Iowa · Public charity
Vera French Foundation
To foster compassionate awareness of mental illness and inspire generous giving in support of the Vera French Community Mental Health Center and the Vera French Housing Corporation.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $34,435
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $429,527
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Vera French Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 2 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $561k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $634k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $157k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $568k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $458k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $221k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $181k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vera French Community Mental Health Center Inc | $3,858,212 | 9 | 5% |
| Vera French Housing Corporation | $401,720 | 4 | 28% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
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About Vera French Foundation
- How much does Vera French Foundation give?
- Vera French Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $1,092,950 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Vera French Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (90%), Housing & Shelter (10%), Employment (0%).
- Who are Vera French Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Vera French Community Mental Health Center Inc ($3.9M), Vera French Housing Corporation ($402k).
- Does Vera French Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Vera French Foundation based?
- Vera French Foundation is based in IA.
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