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The Vadasz Family 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.

$1.6M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
54
Grants FY2025
44
Organizations funded FY2024
20%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
29 to 47
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$9.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 20% of the organizations The Vadasz Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k 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
Arts & CultureEnvironmentFood & NutritionPhilanthropyHealthCivil RightsOther
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 arriving36$1.6M6%
FY202444$1.5M20%
FY202340$1.5M13%
FY202237$1.2M24%
FY202129$1.6M14%
FY202034$2.4M21%
FY201947$2.3M30%
FY201841$2.2M29%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$3.6MArts & Culture$3.6MEducation$3.5MYouth Development$1.6MFood & Nutrition$972kHuman Services$867kEnvironment$275kPhilanthropy$255kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CA
NE
MD
DC

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 71 grantees
All grantees of The Vadasz Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation$2,879,153940%
Sonoma Valley Education Foundation$2,121,812927%
Kqed Inc$1,125,00070%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley$968,51995%
Transcendence Theatre Company$946,10095%
Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance$605,000913%
Sonoma Overnight Support Inc$547,000812%
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc$450,00090%
Vintage House Multi Purpose Senior Center$360,00089%
Sonoma Community Center$303,50094%
Sonoma Valley Authors Festival$261,500411%
Artescape$250,000814%
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art$226,51094%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$220,70080%
La Luz Center$203,00092%
Sonoma Land Trust$175,00090%
Redwood Empire Food Bank$170,00040%
Sonoma Plein Air Foundation$168,500911%
Valley of the Moon Natural History Association$155,50055%
Marin Link Inc$153,69035%
Sonoma Family Meal$150,000112%
Sonoma Valley Teen Services$140,00048%
Kid Scoop News$129,000710%
Work on Climate$70,00027%
Sonoma Immigrant Services Inc$60,00026%
Santa Rosa Symphony Association$60,00070%
Computer History Museum$55,00050%
Foothill-Deanza Community Colleges Foundation$55,00021%
CalMatters$46,00040%
Sebastiani Theatre Foundation Inc$35,50072%
The Tech Interactive$35,00030%
Theatreworks Silicon Valley$30,50090%
Mountain View Los Altos High School Foundation$30,00031%
San Francisco Opera Association$30,00060%
Sonoma Speaker Series$25,00047%
Seeds of Learning$22,00032%
Sonoma Arts Live$20,00031%
Francisco Park Conservancy$20,00022%
Sonoma County Vintners Foundation$17,00021%
International Rescue Committee INC$15,00020%
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc$13,85730%
Hanna Boys Center$11,4331n/a
Los Altos Educational Foundation$11,00020%
Sonoma Botanical Garden$10,90040%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc$10,50080%
Curepsp Inc$10,00010%
The Trust for Public Land$10,00010%
California College of the Arts$10,00010%
Creative Commons Corporation$10,00011%
Sonoma Volunteer Firefighters Association$7,00031%
Trellis$7,0001n/a
Science History Institute$6,50070%
Farm to Pantry$5,00010%
di Rosa Preserve$5,00010%
Wing & Barrel Foundation$5,0001n/a
Inquiring Systems Inc$5,00010%
Californians Building Bridges$5,00019%
Up to US Inc$5,00013%
Intercultural Student Experiences$5,00010%
Lyon Ranch Therapy Animals$5,0001n/a
Our Children's Trust$5,00010%
National Association for Multicultural Education$3,50011%
Petaluma Educational Foundation$3,00010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$3,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2,00020%
The Four Way Foundation$2,00021%
The California 4-H Foundation$2,00010%
The Commonwealth Club - World Affairs of California$1,50020%
Jack London Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
William Jessup University$1,00010%
Freedom FWD-DBA Freedom Forward$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Vadasz Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 65 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSonoma Valley Hospital Foundation: $2,879,153 over 9y, 40% of budgetSonoma Valley Education Foundation: $2,121,812 over 9y, 27% of budgetKqed Inc: $1,125,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley: $968,519 over 9y, 4.6% of budgetTranscendence Theatre Company: $946,100 over 9y, 5.1% of budgetSonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance: $605,000 over 9y, 13% of budgetSonoma Overnight Support Inc: $547,000 over 8y, 12% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc: $450,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetVintage House Multi Purpose Senior Center: $360,000 over 8y, 9.2% of budgetSonoma Community Center: $303,500 over 9y, 4.1% of budgetSonoma Valley Authors Festival: $261,500 over 4y, 11% of budgetArtescape: $250,000 over 8y, 14% of budgetSonoma Valley Museum of Art: $226,510 over 9y, 3.5% of budgetUniversity of California San Francisco Foundation: $220,700 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLa Luz Center: $203,000 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetSonoma Land Trust: $175,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetRedwood Empire Food Bank: $170,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSonoma Plein Air Foundation: $168,500 over 9y, 11% of budgetValley of the Moon Natural History Association: $155,500 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetMarin Link Inc: $153,690 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetSonoma Family Meal: $150,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetSonoma Valley Teen Services: $140,000 over 4y, 8.4% of budgetKid Scoop News: $129,000 over 7y, 10% of budgetWork on Climate: $70,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetSonoma Immigrant Services Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetSanta Rosa Symphony Association: $60,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetComputer History Museum: $55,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFoothill-Deanza Community Colleges Foundation: $55,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCalMatters: $46,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSebastiani Theatre Foundation Inc: $35,500 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetThe Tech Interactive: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTheatreworks Silicon Valley: $30,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMountain View Los Altos High School Foundation: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSan Francisco Opera Association: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSonoma Speaker Series: $25,000 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetSeeds of Learning: $22,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetSonoma Arts Live: $20,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetFrancisco Park Conservancy: $20,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetSonoma County Vintners Foundation: $17,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetProject Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc: $13,857 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLos Altos Educational Foundation: $11,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSonoma Botanical Garden: $10,900 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc: $10,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCurepsp Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia College of the Arts: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCreative Commons Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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 65.

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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.

Sonoma County Community FoundationCA58.8× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sonoma County Community Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Women Giving as One Inc · Simon Blattner Family Foundation · Khr McNeely Family Foundation · Sanderson Family Foundation · Sonoma County Vintners Foundation · Manitou Fund · Gaia Fund · Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma

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 Vadasz Family Foundation

How much does The Vadasz Family Foundation give?
The Vadasz Family Foundation reported 54 grants totaling $1,588,393 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 47 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Vadasz Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (23%), Arts & Culture (22%), Education (22%).
Who are The Vadasz Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation ($2.9M), Sonoma Valley Education Foundation ($2.1M), Kqed Inc ($1.1M).
Does The Vadasz Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Vadasz Family 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 Vadasz Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sonoma County Community Foundation, McNabb Foundation, Marin Community Foundation.
Where is The Vadasz Family Foundation based?
The Vadasz Family 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 105 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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