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Veverka 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.

$280k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
20
Grants FY2025
24
Organizations funded FY2024
21%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$35,000
Organizations funded a year
20 to 31
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$1.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Veverka Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentArts & CultureFood & NutritionHealthHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther
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
FY2025still arriving20$280k10%
FY202424$242k21%
FY202323$196k26%
FY202220$196k25%
FY202121$252k19%
FY202025$186k24%
FY201931$205k23%
FY201829$152k34%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$1.3MEducation$216kArts & Culture$185kRecreation & Sports$27kYouth Development$27kAnimals$24kHealth$18kPhilanthropy$13kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
WA
MT
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
OH
CA
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 53 grantees
All grantees of Veverka Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
National Park Foundation$243,70880%
Nature Forward$233,00071%
Sultana Education Foundation Inc$220,62582%
Anacostia Watershed Society Inc$149,00051%
The Howard County Conservancy Inc$120,00041%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$63,00040%
Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc$50,45121%
Rock Creek Conservancy Inc$39,00081%
Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park$35,00020%
Phillips Wharf Environmental Center Inc$30,000122%
Glacier National Park Conservancy$30,00030%
Round House Theatre Inc$28,00020%
Garden School Foundation Inc$23,73981%
Yellowstone Forever$20,00020%
Youth Outdoor Experience$16,80022%
Victory Academy Inc$16,50090%
Yellowstone Park Foundation$15,0001n/a
International Crane Foundation Inc$13,00090%
Browne Academy$12,00020%
North Central Washington Audubon Society$8,3005n/a
Naturebridge$8,00040%
Trails for Youth Org$7,0002n/a
Blue Swallow Farm Foundation$6,60019%
Friends of Compass Inc$6,00030%
Washington Area Bicyclist Association$5,50020%
Grand Canyon Conservancy$5,00030%
Pine Hill Partnership Inc$3,5007n/a
Conservation Nw$3,50050%
BlueSkies for Children Inc$3,00010%
Ice Age Trail Alliance Inc$2,50040%
Outdoors for all Foundation$2,00030%
Friends of Katahdin Woods & Waters$2,00010%
Mequon Nature Preserve Inc$2,00030%
Eighth Day Farm Inc$2,00020%
Healthy Pine River$2,0002n/a
Homegrown National Park Inc$2,00020%
Washington Trails Association$2,00040%
Maryland Assoc for Environmental & Outdoor Educati$1,50020%
No Limits Foundation D/B/A Camp No Limits$1,00020%
Pathfinders Milwaukee Inc$1,00020%
Chelan-Douglas Land Trust$1,00010%
The Children's Cabinet Inc$1,00020%
Shenandoah National Park Trust$1,00010%
Arizona Trail Association$1,00020%
Little Falls Watershed Alliance Inc$1,00021%
Greater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation$1,00020%
Childhaven$75010%
Outright Vermont$50010%
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals$50010%
Voices for Vermonts Children$50010%
Midwest Peregrine Society$5001n/a
Washington Wild$50010%
Community United Services Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($398k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Veverka Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNational Park Foundation: $243,708 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNature Forward: $233,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetSultana Education Foundation Inc: $220,625 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetAnacostia Watershed Society Inc: $149,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetThe Howard County Conservancy Inc: $120,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $63,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAlice Ferguson Foundation Inc: $50,451 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetRock Creek Conservancy Inc: $39,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetConservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park: $35,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPhillips Wharf Environmental Center Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetGlacier National Park Conservancy: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRound House Theatre Inc: $28,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGarden School Foundation Inc: $23,739 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetYellowstone Forever: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYouth Outdoor Experience: $16,800 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetVictory Academy Inc: $16,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Crane Foundation Inc: $13,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBrowne Academy: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNaturebridge: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBlue Swallow Farm Foundation: $6,600 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetFriends of Compass Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWashington Area Bicyclist Association: $5,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGrand Canyon Conservancy: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetConservation Nw: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBlueSkies for Children Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIce Age Trail Alliance Inc: $2,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOutdoors for all Foundation: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Katahdin Woods & Waters: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMequon Nature Preserve Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEighth Day Farm Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHomegrown National Park Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWashington Trails Association: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMaryland Assoc for Environmental & Outdoor Educati: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNo Limits Foundation D/B/A Camp No Limits: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPathfinders Milwaukee Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChelan-Douglas Land Trust: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Cabinet Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetShenandoah National Park Trust: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArizona Trail Association: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Falls Watershed Alliance Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetGreater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildhaven: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOutright Vermont: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVoices for Vermonts Children: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWashington Wild: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity United Services Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.4% 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 47.

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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.

National Park FoundationDC31.2× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Park Foundation · Chesapeake Bay Trust · Patagoniaorg · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Earthshare Chapters Inc · John G & Jean R Gosnell Foundation · The Outdoor Foundation · Nora Roberts Foundation

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 Veverka Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Veverka 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.

About Veverka Family Foundation

How much does Veverka Family Foundation give?
Veverka Family Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $280,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Veverka Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (70%), Education (12%), Arts & Culture (10%).
Who are Veverka Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Park Foundation ($244k), Nature Forward ($233k), Sultana Education Foundation Inc ($221k).
Does Veverka Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Veverka Family 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 Veverka Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Park Foundation, Chesapeake Bay Trust, Patagoniaorg.
Where is Veverka Family Foundation based?
Veverka Family Foundation is based in MD.

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 73 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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