· Private foundation
Vbs Foundation Inc
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 $10k7 grants · $35k
- $10k–50k23 grants · $432k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $70k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CENTER FOR HUMANE TECHNOLOGY | $70,000 |
| KRIPALU CENTER FOR YOGA AND HEALTH | $40,000 |
| FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES | $40,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $32,000 |
| INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE | $30,000 |
| TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND | $30,000 |
| MIND BODY SOLUTIONS | $25,000 |
| OCEANA | $25,000 |
| GBH | $20,366 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $20,000 |
| FIRE FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| UNITED HATZALAH | $15,000 |
| AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE | $15,000 |
| MUSICA FRANKLIN | $15,000 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND | $15,000 |
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, $412k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% 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 +35% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.
49 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 4 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, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TTTHE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC8× · 2017–2024 · $172k · revenue +35%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC7× · 2017–2024 · $170k · revenue +98%- FHFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC8× · 2017–2024 · $156k · revenue +18%
Funded once
- MSMEDICINS SANS FRONTIERS USAone grant, 2019 · $25k
- AHANIMAL HOUSEone grant, 2017 · $15k
- DPDOULA PROGRAM TO ACCOMPANY AND COMFORone grant, 2019 · $8k
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.
Marin theatre company is the bay area's premier mid-size theater and the leading professional theater in the north bay. mtc produces a six-show season of provocative plays by passionate playwrights from the 20th century and today in an…
To engage audiences and artists alike with exceptional performances, inspired writing and superior productions that motivate us to think harder, to feel more deeply, to laugh more fully and to reflect on ourselves and the world in which we…
Ford's theatre explores the legacy of president abraham lincoln and celebrates the american experience through theatre and education.
To create, to present, to preserve, and to extend the great repertoire of classical dancing through exciting performances and educational programming of the highest quality, presented to the widest possible audience. american ballet…
The american theatre guild is dedicated to providing the experience of live theatre to foster passion, inspire creativity and empower youth within our communities.
The irish repertory theatre (the "theatre") mission is to bring works by irish and irish american masters and contemporary playwrights to american audiences, to provide a context for understanding the contemporary irish american experience…
To invest in america's finest artists and illuminate the value of artists to society.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…
Theaterworks' mission is to share intimate stories that engage all audiences. it creates exceptional contemporary theater that entertains, celebrates new voices, and invites meaningful conversations. its vision is to inspire a more…
The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 62 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 KRIPALU CENTER FOR YOGA & HEALTH ↗
- Who funds THE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds FACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC ↗
- Who funds MUSICA FRANKLIN INC ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE CO INC ↗
- Who funds Hearts and Noses Hospital Clown Troupe Inc ↗
- Who funds THE CONCORD PLAYERS 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.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Vbs Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vbs Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Musica Franklin Inc: 29% of income from government
- Greater Boston Stage Company: 2% of income from government
- American Repertory Theatre Co Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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