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The Joseph and Vera Long 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.

$5.5M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
95
Grants FY2025
70
Organizations funded FY2024
36%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$800,000
Organizations funded a year
35 to 70
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$139M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations The Joseph and Vera Long Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $716k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving91$4.7M45%
FY202470$4.3M36%
FY202366$4.4M48%
FY202262$5.2M45%
FY202155$4.4M64%
FY202051$4.4M61%
FY201951$5.1M73%
FY201835$4.9M83%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$20MHealth$9.4MHuman Services$3.5MAnimals$3.2MEducation$3.0MYouth Development$2.2MArts & Culture$1.9MCommunity Improvement$935kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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IL
OR
NV
CA
CO
VA
MD
TN
DC
HI

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 278 grantees
All grantees of The Joseph and Vera Long Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Climateworks Foundation$3,800,00060%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$3,512,56080%
Multiplier$2,400,00031%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$2,325,00030%
University of the Pacific$2,000,00040%
California Waterfowl Association$1,986,50526%
Yosemite Foundation$1,200,00063%
Conservation Society of California$1,070,00031%
Girl Scouts of Northern California$1,000,00023%
Santa Cruz Community Health Centers$989,00071%
Community Initiatives$710,00041%
Ashby Village Inc$539,900525%
YES Nature to Neighborhoods$410,00064%
Institute on Aging$400,00060%
The Ceres Community Project$355,00044%
Lifelong Medical Care$350,00020%
The Trust for Public Land$335,00060%
Las Trampas School Inc$300,00014%
La Clinica de la Raza Inc$298,00030%
Marin City Health and Wellness Center$270,00031%
Naturebridge$250,00031%
Dientes Community Dental Care$250,00012%
Public Health Foundation Enterprises Inc$225,00030%
Luna Kids Dance Inc dba Luna Dance Institute Luna Dance & Creativity$200,000211%
Save the Redwoods League$200,00010%
River Partners$200,00010%
Redford Center Inc$200,00016%
South County Community Health Center Inc dba Ravenswood Family Health Center$200,00020%
Mothers' Milk Bank California$190,24432%
The Junior Center of Art and Science$187,821316%
Project Drawdown$180,00022%
On the Move$175,00051%
Destiny Arts Center$175,00061%
Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc$170,00020%
Postpartum Support Center$170,000416%
Vida Verde Nature Education$169,00074%
Alameda Health System Foundation$166,83232%
Girls Incorporated of Alameda County$165,00041%
Sempervirens Fund$150,00012%
Scripps College$150,00010%
Claremont McKenna College$150,00010%
The Student Conservation Association Inc$150,00040%
The Oakland Public Education Fund$150,00050%
Pali Momi Foundation$150,000116%
Family Support Services of West Hawaii$145,00032%
FIERCE Advocates Families & Individuals Equitably Rooted in Collective Empowerme$139,00034%
Womens Audio Mission$135,00062%
Marine Science Institute$135,00042%
Buckelew Programs$130,00050%
Strategic Energy Innovations$130,00031%
Redwood Credit Union Community Fund Inc$125,00010%
18 Reasons$125,00042%
Earthteam$124,90039%
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital$120,0001n/a
Asian Health Services$119,00030%
Civicorps$115,00011%
Earth Island Institute Inc$115,00040%
Bishop Museum$115,00011%
Curry Senior Center$109,00021%
Kala Art Institute$105,00042%
Girlventures$105,00044%
John Muir Health Foundation$100,00020%
Napa County Land Trust$100,00011%
The Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated$100,00012%
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health$100,00010%
Sequoia Living Inc$100,00030%
Exploring New Horizons$95,00039%
Camp Phoenix$90,000413%
Ventana Wilderness Alliance$90,00036%
East Bay Asian Youth Center$90,00021%
Kapi'olani Health Foundation$89,00021%
Mercy Retirement and Care Center$85,00020%
Nurse-Family Partnership$85,00030%
Coachartorg$83,74023%
Friends of the Urban Forest$80,00021%
Down Syndrome Connection of the Bay Area$80,00019%
Ole Health$77,00010%
Cantare Con Vivo$75,00033%
American Medical Womens Associationinc$75,00016%
Feather River Land Trust$75,00013%
ONeill Sea Odyssey$75,0001n/a
California State Parks Foundation$75,00021%
Canal Alliance$75,00011%
San Francisco Senior and Disability Action DBA Senior & Disability Action$70,00024%
Humboldt Senior Resource Center$70,00020%
Turnaround Arts California$65,00032%
Arts Council Santa Cruz County$65,00031%
Hawaiian Islands Land Trust$64,00023%
Malama Maunalua$60,00027%
Justice Outside$60,00021%
Richmond Art Center$60,00023%
Gateway Mountain Center Inc$60,00022%
Western Rivers Conservancy$60,00011%
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy$55,00020%
Sierra Nevada Alliance$55,00023%
Enriching Lives Through Music$55,00021%
Trust for Hidden Villa$55,00021%
Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco$55,00020%
LandPaths$50,00022%
Tahoe Rim Trail Association$50,00023%
Girl Scouts Heart of Central California$50,00011%
Center for Elders' Independence Inc$50,00010%
Gold Country Community Services$50,00012%
Mentis$50,00021%
Watsonville Wetlands Watch$50,00024%
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc$50,00010%
Rebuilding Together Peninsula$50,00013%
Charlotte Maxwell Clinic$50,00019%
Community Tech Network$50,00011%
San Francisco Girls Chorus Inc$50,00021%
Front Porch Communities Foundation$50,00011%
Center for Independent Living$50,00011%
Community Resources for Science$50,0001n/a
Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland$50,00010%
North and South of Market Adult Day Health Corporation$50,00021%
Rebuilding Together East Bay Network$50,000111%
Mountain Parks Foundation of Santa Cruz$50,0001n/a
Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center Inc$50,00010%
Re-Volv$50,00026%
Conservation Earth Inc$50,00017%
Oakland Leaf Foundation$50,00021%
Cei Foundation$50,000113%
Openhouse$50,00021%
Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii$49,95015%
The College Preparatory School$49,00010%
Cope Family Center$49,00012%
Pajaro Valley Healthcare District Project$49,00014%
Sustainable Conservation$49,00011%
Alternatives in Action$49,00011%
Willow Creek Youth Partnership Inc Dream Quest$49,00013%
Village Movement California Inc$49,000110%
St Joseph Health Northern California LLC$49,00010%
Covia Foundation$49,00011%
Community Medical Centers Inc$49,00010%
San Mateo County Health Foundation$49,00013%
Turtle Island Restoration Network$49,00013%
North Bay Childrens Center Inc$45,00011%
Education Outside$45,00011%
Community Alliance for Learning Dba Writercoach Connection$45,00017%
ARTogether$45,00032%
Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust$45,00012%
Empowered Aging Inc$45,00023%
East Oakland Youth Development Center$42,50021%
Upvalley Family Centers of Napa County$40,00030%
Petaluma Health Center Inc$40,00010%
California Rangeland Trust$40,00010%
West County Health Centers Inc$40,0001n/a
Planting Justice$40,00012%
Marin Shakespeare Company$40,00021%
Rebuilding Together San Francisco$40,00022%
Salud Para la Gente$40,00010%
Siena House Maternity Home of Santa Cruz County$40,00014%
Birth Companions Community Center$40,000114%
Earle Baum Center of the Blind Inc$37,32013%
Big Sur Land Trust$35,00030%
The Litquake Foundation$35,00032%
Alliance Medical Center Inc$35,00010%
Vivalon$35,00020%
Asian Community Center of Sacramento Valley Inc Dba Acc Senior Services$35,00010%
Teen Advocacy Going Strong$30,000214%
Hospice of Santa Cruz County$30,00010%
FoodWhat Incorporated$30,00022%
Girl Scouts of Hawaii$30,00011%
California Poets in the Schools$30,00023%
Puertas Abiertas Community Resource Center$30,00011%
Vivo Youth Orchestras$30,00016%
Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc$30,00010%
Californians for the Advancement of Midwifery$30,0001n/a
Young Audiences of Northern California$30,00022%
Harmony Project Bay Area Inc$30,000135%
California Symphony Orchestra Inc$30,00021%
Special Kids Connect$30,00027%
Artescape$30,00024%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$30,0001n/a
Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County$30,0001n/a
Hale Hauoli Hawaii$29,50011%
Community Partnership for Youth$29,3502n/a
Saved by Nature$26,592121%
Youth in Arts$25,50021%
Friends of Sausal Creek$25,00023%
Point Reyes Bird Observatory$25,00010%
Santa Rosa Symphony Association$25,00020%
Hawaii Nature Center Inc$25,00011%
Planet Bee Foundation$25,00013%
West Contra Costa Public Education Fund$25,00010%
City Youth Now Fka Volunteer Auxiliary Youth Guidance Center of San Francisco$25,00023%
Environmental Traveling Companions$25,00011%
Rising Sun Center for Opportunity fka RISING SUN ENERGY CENTER$25,00011%
Supporting Initiatives to Redistribute Unused Medicine - Sirum$25,0001n/a
Healthright 360$25,00010%
Youth Speaks Inc$25,00010%
Xenophon Therapeutic Riding Center$25,00015%
Easy Does It Emergency Services Program$25,00012%
Tuleyome$25,00013%
Options Recovery Services$25,00010%
Food for Thought$25,00011%
Waikiki Community Center$25,00011%
Camps in Common$25,00011%
Bayview-Hunters Point Center for Arts and Technology DBA BAYCAT$25,00011%
Community Bridges$25,00010%
City Slicker Farms$25,00018%
Groundwork Richmond Inc$25,00013%
Shanti Project$25,00010%
University Clinical Education & Research Associates (Ucera)$25,00010%
Open Source Wellness$25,00012%
Kultivate Labs$25,00013%
San Francisco Bay Area Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly$25,00016%
Rebuilding Together Sacramento$25,00013%
Booker T Washington Community Service Center$25,00010%
Scopa Has a Dream Inc Dba Corazon Healdsburg$25,0001n/a
Waterside Workshops$25,00013%
Homeward Bound of Marin$24,00010%
Greater Farallones Association$22,00021%
Habitat for Humanity East Bay Silicon Valley$21,00010%
Sierra Nevada Journeys$20,8091n/a
Sonoma Ecology Center$20,00011%
Mk Level Playing Field Institute$20,00010%
Project Commotion$20,0001n/a
Health Initiatives for Youth Inc$20,00013%
Village Community Resource Center$20,00019%
West Contra Costa County Meals on Wheels$20,00014%
Ecology Project International$20,00010%
Senior Advocacy Network$20,00011%
Literacy for Environmental Justice$20,00012%
College Park Friends Educational Association$20,00012%
Kara$20,00011%
The Crucible$20,00011%
Leap Arts in Education Fka Leap Imagination in Learning$20,00013%
Savenatureorg$20,00016%
Santa Cruz County Symphony Association$20,00011%
Community School of Music and Arts$20,00010%
Children's Museum of Sonoma County$20,00011%
Sustainable Economies Law Center$20,0001n/a
Groceries for Seniors$20,00011%
Sonoma Land Trust$20,00010%
826 Valencia$20,00020%
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation$20,00010%
Aim High for High School$20,00010%
Sacramento Splash$20,00012%
Coastal Watershed Council$20,00014%
Friendly Voices Phone Buddies for Seniors$15,6681n/a
Mollys Angels$15,00011%
Regenerative Services Kauai$15,0001n/a
Yolo Basin Foundation$15,00013%
Sebastopol Area Senior Center$15,00013%
San Francisco Arts Education Project$15,00011%
Independent Arts & Media$15,0001n/a
Monterey Museum of Art$15,00011%
YouthBeat$15,0001n/a
Foster City Village Inc$15,000113%
Santa Lucia Conservancy$15,0001n/a
San Francisco Village$15,00011%
Life Learning Academy$15,00010%
North Coast Resource Conservation & Development Council$12,3001n/a
Golden Gate Bird Alliance Prev Golden Gate Audubon Society Inc$12,00011%
Sunday Friends Foundation$10,73411%
Big City Mountaineers$10,0001n/a
East Bay Agency for Children$10,00010%
The Kohala Center$10,00010%
Homeless Prenatal Program Inc$10,00010%
Girls Garage$10,00011%
Tri-Valley Conservancy$10,00010%
Napa Valley Education Foundation$10,00010%
Environmental Volunteers Inc$10,00011%
Lindsay Wildlife Museum$10,00010%
Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula Inc$10,00010%
Living Jazz$10,00011%
Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks$10,00010%
Acton Digital Inc$10,00016%
Alonzo King Lines Ballet$10,00010%
Karma Club Teen$10,0001n/a
Action Council of Monterey County Inc$10,00010%
Lodi Boys and Girls Club Inc$10,00011%
Zaccho Sf$10,0001n/a
Engage Inc$10,00011%
San Francisco Childrens Art Center$10,00013%
The Epicenter of Monterey$10,00011%
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc$5,70030%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Joseph and Vera Long Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetClimateworks Foundation: $3,800,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of California San Francisco Foundation: $3,512,560 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetMultiplier: $2,400,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $2,325,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of the Pacific: $2,000,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCalifornia Waterfowl Association: $1,986,505 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetYosemite Foundation: $1,200,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetConservation Society of California: $1,070,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetGirl Scouts of Northern California: $1,000,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetSanta Cruz Community Health Centers: $989,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetCommunity Initiatives: $710,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetAshby Village Inc: $539,900 over 5y, 25% of budgetYES Nature to Neighborhoods: $410,000 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetInstitute on Aging: $400,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ceres Community Project: $355,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetLifelong Medical Care: $350,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $335,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLas Trampas School Inc: $300,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetLa Clinica de la Raza Inc: $298,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMarin City Health and Wellness Center: $270,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetNaturebridge: $250,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetDientes Community Dental Care: $250,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetPublic Health Foundation Enterprises Inc: $225,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLuna Kids Dance Inc dba Luna Dance Institute Luna Dance & Creativity: $200,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetSave the Redwoods League: $200,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRiver Partners: $200,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRedford Center Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetSouth County Community Health Center Inc dba Ravenswood Family Health Center: $200,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMothers' Milk Bank California: $190,244 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetThe Junior Center of Art and Science: $187,821 over 3y, 16% of budgetProject Drawdown: $180,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetOn the Move: $175,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetDestiny Arts Center: $175,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc: $170,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPostpartum Support Center: $170,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetVida Verde Nature Education: $169,000 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetAlameda Health System Foundation: $166,832 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetGirls Incorporated of Alameda County: $165,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetSempervirens Fund: $150,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetScripps College: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetClaremont McKenna College: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Student Conservation Association Inc: $150,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Oakland Public Education Fund: $150,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPali Momi Foundation: $150,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetFamily Support Services of West Hawaii: $145,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetFIERCE Advocates Families & Individuals Equitably Rooted in Collective Empowerme: $139,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetWomens Audio Mission: $135,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetMarine Science Institute: $135,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

McNabb FoundationDE91.9× affinity62 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: McNabb Foundation · Bothin Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The Morris Stulsaft Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · The William G Irwin Charity Foundation · Sutter Bay Hospitals · Monterey Peninsula Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard 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.

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About The Joseph and Vera Long Foundation

How much does The Joseph and Vera Long Foundation give?
The Joseph and Vera Long Foundation reported 95 grants totaling $5,483,829 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 70 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Joseph and Vera Long Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (43%), Health (20%), Human Services (7%).
Who are The Joseph and Vera Long Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Climateworks Foundation ($3.8M), University of California San Francisco Foundation ($3.5M), Multiplier ($2.4M).
Does The Joseph and Vera Long Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Joseph and Vera Long 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 Joseph and Vera Long Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include McNabb Foundation, Bothin Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation.
Where is The Joseph and Vera Long Foundation based?
The Joseph and Vera Long Foundation is based in CA.

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 324 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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