New York · Public charity
Vassar College
The mission of VASSAR COLLEGE is to make accessible "the means of a thorough, well-proportioned and liberal education" that inspires each individual to lead a purposeful life. The college makes possible an education that promotes analytical, informed, and independent thinking and sound judgment; encourages articulate expression; and…
- $85M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $137k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,610
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $101,230
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Vassar College funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $137k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $129k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $89k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $28k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $29k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $24k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $20k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $9k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate Vault | $249,129 | 3 | 2% |
| Family Services Inc | $44,812 | 5 | 0% |
| Dutchess County Pride Center Inc | $29,538 | 4 | 9% |
| Finish Strong Wellness Center | $22,128 | 2 | n/a |
| Grace Smith House Inc | $21,393 | 3 | 0% |
| Ulster Immigrant Defense Network | $13,110 | 2 | 2% |
| Real Skills Network Inc | $11,694 | 2 | 2% |
| Poughkeepsie Alliance Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 28% |
| The Art Effect of the Hudson Valley Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hudson River Housing Inc | $8,568 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate Vault | $249,129 | 3 | 2% |
| Family Services Inc | $44,812 | 5 | 0% |
| Dutchess County Pride Center Inc | $29,538 | 4 | 9% |
| Finish Strong Wellness Center | $22,128 | 2 | n/a |
| Grace Smith House Inc | $21,393 | 3 | 0% |
| Ulster Immigrant Defense Network | $13,110 | 2 | 2% |
| Real Skills Network Inc | $11,694 | 2 | 2% |
| Poughkeepsie Alliance Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 28% |
| The Art Effect of the Hudson Valley Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hudson River Housing Inc | $8,568 | 1 | 0% |
| Dutchess Outreach Inc | $8,214 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Newburgh Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Angels of Light Inc | $6,610 | 1 | n/a |
| Brielle Grace Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $6,610 | 1 | 7% |
| United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region Inc | $6,044 | 1 | 0% |
| Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Matters 2 Inc | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Poughkeepsie Farm Project | $5,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Ulster Literacy Association Inc | $5,298 | 1 | 2% |
Where it is load-bearing
Vassar College supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Inc · The Dyson Foundation · United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region Inc · Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation · The Ascienzo Family Foundation · Jane W Nuhn Charitable Trust · The Treehouse Foundation of the Hudson Valley Inc · Charles D Fleischman Charitable Trust · Helen's Hope Foundation · James J McCann Charitable Trust · Field Hall Foundation · Henry L Kimelman Family Foundation
How this is measured
About Vassar College
- How much does Vassar College give?
- Vassar College reported 6 itemized grants totaling $136,670, out of $85,009,408 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Vassar College fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (52%), Human Services (24%), Youth Development (9%).
- Who are Vassar College's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Climate Vault ($249k), Family Services Inc ($45k), Dutchess County Pride Center Inc ($30k).
- Does Vassar College fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Vassar College?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Inc, The Dyson Foundation, United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region Inc.
- Where is Vassar College based?
- Vassar College is based in NY.
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