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The Valley 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.

$3.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$3.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$12MYouth Development$2.8MArts & Culture$2.0MEducation$1.9MReligion$1.9MHealth$1.3MPublic Benefit$969kEmployment$650kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,450,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$73M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHWAB CHARITABLE DONOR-ADVISED FUND$3,450,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $304k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%MONKEY TAIL RANCH: $10k → 7%PROJECT NIGHT NIGHT: $5k → 10%MAMA D 2ND CHANCE: $6k → 8%YMCA OF SILICON VALLEY: $25k → 8%RED-WHITE & BLUE CHARITY: $3k → 8%Red-White & Blue Charity: $3k → 8%NEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS: $50k → 8%NEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS: $50k → 8%RECOVERY CAFE SAN JOSE: $25k → 8%RECOVERY CAFE SAN JOSE: $15k → 8%Uplift Family Services: $10k → 8%NO TIME TO WASTE: $3k → 8%ADVENT GROUP MINISTRIES: $100k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$21M · 25 repeat orgs$6.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
50

Total granted

$21M
$6.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+10%

Still filing today

76%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationPublic BenefitReligionOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CM
    CITYTEAM MINISTRIES
    4× · 2018–2023 · $1.6M · revenue +34%
  • MA
    MONTALVO ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2018–2023 · $1.3M · revenue +36%
  • CR
    CRISTO REY SAN JOSE HIGH SCHOOL
    2× · 2017–2020 · $1.1M · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • SC
    SANTA CLARA BOY SCOUTS
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M
  • BS
    BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 55 SILICON VALLEY MONTEREY BAY COUNCIL
    one grant, 2019 · $975k · revenue -38%
  • SJ
    SAN JOSE CONSERVATION CORPSgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $600k · revenue +103%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
2
Sv Home

Driving the creation of affordable housing for a more vibrant and equitable silicon valley.

Housing & Shelter
3
Child Advocates of Silicon Valley Inc

To be there for every foster child in silicon valley who has experienced abuse, neglect and/or abandonment.

Civil Rights
4
San Francisco Casa

San Francisco CASA transforms the lives of children and youth traumatized and displaced in the foster care and related systems by providing one consistent, caring volunteer advocate, trained to address each childs needs in the court and…

Civil Rights
5
Friends of the Children - San Francisco Bay Area

Impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors - 12+ years, no matter what.

Education
6
Santa Cruz Local Inc

Independent nonpartisan newsroom serving Santa Cruz County, California we are all watching and engaged in our local government, our needs are addressed, democracy works better and our community is stronger.

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7
The Health Trust

The mission is to build health equity in silicon valley.

Health
8
Almaden Valley Counseling Service Inc

Avcs is committed to meeting the mental health concerns of all ages with an emphasis on youth. avcs offers a full range of counseling services which supports and promotes personal growth, positive family relationships and emotional…

Health
9
Silicon Valley Independent Living Center

SVILC builds disability identity, culture, pride, creating opportunities for personal and community transformation, and partnering with others to ensure that civil and human rights are protected.

Human Services
10
StarVista

StarVista's mission is to deliver high impact services through counseling, skill development and crisis prevention to children, youth, adults and families. At StarVista, we believe that everyone deserves the chance to be healthy and…

Human Services
11
Unitedly

Unitedly is a nonprofit organization based in San Mateo County, California. Unitedly was established to ensure Asian families and communities have access to equitable opportunities and resources to thrive in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Human Services
12
Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley

Housing rehabilitation and repairs

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope Services; the most unlike its peers is Young At Heart Project. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

58 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 58 of the 76 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
57/58
Grantees still filing
40/58
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCHWAB CHARITABLE DONOR-ADVISED FUND: $13,850,008 · OtherSCHWAB CHARITABLE DONOR-ADVISED FUNDSANTA CLARA BOY SCOUTS: $1,000,000 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 55 SILICON VALLEY MONTEREY BAY COUNCIL: $975,000 · Other+50 more: $4,805,220 · Other+50 moreCRISTO REY SAN JOSE HIGH SCHOOL: $1,100,000 · EducationInstitute for the Study of Western Civilization: $700,000 · EducationREADING PARTNERS: $65,000 · Education+1 more: $20,000 · EducationCITYTEAM MINISTRIES: $1,625,000 · Religion+2 more: $25,000 · ReligionMONTALVO ASSOCIATION: $1,250,000 · Arts & CultureSAN JOSE LIGHT TOWER CORPORATION: $100,000 · Arts & CultureSAN JOSE CHILDRENS MUSICAL THEATER: $100,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $64,000 · Arts & CultureREALOPTIONS: $405,000 · HealthGeorge Mark Childrens Fund: $150,000 · HealthNAMI SANTA CLARA COUNTY: $80,900 · HealthHEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION: $42,800 · HealthStroke Awareness Foundation: $25,000 · HealthCOASTAL KIDS HOME CARE: $25,000 · Health+2 more: $20,000 · HealthSilicon Valley Community Foundation: $700,000 · PhilanthropyLOAVES & FISHES FAMILY KITCHEN: $600,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$20,630,228Education$1,885,000Religion$1,650,000Arts & Culture$1,514,000Health$748,700Philanthropy$700,000Food & Nutrition$600,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCITYTEAM MINISTRIES: $1,625,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetMONTALVO ASSOCIATION: $1,250,000 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetCRISTO REY SAN JOSE HIGH SCHOOL: $1,100,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 55 SILICON VALLEY MONTEREY BAY COUNCIL: $975,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetSilicon Valley Community Foundation: $700,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute for the Study of Western Civilization: $700,000 over 3y, 56% of budgetLOAVES & FISHES FAMILY KITCHEN: $600,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetSAN JOSE CONSERVATION CORPS: $600,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $500,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSaratoga Historical Foundation: $500,000 over 1y, 89% of budgetREALOPTIONS: $405,000 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetCHAMPION MINISTRIES INC: $270,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetHoward Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation: $200,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $200,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGeorge Mark Childrens Fund: $150,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetSAN JOSE LIGHT TOWER CORPORATION: $100,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetADVENT GROUP MINISTRIES INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetROTACARE BAY AREA INC: $100,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetSAN JOSE CHILDRENS MUSICAL THEATER: $100,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetNEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $100,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetNAMI SANTA CLARA COUNTY: $80,900 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetREADING PARTNERS: $65,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE SERVICES: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJunior Achievement of Northern California: $45,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetHEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION: $42,800 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHONOR FLIGHT BAY AREA FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetRecovery Cafe San Jose: $40,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetPROJECT HIRED INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetJUNIOR LEAGUE OF SAN JOSE: $30,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetCOASTAL KIDS HOME CARE: $25,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetOPERATION FREEDOM PAWS: $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SILICON VALLEY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY CORPORATION AT MONTEREY BAY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAGICAL BRIDGE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetYOUNG AT HEART PROJECT: $20,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetBOK RANCH INC: $18,720 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetAnimal Assisted Happiness Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetPOSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RECREATION TEAMBUILDING IMPACTING PROGRAM: $10,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIA REHABILITATION SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBAY AREA HOUSING CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPACIFIC CLINICS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEATING DISORDERS RESOURCE CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetThe Monkey Tail Ranch Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetMOUNTAIN VIEW FIREFIGHTERS RANDOM ACTS: $7,500 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetRed-White and Blue Charity: $6,000 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetMAMA D 2ND CHANCE: $5,500 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetMIDTOWN FAMILY SERVICES: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Los Altos Mountain Vi…The Sobrato Family Fo…Heffernan Group Found…Farrington Historical…Rotary Club of San Jo…The Brandenburg Famil…Bright Funds Foundati…San Jose Mercury News…The Applied Materials…The David and Lucile …
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA43.6× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · The Sobrato Family Foundation · Heffernan Group Foundation · Farrington Historical Foundation · Rotary Club of San Jose Foundation · The Brandenburg Family Foundation · Bright Funds Foundation · San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc · The Applied Materials 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Valley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Valley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Valley Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Valley Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 76 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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