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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 FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$37kArts & Culture$24kHuman Services$15kInternational$13kHealth$13kEmployment$11kReligion$3kRecreation & Sports$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$417k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LES CHENEAUX COM FOUNDATION$4,000
AWT FOUNDATION$2,000
ETHAN LINBERG FOUNDATION$2,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$1,000
PETER MAURIN CENTER$1,000
SPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR$1,000
LES CHENEAUX YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION$1,000
HAWKEN SCHOOL$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
ST FRANCIS XAVIER SCHOOL$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
KIRTLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY$500
WORLD VISION$500
FRIENDS OF LES CHENEAUX COMMUNITY L$500
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 (FY20–21, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CCAI: $4k → 8%KIRTLAND AREA SERVICE COUNCIL: $1k → 9%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
OH
CO
TN
DC
FL
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$111k · 20 repeat orgs$23k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +76% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
16

Total granted

$111k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+76%
+44%

Still filing today

25%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% 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
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesPublic BenefitYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • HS
    HAWKEN SCHOOL
    4× · 2017–2025 · $12k · revenue +76%
  • HS
    HESSEL SCHOOL HOUSE CORPORATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $5k · revenue +90%
  • SO
    SPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2023 · $5k · revenue +224%

Funded once

  • C
    CCAIgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $4k · revenue +44%
  • WW
    WACAP World Association for Children and Parents
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue -30%
  • NG
    No Greater Sacrifice Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +76%
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
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
Childfund Alliance

Childfund alliance is a global network of 11 child-focused development and humanitarian organizations working in more than 70 countries. we help nearly 30 million children and their families to overcome poverty and the underlying…

International
3
God's Littlest Angels Inc

God's littlest angels facilitates the development of healthy kids, empowered families, and stronger communities while sharing the hope and love of jesus christ.

International
4
The Hsc Foundation

See schedule o.to provide and coordinate innovative, high quality, community-based care for individuals with complex needs and their families. the hsc foundation (foundation) empowers all we serve to improve the quality of their lives…

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5
Kosair Charities Committee Inc

Kosair for kids mission is to enhance the health and well-being of children by delivering financial support for healthcare, research, education, social services, and child advocacy.

Health
6
A Child's Wish of Louisiana Inc

To grant wishes to and otherwise act for the benefit of children suffering from terminal or life theatening illness or disease.

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7
Children's Hospital

Organization's mission to improve health outcomes for children; be a leader in creating innovative solutions to pediatric healthcare problems; and excel in care, advocacy, research. as the nation's children's hospital, the mission of…

Health
8
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
9
Wichitas Littlest Heroes

Wichita's littlest heroes (wlh) exists to provide hope, help, and happiness to families of children ages 0-18 in the kansas area who are battling life-threatening medical conditions. wlh strives to accomplish this be being a physical and…

Human Services
10
The Laurence School

Laurence endeavors to develop the unique abilities and potential of each of its students in a diverse, inclusive and supportive learning community, where rich traditions and an innovative curriculum foster educational excellence and joy in…

Education
11
Holt International Foundation of China

Holt international is a christian organization committed to expressing god's compassion for children while always upholding the highest ethical standards. we: - find and support permanent, loving families for children who are orphaned,…

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12
Make-a-Wish Foundation of America

Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Special Operations Warrior Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Fine Arts Association. 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

17 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. 17 of the 41 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LES CHENEAUX COM FOUNDATION: $13,000 · OtherLES CHENEAUX COM FOUNDATIONALLIANCE FOR WORKING TOGETHER FOUND: $11,000 · OtherALLIANCE FOR WORKING TOGETHER FOUNDAWT FOUNDATION: $9,000 · OtherAWT FOUNDATIONST FRANCIS XAVIER PARISH: $7,750 · OtherST FRANCIS XAVIER PARISHIndividual grant recipient: $6,750 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $5,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientETHAN LINBERG FOUNDATION: $4,000 · OtherLAKE COUNTY YMCA: $4,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,500 · OtherFIRST UNION CHURCH: $3,000 · Other+19 more: $22,500 · Other+19 moreHAWKEN SCHOOL: $12,000 · EducationHAWKEN SCHOOLSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $4,500 · EducationSPECIAL OPERA…+1 more: $500 · EducationWORLD VISION INC: $8,480 · InternationalWORLD VIS…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,000 · InternationalMEDECINS …ETHAN LINDBERG FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 · HealthTHE LITTLEST HEROES INC: $1,000 · HealthHESSEL SCHOOL HOUSE CORPORATION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION: $1,000 · Arts & CultureCCAI: $4,000 · Human ServicesKIRTLAND AREA SERVICE COUNCIL INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesNo Greater Sacrifice Foundation: $2,000 · Public Benefit
Other$90,000Education$17,000International$11,480Health$10,000Arts & Culture$6,000Human Services$5,000Public Benefit$2,000

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 budgetHAWKEN SCHOOL: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetETHAN LINDBERG FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $8,480 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHESSEL SCHOOL HOUSE CORPORATION: $5,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCCAI: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWACAP World Association for Children and Parents: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNo Greater Sacrifice Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLes Cheneaux Yacht Club Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetIDEASTREAM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LITTLEST HEROES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF LES CHENEAUX COMMUNITY LIBRARY: $500 over 1y, 0.5% 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 HAWKEN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ETHAN LINDBERG FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds HESSEL SCHOOL HOUSE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CCAI ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds WACAP World Association for Children and Parents ↗
  • Who funds No Greater Sacrifice Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds KIRTLAND AREA SERVICE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Les Cheneaux Yacht Club Foundation ↗
  • Who funds IDEASTREAM ↗
  • Who funds THE LITTLEST HEROES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF LES CHENEAUX COMMUNITY LIBRARY ↗

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.

Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA6.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 The Deer Valley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Deer Valley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 41 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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