Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
Vegfund Inc
VEGFUND PROVIDES GRANTS TO VEGAN ACTIVISTS TO ENABLE THEIR EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF VEGAN LIVING. Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $683k
- Granted FY2023
- 270
- Grants FY2023
- 270
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 49%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,175
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 313
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 36
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 49% of the organizations Vegfund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $183k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 270 | $683k | 49% |
| FY2022 | 313 | $1.7M | 54% |
| FY2021 | 213 | $1.6M | 69% |
| FY2020 | 207 | $1.4M | 99% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $421k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Humane League | $925,237 | 5 | 3% |
| One Step for Animals | $165,336 | 3 | 17% |
| Real Food for Kids | $62,500 | 3 | 6% |
| Friends of the Earth | $53,048 | 3 | 0% |
| A Well-Fed World | $42,790 | 2 | 2% |
| Actasia Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 19% |
| Sentient Media | $38,750 | 2 | 5% |
| UnchainedTV | $37,005 | 3 | 6% |
| Vegan Justice | $36,115 | 3 | n/a |
| Plant Based Foods Association | $35,000 | 1 | 9% |
Show all 144 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 519 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Vegfund Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 106 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: The Quinn Foundation · Animal Charity Evaluators · A Well-Fed World · The Greenbaum Foundation · Karuna Foundation · Nalith Inc · Humane America Animal Foundation · The Summerlee Foundation · Tipping Point Private Foundation · Builders Vision Foundation · Aceso Foundation Inc · Impactassetsinc
How this is measured
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About Vegfund Inc
- How much does Vegfund Inc give?
- Vegfund Inc reported 270 grants totaling $682,571 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 313 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Vegfund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (56%), Animals (38%), Environment (2%).
- Who are Vegfund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: The Humane League ($925k), One Step for Animals ($165k), Real Food for Kids ($63k).
- Does Vegfund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 49% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Vegfund Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Vegfund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Quinn Foundation, Animal Charity Evaluators, A Well-Fed World.
- Where is Vegfund Inc based?
- Vegfund Inc is based in DC.
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