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Dudley-Vehmeyer-Brown Memorial Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$75k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$206kHuman Services$94kHealth$90kHousing & Shelter$50kEmployment$24kYouth Development$15kInternational$6kReligion$1k
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $62k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
$8,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY$13,000
CHILDREN'S HEALTH COUNCIL$8,000
ABILITY PATH$8,000
COMMUNITY BRIDGES$8,000
LIFE MOVES$8,000
HENRY M GUNN HIGH SCHOOL$7,000
PALO ALTO HIGH SCHOOL$7,000
ROSEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL$7,000
LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL$6,000
MOUNTAIN VIEW LOS ALTOS HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT$3,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $62k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Abilities United: $5k → 8%COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY: $13k → 8%COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY: $8k → 8%COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY: $7k → 8%Community Services Agency: $7k → 8%COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY: $7k → 8%Community Services Agency: $5k → 8%Community Services Agency: $5k → 8%COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY: $5k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
PA
NJ
RI
CA
MD
LA
GA
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$494k · 21 repeat orgs$66k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
45

Total granted

$494k
$63k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+12%

Still filing today

43%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthFood & NutritionEmploymentInternationalOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CB
    Community Bridges
    9× · 2017–2025 · $58k · revenue +64%
  • CS
    COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW LOS ALTOS AND LOS ALTOS HILLS INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $57k · revenue +131%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HEALTH COUNCIL INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $54k · revenue +117%

Funded once

  • DIRECT RELIEFgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $6k · revenue +94%
  • AH
    ABILITYPATH HOUSING
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue -28%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
3
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
4
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
5
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
6
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
7
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
8
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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9
University of the Pacific

To provide a superior, student-centered learning experience integrating liberal arts and professional education and preparing individuals for lasting achievement and responsible leadership in their careers and communities.

Education
10
Claremont Graduate University

Claremont Graduate University prepares individuals to be leaders for positive change in the world. Unique in its transdisciplinary approach, the University is dedicated to the creation, dissemination, and application of new knowledge and…

Education
11
La Salle University

See schedule o for complete mission statement.la salle is a lasallian catholic university committed to the principle that all knowledge is practical and empowering, filled with the capacity to transform lives. anchored in the living…

Education
12
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College; the most unlike its peers is Seattle University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 67 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
17/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DVB SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $73,500 · OtherDVB SCHOLARSHIP FUNDLIFEMOVES: $53,000 · OtherLIFEMOVESGRANITE BAY ATHLETICS ASB: $21,000 · OtherGRANITE BAY ATHLETICS ASBHENRY M GUNN HIGH SCHOOL: $13,000 · OtherLOWELL HIGH SCHOOL: $12,000 · OtherPALO ALTO HIGH SCHOOL: $12,000 · OtherFOOTHILL COLLEGE: $9,500 · Other+44 more: $85,000 · Other+44 moreCHILDREN'S HEALTH COUNCIL INC: $54,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HEALTH C…CHAC FKA COMMUNITY HEALTH AWARENESS COUNCIL: $43,500 · HealthCHAC FKA COMMUNITY …COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW LOS ALTOS AND LOS ALTOS HILLS INC: $56,500 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY SE…ABILITYPATH HOUSING: $5,000 · Human ServicesABILITYPATH …Community Bridges: $58,000 · Food & NutritionCommunity B…ABILITYPATH: $32,000 · EmploymentGIRLS TO WOMEN: $14,500 · EducationUniversity of San Francisco: $2,000 · EducationLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $1,500 · EducationCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $1,500 · EducationDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: $1,500 · EducationFairleigh Dickinson University: $1,000 · EducationPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $1,000 · EducationCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · EducationRHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN: $1,000 · EducationDIRECT RELIEF: $6,000 · International
Other$279,000Health$97,500Human Services$61,500Food & Nutrition$58,000Employment$32,000Education$25,000International$6,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCommunity Bridges: $58,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW LOS ALTOS AND LOS ALTOS HILLS INC: $56,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH COUNCIL INC: $54,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLIFEMOVES: $53,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCHAC FKA COMMUNITY HEALTH AWARENESS COUNCIL: $43,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetABILITYPATH: $32,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS TO WOMEN: $14,500 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetABILITYPATH HOUSING: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMENLO COLLEGE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of San Francisco: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFairleigh Dickinson University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Community Bridges ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW LOS ALTOS AND LOS ALTOS HILLS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HEALTH COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFEMOVES ↗
  • Who funds CHAC FKA COMMUNITY HEALTH AWARENESS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds ABILITYPATH ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS TO WOMEN ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds ABILITYPATH HOUSING ↗
  • Who funds MENLO COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds University of San Francisco ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY ↗

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.

Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA19.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Dudley-Vehmeyer-Brown Memorial Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dudley-Vehmeyer-Brown Memorial Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Fairleigh Dickinson University: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 67 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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