· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k4 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k18 grants · $306k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ELEVATE ETHIOPIA | $37,500 |
| EQUAL CHANCE FOR EDUCATION | $35,000 |
| HYPE - HOPE FOR YOUTH | $25,000 |
| HOPE INC | $25,000 |
| BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES | $20,000 |
| SELAMTA FAMILY PROJECT | $20,000 |
| ETHIOPIA EDUCATION INITIATIVES | $20,000 |
| EPIC GIRL | $15,000 |
| HOPE FOR THE FATHERLESS | $12,500 |
| JUSTICE AND HOPE USA NFP | $12,500 |
| STEPS HOME | $12,000 |
| CHILDREN'S HAVEN | $11,000 |
| URBAN PROMISE NASHVILLE | $10,000 |
| SEBACONNECT CHARITY | $10,000 |
| EVERY MOTHER'S ADVOCATE | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
26 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ECEQUAL CHANCE FOR EDUCATION5× · 2020–2024 · $160k · revenue +26%
- EEELEVATE ETHIOPIA INC5× · 2020–2024 · $127k · revenue +326% · 36% of their budget
- SFSELAMTA FAMILY PROJECT7× · 2018–2024 · $123k · revenue +23%
Funded once
- ABAFRICAN BIBLE COLLEGES INCone grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +10%
ISAIAH 117 HOUSEgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +63%- GSGIRLS SHINE ACADEMYone grant, 2022 · $6k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To inspire, educate and empower the Ethiopian professional community to make a positive impact in the world.
Our mission is to improve the daily lives of the less fortunate and disadvantaged children and their families in Ethiopia by overcoming three critical barriers in the seemingly unbreakable poverty cycle; POOR OR NO EDUCATION, POOR HOUSING,…
To create transformative and globally connected learning experiences, preparing orphaned and vulnerable children for a lifetime of influence.
The organization is dedicated to empowering orphaned and vulnerable children and families in Ethiopia. In total, Addis Jemari serves almost 200 people in Ethiopia
Our mission is to partner with god, individuals and the local church in ministering with the poor, orphans and vulnerable children (and their families) of ethiopia using compassionate, holistic practices that promote sustainability,…
Provide food, education and other aid to school children in ethiopia.
Empowering Lives International (ELI) ignites world changers. We equip families and orphans to crush poverty, embrace Christ, and share their transformation with others through their God-honoring income, their deepening relationship with…
Hekima place is a safe, loving and faith-based home for orphaned vulnerable girls in kenya. we support excellence in education and empowerment for their futures by providing them with the love, support and education they need to grow into…
Studio samuel creates pathways for girls to reach their potential through education and job skills. our board is financially committeed to covering us operations, ensuring donor gifts are applied directly to our programs in ethiopia.
Charity to help poor in Ethiopia
The mission of aerie africa is to provide a nurturing family, holistic care, and an education to orphaned and vulnerable youth who have no other viable options for care.
How this is measured
24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 41 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds EQUAL CHANCE FOR EDUCATION ↗
- Who funds ELEVATE ETHIOPIA INC ↗
- Who funds SELAMTA FAMILY PROJECT ↗
- Who funds ETHIOPIA EDUCATION INITIATIVES INC ↗
- Who funds EPIC GIRL INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE FOR THE FATHERLESS ↗
- Who funds EVERY MOTHER'S ADVOCATE INC ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION ↗
- Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ↗
- Who funds NO ORDINARY LOVE MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds TAKE CARE OF HOME ↗
- Who funds PINK GIRL INC ↗
- Who funds THE PREEMPTIVE LOVE COALITION ↗
- Who funds URBANPROMISE INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds AFRICAN BIBLE COLLEGES INC ↗
- Who funds ISAIAH 117 HOUSE ↗
- Who funds SHAMIDA ETHIOPIA INC ↗
- Who funds THE STARFISH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds The Donorsee Foundation FKA Howms INC ↗
- Who funds HALI Access Network Inc ↗
- Who funds WHEN THE SAINTS ↗
- Who funds THREESIXTY ↗
- Who funds BRIDGE2RWANDA INC ↗
- Who funds MISSION 10 10 FOUNDATION ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Vf Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vf Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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