New Hampshire · Private foundation
The Howard a Van Vleck 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.
- $40k
- Granted FY2023
- 6
- Grants FY2023
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
96% of The Howard a Van Vleck Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 8 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Howard a Van Vleck Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $40k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations The Howard a Van Vleck Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 6 | $40k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $40k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $40k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $30k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Trudeau Institute Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Garden Nursery School Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Cambridge School Volunteers Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| International Center of Photography | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Conservation Law Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Art Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Food Project Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wild Careinc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Trudeau Institute Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Garden Nursery School Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Cambridge School Volunteers Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| International Center of Photography | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Conservation Law Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Art Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Food Project Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wild Careinc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cool Earth Action USA Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tibetan Association of Boston Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Montclair Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friend of Pleasant Bay Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Partakers Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Woodberry Forest School | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Speak for the Trees Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Aquidneck Island Land Trust | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Norman Bird Sanctuary Trust | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Megunticook Rowing | $2,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Cornell University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($13k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Howard a Van Vleck Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Boston Foundation Inc · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Howard a Van Vleck Foundation
- How much does The Howard a Van Vleck Foundation give?
- The Howard a Van Vleck Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $40,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Howard a Van Vleck Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (84%), Environment (8%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are The Howard a Van Vleck Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust Inc ($45k), Trudeau Institute Inc ($15k), Garden Nursery School Inc ($10k).
- Does The Howard a Van Vleck Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Howard a Van Vleck 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 Howard a Van Vleck Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Eversource Energy Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation.
- Where is The Howard a Van Vleck Foundation based?
- The Howard a Van Vleck Foundation is based in NH.
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