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FOUNDATION OF THE STATE ARBORETUM OF VIRGINIA
FOUNDATION OF THE STATE ARBORETUM OF VIRGINIA (Virginia) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $179,101 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($42,275). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $286k
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $179k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Foundation of the State Arboretum of Virginia does
Mission
The foundation of the state arboretum's mission is to support blandy's research and educational goals, sustain the arboretum's collections, and enhance blandy's value as an institution that serves the public.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
A primary objective of the foundation of the state arboretum (the foundation) is to educate the public about the arboretum and its collections. The foundation hosts a variety of public programs, all geared toward environmental education, such as arboretum tours, lectures, workshops and exhibits. The foundation directly contributes funds to the university of virginia's blandy experimental farm in order to support several staff positions, provide student research fellowships and offset administrative costs. The foundation sponsors garden fair, a plant and garden supply sale that is the arboretum's largest fundraiser. Other events include nature nurtures in the fall and holiday workshops in december.
$193,983 spent$9,496 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $193,983.
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 2020 to 2021, from $887k to $1.2M (+33%).
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.
72% of FOUNDATION OF THE STATE ARBORETUM OF VIRGINIA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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 FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $6k → $23k.
2 of 19 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 FOUNDATION OF THE STATE ARBORETUM OF VIRGINIA’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
FOUNDATION OF THE STATE ARBORETUM OF VIRGINIA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% 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
26% 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 FOUNDATION OF THE STATE ARBORETUM OF VIRGINIA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 71% · 2019 40% · 2020 46% · 2021 52% · 2022 38% · 2023 22% — 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.
How long its funders stay
45% of FOUNDATION OF THE STATE ARBORETUM OF VIRGINIA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
89% of FOUNDATION OF THE STATE ARBORETUM OF VIRGINIA's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $42k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
FOUNDATION OF THE STATE ARBORETUM OF VIRGINIA runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FOUNDATION OF THE STATE ARBORETUM OF VIRGINIA
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- University of Virginia · exempt
- University of Virginia Investment Management Company · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FOUNDATION OF THE STATE ARBORETUM OF VIRGINIA?
- FOUNDATION OF THE STATE ARBORETUM OF VIRGINIA (Virginia) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $179,101 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($42,275). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOUNDATION OF THE STATE ARBORETUM OF VIRGINIA have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $179,101 in grants to FOUNDATION OF THE STATE ARBORETUM OF VIRGINIA, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION OF THE STATE ARBORETUM OF VIRGINIA?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $42,275 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUNDATION OF THE STATE ARBORETUM OF VIRGINIA 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 19 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