· Private foundation
Van Nuys 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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k23 grants · $69k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $16k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| METHACTON SCHOOL DISTRICT | $16,000 |
| SELINSGROVE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT | $6,000 |
| REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER | $6,000 |
| MIDDLECREEK AREA COMMUNITY YMCA | $6,000 |
| THE YMCA | $4,000 |
| ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $4,000 |
| RANDOM CANYON RIDING PROGRAM INC | $4,000 |
| THE JARED BOX PROJECT | $3,000 |
| METHACTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| STRAWBERRY FIELDS INCORPORATED | $3,000 |
| KIDSGROVE INC | $3,000 |
| SELINSGROVE AREA RECREATION INC | $3,000 |
| WORCESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $2,000 |
| COMMUNITY GIVING FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY | $2,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 78% 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 +24% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.
30 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 2 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, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- REREGIONAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER8× · 2017–2024 · $28k · revenue +188%
- MEMETHACTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION7× · 2018–2024 · $28k · revenue +24%
- SASELINSGROVE AREA RECREATION INC7× · 2018–2024 · $22k · revenue +109%
Funded once
- OLOUR LADY OF SACRED HEART HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2022 · $2k
- VTVariety the Childrens Charityone grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue -1%
- TCTRINITY COUNTRY NURSERY SCHOOLone grant, 2017 · $2k
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 clean safe fun and community oriented recreational opportunities to the residents of the greater susquehanna county area.
To care for injured and orphaned wild animals, rehabilitate them and release them into the appropriate habitat.
To make historical information about wyoming county, pa available to the public
Acquire and preserve property and information of historic value and/or interest concerning delaware county, pennsylvania. the society also operates a research library and museum.
Founded in 1945, the shippensburg historical society is a non-profit membership organizaiton dedicated to the collecting, preserving, and sharing the rich history of shippensburg, pennsylvania and the surronding area.
Preserve historical artifacts and provide education of wayne county pennsylvania
Maintenance of a fully equipped library and activities allied thereto, as a memorial to caspar schwenckfeld.
The mission of the mercer county historical society is to collect and preserve artifacts, manuscripts, published materials and records relating to mercer county's pre-history and history and use these to increase public awareness and…
The sedgwick county zoological society is dedicated to inspiring respect and conservation of wildlife and wild places through our commitment to providing excellent care and welfare for our animals, building connections between our guests…
A community center which provides a meeting place and programs for the recreation and social welfare of all age groups in the community.
The mission of the warren library association is to provide all citizens in its service area access to library materials and information services which address the needs and expand the aspirations of the community for formal and lifelong…
To serve as a fundraising and support organization for the sedgwick county zoological society, inc.
How this is measured
24 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. 24 of the 39 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 WEST SNYDER RECREATION ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER ↗
- Who funds METHACTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SELINSGROVE AREA RECREATION INC ↗
- Who funds SNYDER COUNTY LIBRARIES INC ↗
- Who funds YMCA OF THE ROSES ↗
- Who funds CENTRE COUNTY PAWS INC ↗
- Who funds SWEET GRACE MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds Greater Susquehanna Valley YMCA ↗
- Who funds FAR POINT ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
- Who funds SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE JARED BOX PROJECT ↗
- Who funds The Hummels Wharf Fire Company Incorporated ↗
- Who funds PETER WENTZ FARMSTEAD SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds WORCESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Appalachia Horse Help & Rescue Inc ↗
- Who funds THE WARD FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN LEGION POST 245 INC ↗
- Who funds ARTSQUEST ↗
- Who funds Red Corner Benefit Inc ↗
- Who funds STRAWBERRY FIELDS INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY GIVING FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SEAN F HOGAN SR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Variety the Childrens Charity ↗
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: Fern & Gladys Moyer Memorial Trust · The 1994 Charles B Degenstein Fdn · Degenstein Charitable Foundation · Community Giving Foundation · Ppl Foundation · Central Pennsylvania Food Bank · Guyer Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Van Nuys Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Van Nuys Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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