Virginia · Nonprofit
BLUE RIDGE PRISM INC
BLUE RIDGE PRISM INC (Virginia) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $398,151 to it, the largest being RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION ($100,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $805k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $398k
- Net assets
- $424k
What Blue Ridge Prism Inc does
Mission
Blue ridge prism's mission is to improve the health of our natural world for future generations. We are dedicated to the conservation and stewardship of our shared natural heritage.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Invasive species education and outreach: blue ridge prism (prism) educates partners, land stewards, volunteers, schoolchildren, community groups, stewardship areas, and those in the conservation community on the ecological impacts of invasive plants on forest health, tree canopy preservation, pollinators, wildlife, habitat, biodiversity, watershed health, and resilience. Prism trains partners, land stewards, volunteers, schoolchildren, community groups, stewardship areas, and those in the conservation community on identifying, reporting, and controlling invasive plants during various seasons of the year. Prism also participates as a partner/instructor in land management workshops for conservation professionals, community associations, and private landowners.
$337,998 spent$16,258 earned by the program55% of program spendingInvasive plant control: blue ridge prism assists public agencies, local governments, institutions, corporations, and private land stewards with the control of specific invasive plants, including wavyleaf grass and kudzu.
$231,695 spent38% of program spendingVirginia invasive plant coalition (a program of blue ridge prism): key organizer in the creation and management of the virginia invasive plant coalition (vipc), a coalition of 90+ organizations from across virginia committed to the removal of invasive plants from virginia's landscapes and the restoration of native plants and biodiversity. Vipc has six action groups that coordinate the coalition's work: awareness & education, building collaborative networks, removal & restoration, workforce development, policy, and research.
$40,371 spent7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $610,064.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $277k to $613k (+121%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 30% · 2022 25% · 2025 24%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of BLUE RIDGE PRISM INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $76k → $47k.
4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BLUE RIDGE PRISM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BLUE RIDGE PRISM INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
42% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BLUE RIDGE PRISM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 80% · 2022 70% · 2023 43% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
BLUE RIDGE PRISM INC draws 62% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $107k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BLUE RIDGE PRISM INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,606 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,606 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding BLUE RIDGE PRISM INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $238k on record.
- Department of the Interior$238k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BLUE RIDGE PRISM INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
55%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BLUE RIDGE PRISM INC?
- BLUE RIDGE PRISM INC (Virginia) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $398,151 to it, the largest being RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION ($100,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLUE RIDGE PRISM INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $398,151 in grants to BLUE RIDGE PRISM INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLUE RIDGE PRISM INC?
- RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLUE RIDGE PRISM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 14 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing