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Verla Regnery Foundation

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.

$46k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
33
Grants FY2024
28
Organizations funded FY2023
39%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$552
Largest grant, FY2024
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
22 to 41
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$443k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 39% of the organizations Verla Regnery Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
AnimalsArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving32$46k50%
FY202328$34k39%
FY202241$82k56%
FY202128$45k50%
FY202023$13k61%
FY201922$18k41%
FY201822$30k68%
FY201722$27kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$55kFood & Nutrition$47kArts & Culture$33kEducation$28kReligion$26kSocial Science$23kAnimals$19kHealth$16kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Marin Agricultural Land Trust$44,90060%
Esalen Institute$22,59020%
Nicasio Land Preserve$16,400725%
Brighter Way Foundation$15,0001n/a
Nicasio Historical Society$9,7517n/a
Marin Stables & Trails Inc$6,50033%
Nicasio Volunteer Fire Dept$6,30034%
Clean Air Task Force Inc$5,00010%
Halleck Creek Ranch$5,00011%
Marin General Hospital$5,00010%
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All grantees of Verla Regnery Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Marin Agricultural Land Trust$44,90060%
Esalen Institute$22,59020%
Nicasio Land Preserve$16,400725%
Brighter Way Foundation$15,0001n/a
Nicasio Historical Society$9,7517n/a
Marin Stables & Trails Inc$6,50033%
Nicasio Volunteer Fire Dept$6,30034%
Clean Air Task Force Inc$5,00010%
Halleck Creek Ranch$5,00011%
Marin General Hospital$5,00010%
Nicasio School Foundation$4,00637%
San Anselmo Nursery School Inc$4,0002n/a
Turtle Island Restoration Network$3,50010%
Project Avary Inc Alternative Ventures for at Risk Youth$3,00020%
Nicasio Land Owners Association Inc$3,0001n/a
Canal Alliance$2,50020%
Marin Horse Council$2,00022%
World Central Kitchen Inc$2,00010%
Loma Verde Foundation$1,80021%
Marin Humane Society$1,71040%
Wildcare$1,60030%
American Heart Association Inc$1,50020%
By the Bay Health$1,40010%
Western States Trail Foundation$1,25720%
Call of the Sea$1,00010%
Priceless Puppy Rescue Corp$1,00010%
River Otter Ecology Project$1,00010%
NAMI MARIN Inc$1,00020%
North Valley Animal Disaster Group$1,00010%
San Francisco Food Bank$1,00010%
American Indian College Fund$1,00010%
Sausalito Center for the Arts$1,00010%
New Orleans Airlift$1,00010%
California Academy of Sciences$97830%
The Exploratorium$89630%
San Francisco Symphony$72030%
San Francisco Zoological Society$68130%
Native American Scholarship Fund$500120%
Food for Thought$50010%
The Gentle Barn Foundation$50010%
Catholic Charities Maine$50010%
Urban Tilth$50010%
Bread & Roses Presents$50010%
California Native Plant Society$50010%
Christian Recovery Centers Inc$50010%
Bay Area Barns and Trails$50013%
Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc$50010%
Thelostchurchorg Inc$50010%
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$38030%
National Wildlife Federation$35020%
Quilts for Kids Inc$34130%
Conservation Society of California$32420%
National Park Foundation$30020%
North Bay Animal Services$25010%
Environment for the Americas Inc$20010%
Living Desert The$15010%
Marin Shakespeare Company$10010%
Desert Botanical Garden Inc$10010%
League of Conservation Voters Inc$10010%
Marin Audubon Society$10010%
Ocean Conservancy$10010%
Sierra Club$10010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$5010%
National Arbor Day Foundation$5010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$5010%
Oakland Art Association$221n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 58 recipients with no EIN on record ($103k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Verla Regnery Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMarin Agricultural Land Trust: $44,900 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetEsalen Institute: $22,590 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNicasio Land Preserve: $16,400 over 7y, 25% of budgetMarin Stables & Trails Inc: $6,500 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetNicasio Volunteer Fire Dept: $6,300 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetClean Air Task Force Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHalleck Creek Ranch: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMarin General Hospital: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNicasio School Foundation: $4,006 over 3y, 6.8% of budgetTurtle Island Restoration Network: $3,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetProject Avary Inc Alternative Ventures for at Risk Youth: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCanal Alliance: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMarin Horse Council: $2,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLoma Verde Foundation: $1,800 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetMarin Humane Society: $1,710 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWildcare: $1,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBy the Bay Health: $1,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestern States Trail Foundation: $1,257 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCall of the Sea: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPriceless Puppy Rescue Corp: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRiver Otter Ecology Project: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNAMI MARIN Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNorth Valley Animal Disaster Group: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Food Bank: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Indian College Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSausalito Center for the Arts: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNew Orleans Airlift: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCalifornia Academy of Sciences: $978 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Exploratorium: $896 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Symphony: $720 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Zoological Society: $681 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNative American Scholarship Fund: $500 over 1y, 20% of budgetFood for Thought: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Gentle Barn Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Charities Maine: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUrban Tilth: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBread & Roses Presents: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Native Plant Society: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Recovery Centers Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBay Area Barns and Trails: $500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetGuide Dogs for the Blind Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThelostchurchorg Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art: $380 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetQuilts for Kids Inc: $341 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetConservation Society of California: $324 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 61.

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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.

Marin Community FoundationCA28.9× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Hobsonlucas Family Foundation · THE MARIANNE & ALBERT FIGEN FOUNDATION co RAYMOND H SHONE JR · Clif Family Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The Springcreek Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Jolson Family Foundation · The Endurance Fund · The West Marin Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to Verla Regnery Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Verla Regnery 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.

About Verla Regnery Foundation

How much does Verla Regnery Foundation give?
Verla Regnery Foundation reported 33 grants totaling $46,153 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 41 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Verla Regnery Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (19%), Food & Nutrition (16%), Arts & Culture (11%).
Who are Verla Regnery Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Marin Agricultural Land Trust ($45k), Esalen Institute ($23k), Nicasio Land Preserve ($16k).
Does Verla Regnery Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Verla Regnery 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 Verla Regnery Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, Hobsonlucas Family Foundation, THE MARIANNE & ALBERT FIGEN FOUNDATION co RAYMOND H SHONE JR.
Where is Verla Regnery Foundation based?
Verla Regnery Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 126 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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