California · Private foundation
The Michael and Rebecca Vest Founda
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.
- $300k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 39% of the organizations The Michael and Rebecca Vest Founda funded were first-time grantees, receiving 60% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $254k 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 | 25 | $300k | 4% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $426k | 39% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $239k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $148k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $154k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $98k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $147k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $163k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pandion Music Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 97% |
| Seva Foundation | $170,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $145,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Venice Family Clinic | $130,000 | 8 | 0% |
| New Roads School | $99,429 | 8 | 0% |
| Project Angel Food | $65,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Partnership for Safe Families | $60,400 | 2 | 12% |
| Barnsdall Arts | $60,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Heal the Bay | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $48,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($346k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Michael and Rebecca Vest Founda supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 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: California Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Michael and Rebecca Vest Founda
- How much does The Michael and Rebecca Vest Founda give?
- The Michael and Rebecca Vest Founda reported 25 grants totaling $300,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Michael and Rebecca Vest Founda fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (19%), Environment (19%), International (14%).
- Who are The Michael and Rebecca Vest Founda's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Pandion Music Foundation Inc ($200k), Seva Foundation ($170k), Natural Resources Defense Council Inc ($145k).
- Does The Michael and Rebecca Vest Founda fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Michael and Rebecca Vest Founda 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 Michael and Rebecca Vest Founda?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Michael and Rebecca Vest Founda based?
- The Michael and Rebecca Vest Founda is based in CA.
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