California · Private foundation
The Valentine 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.
- $975k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $225,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $350,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations The Valentine Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $540k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $975k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $940k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $850k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $1.1M | 17% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $1.1M | 29% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $750k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $1.1M | 29% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $610k | 40% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Mens Christian Association of Southeast Ventura County | $1,810,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Kettering University | $1,595,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $1,550,000 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Miami | $710,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Redlands | $517,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Area Christians Taking Initiative on Needs | $190,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Young America's Foundation | $55,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Birdlife International Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Mens Christian Association of Southeast Ventura County | $1,810,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Kettering University | $1,595,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $1,550,000 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Miami | $710,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Redlands | $517,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Area Christians Taking Initiative on Needs | $190,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Young America's Foundation | $55,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Birdlife International Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ventura County Legal Aid Inc FKA VCBA-Volunteer Lawyer Services | $25,000 | 1 | 13% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Valentine Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The Valentine Foundation
- How much does The Valentine Foundation give?
- The Valentine Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $975,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Valentine Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (36%), Human Services (26%), Animals (21%).
- Who are The Valentine Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Young Mens Christian Association of Southeast Ventura County ($1.8M), Kettering University ($1.6M), Wildlife Conservation Society ($1.6M).
- Does The Valentine Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Valentine 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 Valentine Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Valentine Foundation based?
- The Valentine Foundation is based in CA.
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