Ohio · Private foundation
The Deer Valley 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.
- $19k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $417k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations The Deer Valley Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $19k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $18k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $15k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $16k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $14k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $14k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $11k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $16k | 43% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawken School | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ethan Lindberg Foundation Inc | $9,000 | 5 | 1% |
| St Francis Xavier Parish | $7,750 | 7 | n/a |
| Hessel School House Corporation | $5,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Special Operations Warrior Foundation | $4,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Ccai | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| WACAP World Association for Children and Parents | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| No Greater Sacrifice Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jade Foundation | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawken School | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ethan Lindberg Foundation Inc | $9,000 | 5 | 1% |
| St Francis Xavier Parish | $7,750 | 7 | n/a |
| Hessel School House Corporation | $5,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Special Operations Warrior Foundation | $4,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Ccai | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| WACAP World Association for Children and Parents | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| No Greater Sacrifice Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jade Foundation | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kirtland Area Service Council Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Providence House Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Les Cheneaux Yacht Club Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ideastream | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Littlest Heroes Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Fine Arts Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Les Cheneaux Community Library | $500 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($75k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Deer Valley 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: 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
About The Deer Valley Foundation
- How much does The Deer Valley Foundation give?
- The Deer Valley Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $19,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Deer Valley Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (26%), Arts & Culture (17%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are The Deer Valley Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hawken School ($12k), Ethan Lindberg Foundation Inc ($9k), St Francis Xavier Parish ($8k).
- Does The Deer Valley Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Deer Valley 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 The Deer Valley Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Deer Valley Foundation based?
- The Deer Valley Foundation is based in OH.
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