Indiana · Private foundation
The Vann Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
98% of The Vann Family Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Mayo Clinic, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,095,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 9
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations The Vann Family Foundation Inc 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; $1k 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 | $22k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $24k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $26k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $51k | 78% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $24k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $524k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $536k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer Inc | $70,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wreaths Across America | $18,000 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Saint Francis of Fort Wayne Indiana Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of St Francis | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Msd of Lawrence Township Foundation Inc | $5,297 | 4 | 0% |
| Harold W McMillen Center for Health Education Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Global | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Clemson University Foundation | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Denver Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer Inc | $70,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wreaths Across America | $18,000 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Saint Francis of Fort Wayne Indiana Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of St Francis | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Msd of Lawrence Township Foundation Inc | $5,297 | 4 | 0% |
| Harold W McMillen Center for Health Education Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Global | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Clemson University Foundation | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Denver Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Fernbank Elementary School Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| North Wake County Baseball Assoc Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Vann Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Vann Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Vann Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Vann Family Foundation Inc reported 6 grants totaling $1,116,680 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 9 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Vann Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (74%), Philanthropy (24%), Education (1%).
- Who are The Vann Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer Inc ($70k), Samaritan's Purse ($35k), Wreaths Across America ($18k).
- Does The Vann Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Vann Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Vann Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Vann Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Vann Family Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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