Wisconsin · Private foundation
Dorothy Kopmeier Vallier Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $175k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2026
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $28,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 17% of the organizations Dorothy Kopmeier Vallier Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 7 | $175k | 14% |
| FY2025 | 6 | $155k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $155k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $155k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $130k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $135k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $115k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $112k | 40% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 Wisconsin-Stevens Point Foundation Inc | $124,425 | 8 | 1% |
| Sweet Briar Institute | $21,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bowling Green Warren County Humane | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hospice of Southern Kentucky Inc | $19,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hotel Inc | $11,750 | 2 | 1% |
| Forest Home Cemetery Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Foxcroft School | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Foundry Christian Community Center Inc | $5,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Bowling Green Area Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dorothy Kopmeier Vallier Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: United Way of Southern Kentucky Inc · Community Foundation of South Central Kentucky Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Dorothy Kopmeier Vallier Foundation with peer funders
About Dorothy Kopmeier Vallier Foundation
- How much does Dorothy Kopmeier Vallier Foundation give?
- Dorothy Kopmeier Vallier Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $175,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Dorothy Kopmeier Vallier Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Environment (54%), Education (25%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are Dorothy Kopmeier Vallier Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Foundation Inc ($124k), Sweet Briar Institute ($21k), Bowling Green Warren County Humane ($20k).
- Does Dorothy Kopmeier Vallier Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dorothy Kopmeier Vallier Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Dorothy Kopmeier Vallier Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Southern Kentucky Inc, Community Foundation of South Central Kentucky Inc, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
- Where is Dorothy Kopmeier Vallier Foundation based?
- Dorothy Kopmeier Vallier Foundation is based in WI.
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