Oregon · Private foundation
The Vance 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.
- $26k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $378k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Vance Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 5 | $26k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $24k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $26k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $29k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $19k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $37k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $31k | 60% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phi Delta Theta Foundation | $50,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Young Life | $10,025 | 2 | 0% |
| Flash Love | $8,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Faithful Friends | $6,075 | 1 | 6% |
| Pathways Clinic | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sonshine Christian School | $5,210 | 1 | 1% |
| Forest Grove Firefighters Association | $4,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Widows Might | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Coast Guard Aviation Association Ancient Order of the Pterodactyl | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($152k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Vance 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: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Vance Foundation
- How much does The Vance Foundation give?
- The Vance Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $26,210 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Vance Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (51%), Education (21%), Youth Development (9%).
- Who are The Vance Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Phi Delta Theta Foundation ($50k), Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc ($15k), Young Life ($10k).
- Does The Vance Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Vance 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 Vance Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Vance Foundation based?
- The Vance Foundation is based in OR.
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