Virginia · Nonprofit
My Three Chambered Heart
My Three Chambered Heart (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being CHARLOTTESVILLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $111k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $15k
- Net assets
- $10k
What My Three Chambered Heart does
Mission
My Three Chambered Hearts primary exempt purpose is to increase science literacy and knowledge of herpetology through our reptile natural history museum and associated programs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The operation of our Reptile Natural History Museum is our organizations main program. In 2024 our museum had 4559 regular visitors and 6435 students on private field trips. Nearly 11,000 guests were able to learn about science and conservation through a unique and immersive experience.
$82,050 spent95% of program spendingTraveling programs are our organizations second largest program as measured by expenses. These include programs at libraries schools and community events. In 2024 we reached an estimated 25,600 people. Examples include herpetology talks classroom visits library events and mobile exhibit displays.
$2,754 spent3% of program spendingSpecial events held at the museum are our third largest program. These events include partner organizations working in areas of science education conservation and other STEM disciplines. In 2024 we had 525 visitors attend a special event.
$1,650 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $86,454.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Jacob Pugh
Executive Director and Educator
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $8k.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 My Three Chambered Heart’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.
Where its funders are
100% of My Three Chambered Heart's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k 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
My Three Chambered Heart runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for My Three Chambered Heart: 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 My Three Chambered Heart?
- My Three Chambered Heart (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being CHARLOTTESVILLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does My Three Chambered Heart have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $15,000 in grants to My Three Chambered Heart, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of My Three Chambered Heart?
- CHARLOTTESVILLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 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 My Three Chambered Heart 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 1 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