Virginia · Nonprofit
VOLUNTEER CENTER OF FAIRFAX COUNTY INC
VOLUNTEER CENTER OF FAIRFAX COUNTY INC (Virginia) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $412,834 to it, the largest being POINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION ($237,460). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $413k
- Net assets
- $170k
What Volunteer Center of Fairfax County Inc does
Mission
Volunteer fairfax engages people and organizations to amplify their community impact. Through a variety of programs, special events, and services, we strengthen the capacity of local nonprofits, connect for-profit resources to community needs, match volunteers with meaningful service opportunities, support government programs, and host family-friendly volunteer activities. Serving fairfax county and the greater washington region for over five decades, volunteer fairfax is committed to fostering a vibrant, resilient, and connected community where everyone can contribute their time, talent, and resources.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Volunteer fairfax's five signature programs offer opportunities for diverse populations to serve their communities in ways that suit their lifestyles, skills, and interests. Our volunteers support all vulnerable populations, including low-income families, children, older adults, those experiencing food insecurity and/or homelessness, and immigrant communities. Our volunteers perform a wide array of activities such as supporting the social service agencies that feed, clothe, and house those who are living in poverty, and assisting during times of crisis.following are our five signature programs: (1) the alternative community service program (acs)-assists court- and attorney-referred clients in avoiding fines or jail sentences by volunteering. In fy25, 113 clients contributed 4,615 service hours, supporting 31 area agencies. (2) the retired and senior volunteer program (rsvp) has been managed by volunteer fairfax since 2012 and is a program of americorps seniors. Rsvp matches those over 55 with nonprofit programs that need their experience and skills. Rsvp volunteers focus on healthy futures, aging in place, and economic opportunity. In fy25, 180 volunteers contributed 13,446 hours…
$728,521 spent$324,712 earned by the program100% of program spendingVolunteer fairfax hosts three signature events annually. The first two are family-friendly days of service. (1) volunteerfest, held every fall, offers attendees service projects to participate in as well as the opportuny to connect with dozens of local nonprofits and public agencies during a community fair to learn about their volunteer and donation needs. In fy25, volunteerfest provided the opportunity to engage with 24 nonprofits and agencies. 433 attendees also completed 7 projects, contributing 649.5 hours of service to local organizations. (2) vf's martin luther king, jr. Week of service includes family-friendly volunteer service day give together and the community conversation. This year's event resulted in almost 400 volunteers providing: 1,400 student emergency preparedness kits for fairfax county's department of emergency response, 300 hygiene/care packages for residents of birmingham green, 180 build-a-bears for children experiencing trauma in fairfax county that were distributed by fairfax county government's department of family services (dfs), 300 snowman cups containing warm gloves and fruit snacks to benefit those experiencing housing instability, 200 suncatchers…
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $728,521.
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 2021 to 2022, from $477k to $752k (+58%).
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 59% · 2018 62% · 2019 61% · 2020 65% · 2021 70% · 2022 59% · 2023 60% · 2024 65% · 2025 63%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
67% of VOLUNTEER CENTER OF FAIRFAX COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% 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
Jennifer Williamson
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income fell $140k → $25k.
4 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 VOLUNTEER CENTER OF FAIRFAX COUNTY 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
VOLUNTEER CENTER OF FAIRFAX COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
81% 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 VOLUNTEER CENTER OF FAIRFAX COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 94% · 2020 26% · 2021 51% · 2022 41% · 2023 40% — 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
33% of VOLUNTEER CENTER OF FAIRFAX COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
VOLUNTEER CENTER OF FAIRFAX COUNTY INC draws 88% 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. $89k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
VOLUNTEER CENTER OF FAIRFAX COUNTY INC receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $413k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding VOLUNTEER CENTER OF FAIRFAX COUNTY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.8M on record.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$1.8M
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 VOLUNTEER CENTER OF FAIRFAX COUNTY 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
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VOLUNTEER CENTER OF FAIRFAX COUNTY INC?
- VOLUNTEER CENTER OF FAIRFAX COUNTY INC (Virginia) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $412,834 to it, the largest being POINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION ($237,460). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VOLUNTEER CENTER OF FAIRFAX COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $412,834 in grants to VOLUNTEER CENTER OF FAIRFAX COUNTY INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VOLUNTEER CENTER OF FAIRFAX COUNTY INC?
- POINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $237,460 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VOLUNTEER CENTER OF FAIRFAX COUNTY 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.
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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 16 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