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Vranos 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.

$4.6M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
49
Grants FY2024
47
Organizations funded FY2023
28%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$35,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,715,736
Organizations funded a year
39 to 47
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$327k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 28% of the organizations Vranos Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $400k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
HealthPhilanthropyEducationArts & CultureInternationalEnvironmentOther
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 arriving45$2.3M22%
FY202347$2.0M28%
FY202239$3.1M28%
FY202141$2.4M46%
FY202043$2.2M42%
FY201947$1.2Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$6.2MScience & Tech$4.4MEducation$4.1MEmployment$2.8MHuman Services$1.5MPhilanthropy$1.1MHousing & Shelter$583kArts & Culture$400kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
ND
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
LA
MS
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Yale University$850,0003n/a
Hedge Funds Care Inc$700,00069%
Chicago Hope Academy$600,00062%
Hopkins School Incorporated$525,00060%
Duke University Health System Inc$400,00040%
Robin Hood Foundation$355,00050%
Graham Windham$320,00030%
Scan-Harbor Inc$300,00031%
The Open Door Shelter Inc$288,00061%
Regenerative Sportscare Foundationinc$280,000689%
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All grantees of Vranos Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Yale University$850,0003n/a
Hedge Funds Care Inc$700,00069%
Chicago Hope Academy$600,00062%
Hopkins School Incorporated$525,00060%
Duke University Health System Inc$400,00040%
Robin Hood Foundation$355,00050%
Graham Windham$320,00030%
Scan-Harbor Inc$300,00031%
The Open Door Shelter Inc$288,00061%
Regenerative Sportscare Foundationinc$280,000689%
The Hildegard Behrens Foundation Gaston Ormazabal$255,0006100%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute$250,00050%
International Rescue Committee INC$250,00020%
Pacific House Inc$240,00061%
Yale New Haven Hospital$225,00060%
Grace Farms Foundation Inc$215,00040%
Waterside School Inc$200,00041%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$175,00030%
Leas Foundation for Leukemia Research$150,000626%
The Ocean Foundation$120,00021%
Duke University$100,00010%
Domus Kids Inc$100,00031%
Boys and Girls Harbor Inc$100,00013%
Save the Sound$100,00041%
The Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc$100,00010%
Villa Maria Academy$90,0006n/a
World Childhood Foundation Inc$65,00022%
Casa of Grayson County Inc$55,00029%
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc$50,00010%
Frances Pope Memorial Foundation Inc$50,00027%
The Foundation for Financial Journalism$45,000415%
Starelief and Pet Assistance Inc$40,0005n/a
Domus$35,0001n/a
Land to Learn$35,00016%
Vita Sports Partners Inc$30,00013%
Ellington Community Scholarship Association Inc$30,0002n/a
Green America$30,00010%
Exodus School$25,00011%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$25,00010%
Beat the Streets Wrestling Inc$25,00012%
Foundation for a Drug-Free World$25,000312%
Sirf Inc$20,000229%
Teach for America Inc$15,00030%
Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners Inc$15,00020%
New Haven Ecology Project Inc$15,00010%
World Science Foundation$14,00010%
World Mission Baptist Church Inc$13,0002n/a
Children of the City Inc$11,00012%
W&S Charitable Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Adam J Lewis Academy Inc$10,00010%
Viennese Opera Ball$10,00015%
Phillips Brooks House Association Inc$10,00010%
American Jewish Committee$10,00010%
Stamford Police Foundation Inc$10,0002n/a
Women's Mentoring Network Inc$7,20031%
Covenant House New Orleans$7,00020%
Maharishi Foundation USA Inc$6,50020%
Clarion Music Society$6,10011%
Hardy Global Mission Corp$5,00012%
Jose Limon Dance Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Citizens Committee for New York City Inc$5,00010%
National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City Inc$5,00010%
Wildlife in Crisis Inc$5,0001n/a
Daily Giving Inc$5,00010%
Wonder Girls USA Inc$5,00012%
Eastgate Equine Sanctuary Inc$5,00011%
Swag Custom Rides Inc$5,00011%
Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc$5,00010%
National Kidney Foundation of Arizona$5,00010%
Pink Aid Inc$1,00010%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$1,00010%
Investment Professionals for Charity Inc$1,00010%
Boys & Girls Club of Stamford Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Vranos Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 64 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHedge Funds Care Inc: $700,000 over 6y, 9.1% of budgetChicago Hope Academy: $600,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetHopkins School Incorporated: $525,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetDuke University Health System Inc: $400,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRobin Hood Foundation: $355,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGraham Windham: $320,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetScan-Harbor Inc: $300,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetThe Open Door Shelter Inc: $288,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetRegenerative Sportscare Foundationinc: $280,000 over 6y, 89% of budgetThe Hildegard Behrens Foundation Gaston Ormazabal: $255,000 over 6y, 100% of budgetWorcester Polytechnic Institute: $250,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $250,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPacific House Inc: $240,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetYale New Haven Hospital: $225,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGrace Farms Foundation Inc: $215,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetWaterside School Inc: $200,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $175,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLeas Foundation for Leukemia Research: $150,000 over 6y, 26% of budgetThe Ocean Foundation: $120,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetDuke University: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDomus Kids Inc: $100,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBoys and Girls Harbor Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetSave the Sound: $100,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWorld Childhood Foundation Inc: $65,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCasa of Grayson County Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetLincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFrances Pope Memorial Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetThe Foundation for Financial Journalism: $45,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetLand to Learn: $35,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetVita Sports Partners Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetGreen America: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetExodus School: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeat the Streets Wrestling Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetFoundation for a Drug-Free World: $25,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetSirf Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNeighborhood Trust Financial Partners Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew Haven Ecology Project Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWorld Science Foundation: $14,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChildren of the City Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetAdam J Lewis Academy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetViennese Opera Ball: $10,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetPhillips Brooks House Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's Mentoring Network Inc: $7,200 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetCovenant House New Orleans: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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 64.

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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.

Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT25.9× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Peoples United Community Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Near and Far Association Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Claire L Helsing Foundation · The Gusti Brandt Foundation · Stamford Rotary Trust Fund · The Herbert & Nell Singer Foundation Inc · New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · Dalio Family Fund Inc

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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How do I get to Vranos Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Vranos 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.

About Vranos Foundation

How much does Vranos Foundation give?
Vranos Foundation reported 49 grants totaling $4,601,903 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 47 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Vranos Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (27%), Science & Tech (19%), Education (18%).
Who are Vranos Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Yale University ($850k), Hedge Funds Care Inc ($700k), Chicago Hope Academy ($600k).
Does Vranos Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Vranos 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 Vranos Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, Jewish Communal Fund, Peoples United Community Foundation.
Where is Vranos Foundation based?
Vranos Foundation is based in NJ.

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 123 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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