· Private foundation
The Vos 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $5k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| American Horse Trials Foundation | $60,000 |
| Shakespeare Theatre Company | $25,000 |
| Upperville Colt & Horse Show | $10,000 |
| Cleveland & Woodley Park Village | $2,500 |
| Vinceremos Therapeutic Horsemanship Center | $1,700 |
| United States Equestrian Team Foundation | $1,106 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 81% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
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 FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- EPEDEN PEOPLEPLANET6× · 2018–2023 · $477k · revenue +289%
- AHAMERICAN HORSE TRIALS FOUNDATION INC7× · 2018–2024 · $430k · revenue +31%
- USUNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN TEAM FOUNDATION INC6× · 2019–2024 · $116k · revenue +11%
Funded once
- KHKENTUCKY HORSE PARK FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue -49%
- CCCARR CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS POLICYone grant, 2021 · $25k
- GMGREAT MEADOW FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2018 · $6k · revenue -64%
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.
To conduct the breeders' cup world championships at the highest levels of quality, safety and integrity and to promote the growth of thoroughbred breeding, racing and sales through proactive leadership, innovation and service.
The united states equestrian federation's mission is to provide access to and increase participation in equestrian sports at all levels by ensuring fairness, safety, and enjoyment.
Empowering the competitive excellence and well-being of team usa athletes, championing the power of sport, and inspiring the nation.
The organization is committed to the advancement of research to enhance the safety and health of the horse.
The mission of the american paint horse association is to collect, record and preserve the pedigrees of american paint horses, and to stimulate and regulate all matters pertaining to the promotion, history, breeding and exhibition of this…
None
Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.
The organization is dedicated to the improvement of thoroughbred breeding and racing. It fulfills that mandate by serving many segments of the industry through its subsidiary companies and by providing support to a wide range of industry…
Horse country, inc. is a coordinated equine industry initiative to connect guests to the horse, land, and people of kentucky's signature equine industry through immerserive experiences at unique member locations. horse country, inc.…
To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
The Washingon International Horse Show is a historic, world class equestrian event that engages,entertains and educates the Washington DC community while supporting charitable and military causes
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 20 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 EDEN PEOPLEPLANET ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN HORSE TRIALS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN TEAM FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
- Who funds KENTUCKY HORSE PARK FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds UPPERVILLE COLT & HORSE SHOW INC ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND PARK VILLAGE INC ↗
- Who funds GREAT MEADOW FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds AIKEN HORSE PARK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC ↗
- Who funds ATHLETES FOR HOPE ↗
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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Vos Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Vos Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
- Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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