· Private foundation
The Vlg Foundations
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CENTRAL PARK CONSERVTORY | $2,119 |
| SARASOTA ORCHESTRA | $1,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $500 |
| USF FOUNDATION | $500 |
| WEDU | $300 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +49% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2023, 10 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TATHE ARMORY FOUNDATION4× · 2017–2020 · $4k · revenue +36%
FLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC6× · 2017–2023 · $2k · revenue +275%- TCTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY2× · 2020–2021 · $2k · revenue +36%
Funded once
- CPCENTRAL PARK CONSERVATORYone grant, 2017 · $2k
LITERACY COUNCIL OF SARASOTA INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +157%- UOUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDAone grant, 2019 · $1k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Prepares gifted graduates of prestigious music programs for successful careers in orchestras and ensembles.
We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…
To provide educational displays and information on art in our area and to provide scholarships.
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
The florida state university foundation enhances the academic mission and vision of florida state university through its organized fundraising activities and funds management. the fsu foundation accomplishes its mission by fostering…
The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…
Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 28 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds THE ARMORY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds University of South Florida Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds LITERACY COUNCIL OF SARASOTA INC ↗
- Who funds Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc ↗
- Who funds SARASOTA FILM SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds New York Historical Society ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WATCH AND CLOCK COLLECTORS INC ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Vlg Foundations funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Vlg Foundations. Bigger dots raise more.
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