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Vivian & Jerry Grenier Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Animals$36kHealth$7kYouth Development$7kInternational$2kHuman Services$100
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$600
Median grant
6
States reached
$192k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SONRISE EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION$1,200
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY$1,200
HUMANE SOCIETY OF SILICON VALLEY$1,200
FOREVER YOUNG FOUNDATION$1,200
ALLY CAT ALLIES$600
OHLONE HUMANE SOCIETY$600
THE HUMANE FARMING ASSOC$600
MERCY SHIPS$600
LAKE TAHOE WILDLIFE CARE$600
THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER$600
EQUINE ADVOCATES$600
REDROVER$300
SAN FRANCISCO SPCA$300
RANCHO ROBEN RESCUES$100
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 72% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%FOREVER YOUNG FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%LAKE TAHOE WILDLIFE CARE: $600 → 8%THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $600 → 8%SUNRISE EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%EQUINE ADVOCATES: $600 → 11%MERCY SHIPS: $600 → 12%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1k → 9%ALLEY CAT ALLIES: $600 → 8%FOREVER YOUNG FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%HUMANE SOCIETY OF SILICON VALLEY: $1k → 8%LAKE TAHOE WILDLIFE CARE: $600 → 8%THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $600 → 8%SUNRISE EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%OHLONE HUMANE SOCIETY: $600 → 10%EQUINE ADVOCATES: $600 → 11%BEST FREINDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1k → 9%ALLEY CAT ALLIES: $600 → 8%FOREVER YOUNG FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%HUMANE SOCIETY OF SILICON VALLEY: $1k → 8%LAKE TAHOE WILDLIFE CARE: $600 → 8%THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $600 → 8%SUNRISE EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%EQUINE ADVOCATES: $600 → 11%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1k → 9%ALLY CAT ALLIES: $600 → 8%FOREVER YOUNG FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%HUMANE SOCIETY OF SILICON VALLEY: $1k → 8%LAKE TAHOE WILDLIFE CARE: $600 → 8%THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $600 → 8%SUNRISE EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%EQUINE ADVOCATES: $600 → 11%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1k → 9%ALLEY CAT ALLIES: $600 → 8%FOREVER YOUNG FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%HUMANE SOCIETY OF SILICON VALLEY: $1k → 8%LAKE TAHOE WILDFIRE CARES: $600 → 8%THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $600 → 8%SUNRISE EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%EQUINE ADVOCATES: $600 → 11%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1k → 9%ALLY CAT ALLIES: $600 → 8%FOREVER YOUNG FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%HUMANE SOCIETY OF SILICON VALLEY: $1k → 8%THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $600 → 8%SONRISE EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%EQUINE ADVOCATES: $600 → 11%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1k → 9%HUMANE SOCIETY OF SILICON VALLEY: $1k → 8%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.
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$50k · 12 repeat orgs$2k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
5

Total granted

$50k
$1k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+24%

Still filing today

100%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $700 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
AnimalsHealthInternationalOther
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

  • SE
    SONRISE EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $7k · revenue +52%
  • BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $7k · revenue +39%
  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $7k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • LT
    LAKE TAHOE WILDFIRE CARES
    one grant, 2021 · $600
  • IB
    INTERNATIONAL BIRD RESCUE
    one grant, 2024 · $250 · revenue +24%
  • PV
    PEACEFUL VALLEY DONKEY RESCUE
    one grant, 2024 · $150
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
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County

The SPCA Monterey County's Mission is assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets, including dogs, cats, horses, exotic…

Animals
2
World Vets

To improve the health & well-being of animals through veterinary aid, response, training, research & local capacity building worldwide. We provide services to companion animals, horses, street dogs, livestock and marine animals including…

Animals
3
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
4
All About Animals Rescue

All about animals rescue's mission is no more homeless pets.

Animals
5
Fix Our Ferals

Fix our ferals (dba animal fix clinic) provides affordable, excellent quality spay/neuter and other life-saving and life-changing surgeries for companion dogs, cats and community cats.

Animals
6
California Animal Rescue and Education Sanctuary Inc

C.A.R.E.S.MISSION STATEMENT*Rescue, foster and find good homes for abandoned and homeless domestic and farm animals.*Spay/neuter abandoned and homeless cats and dogs, as well as help low income families with same.*Conduct TNR+ programs to…

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7
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
8
Animal Rescue Mission

To rescue and rehabilitate dogs and cats and place them in forever homes.

Animals
9
J-Lo's Animal Rescue & Sanctuary in

Animal care and rescue

Animals
10
Forever Wild Wildlife Rescue
Animals
11
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
12
Actors and Others for Animals

To eliminate pet overpopulation, ensure good care and protection for pet companions, and provide referral and financial support for economically challenged pet guardians.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Ohlone Humane Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care 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

16 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. 16 of the 19 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
14/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $7,200 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETYHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $7,200 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEYTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $3,600 · AnimalsTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTEREQUINE ADVOCATES INCORPORATED: $3,600 · AnimalsEQUINE ADVOCATES INCORPORATEDAlley Cat Allies Inc: $3,600 · AnimalsAlley Cat Allies IncThe Ohlone Humane Society Inc: $2,100 · AnimalsThe Ohlone Humane Society IncTHE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,800 · AnimalsTHE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMAL…+3 more: $950 · AnimalsFOREVER YOUNG FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN: $7,200 · OtherFOREVER YOUNG FOUNDATION FO…Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care Inc: $2,975 · OtherLake Tahoe Wildlife Care In…UNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $1,800 · OtherUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA R…LAKE TAHOE WILDFIRE CARES: $600 · Other+2 more: $250 · OtherSONRISE EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION: $7,200 · HealthSONRISE EQUESTR…+1 more: $100 · HealthMercy Ships International: $2,100 · International
Animals$30,050Other$12,825Health$7,300International$2,100

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFOREVER YOUNG FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN: $7,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSONRISE EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION: $7,200 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $7,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $7,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $3,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEQUINE ADVOCATES INCORPORATED: $3,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAlley Cat Allies Inc: $3,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLake Tahoe Wildlife Care Inc: $2,975 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ohlone Humane Society Inc: $2,100 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Ships International: $2,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $1,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL BIRD RESCUE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRancho Roben Rescues Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC10.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Vivian & Jerry Grenier Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vivian & Jerry Grenier Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.

    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 19 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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