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Vista Hermosa Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$6.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
86
Grants FY2024
60
Organizations funded FY2023
35%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$58,167
Largest grant, FY2024
$317,595
Organizations funded a year
40 to 82
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
14
Total assets, FY2024
$175M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 35% of the organizations Vista Hermosa Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $628k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
InternationalCrime & LegalHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthReligionOther
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 arriving56$5.6M30%
FY202360$5.1M35%
FY202245$2.6M20%
FY202182$6.7M57%
FY202047$16M34%
FY201940$3.0M55%
FY201842$1.6Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

International$27MCivil Rights$4.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$3.1MCommunity Improvement$2.1MFood & Nutrition$2.0MHealth$1.8MReligion$1.5MPhilanthropy$874kOther$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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Sonoran Pacific Foundation Inc$11,401,5631n/a
Catholic Relief Services$2,809,7616n/a
National Immigration Forum$2,000,000610%
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals$1,706,20270%
Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us$1,452,30061%
Sojourners Inc$1,201,00064%
Beyond Borders Inc$1,148,000513%
Kupenda for the Children$917,265727%
Groundswell International Inc$916,38379%
Capable$847,000522%
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All grantees of Vista Hermosa Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Sonoran Pacific Foundation Inc$11,401,5631n/a
Catholic Relief Services$2,809,7616n/a
National Immigration Forum$2,000,000610%
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals$1,706,20270%
Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us$1,452,30061%
Sojourners Inc$1,201,00064%
Beyond Borders Inc$1,148,000513%
Kupenda for the Children$917,265727%
Groundswell International Inc$916,38379%
Capable$847,000522%
Floresta USA Incorporated$767,51852%
Head First Development$510,946448%
Nomi Network Inc$495,75053%
World Renew$445,30041%
Gravis USA$444,194493%
Ministry Office$413,000631%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$403,00070%
Mennonite Central Committee U S$348,5342n/a
Global Grassroots$289,195591%
Oasis Ministries$278,759487%
Amextra Inc$271,2892n/a
Urban Mosaic Inc$270,000224%
Let's Breakthrough Inc$261,97245%
Sustainable Action International$260,000333%
Spark Microgrants Inc$252,00031%
Sonje Ayiti Organization Inc$233,112148%
Haiti Partners Inc$233,00048%
Mwanzo$200,000417%
New Roots Haiti$200,000315%
El Pozo de Vida$169,000410%
Recreation Project$148,500451%
Fathers of St Charles$140,0002n/a
The Chain Collaborative$135,000316%
Communities Organizing for Haitian Engagement and Development$130,000215%
Satyana Institute$124,672336%
Frontier Behavioral Health$100,00010%
Faith in Action Network$100,00012%
Christian Community Development Association$99,952116%
Global Response Management Inc$80,00022%
Kino Border Initiative Inc$80,00022%
South Asia Access$80,000221%
Redeem International$75,000115%
Washington State University$67,3073n/a
American Bible Society$60,00020%
Food for the Hungry Inc$55,23810%
Friends of Jitokeze International$50,000159%
Care of Creation Inc$50,000120%
Growing Hope Globally$43,00012%
Abara Inc$40,00015%
Ciudad Nueva Community Outreach In$40,00017%
School of Choice Education Organization$30,01122%
Tilth Alliance$11,00010%
Mirror Ministries$10,25020%
Blue Mountain Humane Society$10,10011%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$10,00010%
Opal Community Land Trust$10,00030%
Grassroots Leadership Inc$10,00010%
One Earth Philanthropy$8,50020%
Heritage University$8,09030%
Autism Tree Project Inc$7,00012%
Camp Kesem National$6,94830%
Grand Canyon University$6,75030%
Rainforest Alliance Inc$5,00010%
Geeks Without Frontiers$5,00020%
Agriculture and Forestry Education Found Dba Agforestry Leadership$5,00020%
B5 Learning Center$5,00022%
Extra Mile Student Center$5,00021%
International Justice Mission$5,00010%
Na'ah Illahee Fund$5,00010%
University of Washington$4,5242n/a
Brigham Young University$4,5002n/a
Mental Health America Inc$4,00010%
Too Young to Wed Inc$3,00010%
Concern Worldwide (Us) Inc$3,00010%
Days For Girls International$2,62510%
Safe San Juans$2,50010%
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover$2,50010%
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$2,50010%
Nu Communications Alliance Inc$2,5001n/a
Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church$2,5001n/a
Baja Animal Sanctuary$2,50011%
Camp Korey$2,50010%
Camfed USA Foundation$2,50010%
Border Angels$2,50011%
Linfield University$2,25010%
Whitworth University$2,25010%
Community Resilience Initiative$1,50010%
Pasado's Safe Haven$1,28810%
Down Syndrome Assn of Central Texas$1,00010%
The Malala Fund$1,00010%
Art Start Inc$1,0001n/a
San Diego Turtle and Tortoise Society$50011%
Lawyers Without Borders Inc$25010%
Communities in Schools of Benton-Frankli$15810%
Kind Inc$10510%
Kakenya Center for Excellence$10010%
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 77 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Vista Hermosa Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 11 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 86 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNational Immigration Forum: $2,000,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetWorld Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: $1,706,202 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetOpportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us: $1,452,300 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetSojourners Inc: $1,201,000 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetBeyond Borders Inc: $1,148,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetKupenda for the Children: $917,265 over 7y, 27% of budgetGroundswell International Inc: $916,383 over 7y, 9.3% of budgetCapable: $847,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetFloresta USA Incorporated: $767,518 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetHead First Development: $510,946 over 4y, 48% of budgetNomi Network Inc: $495,750 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetWorld Renew: $445,300 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetGravis USA: $444,194 over 4y, 93% of budgetMinistry Office: $413,000 over 6y, 31% of budgetSocial and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc: $403,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetGlobal Grassroots: $289,195 over 5y, 91% of budgetOasis Ministries: $278,759 over 4y, 87% of budgetUrban Mosaic Inc: $270,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetLet's Breakthrough Inc: $261,972 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetSustainable Action International: $260,000 over 3y, 33% of budgetSpark Microgrants Inc: $252,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetSonje Ayiti Organization Inc: $233,112 over 1y, 48% of budgetHaiti Partners Inc: $233,000 over 4y, 7.9% of budgetMwanzo: $200,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetNew Roots Haiti: $200,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetEl Pozo de Vida: $169,000 over 4y, 9.8% of budgetRecreation Project: $148,500 over 4y, 51% of budgetThe Chain Collaborative: $135,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetCommunities Organizing for Haitian Engagement and Development: $130,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetSatyana Institute: $124,672 over 3y, 36% of budgetFrontier Behavioral Health: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFaith in Action Network: $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetChristian Community Development Association: $99,952 over 1y, 16% of budgetGlobal Response Management Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetKino Border Initiative Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSouth Asia Access: $80,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetRedeem International: $75,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetAmerican Bible Society: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFood for the Hungry Inc: $55,238 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Jitokeze International: $50,000 over 1y, 59% of budgetCare of Creation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetGrowing Hope Globally: $43,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetAbara Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetCiudad Nueva Community Outreach In: $40,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetSchool of Choice Education Organization: $30,011 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetTilth Alliance: $11,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMirror Ministries: $10,250 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBlue Mountain Humane Society: $10,100 over 1y, 0.5% 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 86.

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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.

Jubilee FoundationWA28.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jubilee Foundation · Novo Foundation · Imago Dei Fund · Seattle Foundation · Globalgiving Foundation Inc · Dunn Family Charitable Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Tides Foundation · World Vision Inc · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Inatai Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Vista Hermosa Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Vista Hermosa 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 Vista Hermosa Foundation

How much does Vista Hermosa Foundation give?
Vista Hermosa Foundation reported 86 grants totaling $6,127,430 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 40 and 82 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Vista Hermosa Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (59%), Civil Rights (9%), Public Safety & Disaster (7%).
Who are Vista Hermosa Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Sonoran Pacific Foundation Inc ($11M), Catholic Relief Services ($2.8M), National Immigration Forum ($2.0M).
Does Vista Hermosa Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Vista Hermosa Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Vista Hermosa Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jubilee Foundation, Novo Foundation, Imago Dei Fund.
Where is Vista Hermosa Foundation based?
Vista Hermosa Foundation is based in WA.

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 177 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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