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Vasicek Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$113k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
34
Grants FY2024
41
Organizations funded FY2023
12%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
32 to 41
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$1.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 12% of the organizations Vasicek Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving34$113k3%
FY202341$131k12%
FY202238$129k5%
FY202138$115k13%
FY202036$113k44%
FY201932$111k9%
FY201832$108kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$208kHealth$133kEducation$100kEnvironment$82kRecreation & Sports$76kFood & Nutrition$72kYouth Development$33kHuman Services$32kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
NV
PA
RI
CA
TN
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 48 grantees
All grantees of Vasicek Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
San Francisco Opera Association$51,50070%
San Francisco Symphony$48,00070%
San Francisco Conservatory of Music$34,00070%
SOAR For Youth$33,00061%
Lafayette Partners in Education$32,50050%
San Francisco Ballet Association$25,00070%
Meals on Wheels Diablo Region$25,00050%
San Francisco Food Bank$24,00060%
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano$23,00050%
Friends of VIA$21,50076%
Monument Crisis Center$21,00050%
Together We Rise$19,50060%
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence$18,00050%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$18,00070%
Smile Train Inc$17,00070%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$17,00060%
League to Save Lake Tahoe$16,00070%
Bridge the Gap College Prep$14,00050%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$13,00070%
Regional Parks Foundation$12,00070%
Gregory Gardens Elementary PTA$12,00028%
California State Parks Foundation$12,00050%
High Fives Nonprofit Foundation$10,00040%
American Institute for Cancer Research$9,00050%
Sierra Club Foundation$9,00060%
Environmental Working Group$9,00040%
Tahoe Rim Trail Association$8,00070%
Nfinito Ma$7,50026%
Peoples Rights Fund Inc$7,00031%
Childrens Health Guild$7,00051%
Marin Performing Stars$6,00050%
The Nature Conservancy of California$6,0005n/a
Acalanes Booster Club$6,00031%
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$5,25050%
National Audubon Society Inc$5,00050%
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums$5,00010%
Tam High Foundation$4,50010%
Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation$4,50030%
Achieve Tahoe$4,00020%
The Wilderness Society$4,00020%
World Education Inc$4,00020%
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health$3,50010%
Pesticide Action Network North America$3,0002n/a
Diablo Valley College Foundation$2,50011%
Agape Villages Inc$2,00010%
San Luis Coastal Education Foundation$2,00010%
The New Village School$1,00010%
Eric's Corner$50013%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($176k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Vasicek Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSan Francisco Opera Association: $51,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Symphony: $48,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Conservatory of Music: $34,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSOAR For Youth: $33,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetLafayette Partners in Education: $32,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSan Francisco Ballet Association: $25,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels Diablo Region: $25,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSan Francisco Food Bank: $24,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank of Contra Costa and Solano: $23,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of VIA: $21,500 over 7y, 5.7% of budgetMonument Crisis Center: $21,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTogether We Rise: $19,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBrady Center to Prevent Gun Violence: $18,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $18,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $17,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $17,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLeague to Save Lake Tahoe: $16,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBridge the Gap College Prep: $14,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $13,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRegional Parks Foundation: $12,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGregory Gardens Elementary PTA: $12,000 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetCalifornia State Parks Foundation: $12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHigh Fives Nonprofit Foundation: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Institute for Cancer Research: $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Working Group: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTahoe Rim Trail Association: $8,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNfinito Ma: $7,500 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetPeoples Rights Fund Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetChildrens Health Guild: $7,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetMarin Performing Stars: $6,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAcalanes Booster Club: $6,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art: $5,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Audubon Society Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCorporation of the Fine Arts Museums: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTam High Foundation: $4,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSetting Scoliosis Straight Foundation: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAchieve Tahoe: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Wilderness Society: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Education Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDiablo Valley College Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAgape Villages Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSan Luis Coastal Education Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe New Village School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEric's Corner: $500 over 1y, 3.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 46.

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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.

East Bay Community FoundationCA18.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: East Bay Community Foundation · Lowell Berry Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Marin Community Foundation · Tahoe Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Salesforce Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Esb Charitable Foundation · United Way of the Bay Area · McNabb 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.

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How do I get to Vasicek Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Vasicek 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.

About Vasicek Foundation

How much does Vasicek Foundation give?
Vasicek Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $112,750 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 41 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Vasicek Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (22%), Health (14%), Education (11%).
Who are Vasicek Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: San Francisco Opera Association ($52k), San Francisco Symphony ($48k), San Francisco Conservatory of Music ($34k).
Does Vasicek Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Vasicek Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Vasicek Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Bay Community Foundation, Lowell Berry Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma.
Where is Vasicek Foundation based?
Vasicek Foundation is based in NJ.

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 65 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 2024, released 2024. 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 $114k 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 FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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