California · Private foundation
The George and Lena Valente Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $604k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 36
- Grants FY2024
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 36
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations The George and Lena Valente Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 36 | $604k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 36 | $600k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $728k | 3% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $1.2M | 18% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $121k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 32 | $678k | 9% |
| FY2017 | 31 | $690k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, 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 | $395,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Yolo Hospice Inc | $300,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Christian Brothers High School of Sacramento Inc | $200,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Okizu Foundation | $195,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Yolo Food Bank | $195,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Yolo Crisis Nursery | $190,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Davis Community Meals | $160,000 | 6 | 4% |
| The Uc Davis Foundation | $140,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Loaves and Fishes | $125,000 | 6 | 13% |
| Thriving Pink Inc | $110,000 | 6 | 18% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The George and Lena Valente Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Sacramento Region Community Foundation · Teichert Foundation · Kelly Foundation · United Way California Capital Region · Sutter Valley Hospitals · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · Beneto Foundation · Dignity Community Care · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Yolo Community Foundation · Travis Credit Union's Community Financial Wellness Fund · Sierra Health Foundation
How this is measured
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About The George and Lena Valente Foundation
- How much does The George and Lena Valente Foundation give?
- The George and Lena Valente Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $603,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 36 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The George and Lena Valente Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (42%), Food & Nutrition (14%), Education (13%).
- Who are The George and Lena Valente Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of California Davis ($395k), Yolo Hospice Inc ($300k), Christian Brothers High School of Sacramento Inc ($200k).
- Does The George and Lena Valente Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The George and Lena Valente 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 George and Lena Valente Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sacramento Region Community Foundation, Teichert Foundation, Kelly Foundation.
- Where is The George and Lena Valente Foundation based?
- The George and Lena Valente Foundation is based in CA.
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