Virginia · Nonprofit
ENGLISH FIRST FOUNDATION
ENGLISH FIRST FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,000 to it, the largest being AP Kirby Jr Foundation Inc ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $375
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $21k
- Net assets
- $13k
What English First Foundation does
Mission
To engage in educational and public information activities promoting americas common bond, the english language, and its preservation as the
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Education program - conducts research adn distributes issue briefs,background papers, mongraphs, reports and other educational materialson topics addressing the significance of the english language
$0 spentLegal assistance program - provides legal counseling andassistance in matters related to preserving english asour common language.
$0 spent
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2017 to 2018, from $26k to $18k (−30%).
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.
100% of ENGLISH FIRST FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $6k → $5k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 ENGLISH FIRST FOUNDATION’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
ENGLISH FIRST FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
ENGLISH FIRST FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
ENGLISH FIRST FOUNDATION's revenue fell 97% between 2017 and 2023.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,279 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
Organizations like ENGLISH FIRST FOUNDATION
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.
Public support
42%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ENGLISH FIRST FOUNDATION?
- ENGLISH FIRST FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,000 to it, the largest being AP Kirby Jr Foundation Inc ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ENGLISH FIRST FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $21,000 in grants to ENGLISH FIRST FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ENGLISH FIRST FOUNDATION?
- AP Kirby Jr Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ENGLISH FIRST FOUNDATION 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 3 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing