX COUNTY ASSEMBLY: $1k → 12%THE APPOMATTOX COUNTY ASSEMBLY: $1k → 12%APPOMATTOX LITERACY INTERVENTION: $11k → 12%APPOMATTOX LITERACY INTERVENTION: $10k → 12%APPOMATTOX LITERACY INTERVENTION: $10k → 12%APPOMATTOX LITERACY INTERVENTION: $10k → 12%APPOMATTOX LITERACY INTERVENTION: $10k → 12%APPOMATTOX LITERACY INTERVENTION: $8k → 12%APPOMATTOX LITERACY INTERVENTION: $7k → 12%APPOMATTOX LITERACY INTERVENTION: $7k → 12%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.
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 41 repeat orgs$31k to everyone else

41 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
8

Total granted

$1.5M
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+775%

Still filing today

37%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionHealthCrime & LegalOther
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

  • LD
    LYNCHBURG DAILY BREAD INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $91k · revenue +128%
  • WP
    WOLFBANE PRODUCTIONS
    9× · 2017–2025 · $80k · revenue +405%
  • VL
    Virginia Legal Aid Society Inc
    8× · 2018–2025 · $80k · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • TH
    TRI-RIVER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $8k · revenue +775% · 73% of their budget
  • PC
    PAMPLIN COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • AB
    APPOMATTOX BANK BOOSTERS
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
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
Habitat for Humanity Virginia

Habitat for Humanity Virginia provides support to Virginia affiliates so that they can build or facilitate affordable housing by offering advocacy, organizational development, funding, and resource development

Housing & Shelter
2
Virginia Affordable Housing Loan Fund

Housing loans to lower income persons

Community Improvement
3
Childrens Advocacy Center of Virginia

The Children's Advocacy Centers of Virginia (CACVA) promotes and supports the development, growth and continuation of child advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams across the state in their service to child victims of abuse and…

Human Services
4
Virginia Voice Inc

Virginia Voice is a non-profit audio reading and information service for individuals who are unable to read for themselves because of blindness, low vision, or other disabilities.

Human Services
5
Virginia Poverty Law Center Inc

Virginia poverty law center uses advocacy, education, and litigation to break down systemic barriers that keep low-income virginians in the cycle of poverty.

Crime & Legal
6
Virginias House a Family Resource Center
Human Services
7
Ywca of Central Virginia

The ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, dignity, and freedom for all.

Human Services
8
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society Inc

Central virginia legal aid society (cvlas) provides free civil (non-criminal) legal assistance to low income people who have legal problem arising in the cities of richmond, petersburg, hopewell, colonial heights and charlottesville; and…

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9
Central Virginia Housing Coalition

Central virginia housing coalition improves the regional quality of life by providing affordable housing opportunities to low income families through coalition, education, counseling, and financial assistance.

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10
Community Services Housing Inc

Provision of housing for persons with disabilities in the Charlottesville community.

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11
Habitat for Humanity Middlesex Inc

Build affordable housing for low wage earner families of middlesex county, virginia.

Housing & Shelter
12
Madison County Library

Provide library services to madison county.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Central Virginia Regional Library; the most unlike its peers is Appomattox Literacy Intervention Project. 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

19 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. 19 of the 50 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FACES FOOD PANTRY: $104,500 · OtherFACES FOOD PANTRYAPPOMATTOX COUNTY COMMUNITY PARK: $82,500 · OtherAPPOMATTOX COUNTY COMMUNITY PARKPIEDMONT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $74,000 · OtherPIEDMONT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INCPROSPECT VOL FIRE DEPARTMENT: $65,000 · OtherPROSPECT VOL FIRE DEPARTMENTPAMPLIN VOL FIRE DEPARTMENT: $65,000 · OtherPAMPLIN VOL FIRE DEPARTMENTLONGWOOD CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS: $60,000 · OtherLONGWOOD CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTSCONCORD VOL FIRE DEPARTMENT: $57,640 · OtherCONCORD VOL FIRE DEPARTMENTDARLINGTON HEIGHTS VOL FIRE DE: $51,000 · OtherPREGNANCY SUPPORT CENTER: $49,000 · OtherVIRGINIA CHILDREN'S BOOK FESTIVAL: $43,200 · OtherPAMPLIN AREA LEGACY SUPPORTERS: $42,010 · OtherThe United Way of Prince Edward Co Inc: $37,500 · Other+27 more: $280,300 · Other+27 moreAppomattox Literacy Intervention Project: $72,500 · Human ServicesAppomattox…PRESBYTERIAN HOMES & FAMILY SVCS: $57,000 · Human ServicesPRESBYTERI…QUICKSTART TENNIS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesQUICKSTART…+1 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesWOLFBANE PRODUCTIONS: $80,000 · Arts & CultureTHE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MUSEUM: $24,000 · Arts & CultureLYNCHBURG DAILY BREAD INC: $91,000 · Food & NutritionHOLIDAY LAKE 4-H EDUCATIONAL CENTER INC: $77,000 · Youth DevelopmentIMPACT LIVING SERVICES: $8,000 · Youth DevelopmentVirginia Legal Aid Society Inc: $79,900 · Crime & LegalCASA OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA INC: $63,500 · Civil Rights
Other$1,011,650Human Services$140,500Arts & Culture$104,000Food & Nutrition$91,000Youth Development$85,000Crime & Legal$79,900Civil Rights$63,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLYNCHBURG DAILY BREAD INC: $91,000 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetWOLFBANE PRODUCTIONS: $80,000 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetVirginia Legal Aid Society Inc: $79,900 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetHOLIDAY LAKE 4-H EDUCATIONAL CENTER INC: $77,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetPIEDMONT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $74,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetAppomattox Literacy Intervention Project: $72,500 over 8y, 52% of budgetCASA OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA INC: $63,500 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN HOMES & FAMILY SVCS: $57,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe United Way of Prince Edward Co Inc: $37,500 over 4y, 22% of budgetHeart of Virginia Free Clinic Inc: $29,300 over 5y, 7.6% of budgetTHE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MUSEUM: $24,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSTEPS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA: $18,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCENTRAL VIRGINIA REGIONAL LIBRARY: $14,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetQUICKSTART TENNIS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA INC: $9,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetTRI-RIVER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $7,500 over 1y, 73% 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 LYNCHBURG DAILY BREAD INC ↗
  • Who funds WOLFBANE PRODUCTIONS ↗
  • Who funds Virginia Legal Aid Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOLIDAY LAKE 4-H EDUCATIONAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PIEDMONT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Appomattox Literacy Intervention Project ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA INC ↗
  • Who funds PRESBYTERIAN HOMES & FAMILY SVCS ↗
  • Who funds The United Way of Prince Edward Co Inc ↗
  • Who funds Heart of Virginia Free Clinic Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds STEPS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL VIRGINIA REGIONAL LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds QUICKSTART TENNIS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA INC ↗
  • Who funds IMPACT LIVING SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds TRI-RIVER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗

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.

Greater Lynchburg Com…The Al Stroobants Fou…Centra Health IncEasley Char Irr Tua 5…Foster FoundationSchewel Charitable Fo…Jamerson Family Found…United Way of Central…Bedford Community Hea…Centra Health Foundat…The Titmus FoundationDominion Energy Chari…
Greater Lynchburg Community FoundationVA24× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation · The Al Stroobants Foundation · Centra Health Inc · Easley Char Irr Tua 5019004715 · Foster Foundation · Schewel Charitable Foundation · Jamerson Family Foundation · United Way of Central Virginia Inc · Bedford Community Health Foundation · Centra Health Foundation · The Titmus Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable 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 Walter Payne Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Walter Payne Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 50 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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