California · Public charity
American Vineyard Foundation
A leader in maintaining industry progress, the AMERICAN VINEYARD FOUNDATION (avf), provides the unique opportunity to unify the grape and wine industries through collaborative research efforts. The avf is a non-profit organization that relies on voluntary industry support for research funding.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2026
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $82,545
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $622,216
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 8
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 4
- Total assets, FY2026
- $3.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 0% of the organizations American Vineyard Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 8 | $1.2M | 25% |
| FY2025 | 6 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $1.2M | 17% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $1.6M | 13% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $1.3M | 17% |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Science & Tech$7.7MEducation$2.0MFood & Nutrition$1.5MHealth$734kAnimals$53k
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California Davis | $7,478,193 | 10 | n/a |
| Oregon State University | $2,123,100 | 9 | n/a |
| California State University Fresno Foundation | $1,397,378 | 10 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $807,100 | 7 | n/a |
| Agricultural Research Service (Usda) | $588,500 | 8 | n/a |
| National Grape Research Alliance Inc | $210,000 | 10 | 8% |
| Regents of the University of California at Riverside | $193,345 | 3 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $185,900 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Massachusetts | $73,800 | 3 | n/a |
| Lodi Wine Grape Commission | $65,753 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California Davis | $7,478,193 | 10 | n/a |
| Oregon State University | $2,123,100 | 9 | n/a |
| California State University Fresno Foundation | $1,397,378 | 10 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $807,100 | 7 | n/a |
| Agricultural Research Service (Usda) | $588,500 | 8 | n/a |
| National Grape Research Alliance Inc | $210,000 | 10 | 8% |
| Regents of the University of California at Riverside | $193,345 | 3 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $185,900 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Massachusetts | $73,800 | 3 | n/a |
| Lodi Wine Grape Commission | $65,753 | 4 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania State University | $48,310 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington State University | $21,995 | 1 | n/a |
About American Vineyard Foundation
- How much does American Vineyard Foundation give?
- American Vineyard Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $1,174,391 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 8 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does American Vineyard Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Science & Tech (64%), Education (17%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
- Who are American Vineyard Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: University of California Davis ($7.5M), Oregon State University ($2.1M), California State University Fresno Foundation ($1.4M).
- Does American Vineyard Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is American Vineyard Foundation based?
- American Vineyard Foundation is based in CA.
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