New York · Private foundation
The Viyu Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $133k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations The Viyu Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $133k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $120k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $112k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $110k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $80k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $130k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $110k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $110k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Park School of Buffalo | $187,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Team Rubicon Inc | $81,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The New England Center for Children Inc | $45,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Friends of Central Algoma Land Trust | $45,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences | $44,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Africa College Fund | $29,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Farm Aid Inc | $20,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Ohio Valley Recovery Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Old Fort Niagara Association Inc | $18,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Central and Western New York Inc | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Park School of Buffalo | $187,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Team Rubicon Inc | $81,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The New England Center for Children Inc | $45,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Friends of Central Algoma Land Trust | $45,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences | $44,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Africa College Fund | $29,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Farm Aid Inc | $20,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Ohio Valley Recovery Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Old Fort Niagara Association Inc | $18,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Central and Western New York Inc | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hospice Foundation of America Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Zoological Society of Buffalo Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Feedmore Western New York Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The International Institute of Buffalo | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pine Island Camp | $8,100 | 3 | 0% |
| We the Protesters Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Natural Selection Foundation | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ncyc Junior Sailing Program | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nichols School of Buffalo | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Buffalo Renaissance Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($381k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Viyu 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: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc · Simple Gifts Fund · Tower Family Fund Inc · The Baird Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Equitable Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Viyu Foundation
- How much does The Viyu Foundation give?
- The Viyu Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $133,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Viyu Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (22%), Education (19%), Environment (16%).
- Who are The Viyu Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Park School of Buffalo ($187k), Team Rubicon Inc ($81k), The New England Center for Children Inc ($46k).
- Does The Viyu Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Viyu Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Viyu Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc, Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc, Simple Gifts Fund.
- Where is The Viyu Foundation based?
- The Viyu Foundation is based in NY.
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