California · Public charity
VFW Department of California Foundation
To provide for the social well being of veterans of the various branches of the armed forces of the united states of america who has served in a foreign war.
- $654k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $460k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $91,927
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $91,927
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations VFW Department of California Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Public 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 year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $460k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $7k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $118k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Philanthropy$276kArts & Culture$184kPublic Benefit$84kHuman Services$32kFood & Nutrition$15kYouth Development$15kPublic Safety & Disaster$10k
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of California | $91,927 | 1 | n/a |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of California | $91,927 | 1 | n/a |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of California | $91,927 | 1 | n/a |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of California | $91,927 | 1 | n/a |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of California | $91,927 | 1 | n/a |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of California | $47,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Placer Vetrans Stand Down Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| VetFund Foundation | $16,626 | 1 | 14% |
| Placer Sheriffs Activities League | $14,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Feeding the Foothills | $14,800 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of California | $91,927 | 1 | n/a |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of California | $91,927 | 1 | n/a |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of California | $91,927 | 1 | n/a |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of California | $91,927 | 1 | n/a |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of California | $91,927 | 1 | n/a |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of California | $47,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Placer Vetrans Stand Down Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| VetFund Foundation | $16,626 | 1 | 14% |
| Placer Sheriffs Activities League | $14,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Feeding the Foothills | $14,800 | 1 | 0% |
| KidsFirst Child Abuse Prevention Council of Placer County | $14,800 | 1 | 1% |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of California | $6,700 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
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About VFW Department of California Foundation
- How much does VFW Department of California Foundation give?
- VFW Department of California Foundation reported 5 itemized grants totaling $459,635, out of $654,424 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does VFW Department of California Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (45%), Arts & Culture (30%), Public Benefit (14%).
- Who are VFW Department of California Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of California ($92k), Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of California ($92k), Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of California ($92k).
- Does VFW Department of California Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is VFW Department of California Foundation based?
- VFW Department of California Foundation is based in CA.
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