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Vose River Charitable Fund

VOSE RIVER CHARITABLE FUND (vrcf) promotes public health in the united states by developing tools and collaborations with other nonprofits and government health departments to promote effective policies and to support the public health workforce.

$6.8M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
46
Grants FY2024
48
Organizations funded FY2023
77%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$106,542
Largest grant, FY2024
$520,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 48
FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
16
Total assets, FY2024
$29M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 77% of the organizations Vose River Charitable Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 86% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
HealthEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentPublic BenefitHousing & ShelterOther
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 arriving33$5.8M36%
FY202348$7.4M77%
FY202218$2.3M72%
FY20217$605kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Health$7.2MEducation$2.4MHuman Services$2.2MPhilanthropy$1.3MEnvironment$945kPublic Benefit$882kSocial Science$830kCommunity Improvement$748kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
ID
MN
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
NC
DC
LA
AL
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Meteorite LLC$1,526,3202n/a
American Indian Association of Tucson Inc$1,250,000224%
Fund for Educational Excellence Inc$1,060,00023%
The Task Force for Global Health Inc$924,00030%
Coalition of Communities of Color$845,000224%
ChangeLab Solutions$782,74233%
The Public Good Projects Inc$716,80025%
Health Resources in Action Inc$710,50021%
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$565,43930%
Rutgers the State University$525,0003n/a
Show all 69 grantees
All grantees of Vose River Charitable Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Meteorite LLC$1,526,3202n/a
American Indian Association of Tucson Inc$1,250,000224%
Fund for Educational Excellence Inc$1,060,00023%
The Task Force for Global Health Inc$924,00030%
Coalition of Communities of Color$845,000224%
ChangeLab Solutions$782,74233%
The Public Good Projects Inc$716,80025%
Health Resources in Action Inc$710,50021%
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$565,43930%
Rutgers the State University$525,0003n/a
Equal Measure$445,00024%
The Trust for Public Land$400,00030%
Trustees of Boston University$379,03430%
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids$330,00030%
Smart Growth America$305,00023%
Drexel University$298,67110%
Big Cities Health Coalition Inc$288,940115%
De Beaumont Foundation Inc$253,4381n/a
Public Justice Center Inc$240,00033%
American Nonsmokers Rights Foundation$230,00033%
Center for Science in the Public Interest$210,00031%
Center for Environmental Health$200,00032%
The Hunger and Health Coalition Inc$175,000111%
Center for Multicutural Health$175,00015%
Casa de Salud$175,000111%
Environmental Health Watch$175,00017%
Durham Public Schools Foundation$175,00018%
Community Services for Children Inc$175,00010%
The Community Builders Inc$175,00010%
San Diego Healthcare Quality Collaborative$175,00014%
Nami Greater San Antonio$175,000117%
Access Health$175,00017%
Task Force for Global Healthpublic Health Informatics Institute$158,7441n/a
Reinvent South Stockton Coalition$125,000120%
United States Conference of Mayors$125,0002n/a
National Partnership for Women and Families$125,00021%
Western Idaho Community Action Partnership Inc$111,00011%
Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health$100,0001n/a
Central Michigan District Health Department$100,0001n/a
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board$100,0001n/a
Sitgreaves Community Development Corporation$100,0001n/a
Quabbin Health District$100,0001n/a
National League of Cities Institute Inc$80,88020%
San Juan Basin Public Health$75,0001n/a
African American Mayors Assocation$70,00041%
Forum for Community Leaders$52,500215%
Healthcare Anchor Network Inc$50,00011%
University of Arizona$22,0001n/a
University of Pittsburgh$22,00010%
Regents of the University of Colorado$22,0001n/a
Regents of the University of Michigan$22,0001n/a
University of Massachusetts$22,0001n/a
State University of Iowa$22,0001n/a
University of Washington$22,0001n/a
Emory University$22,00010%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$22,00010%
United South Broadway Corporation Inc$15,00011%
Baltimores Promise Inc$15,0001n/a
The Selma Center for Nonviolence Truth and Reconciliation$15,0001n/a
District of Columbia Primary Care Association$15,00010%
Family Connection Communities in Schools of Athens Inc$15,00011%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$15,00010%
Southeastern Mi Health Association$15,00010%
Chainbreaker Collective$15,00013%
Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates Inc$15,00011%
Wabanaki Health & Wellness Npc$15,00010%
Rocky Mountain Partnership Cradle to Career$15,00011%
The Community Health Leadership Network Inc$10,00016%
Fannie E Rippel Foundation$10,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Vose River Charitable Fund supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Indian Association of Tucson Inc: $1,250,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetFund for Educational Excellence Inc: $1,060,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetThe Task Force for Global Health Inc: $924,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCoalition of Communities of Color: $845,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetChangeLab Solutions: $782,742 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetThe Public Good Projects Inc: $716,800 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetHealth Resources in Action Inc: $710,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $565,439 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Measure: $445,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $400,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $379,034 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCampaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: $330,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSmart Growth America: $305,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetDrexel University: $298,671 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Cities Health Coalition Inc: $288,940 over 1y, 15% of budgetPublic Justice Center Inc: $240,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetAmerican Nonsmokers Rights Foundation: $230,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetCenter for Science in the Public Interest: $210,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCenter for Environmental Health: $200,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetThe Hunger and Health Coalition Inc: $175,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetCenter for Multicutural Health: $175,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetCasa de Salud: $175,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetEnvironmental Health Watch: $175,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetDurham Public Schools Foundation: $175,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetCommunity Services for Children Inc: $175,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Community Builders Inc: $175,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSan Diego Healthcare Quality Collaborative: $175,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetNami Greater San Antonio: $175,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetAccess Health: $175,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetReinvent South Stockton Coalition: $125,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetNational Partnership for Women and Families: $125,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetWestern Idaho Community Action Partnership Inc: $111,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNational League of Cities Institute Inc: $80,880 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAfrican American Mayors Assocation: $70,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetForum for Community Leaders: $52,500 over 2y, 15% of budgetHealthcare Anchor Network Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $22,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $22,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund: $22,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited South Broadway Corporation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetDistrict of Columbia Primary Care Association: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFamily Connection Communities in Schools of Athens Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSoutheastern Mi Health Association: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChainbreaker Collective: $15,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetBayview Hunters Point Community Advocates Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWabanaki Health & Wellness Npc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRocky Mountain Partnership Cradle to Career: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% 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 50.

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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.

The Kresge FoundationMI32× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Kresge Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · De Beaumont Foundation Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc · Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc · New Venture Fund · East Bay Community Foundation · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Gates Foundation · Tides Foundation · The Ford 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.

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Find your warmest path to Vose River Charitable Fund 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 Vose River Charitable Fund

How much does Vose River Charitable Fund give?
Vose River Charitable Fund reported 46 grants totaling $6,780,552 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 48 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does Vose River Charitable Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (41%), Education (13%), Human Services (12%).
Who are Vose River Charitable Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Meteorite LLC ($1.5M), American Indian Association of Tucson Inc ($1.3M), Fund for Educational Excellence Inc ($1.1M).
Does Vose River Charitable Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 77% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Vose River Charitable Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Kresge Foundation, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, De Beaumont Foundation Inc.
Where is Vose River Charitable Fund based?
Vose River Charitable Fund is based in MD.

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 75 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 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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