California · Private foundation
The Virginia B Hirsh 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.
- $36k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $11,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 29
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $954k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations The Virginia B Hirsh Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | 12 | $36k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $50k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $55k | 42% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $45k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $43k | 39% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $39k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tahoe Fund | $32,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Fsc of Madison Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Edgewood High School | $8,394 | 1 | n/a |
| Shane McConkey Foundation | $4,500 | 3 | 2% |
| One Million Aok | $4,300 | 2 | 1% |
| Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center Inc | $4,134 | 4 | 0% |
| Irwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc | $3,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Mountain Area Preservation Foundation | $2,650 | 2 | 1% |
| Channel 5 Public Broadcasting Inc | $2,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi | $1,750 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tahoe Fund | $32,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Fsc of Madison Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Edgewood High School | $8,394 | 1 | n/a |
| Shane McConkey Foundation | $4,500 | 3 | 2% |
| One Million Aok | $4,300 | 2 | 1% |
| Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center Inc | $4,134 | 4 | 0% |
| Irwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc | $3,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Mountain Area Preservation Foundation | $2,650 | 2 | 1% |
| Channel 5 Public Broadcasting Inc | $2,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi | $1,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Aim High | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Wingra School Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Achieve Tahoe | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Truckee Donner Land Trust | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Olbrich Botanical Society Inc | $763 | 1 | 0% |
| Sierra Senior Services Dba Meals on Wheels Tahoe | $550 | 2 | 0% |
| National Marine Mammal Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Dane County Humane Society | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Surfrider Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Tahoe Backcountry Alliance | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| St Baldrick's Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Protect Our Winters | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Atwood-Barrymore Corporation | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Scotty Lapp Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($185k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Virginia B Hirsh 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: Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation · Tahoe Community Foundation · Barbara L & Richard C Barrett Foundation · United Way of Dane County Inc · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Park L Loughlin Charitable Foundation · The Corrigan-Walla Foundation · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
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About The Virginia B Hirsh Foundation
- How much does The Virginia B Hirsh Foundation give?
- The Virginia B Hirsh Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $36,383 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 29 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Virginia B Hirsh Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (17%), Education (14%), Philanthropy (14%).
- Who are The Virginia B Hirsh Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Tahoe Fund ($33k), Fsc of Madison Inc ($9k), Edgewood High School ($8k).
- Does The Virginia B Hirsh Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Virginia B Hirsh 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 Virginia B Hirsh Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation, Tahoe Community Foundation, Barbara L & Richard C Barrett Foundation.
- Where is The Virginia B Hirsh Foundation based?
- The Virginia B Hirsh Foundation is based in CA.
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