Virginia · Nonprofit
JOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND PARTNERSHIP
JOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND PARTNERSHIP (Virginia) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $988,621 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($187,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $989k
- Net assets
- $772k
What Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership does
Mission
To promote and support civic engagement through history education, economic development through heritage tourism, and the preservation of cultural landscapes in one of the nation's most important historic regions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Heritage tourism: development and management of the journey through hallowed ground national heritage area and national scenic byway, supporting our partners and ensuring that the visitor experience will be maintained at the highest level.
$173,127 spent9% of program spendingEducation: development and management of unique educational programs at defining sites of american history, inspiring students and visitors to understand the foundations of our democracy and the leadership contributions of the diverse people who shaped our nation.
$1,804,987 spentof which $752,185 as grants$908,550 earned by the program90% of program spendingPreservation: in partnership with regional organizations, local governments and heritage destinations, development and management of a regional approach to preserve and protect for future generations the irreplaceable cultural landscapes and natural, historic, recreational and scenic resources within the journey through hallowed ground national heritage area.
$28,531 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,006,645.
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 $876k to $1.7M (+95%).
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: 2017 37% · 2018 15% · 2019 17% · 2020 25% · 2021 73% · 2022 29% · 2023 30% · 2024 27% · 2025 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
48% of JOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND PARTNERSHIP’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
Chief executive
William W Sellers
President/ CEO
Board chair
Charles Ledsinger
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $42k → $92k.
7 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 JOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND PARTNERSHIP’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
JOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND PARTNERSHIP has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
52% 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 JOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND PARTNERSHIP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 40% · 2019 23% · 2020 21% · 2021 21% · 2022 19% · 2023 27% — 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
43% of JOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND PARTNERSHIP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
JOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND PARTNERSHIP draws 84% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $401k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
JOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND PARTNERSHIP has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding JOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND PARTNERSHIP receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.7M on record.
- Department of the Interior$3.7M
- National Endowment for the Humanities$30k
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 JOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND PARTNERSHIP
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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for JOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND PARTNERSHIP: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND PARTNERSHIP?
- JOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND PARTNERSHIP (Virginia) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $988,621 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($187,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND PARTNERSHIP have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $988,621 in grants to JOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND PARTNERSHIP, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND PARTNERSHIP?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $187,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JOURNEY THROUGH HALLOWED GROUND PARTNERSHIP 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 28 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