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Valley Future Foundation Inc at a glance

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Valley Future Foundation Inc

The purpose of the organization is to conduct research and investigate reporting on economic, social, and political issues of significance to citizens of the san joaquin valley, and to educate the public on those matters through publications, lectures and other means.

$817k
Granted FY2020
10
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$197k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01FY2020 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $107k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $692k
$66,775
Median grant
1
States reached
$84k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOOD BANK$197,224
FRESNO RESCUE MISSION$192,970
MARJAREE MASON CENTER$131,193
POVERELLO HOUSE$103,440
VALLEY DREAM CENTER$66,775
LIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH$34,354
CATHOLIC CHARITIES - DIOCESE OF FRESNO$32,294
EVANGEL HOME$29,446
HIGHWAY CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT$11,380
EXCEPTIONAL PARENTS UNLIMITED$5,289
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $210k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 19%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 19%CATHOLIC CHARITIES - DIOCESE OF FRESNO: $32k → 19%EVANGEL HOME: $29k → 19%HIGHWAY CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $11k → 19%EXCEPTIONAL PARENTS UNLIMITED: $5k → 19%MARJAREE MASON CENTER: $131k → 19%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its 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
Central California Family Crisis Center

The Organization provides shelter, meals, clothing and counseling for victims of domestic violence, housing crisis, and/or poverty.

Human Services
2
California Housing Partner Corporation

The California Housing Partnership Corporation creates and preserves affordable and sustainable homes for Californians with low incomes by providing expert financial and policy solutions to nonprofit and public partners.

Unclassified
3
Family Services of Tulare County Inc

The mission of Family Services is to help children, adults, and families throughout Tulare County heal from violence and thrive in healthy relationships. Family Services will accomplish this mission through direct services, advocacy,…

Human Services
4
Madera Rescue Mission Inc

The rescue mission provides services to the homeless population in madera county in california. it provides housing for men, women, and families on an emergency short-term basis. it also operates a rehabilitation program for men and women.

Human Services
5
Valley Restart Shelter Inc

Valley Restart Shelter's mission is to support families, seniors, widows, children, and veterans on their path to permanent housing, and lasting stability-empowering them with hope and a renewed sense of pride.

Housing & Shelter
6
Mission Housing Development Corporation

To provide affordable housing to low-income families, the handicapped and elderly.

Housing & Shelter
7
The Samaritan Center-Simi Valley

The mission of the Samaritan Center-Simi Valley is to offer people experiencing housing and food insecurity supportive services essential to human dignity.

Housing & Shelter
8
Inner City Law Center

In 2024, Inner City Law Center, ICLC, served over 3,400 people, helping vulnerable Angelenos to remain in their homes and recover nearly $20.5 million in financial benefits.

Crime & Legal
9
Upvalley Family Centers of Napa County

The mission of the UpValley Family Centers is to provide guidance, support and resources in the community, in the home and for the individual so that everyone can achieve a better life. We serve youth, adults and families in the…

Human Services
10
Family Housing and Adult Resources Inc

FHAR is a not-for-profit organization serving adults with developmental disabilities. FHARs mission is to assist each program participant to reach their full potential through residential services vocational and social program services and…

Human Services
11
Neighborhood House of Calexico

to engage in social action through self-determination for all individuals by providing educational, financial, housing, and other support services.

Community Improvement
12
Family Promise of Sacramento

To provide temporary shelter and assistance to homeless families, and also to provide rental assistance in an effort to prevent families from becoming homeless. Program goal is to assist the families in their efforts to become…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fresno Rescue Mission Inc; the most unlike its peers is Highway City Community Development 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

9 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. 9 of the 10 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRESNO RESCUE MISSION INC: $192,970 · Housing & ShelterFRESNO RESCUE MISSION INCPoverello House: $103,440 · Housing & ShelterPoverello HouseMARJAREE MASON CENTER INC: $131,193 · Human ServicesMARJAREE MASON CENTER INCCatholic Charities of the Diocese of Fresno: $32,294 · Human ServicesCatholic Charities of the Dio…EVANGEL HOME INC: $29,446 · Human ServicesEVANGEL HOME INCHIGHWAY CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $11,380 · Human ServicesHIGHWAY CITY COMMUNITY DEVELO…+1 more: $5,289 · Human ServicesCENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOOD BANK: $197,224 · Food & NutritionCENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOOD BAN…VALLEY DREAM CENTER: $66,775 · Public BenefitVALLEY DR…LIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH: $34,354 · Other
Housing & Shelter$296,410Human Services$209,602Food & Nutrition$197,224Public Benefit$66,775Other$34,354

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 budgetCENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOOD BANK: $197,224 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRESNO RESCUE MISSION INC: $192,970 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMARJAREE MASON CENTER INC: $131,193 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPoverello House: $103,440 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetVALLEY DREAM CENTER: $66,775 over 1y, 18% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Diocese of Fresno: $32,294 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEVANGEL HOME INC: $29,446 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetHIGHWAY CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $11,380 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetEXCEPTIONAL PARENTS UNLIMITED INC: $5,289 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Kaiser Foundation Hos…Sieg & Doris Fischer …Central California Fo…Teichert FoundationAetna Foundation IncWayne H Towne Family …Isnardi FoundationThe Fansler FoundationDaniel R Martin Famil…Valley Children's Hos…Saint Agnes Medical C…United Way California…
Kaiser Foundation HospitalsCA21.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Sieg & Doris Fischer FDN-AGY-MAIN · Central California Food Bank · Teichert Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · Wayne H Towne Family Foundation · Isnardi Foundation · The Fansler Foundation · Daniel R Martin Family Foundation · Valley Children's Hospital · Saint Agnes Medical Center · United Way California Capital Region

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Valley Future Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Valley Future Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Valley Future Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Valley Future Foundation Inc 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 10 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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