California · Private foundation
Vivian & Jerry Grenier 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.
- $10k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $600
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $192k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Vivian & Jerry Grenier Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $10k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $9k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $8k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $9k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forever Young Foundation for Children | $7,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Sonrise Equestrian Foundation | $7,200 | 6 | 1% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $7,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Humane Society Silicon Valley | $7,200 | 6 | 0% |
| The Marine Mammal Center | $3,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Equine Advocates Incorporated | $3,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Alley Cat Allies Inc | $3,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care Inc | $2,975 | 5 | 0% |
| The Ohlone Humane Society Inc | $2,100 | 6 | 0% |
| Mercy Ships International | $2,100 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forever Young Foundation for Children | $7,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Sonrise Equestrian Foundation | $7,200 | 6 | 1% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $7,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Humane Society Silicon Valley | $7,200 | 6 | 0% |
| The Marine Mammal Center | $3,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Equine Advocates Incorporated | $3,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Alley Cat Allies Inc | $3,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care Inc | $2,975 | 5 | 0% |
| The Ohlone Humane Society Inc | $2,100 | 6 | 0% |
| Mercy Ships International | $2,100 | 6 | 0% |
| United Animal Nations Dba Redrover | $1,800 | 6 | 0% |
| The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $1,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Humane Farming Association | $600 | 1 | n/a |
| International Bird Rescue | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Rancho Roben Rescues Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($850), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Vivian & Jerry Grenier Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
About Vivian & Jerry Grenier Foundation
- How much does Vivian & Jerry Grenier Foundation give?
- Vivian & Jerry Grenier Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $9,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Vivian & Jerry Grenier Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (68%), Health (14%), Youth Development (14%).
- Who are Vivian & Jerry Grenier Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Forever Young Foundation for Children ($7k), Sonrise Equestrian Foundation ($7k), Best Friends Animal Society ($7k).
- Does Vivian & Jerry Grenier Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Vivian & Jerry Grenier 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 Vivian & Jerry Grenier Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Vivian & Jerry Grenier Foundation based?
- Vivian & Jerry Grenier Foundation is based in CA.
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