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Vogt Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$365k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$2.2MAnimals$1.9MEnvironment$1.1MRecreation & Sports$850kEducation$650kHealth$300kCivil Rights$250kScience & Tech$250kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $125k
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.1M
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$39M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OCEANIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY$365,000
ROOTS OF PROGRESS INSTITUTE$250,000
LELAN STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$250,000
GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE$250,000
PLANT BASED FOODS INSTITUTE$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
ANIMAL OUTLOOK$25,000
HUMANE FARMING ASSOCIATION$25,000
LOGISTICALLY NONPROFIT SERVICES$25,000
HUMANE AMERICA ANIMAL FOUNDATION$5,000
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 43% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%CHARLIE'S ACRES: $255k → 8%Oceanic Preservation Society: $500k → 8%Animal Legal Defense Fund: $250k → 9%The Game Changers: $500k → 10%SPCA: $25k → 10%LOGISTICALLY NONPROFIT SERVICES: $25k → 14%Mercy for Animals: $250k → 14%Good Food Institute: $500k → 14%Animal Recovery Mission: $25k → 15%ROOTS OF PROGRESS INSTITUTE: $250k → 8%Factory Farming Awareness Coalition: $50k → 12%Leland Stanford Junior University: $400k → 8%OCEANIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY: $365k → 8%Animal Legal Defense Fund: $250k → 9%The Game Changers: $250k → 10%The Redford Center: $50k → 10%MERCY FOR ANIMALS: $9k → 14%Good Food Institute: $500k → 14%LELAN STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $250k → 8%Oceanic Preservation Society: $100k → 8%Generation Awakening: $100k → 10%Plant Based Foods Institute: $80k → 10%Mercy for Animals: $3k → 14%Good Food Institute: $250k → 14%Leland Stanford Junior University: $250k → 8%The Game Changers: $100k → 10%PLANT BASED FOODS INSTITUTE: $25k → 10%Prostate Cancer Foundation: $300k → 14%Good Food Institute: $250k → 14%Humane America Animal Foundation: $40k → 14%Good Food Institute: $250k → 14%Humane America Animal Foundation: $20k → 14%GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE: $250k → 14%Farmed Animal Funders: $20k → 14%Humane Society of the US: $100k → 14%HUMANE AMERICA ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%Humane Society of the US: $40k → 14%Humane Society of the US: $23k → 14%THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES: $4k → 14%Animal Outlook: $70k → 14%ANIMAL OUTLOOK: $25k → 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.
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.1M · 10 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
13

Total granted

$5.1M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+35%

Still filing today

90%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $550k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsFood & NutritionEnvironmentArts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationOther
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

  • TG
    THE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $2.0M · revenue +30%
  • OP
    Oceanic Preservation Society
    3× · 2019–2024 · $965k · revenue +35%
  • AL
    ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $500k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • PC
    PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $300k · revenue -1%
  • CA
    Charlies Acres
    one grant, 2017 · $255k · revenue -81%
  • TH
    THE HUMANE LEAGUEgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $250k · revenue +110%
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
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
2
Animal Agriculture Alliance

The animal agriculture alliance is a nonprofit organization that helps bridge the communication gap between farm and fork. we connect food industry stakeholders, engage food chain influencers and promote consumer choice by helping key…

Food & Nutrition
3
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
4
Food Animal Concerns Trust (Fact Inc)

Food animal concerns trust (fact) promotes the safe and humane production of meat, milk, and eggs. fact envisions that all food-producing animals be raised in a healthy and humane manner so that everyone will have access to safe and…

Animals
5
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
6
Humane Farm Animal Care

Every farmer and rancher participating in the Certified Humane program had to modify their operations to meet the Animal Care Standards and be certified. Schedule O

Animals
7
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
8
Humane World Action Fund

To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

Animals
9
Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy Inc
Philanthropy
10
Institute for Animal Happiness

Growing respect and acceptance for veganism through our dedicated work of rescue and creative care, impactful vegan food programs, vibrant education, and consistent advocacy; all strengthened by our engagement with a rising global network…

Animals
11
Animal & Vegan Advocacy International Inc

Animal and Vegan Advocacy International, Inc. is dedicated to creating a world in which animals are removed from the food system and other human uses. It furthers this mission by convening advocates through an international conference…

Animals
12
Animal Equality

Animal equality is an international organization working with society, governments, and companies to end cruelty to farmed animals.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mercy for Animals Inc; the most unlike its peers is Charlies Acres. 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

20 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. 20 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INC: $2,000,000 · Food & NutritionTHE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INCPLANT BASED FOODS INSTITUTE: $105,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $50,000 · Food & NutritionANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $500,000 · AnimalsANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND …MERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $261,250 · AnimalsMERCY FOR ANIMALS INCCharlies Acres: $255,000 · AnimalsCharlies AcresTHE HUMANE LEAGUE: $250,000 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE LEAGUEHumane World for Animals Inc: $166,764 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals I…HUMANE FARMING ASSOCIATION: $125,000 · AnimalsHUMANE FARMING ASSOCIATIONANIMAL OUTLOOK INC: $95,000 · AnimalsANIMAL OUTLOOK INCHUMANE AMERICA ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $65,000 · Animals+2 more: $56,250 · AnimalsGAME CHANGERS CORP: $850,000 · OtherGAME CHANGERS CORPROOTS OF PROGRESS INSTITUTE: $250,000 · OtherROOTS OF PROGRESS INST…LELAN STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $250,000 · OtherLELAN STANFORD JUNIOR …+6 more: $135,510 · Other+6 moreOceanic Preservation Society: $965,000 · EnvironmentOceanic Preserv…REDFORD CENTER INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $650,000 · EducationTHE BOARD O…GENERATION AWAKENING: $100,000 · EducationGENERATION …PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $300,000 · PhilanthropyIndependent Arts & Media: $25,000 · Arts & Culture
Food & Nutrition$2,155,000Animals$1,774,264Other$1,485,510Environment$1,015,000Education$750,000Philanthropy$300,000Arts & Culture$25,000

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 budgetTHE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INC: $2,000,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetOceanic Preservation Society: $965,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $650,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $500,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $261,250 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetCharlies Acres: $255,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetTHE HUMANE LEAGUE: $250,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $166,764 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHUMANE FARMING ASSOCIATION: $125,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetPLANT BASED FOODS INSTITUTE: $105,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetGENERATION AWAKENING: $100,000 over 1y, 48% of budgetANIMAL OUTLOOK INC: $95,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetHUMANE AMERICA ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetNew Roots Institute: $50,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetREDFORD CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAnimals United Movement: $31,250 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetIndependent Arts & Media: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetANIMAL RECOVERY MISSION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLOGISTICALLY NONPROFIT SERVICES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 16% 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 Greenbaum Foundat…The Quinn FoundationRsf Social Finance IncSilicon Valley Commun…Vanguard Charitable E…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Greenbaum FoundationCA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greenbaum Foundation · The Quinn Foundation · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · 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 Vogt Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vogt Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 Vogt Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Vogt 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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