California · Private foundation
Vera C Hendry Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $42k
- Granted FY2021
- 9
- Grants FY2021
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
52% of Vera C Hendry Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Community Foundation Sonoma County, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Vera C Hendry Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $42k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $11,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Total assets, FY2021
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 44% of the organizations Vera C Hendry Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 68% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 9 | $42k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $39k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $46k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $42k | 70% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $19k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation | $26,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Vintage House Multi Purpose Senior Center | $24,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Sonoma Valley Education Foundation | $24,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Congregation Shir Shalom | $16,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Becoming Independent | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends In Sonoma Helping Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sonoma Valley Teen Services | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| First Congregational Church | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation | $26,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Vintage House Multi Purpose Senior Center | $24,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Sonoma Valley Education Foundation | $24,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Congregation Shir Shalom | $16,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Becoming Independent | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends In Sonoma Helping Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sonoma Valley Teen Services | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| First Congregational Church | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Jewish Community Free Clinic | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sonoma Ecology Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($82k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Vera C Hendry Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Sonoma County Community Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Simon Blattner Family Foundation · Sanderson Family Foundation · Women Giving as One Inc · Marin Community Foundation · Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Foundation · Sonoma County Vintners Foundation · The John & Sandra Leland Foundation · Kakatu Foundation Inc · The Vadasz Family Foundation · Speedway Children's Charities
How this is measured
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About Vera C Hendry Foundation
- How much does Vera C Hendry Foundation give?
- Vera C Hendry Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $42,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Vera C Hendry Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (33%), Human Services (23%), Health (18%).
- Who are Vera C Hendry Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation ($26k), Vintage House Multi Purpose Senior Center ($25k), Sonoma Valley Education Foundation ($25k).
- Does Vera C Hendry Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Vera C Hendry 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 Vera C Hendry Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sonoma County Community Foundation, McNabb Foundation, Simon Blattner Family Foundation.
- Where is Vera C Hendry Foundation based?
- Vera C Hendry Foundation is based in CA.
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