· Private foundation
Ventress Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k23 grants · $75k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $113k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HELPS OUTREACH | $37,579 |
| ONE BY ONE LEADERSHIP | $37,579 |
| GRACE PLACE | $37,579 |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF ADAMS COUNTY | $9,395 |
| GOLDEN PAWS ASSISTANCE DOGS | $6,290 |
| CAMPING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $5,500 |
| WARRIOR HOMES OF COLLIER | $5,000 |
| VAIL MOUNTAIN SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| MATTHEW 25 MINISTRIES | $4,697 |
| PS 11 PURVIS J BEHAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA INC | $4,697 |
| CHILDHOOD FOOD SOLUTIONS | $4,697 |
| MOTHER TERESA CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | $4,250 |
| YMCA CAMP ERNST | $3,290 |
| REACH OUT LAKOTA | $2,250 |
| UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION CERF | $2,092 |
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 (FY18–25, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 21% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
37 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HOHELPS OUTREACH INC8× · 2017–2025 · $236k · revenue +10%
- CACAMPING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION7× · 2018–2025 · $29k · revenue +59%
- YMYoung Mens Christian Association of Greater Cincinnati7× · 2018–2025 · $24k · revenue +8%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $6k
HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +53%- SPSAMARITAN'S PURSEgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +163%
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.
Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…
Hero Dogs improves the quality of life of our nations heroes and enhances the services of community organizations by placing assistance dogs with customized training & lifetime support.
Pets for Vets enriches the lives of veterans by creating a life-changing Super Bond with expertly selected and trained shelter or rescue pets. It provides ongoing expert support to ensure a reciprocal and thriving partnership at no cost to…
The organization's mission is to transform the lives of veterans by helping them save an at risk shelter dog or cat, and to end all animal homelessness in the us and enrich the lives of men and women who serve, and have served our country.…
Mercy for animals' mission is to construct a compassionate food system that is not just kind to animals but essential for the future of our planet and all who share it. our vision of a world where animals are respected, protected, and free…
Summit assistance dogs is a nonprofit organization that creates life-changing partnerships by providing highly-trained mobility assistance dogs for people living with disabilities.
On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…
The friends are dedicated to the rescue, protection, and adoption of companion animals in need while inspiring the human-animal bond. we meet our mission by:-saving 100% of healthy and treatable animals.-providing high-quality animal care…
Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…
Our organization's mission is to raise awareness for and provide physical aid and support to disabled us military veterans. our program covers a crucial gap in the industry-a veteran operated organization, that can assist veterans with…
Many seniors and veterans share their only meal of the day with their companion animals. we deliver pet food for these precious animals so they can remain at home or with their person and not have to be surrendered to shelters.
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
How this is measured
46 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. 46 of the 74 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 HELPS OUTREACH INC ↗
- Who funds CAMPING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Cincinnati ↗
- Who funds Humane Society of Adams County INC ↗
- Who funds VAIL MOUNTAIN SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds BROOKLYN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE ASHER HOUSE ↗
- Who funds Golden PAWS Assistance Dogs Inc ↗
- Who funds REACH OUT LAKOTA INC ↗
- Who funds WARRIORS HOMES OF COLLIER INC ↗
- Who funds Matthew 25 Ministries Inc ↗
- Who funds Pets in Need of Greater Cincinnati Inc ↗
- Who funds Alliance for Period Supplies of SWFL Inc ↗
- Who funds ACHIEVEMENT FIRST INC ↗
- Who funds HOMELESS ANIMAL RESCUE TEAM ↗
- Who funds THE DOE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds THE BUONICONTI FUND TO CURE PARALYSIS INC ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDHOOD FOOD SOLUTIONS ↗
- Who funds FREESTORE FOODBANK INC ↗
- Who funds FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC ↗
- Who funds DREAM CENTERS OF COLORADO SPRINGS ↗
- Who funds CAMPTOWN 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: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · The Scripps Howard Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Collier Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ventress Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ventress Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
- Achievement First Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus
How do I get to Ventress Family Foundation?
Find your warmest path to Ventress Family 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.
Play a game based on Ventress Family’s filings →