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Valach Family Foundation at a glance

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Valach Family 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.

$1.5M
Granted FY2022
30
Grants FY2022
8
States reached
$725k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its fieldRead
03Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$886kReligion$73kHealth$72kYouth Development$36kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kHousing & Shelter$18kEnvironment$13kInternational$10kOther$0
02FY2022 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 30 grants below total $1,189,300, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,486,800 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $297,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k16 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $203k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $221k
  • $250k+1 grant · $725k
$7,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$5.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Claremont McKenna College$725,000
Fundacja Katalyst Education$100,000
MD Anderson Medical Foundation$71,000
Robb Memorial Fund$50,000
Rose of Sharon Baptist Church$47,500
Boys and Girls Country$35,800
Saxon Success Fund$25,000
Stanford University$25,000
Memorial Villages Police Foundation$20,000
Open Door Missions$10,000
Saxon School Foundation$10,000
Coalition for the Homeless$10,000
Jackson Hole Land Trust$10,000
US Funds for UNICEF$10,000
College of Biblical Studies$7,500
02Its field

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.

1
Harvey Mudd College

HMC seeks to educate engineers, scientists, and mathematicians well versed in all of these areas and in the humanities, social sciences and the arts so that they may assume leadership in their fields with a clear understanding of the…

Education
2
Pitzer College

Pitzer College produces engaged socially responsible citizens of the world through an academically rigorous, interdisciplinary liberal arts education emphasizing social justice, intercultural understanding and environmental sensitivity.…

Education
3
Houston Christian University

The mission of houston christian university is to provide a learning experience that instills in students a passion for academic, spiritual, and professional excellence as a result of our central confession, "jesus christ is lord."

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4
California Baptist University

A private institution of higher education, offering both undergraduate and graduate courses to students.

Education
5
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
6
San Diego Christian College

San Diego Christian College exists to educate and inspire students through the truth of scripture and the development of competencies that prepare graduates whose purpose is to impact the world.

Education
7
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
8
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
9
Claremont Graduate University

Claremont Graduate University prepares individuals to be leaders for positive change in the world. Unique in its transdisciplinary approach, the University is dedicated to the creation, dissemination, and application of new knowledge and…

Education
10
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
11
Vanderbilt University

See Disclosure Above.

Education
12
Criswell College

The mission of criswell college is to provide ministerial and professional higher education for men and women preparing to serve as christian leaders throughout society, while maintaining an institutional commitment to biblical inerrancy.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Jackson Hole; the most unlike its peers is DVine Path Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 30 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Claremont McKenna College: $725,000 · OtherClaremont McKenna CollegeFundacja Katalyst Education: $100,000 · OtherFundacja Katalyst EducationMD Anderson Medical Foundation: $71,000 · OtherMD Anderson Medical FoundationRobb Memorial Fund: $50,000 · OtherROSE OF SHARON BAPTIST CHURCH: $47,500 · Other+13 more: $101,300 · Other+13 moreTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationSAXON SUCCESS FUND: $25,000 · EducationMemorial Villages Police Foundation: $20,000 · Human ServicesHouston Area Women's Center: $2,500 · Human ServicesDVine Path Inc: $1,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $1,000 · Human ServicesJACKSON HOLE LAND TRUST: $10,000 · EnvironmentPark County Environmental Council: $2,500 · EnvironmentHOMELESS NETWORK OF TEXAS: $3,000 · Community ImprovementTOOLBOX MINISTRIES INC: $2,500 · ReligionCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $1,000 · PhilanthropyCYSTINOSIS RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Health
Other$1,094,800Education$50,000Human Services$24,500Environment$12,500Community Improvement$3,000Religion$2,500Philanthropy$1,000Health$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetClaremont McKenna College: $725,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACKSON HOLE LAND TRUST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLEGE OF BIBLICAL STUDIES - HOUSTON: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOMELESS NETWORK OF TEXAS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTOOLBOX MINISTRIES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHouston Area Women's Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPark County Environmental Council: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDVine Path Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTINOSIS RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Greater Houston Commu…Shell USA Company Fou…Raymond James Charita…Natl Christian Charit…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX12.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
03Through Plinth

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How do I get to Valach Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Valach Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $1.8M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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