Virginia · Nonprofit
United Methodist Family Services of Virginia
United Methodist Family Services of Virginia (Virginia) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,614,797 to it, the largest being BOARD OF CHILD CARE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH INC ($1,660,491). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $5.6M
- Net assets
- $61M
What United Methodist Family Services of Virginia does
Mission
Shineforth Child & Family Services is the unwavering champion that every child deserves, and our vision is to strengthen humanity, one child at a time. Shineforth operates eight offices across Virginia and offers more than a dozen programs, including therapeutic foster care, adoption, two private day schools, and residential treatment for youth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Child & Family Healing Center at Shineforth (CFHC) serves children and teens ages 11-17 who are navigating emotional, behavioral, and mental health challenges. CFHC provides 24-7 supervised care in a modern dormitory-style setting that offers all residents private bedrooms and bathrooms. CFHC served 80 youth in FY25, and 87% self-reported being satisfied with their treatment.
$8,700,853 spent$8,213,678 earned by the program47% of program spendingIn our Treatment Foster Care (TFC) program, we support foster children and teens who have faced trauma, abuse, or medical and behavioral challenges by connecting them with dedicated foster families. We provide extensive training and ongoing support to ensure our 100 state-wide families offer the stability and care these children need. As a result, our foster parent utilization and retention rates remain high. And the impact is profound-87% of foster youth report feeling satisfied with their treatment, and more than 60% transition into a permanent family setting or adoption. Shineforth's therapeutic foster care program served 141 children and teens in FY25 and served families across Virginia with around-the-clock support, ongoing training, and respite care.
$5,768,155 spent$6,447,088 earned by the program31% of program spendingUMFS PROVIDES A RANGE OF ADOPTION SERVICES. Adoptive parents take on an incredible journey-one filled with love, resilience, and challenges. Children and teens who have experienced foster care, private, or international adoption often carry deep emotions that require patience, understanding, and expert support. That's where UMFS steps in. Our adoption social workers, therapists, and adoptive parent liaisons empower families with the skills and resources needed to foster trust and stability. Our extensive expertise in foster care and adoption connects families with the right people, programs, and tools for success and we offer 24/7 crisis support. In 2025 Shineforth's adoption services reported 47 finalizations through collaborative programs and provided 273 families with post-adoption services.
$897,605 spent$1,015,739 earned by the program5% of program spendingAdditional services include community-based family support, case management, mentoring and post-adoption services.
$3,061,059 spent$204,985 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $18,427,672.
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 2022 to 2023, from $50M to $70M (+42%).
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 7% · 2018 9% · 2019 10% · 2020 11% · 2021 7% · 2022 6% · 2023 4% · 2024 13% · 2025 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
25% of United Methodist Family Services of Virginia’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Nancy Toscano PHD
President and CEO
Board chair
Bruce Whitehurst
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $194k → $415k.
15 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 United Methodist Family Services of Virginia’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 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
United Methodist Family Services of Virginia leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% 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 United Methodist Family Services of Virginia.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 63% · 2019 53% · 2020 38% · 2021 35% · 2022 30% · 2023 63% — 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
67% of United Methodist Family Services of Virginia's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
United Methodist Family Services of Virginia draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
United Methodist Family Services of Virginia runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like United Methodist Family Services 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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Charterhouse Schools Inc · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for United Methodist Family Services of Virginia: 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 United Methodist Family Services of Virginia?
- United Methodist Family Services of Virginia (Virginia) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,614,797 to it, the largest being BOARD OF CHILD CARE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH INC ($1,660,491). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does United Methodist Family Services of Virginia have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $5,614,797 in grants to United Methodist Family Services of Virginia, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of United Methodist Family Services of Virginia?
- BOARD OF CHILD CARE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,660,491 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like United Methodist Family Services 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 33 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing