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Valley Health Foundation (Vhf)

VALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION (VHF) is a non-profit leader in community health and healthcare that fundraises to support, innovate, and advocate for better health for all in santa clara county.

$10M
Granted FY2024still arriving
47
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$18MEducation$8.6MHuman Services$2.6MArts & Culture$1.1MYouth Development$789kInternational$725kFood & Nutrition$708kCivil Rights$627kOther$0
02FY2024 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $211k
  • $50k–250k26 grants · $3.1M
  • $250k+11 grants · $6.8M
$112,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALUM ROCK UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRIC$2,040,000
EAST SIDE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT$1,640,404
MORGAN HILL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT$702,891
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA HEALTH SYSTEM$369,341
GILROY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT$360,000
LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT$360,000
JOYFUL LEARNING EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT C$280,000
WILLOW GLEN COMMUNITY EXTENDED DAY$273,131
SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION (V$270,037
DOWNTOWN COLLEGE PREPARATORY$256,996
MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT$255,000
CONGREGATION SINAI$237,000
TURNING WHEELS FOR KIDS$227,947
SJ CONSERVATION CORPS CHARTER SCHOOL$197,769
MY ROOTS LEARNING INC$189,277
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%MY NEW RED SHOES: $75k → 7%AMIGOS DE GUADALUPE: $49k → 8%GRACE SOLUTIONS: $192k → 8%SUNDAY FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $149k → 8%YWCA GOLDEN GATE SILICON VALLEY: $105k → 8%GRACE SOLUTIONS: $53k → 8%NEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $22k → 8%ALUM ROCK COUNSELING CENTER INC: $1k → 8%ALUM ROCK COUNSELING CENTER INC: $150k → 8%MARTHA'S KITCHEN: $150k → 8%VIETNAMESE VOLUNTARY FOUNDATION: $103k → 8%THE TENACIOUS GROUP: $53k → 8%BAY AREA OLDER ADULTS: $68k → 8%NORCAL SPINAL CORD INJURY FOUNDATION: $18k → 8%NORCAL SPINAL CORD INJURY FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19M · 24 repeat orgs$19M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 38 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
107

Total granted

$19M
$9.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+7%

Still filing today

58%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • HK
    HEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $751k · revenue +12%
  • SM
    SOMOS MAYFAIR INC
    5× · 2018–2024 · $351k · revenue +167%
  • IC
    International Children Assistance Network Inc
    2× · 2020–2023 · $300k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • S
    SCVMC
    one grant, 2017 · $866k
  • SC
    SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER - ROR
    one grant, 2017 · $386k
  • CT
    CARRY THE VISION
    one grant, 2023 · $300k · revenue +2%
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.

04Its 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
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
2
Silicon Valley Rising Action

Silicon Valley Rising Action takes on occupational segregation and income inequality with a comprehensive campaign to raise wages, create affordable housing, and build a tech economy that works for everyone.

—
3
Santa Cruz Local Inc

Independent nonpartisan newsroom serving Santa Cruz County, California we are all watching and engaged in our local government, our needs are addressed, democracy works better and our community is stronger.

—
4
Unitedly

Unitedly is a nonprofit organization based in San Mateo County, California. Unitedly was established to ensure Asian families and communities have access to equitable opportunities and resources to thrive in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Human Services
5
Silicon Valley Allied for the Common Good

We are a non-partisan network of civic associations, faith-based organizations and nonprofits that come together to effect change on a larger scale than we could alone. We identify shared issues affecting our communities (such as housing…

Human Services
6
Active San Gabriel Valley

Active San Gabriel Valley (ActiveSGV) is a community-based environmental advocacy and public health non-profit organization. Our mission is to promote a more sustainable, equitable, and livable San Gabriel Valley.

Community Improvement
7
Silicon Valley Independent Living Center

SVILC builds disability identity, culture, pride, creating opportunities for personal and community transformation, and partnering with others to ensure that civil and human rights are protected.

Human Services
8
Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund - SV2

Silicon Valley Social Venture Funds (SV2) mission is to unleash the talents and resources of the Bay Area community to achieve meaningful social impact. SV2 works to build the organizational capacity of our Nonprofit Grantees and Impact…

Philanthropy
9
Legal Link

Legal Link removes legal barriers that prolong poverty by adding critically needed capacity to the legal ecosystem.

Crime & Legal
10
San Francisco Casa

San Francisco CASA transforms the lives of children and youth traumatized and displaced in the foster care and related systems by providing one consistent, caring volunteer advocate, trained to address each childs needs in the court and…

Civil Rights
11
California School-Age Consortium Inc

The California School-Age Consortium (CalSAC) builds professional networks that provide training, leadership development and advocacy to ensure that all young people have access to high quality out-of-school time programs and to create a…

—
12
Sv Home

Driving the creation of affordable housing for a more vibrant and equitable silicon valley.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits; the most unlike its peers is Grace Solutions. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

94 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 94 of the 169 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.

12
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
94/94
Grantees still filing
57/94
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER: $6,851,812 · OtherSANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTERCOUNTY OF SANTA CLARA HEALTH SYSTEM: $4,289,848 · OtherCOUNTY OF SANTA CLARA HEALTH SYSTEMSANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER (SVC): $2,899,399 · OtherSANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER (SVC)ALUM ROCK UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRIC: $2,040,000 · OtherALUM ROCK UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICEAST SIDE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT: $1,640,404 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,077,164 · Other+110 more: $12,296,667 · Other+110 moreHEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION: $751,020 · HealthPROJECT SAFETY NET: $300,000 · HealthLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $190,000 · HealthLATINAS CONTRA CANCER: $175,000 · HealthWorking Partnerships USA: $150,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $70,000 · Health+7 more: $115,350 · HealthSCIENCE IS ELEMENTARY INC: $288,221 · EducationACROSS THE BRIDGE FOUNDATION DBA DOWNTOWN COLLEGE PREPARATORY: $256,996 · EducationFRIENDS OF EDUCARE CALIFORNIA AT SILICON VALLEY: $170,000 · EducationIndia Currents Foundation: $150,000 · EducationSilicon Valley Urban Debate League: $150,000 · EducationMARSHMALLOW MINDS: $149,200 · EducationCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationREACH OUT AND READ INC: $70,705 · EducationSAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $51,232 · Education+2 more: $32,100 · EducationGRACE SOLUTIONS: $245,487 · Human ServicesALUM ROCK COUNSELING CENTER INC: $150,777 · Human ServicesMARTHA'S KITCHEN: $150,000 · Human ServicesSUNDAY FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $149,123 · Human ServicesYWCA GOLDEN GATE SILICON VALLEY: $105,000 · Human ServicesVIETNAMESE VOLUNTARY FOUNDATION INC: $102,860 · Human ServicesSOUTH COUNTY COMPASSION CENTER: $97,804 · Human ServicesMBOLDEN CHANGE: $75,000 · Human ServicesBAY AREA OLDER ADULTS INC: $67,778 · Human ServicesTHE TENACIOUS GROUP INC: $53,000 · Human ServicesAMIGOS DE GUADALUPE CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND ENPOWERMENT: $49,000 · Human Services+2 more: $41,850 · Human ServicesMOVIMIENTO DE ARTE Y CULTURA LATINO AMERICANA DE SAN JOSE INCORPORATED: $150,000 · Arts & CultureSCHOOL OF ARTS AND CULTURE AT MHP: $150,000 · Arts & CultureChopsticks Alley Art: $150,000 · Arts & CultureSan Jose Taiko Group Inc: $149,998 · Arts & CulturePALO ALTO ART CENTER FOUNDATION: $118,250 · Arts & CultureMEDIA ALLIANCE: $80,000 · Arts & CultureContemporary Asian Theatre Scene Inc: $35,000 · Arts & CultureSOMOS MAYFAIR INC: $350,515 · Community ImprovementLATINO BUSINESS FOUNDATION SILICON VALLEY: $150,000 · Community ImprovementTMC COMMUNITY CAPITAL: $115,000 · Community ImprovementLocal Color: $100,000 · Community ImprovementTHE PROSPERITY LAB: $31,500 · Community Improvement+1 more: $14,110 · Community ImprovementInternational Children Assistance Network Inc: $300,320 · InternationalCARRY THE VISION: $300,000 · InternationalAfrican Diaspora Network: $125,000 · International
Other$31,095,294Health$1,751,370Education$1,418,454Human Services$1,287,679Arts & Culture$833,248Community Improvement$761,125International$725,320

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 budgetHEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION: $751,020 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetSOMOS MAYFAIR INC: $350,515 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetInternational Children Assistance Network Inc: $300,320 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetCARRY THE VISION: $300,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetSCIENCE IS ELEMENTARY INC: $288,221 over 1y, 33% of budgetACROSS THE BRIDGE FOUNDATION DBA DOWNTOWN COLLEGE PREPARATORY: $256,996 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetGRACE SOLUTIONS: $245,487 over 2y, 60% of budgetSan Jose Grail Family Services: $198,670 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetABILITYPATH: $191,144 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $190,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTEP FORWARD FOUNDATION: $185,391 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetBay Area Womens Sports Initiative: $176,945 over 1y, 13% of budgetLATINAS CONTRA CANCER: $175,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetFRIENDS OF EDUCARE CALIFORNIA AT SILICON VALLEY: $170,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetYOUTH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $155,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetALUM ROCK COUNSELING CENTER INC: $150,777 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSAN JOSE POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE: $150,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOVIMIENTO DE ARTE Y CULTURA LATINO AMERICANA DE SAN JOSE INCORPORATED: $150,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetSCHOOL OF ARTS AND CULTURE AT MHP: $150,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetIndia Currents Foundation: $150,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetWorking Partnerships USA: $150,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMARTHA'S KITCHEN: $150,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetLOAVES & FISHES FAMILY KITCHEN: $150,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSilicon Valley Urban Debate League: $150,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetLATINO BUSINESS FOUNDATION SILICON VALLEY: $150,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetHOPE SERVICES: $150,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCinequest Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES OF SILICON VALLEY INC: $150,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetChopsticks Alley Art: $150,000 over 1y, 43% of budgetSan Jose Taiko Group Inc: $149,998 over 1y, 12% of budgetMARSHMALLOW MINDS: $149,200 over 1y, 46% of budgetSUNDAY FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $149,123 over 1y, 13% of budgetPRO BONO PROJECT SILICON VALLEY: $147,548 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetAfrican Diaspora Network: $125,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetPeople Acting in Community Together: $123,614 over 1y, 13% of budgetFRESH APPROACH: $121,352 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetPALO ALTO ART CENTER FOUNDATION: $118,250 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetTMC COMMUNITY CAPITAL: $115,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetYWCA GOLDEN GATE SILICON VALLEY: $105,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetVIETNAMESE VOLUNTARY FOUNDATION INC: $102,860 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN LAW SCHOOL OF SAN JOSE: $100,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetLocal Color: $100,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetLatina Coalition of Silicon Valley: $99,441 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetSOUTH COUNTY COMPASSION CENTER: $97,804 over 1y, 10% of budgetHappy Hollow Foundation: $96,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetKARA: $87,000 over 1y, 4.8% 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.

  • Who funds HEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOMOS MAYFAIR INC ↗
  • Who funds International Children Assistance Network Inc ↗
  • Who funds CARRY THE VISION ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT SAFETY NET ↗
  • Who funds SCIENCE IS ELEMENTARY INC ↗
  • Who funds ACROSS THE BRIDGE FOUNDATION DBA DOWNTOWN COLLEGE PREPARATORY ↗
  • Who funds GRACE SOLUTIONS ↗
  • Who funds San Jose Grail Family Services ↗
  • Who funds ABILITYPATH ↗
  • Who funds LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds STEP FORWARD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Bay Area Womens Sports Initiative ↗
  • Who funds LATINAS CONTRA CANCER ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF EDUCARE CALIFORNIA AT SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH COMMUNITY SERVICES 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Sobrato Family Fo…Silicon Valley Commun…Destination Home SV c…San Jose Mercury News…Los Altos Mountain Vi…The David and Lucile …The Health TrustKaiser Foundation Hos…The Applied Materials…Sunlight GivingRotary Club of San Jo…Second Harvest of Sil…
The Sobrato Family FoundationCA69.5× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Sobrato Family Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Destination Home SV co Silicon Valley Community Foundation · San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc · Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · The Health Trust · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The Applied Materials Foundation · Sunlight Giving · Rotary Club of San Jose Foundation · Second Harvest of Silicon Valley

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 Health Foundation (Vhf) funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Valley Health Foundation (Vhf). Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 69%
  • Jsi Research & Training Institute Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
54report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.
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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.

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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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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