Virginia · Nonprofit
THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,055 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($24,055). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $36k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $28k
- Net assets
- $18k
What The Butterfly Effect does
Mission
The Butterfly Effect is organized exclusively for the purpose of advancement of education under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
(1) Participation of 23 students in the International Math Kangaroo Contest 2022 has been supported through provision of free tutoring services for the whole school year. (2) 17 students have been supported in their studies at the "Zerkalo" theatrical studio through waiving their tuition fees.
$8,000 spentof which $46,980 as grants89% of program spending(a) participation of 19 students in 2025 Math International Kangaroo competition has been accomplished, including intensive preparation sessions, covering costs of materials and tutoring; (b) 5 performances by the 'Zerkalo' theater studio have been supported, covering lease of performance space, costs of costumes and equipment plus expenses on instruction and staging.
$1,000 spentof which $37,500 as grants11% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $9,000.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2024 to 2025, from $37k to $18k (−51%).
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 THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $3k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% 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 THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT’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
THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% 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
86% 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 THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“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
86% of THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT'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. Of the $4k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $24k 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
THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT: 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 THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT?
- THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,055 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($24,055). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $28,055 in grants to THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $24,055 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 2 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