Virginia · Nonprofit
NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC
NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC (Virginia) receives grants from 96 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,314,577 to it, the largest being LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE ($2,646,900). 61 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $43M
- Funders on record
- 96
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $16M
What Northern Virginia Family Services Inc does
Mission
The mission of northern virginia family service (nvfs) is "to empower individuals and families to improve their quality of life, and to promote community cooperation and support in responding to family needs." nvfs was established in 1924 by community residents responding to their neighbors' overwhelming need for food, clothing, and fuel. Over the past century, nvfs has continued to evolve our programs and services to meet the changing needs and challenges of the overall region. Nvfs empowers over 30,000 individuals each year, helping them tap into their own inherent resilience and address the root causes of the problems they face so they can transform their lives. Through comprehensive and transformative programs and partnerships, nvfs engages an integrated service delivery model that ensures every person has the access, support, and resources they need to reach their full potential.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The child & family wellbeing program service area was new to nvfs in fy25 as a result of the forward merger with scan effective 1/1/25.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Housing and homeless services - see schedule o.
$10,278,417 spentof which $4,226,572 as grants31% of program spendingEarly childhood education services - see schedule o.
$8,362,460 spentof which $3,818 as grants$828,047 earned by the program25% of program spendingIntervention and prevention services - see schedule o.
$5,000,602 spentof which $61,917 as grants$187,087 earned by the program15% of program spendingHealth services:community health - nvfs' community health programs provide access to health services and health coverage options for individuals and families who have low-incomes and no or insufficient health insurance, particularly supporting access to preventive and ongoing services/benefits. In fy25, 401 children accessed reduced-fee medical care, and 66 clients were provided with enrollment assistance to gain new health coverage or retain existing coverage. Access to free and reduced cost medications (valued at nearly $10 million) was provided to 652 individuals who could otherwise not afford their prescriptions.healthy families - nvfs launched the first northern virginia healthy families program in alexandria more than 30 years ago and now operates programs in the city of alexandria, arlington county, fairfax county, greater prince william (prince william county and the cities of manassas and manassas park), and loudoun county. Healthy families provides free, voluntary home-visiting services to expectant and new parents to achieve four primary goals: promote positive, nurturing, responsive parenting; improve child health and development; promote school readiness; and prevent…
$4,521,429 spentof which $541,671 as grants13% of program spendingAnti-hunger services:anti-hunger - nvfs' hunger resource center (hrc) engaged a comprehensive network of resources to provide emergency food to more than 3200 individuals in fy25. During the year nvfs worked to address food insecurity by hosting several mobile food pantry "pop ups". In addition to basic food items, community members were able to connect with a variety of other nvfs and safety net resources. Additionally, over 100,000 meals at nvfs' serve family shelter are supplied annually by the hrc, which provides three (3) daily meals to nvfs' homeless shelter guests. The hrc is located on the nvfs serve campus in manassas and is the largest food distribution center in greater prince william.
$3,256,292 spentof which $2,758,036 as grants10% of program spendingSpecial initiatives services: nvfs is operating arpa-funded programs in loudoun county through provision of case management to clients at-risk of eviction (in partnership with loudoun cares) so they can maintain housing [case management services for rental and eviction assistance] and administration of a supplementary reimbursement program to support a 50% tuition reduction at a licensed or registered child care center/home care provider so that families can afford quality childcare for their children, allowing parents to work and/or participate in educational opportunities [child care fee reduction program]. In addition, nvfs operates six affordable rental units in prince william county. These homes are designated for families living at 50% or 80% of the median family income with the goal of providing an affordable housing option to families with low-income. Nvfs launched its first resident services contract in 2024 in loudoun county with a greater focus on the residents in affordable housing, instead of the development and/or management of physical affordable rental units. Community in reach - nvfs' community in-reach team partners with northern virginia communities to…
$885,662 spentof which $299,670 as grants$122,319 earned by the program3% of program spendingWorkforce development services:escala - escala serves as a capacity building technical assistance partner to entrepreneurs who have traditionally been underserved. Escala provides technical assistance through individualized consulting and training workshops in both english and spanish to help entrepreneurs develop the knowledge, skills, and social and economic capital integral to achieve their intended outcome of launching a sustainable small business.training futures - training futures teaches marketable job skills using a "transformational learning" methodology that addresses the emotional state of trainees as they enter the program and systematically builds up their sense of identity and what is possible in their lives. Training futures delivers in-demand job skills training through an intensive, cohort model in which trainees experience a workplace culture; develop foundational digital skills and digital literacy; participate in an internship/capstone project; engage in individualized coaching; and receive customized job search, retention, and employment services support. In fy25, 70 trainees participated in three (3) training cohorts; 95% of graduates demonstrated improved…
$690,012 spentof which $16,346 as grants$17,863 earned by the program2% of program spendingVentures:thrift shop - nvfs operates a thrift shop in falls church, which provides opportunities for individual, corporate, and community volunteerism while generating financial support for nvfs programs through the sale of donated goods.
$594,437 spent$693,603 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $33,589,311.
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 2023 to 2024, from $24M to $30M (+22%).
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 65% · 2018 65% · 2019 68% · 2020 63% · 2021 78% · 2022 72% · 2023 75% · 2024 73% · 2025 73%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Stephanie Berkowitz
President & chief executive officer
Board chair
Jenny Lindsey Md
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 49 funders, grant income rose $915k → $2.2M.
21 of 96 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.5M from 10 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Virginia Health Care Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC raised.
From the IRS filings of NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 96 funders by total. 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
NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 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 NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 33% · 2019 38% · 2020 14% · 2021 18% · 2022 14% · 2023 18% — 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
57% of NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
57% of NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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
NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC's funding base is broadening — from 19 funders to 49 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $83.5M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$82.2M
- Department of Justice$1.3M
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 NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES 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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC?
- NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC (Virginia) receives grants from 96 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,314,577 to it, the largest being LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE ($2,646,900). 61 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC have?
- IRS filings report 96 organizations giving $14,314,577 in grants to NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC, 61 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC?
- LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE is the largest funder on record, with $2,646,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 96 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