Tennessee · Private foundation
Vf 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.
- $327k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $37,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Vf Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 22 | $327k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $300k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $323k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $261k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $173k | 46% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $114k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $70k | 43% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $55k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equal Chance for Education | $160,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Elevate Ethiopia Inc | $126,500 | 5 | 36% |
| Selamta Family Project | $123,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Ethiopia Education Initiatives Inc | $115,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Epic Girl Inc | $70,000 | 5 | 14% |
| Hope for the Fatherless | $64,100 | 5 | 7% |
| Every Mother's Advocate Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| International Justice Mission | $32,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Northeast Christian Church Inc | $27,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Justice and Hope USA Nfp | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equal Chance for Education | $160,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Elevate Ethiopia Inc | $126,500 | 5 | 36% |
| Selamta Family Project | $123,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Ethiopia Education Initiatives Inc | $115,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Epic Girl Inc | $70,000 | 5 | 14% |
| Hope for the Fatherless | $64,100 | 5 | 7% |
| Every Mother's Advocate Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| International Justice Mission | $32,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Northeast Christian Church Inc | $27,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Justice and Hope USA Nfp | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| No Ordinary Love Ministries | $25,000 | 2 | 14% |
| Take Care of Home | $22,500 | 3 | 10% |
| Pink Girl Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 10% |
| The Preemptive Love Coalition | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Urbanpromise International | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| African Bible Colleges Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Urban Promise Nashville | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Isaiah 117 House | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shamida Ethiopia Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 4% |
| The Starfish Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Donorsee Foundation FKA Howms INC | $6,000 | 1 | 3% |
| HALI Access Network Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| When the Saints | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Threesixty | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Bridge2rwanda Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mission 10 10 Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Baptist Mid-Missions | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($663k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Vf Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Vf Foundation
- How much does Vf Foundation give?
- Vf Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $326,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Vf Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (24%), Science & Tech (23%), Education (19%).
- Who are Vf Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Equal Chance for Education ($160k), Elevate Ethiopia Inc ($127k), Selamta Family Project ($123k).
- Does Vf Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Vf 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 Vf Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation of Memphis, Servant Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Vf Foundation based?
- Vf Foundation is based in TN.
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