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Vitamix 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.

$666k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$2.4MHealth$1.3MYouth Development$105kSocial Science$100kEducation$71kRecreation & Sports$11k
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $111k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $554k
$71,133
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CDC FOUNDATION$125,000
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$116,964
TEACHING KITCHEN COLLABORATIVE$112,469
ARKANSAS CHILDRENS RESEARCH INSTITU$78,765
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY$71,133
PLANTRICIAN PROJECT$50,000
EAT REAL CERTIFIED$45,000
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS$25,000
HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE INC$21,783
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS MEDICAL SC$19,637
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 71% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE INC: $126k → 7%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $122k → 16%CHARLIE CART: $56k → 10%EAT REAL CERTIFIED: $50k → 10%MARY MITCHELL FAMILY AND YOUTH CTR: $68k → 28%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE: $126k → 14%UT HEALTH SCIENCE CTR: $168k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS MEDICAL SC: $85k → 17%CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MED CENTER: $100k → 14%OHSU FOUNDATION: $100k → 12%CDC FOUNDATION: $125k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: $117k → 10%GREATER CLEVELAND FOODBANK: $83k → 17%TULANE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION FUND: $42k → 23%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $50k → 16%CHARLIE CART: $38k → 10%EAT REAL CERTIFIED: $50k → 10%MARY MITCHELL FAMILY AND YOUTH CTR: $38k → 28%UT HEALTH SCIENCE CTR: $138k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS MEDICAL SC: $76k → 17%CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MED CENTER: $25k → 14%OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY: $67k → 12%CDC FOUNDATION: $75k → 13%UNIVERSOTY OF COLORADO: $83k → 10%GREATER CLEVELAND FOODBANK: $42k → 17%TEACHING KITCHEN COLLABORATIVE: $150k → 7%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $50k → 16%CHARLIE CART: $31k → 10%EAT REAL CERTIFIED: $45k → 10%UT HEALTH SCIENCE CTR: $34k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS MEDICAL SC: $72k → 17%CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MED CENTER: $25k → 14%OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY: $33k → 12%CDC FOUNDATION: $50k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: $81k → 10%TEACHING KITCHEN COLLABORATIVE: $113k → 7%NATIONAL WIC ASSOCIATION: $92k → 14%OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCES: $50k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: $42k → 10%TEACHING KITCHEN COLLABORATIVE: $112k → 7%ARKANSAS CHILDRENS RESEARCH INSTITU: $79k → 17%FHI SOLUTIONS LLC: $75k → 14%UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS: $100k → 17%NATIONAL WIC ASSOCIATION: $74k → 14%UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS: $75k → 17%FHI SOLUTIONS LLC: $50k → 14%CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $71k → 17%NATIONAL WIC ASSOCIATION: $30k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
AR
DC
LA
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.5M · 21 repeat orgs$520k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
5

Total granted

$3.5M
$370k

Still filing today

52%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthPublic BenefitFood & NutritionArts & CultureScience & TechEducationOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TK
    Teaching Kitchen Collaborative Inc
    3× · 2023–2025 · $375k · revenue +47%
  • CN
    CHILDREN'S NATIONAL
    3× · 2022–2024 · $150k · revenue ×252
  • ER
    Eat Real Certified Inc
    3× · 2023–2025 · $145k · revenue +121%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE
    one grant, 2020 · $126k
  • OF
    OHSU FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • UO
    UNIVERSOTY OF COLORADO
    one grant, 2022 · $83k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Preventive Medicine Research Institute

Preventive Medicine Research Institute is a pioneer in scientific research investigating the effects of diet and lifestyle choices on health and disease. Our work is grounded in compassion and dedication to service. PMRI achieves its…

Health
2
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
3
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Accelerate improvements in global health and well-being through food and nutrition.

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4
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
5
Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc

To accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries that will transform the lives of people living with food allergies.

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6
Wholistic Health U
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7
Arc Research Institute

Our mission is to accelerate scientific progress, understand the root causes of disease, and narrow the gap between discoveries and impact on patients.

Health
8
American Institute for Cancer Research

Aicr champions the latest and most authoritative scientific research from around the world on cancer prevention and survival through diet, weight and physical activity, so that we can help people make informed lifestyle choices to reduce…

Health
9
American College of Radiology

The american college of radiology (acr) is organized to advance radiology science, practice and access, improve quality and safety, provide continuing education for radiology and allied professionals, and achieve better outcomes through…

Health
10
Riordan Clinic Inc

To provide medical research and education and to serve in ways that stimulates an epidemic of health among those interested in improving their well-being.

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11
The Administrators in Medicine Foundation
Health
12
American Society for Nutrition Inc

The american society for nutrition, inc. (asn) was established to advance health around the world through evidence based nutrition. this is accomplished through innovative programs and services designed to advance knowledge, create and…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

13 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. 13 of the 28 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
6/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UT HEALTH SCIENCE CTR: $339,422 · OtherUT HEALTH SCIENCE CTRUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS MEDICAL SC: $252,819 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS MEDICAL SCUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: $239,236 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF COLORADOMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $221,980 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS: $200,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY HOSPITALSUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE: $125,735 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCEFHI SOLUTIONS LLC: $125,000 · OtherFHI SOLUTIONS LLCIndividual grant recipient: $125,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMARY MITCHELL FAMILY AND YOUTH CENTER INC: $105,000 · OtherOHSU FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · OtherTULANE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION FUND: $85,605 · OtherUNIVERSOTY OF COLORADO: $83,284 · OtherARKANSAS CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $78,765 · Other+3 more: $110,218 · OtherTeaching Kitchen Collaborative Inc: $374,969 · HealthTeaching Kitchen Co…CHILDREN'S NATIONAL: $149,570 · HealthCHILDREN'S NATIONALHARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE INC: $147,438 · HealthHARVARD PILGRIM HEA…+1 more: $20,000 · HealthNATIONAL WIC ASSOCIATION: $194,600 · Public BenefitNATIONAL …Eat Real Certified Inc: $145,000 · Public BenefitEat Real …GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $166,331 · Food & NutritionBrighter Bites Inc: $119,885 · Food & NutritionNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $250,000 · Arts & CultureThe Plantrician Project: $85,000 · Science & TechCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $71,133 · Education
Other$2,292,064Health$691,977Public Benefit$339,600Food & Nutrition$286,216Arts & Culture$250,000Science & Tech$85,000Education$71,133

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTeaching Kitchen Collaborative Inc: $374,969 over 3y, 11% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $250,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL WIC ASSOCIATION: $194,600 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $166,331 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S NATIONAL: $149,570 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetHARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE INC: $147,438 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEat Real Certified Inc: $145,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetBrighter Bites Inc: $119,885 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMARY MITCHELL FAMILY AND YOUTH CENTER INC: $105,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetThe Plantrician Project: $85,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetARKANSAS CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $78,765 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $71,133 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN COLLEGE OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budget
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 Teaching Kitchen Collaborative Inc ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL WIC ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S NATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds Eat Real Certified Inc ↗
  • Who funds Brighter Bites Inc ↗
  • Who funds MARY MITCHELL FAMILY AND YOUTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds The Plantrician Project ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN COLLEGE OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE ↗

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.

Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA7.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Vitamix Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vitamix Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 37%
  • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc: 37% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Vitamix Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Vitamix 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.

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 28 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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