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VIRGINIA SHERIFFS' INSTITUTE INC

VIRGINIA SHERIFFS' INSTITUTE INC (Virginia) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,430 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($7,500). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$1.5M
Funders on record
20
Grants received
$26k
Net assets
$3.2M
13/20 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Virginia Sheriffs' Institute Inc does

Mission

Vsi provides training and education and does any and all things to promote the enforcement of law and order and the suppression of crime.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Vsi provided informational bulletins, emails and educational notices to sheriffs and their staff. Vsi provided a lawful employment practices for law enforcement personnel program, a newly elected sheriffs' school, a certification program for sheriffs and deputies, and an executive management training program. Vsi sponsored many law enforcement related non-profits. Vsi provided reports and statistics to supporters regarding crime and criminal justice in virginia through direct mail, email and on vsi's website.

    $750,703 spentof which $42,276 as grants$85,440 earned by the program
    79% of program spending
  2. The institute provides a quarterly newsletter that goes to its members from the sheriffs that contains information on new virginia laws, crime prevention topics, and training and education updates.

    $90,300 spent
    9% of program spending
  3. The virginia sheriffs' scholarship program was established in 1981 to provide an opportunity for young people across virginia to pursue an educational curriculum in criminal justice. Scholarships are provided to students throughout virginia who major in criminal justice at a virginia college or university. Vsi paid for 66 scholarships for 2025-26 to virginia's youth.

    $77,712 spentof which $63,500 as grants
    8% of program spending
  4. The virginia sheriffs' institute (vsi), in cooperation with the virginia sheriffs' association (vsa), the performance management group at the l. Douglas wilder school of government and public affairs at virginia commonwealth university (vcu) and the national center for policing innovation (ncpi), has developed the vsi certification program to promote, recognize and elevate the continued individual professional development for virginia's sheriffs and deputies.

    $32,799 spent$72,824 earned by the program
    3% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $951,514.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.1M) Expenses 100 ($1.0M) Net assets 100 ($1.7M)2018 Revenue 101 ($1.1M) Expenses 102 ($1.1M) Net assets 106 ($1.8M)2019 Revenue 99 ($1.1M) Expenses 108 ($1.1M) Net assets 112 ($1.9M)2020 Revenue 98 ($1.1M) Expenses 111 ($1.2M) Net assets 111 ($1.9M)2021 Revenue 128 ($1.4M) Expenses 104 ($1.1M) Net assets 149 ($2.6M)2022 Revenue 121 ($1.4M) Expenses 124 ($1.3M) Net assets 133 ($2.3M)2023 Revenue 114 ($1.3M) Expenses 142 ($1.5M) Net assets 137 ($2.4M)2024 Revenue 127 ($1.4M) Expenses 124 ($1.3M) Net assets 155 ($2.7M)2025 Revenue 119 ($1.3M) Expenses 114 ($1.2M) Net assets 175 ($3.0M)2026 Revenue 135 ($1.5M) Expenses 122 ($1.3M) Net assets 186 ($3.2M)
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Revenue (135)Expenses (122)Net assets (186)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.9M to $2.6M (+35%).

$1.7M
$1.8M
$2.0M
$1.9M
$2.6M
$2.4M
$2.4M
$2.7M
$3.0M
$3.2M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

71% of VIRGINIA SHERIFFS' INSTITUTE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (93% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,394 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.

$78k
’17
$70k
’18
−$21k
’19
−$57k
’20
$346k
’21
$63k
’22
−$201k
’23
$126k
’24
$151k
’25
$236k
’26
1.2
months of
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.

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Listed9999999999
Joined·+3+1+1+1+3+0+1+4+1
No longer listed·311130141
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $1k → $2k.

2 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 VIRGINIA SHERIFFS' INSTITUTE INC’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

VIRGINIA SHERIFFS' INSTITUTE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 28% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

30% 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 VIRGINIA SHERIFFS' INSTITUTE INC.

28%
largest funder
72%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 46% · 2019 36% · 2020 63% · 2021 39% · 2022 38% · 2023 46% — 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

60% of VIRGINIA SHERIFFS' INSTITUTE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

94% of VIRGINIA SHERIFFS' INSTITUTE INC's grant income comes from Virginia funders.

MA
OH
CT
VA
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Virginia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

VIRGINIA SHERIFFS' INSTITUTE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 18 crime & legal nonprofits its size.

Operating margin16% · above the median
Months of reserve1.2mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 18 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026

Organizations like VIRGINIA SHERIFFS' INSTITUTE 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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

75% of spending goes to programs.

Program 75%Management 11%Fundraising 14%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

96%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds VIRGINIA SHERIFFS' INSTITUTE INC?
VIRGINIA SHERIFFS' INSTITUTE INC (Virginia) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,430 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($7,500). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does VIRGINIA SHERIFFS' INSTITUTE INC have?
IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $26,430 in grants to VIRGINIA SHERIFFS' INSTITUTE INC, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of VIRGINIA SHERIFFS' INSTITUTE INC?
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $7,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like VIRGINIA SHERIFFS' INSTITUTE 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 20 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