California · Private foundation
The Vaya Con Dios Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $123k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations The Vaya Con Dios Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $123k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $116k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $265k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $127k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $129k | 78% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $154k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $124k | 27% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $157k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Garcia Diego High School Inc | $125,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival Inc | $110,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Mindful Life Project | $72,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Notre Dame School | $52,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties | $43,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Our Lady of Mt Carmel | $41,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Santa Barbara Botanic Garden | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kidworks Community Development Corp | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Community Center of San Francisco | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Garcia Diego High School Inc | $125,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival Inc | $110,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Mindful Life Project | $72,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Notre Dame School | $52,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties | $43,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Our Lady of Mt Carmel | $41,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Santa Barbara Botanic Garden | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kidworks Community Development Corp | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Community Center of San Francisco | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Roman Archbishop of Los Angeles a Corporation Sole | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Red Bird Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Golf Fore Africa Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Think Together | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oceana Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County and the Inland Empire Inc | $1,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Our Lady of Sorrows | $1,250 | 1 | n/a |
| The People's Fund | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Corazon Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($657k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Vaya Con Dios 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Vaya Con Dios Foundation
- How much does The Vaya Con Dios Foundation give?
- The Vaya Con Dios Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $122,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Vaya Con Dios Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (33%), Arts & Culture (19%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are The Vaya Con Dios Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Bishop Garcia Diego High School Inc ($126k), Santa Barbara International Film Festival Inc ($110k), Mindful Life Project ($72k).
- Does The Vaya Con Dios Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Vaya Con Dios 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 Vaya Con Dios Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is The Vaya Con Dios Foundation based?
- The Vaya Con Dios Foundation is based in CA.
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