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Vsp Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Vsp Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$45k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$97kInternational$62kEducation$30kFood & Nutrition$11kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kHuman Services$6kPhilanthropy$5kYouth Development$3k
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$10,000
SHRINERS HOSPITALS$5,000
MERCY SHIPS$5,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$5,000
DIRECT RELIEF$5,000
SILVERCROSS FOUNDATION$5,000
GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY$3,500
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION$3,500
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$3,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
OH
CT
CA
KY
VA
AZ
KS
AR
DC
TX
FL
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.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$133k · 8 repeat orgs$79k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
13

Total granted

$133k
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+4%

Still filing today

88%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHealthPhilanthropyFood & NutritionEducationHuman ServicesOther
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

  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $18k · revenue +39%
  • Mercy Ships International
    3× · 2022–2024 · $15k · revenue +87%
  • GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY
    4× · 2019–2024 · $11k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • TH
    THAMNA HEALTH AND EDUCATION
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • TW
    TEAM WESTERN KENTUCKY TORNADO RELIEF
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • EV
    EKAL VIDYALAYA FOUNDATION OF USA
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +23%
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
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
2
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
3
Sign Fracture Care International

Sign partners with overseas surgeons to build sustainable orthopaedic capacity by donating education, instruments, and implants. by working with teaching hospitals and hosting educational conferences worldwide, sign equips surgeons to heal…

Health
4
Good Samaritan Foundation

Partnering for healing and a healthy future through philanthropy.

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5
Seed Global Health

Our mission is to expand access to quality care and improve health outcomes for all. we achieve our mission by partnering deeply to strengthen the health systems in the countries where we work, with a special focus on strengthening the…

Education
6
Intealth

See schedule oto serve the public by:- assuring the qualifications of health care professionals- providing primary-source verification of credentials of health careprofessionals, as they serve throughout the world- supporting international…

Education
7
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
8
Global Partners in Care

The organization's mission is to build partnerships to enhance compassionate care globally. we are dedicated to improving access to hospice and palliative care worldwide.

International
9
St Martin Hospital Inc

To improve, maintain and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
10
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Mount Sinai Health System Inc

The mission of the mount sinai health system is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.

Human Services
12
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sevak Foundation 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

17 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. 17 of the 27 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHAMNA HEALTH AND EDUCATION: $10,000 · OtherTHAMNA HEALTH AND EDUCATIONTEAM WESTERN KENTUCKY TORNADO RELIEF: $5,000 · OtherMUNI SECA CHARITABLE: $5,000 · OtherST JUDE CHILDRENS CHARITIES INC: $5,000 · OtherSilver Cross Foundation: $5,000 · OtherSHRINERS HOSPITALS: $5,000 · OtherMUNI SEVA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $4,500 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC: $3,500 · Other+3 more: $6,000 · Other+3 moreMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $18,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA IN…Mercy Ships International: $15,000 · InternationalMercy Ships InternationalSEVAK FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · InternationalSEVAK FOUNDATION INCOPERATION SMILE INC: $5,500 · InternationalOPERATION SMILE INCEKAL VIDYALAYA FOUNDATION OF USA: $5,000 · InternationalEKAL VIDYALAYA FOUNDATION OF US…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCDIRECT RELIEF: $5,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEFMAYO CLINIC: $10,000 · HealthMAYO CLINICTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $9,000 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' …SANKARA EYE FOUNDATION USA: $5,000 · HealthSANKARA EYE FO…NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $4,000 · HealthNATIONAL MULTI…PRATHAM USA: $17,100 · PhilanthropyGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $11,000 · Food & NutritionINDO-AMERICAN CENTER INC: $3,000 · EducationWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $3,000 · Human Services
Other$99,000International$61,000Health$28,000Philanthropy$17,100Food & Nutrition$11,000Education$3,000Human Services$3,000

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 budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $18,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPRATHAM USA: $17,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSEVAK FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEKAL VIDYALAYA FOUNDATION OF USA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANKARA EYE FOUNDATION USA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSilver Cross Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDO-AMERICAN CENTER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $3,000 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Vsp Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vsp Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–10%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Vsp Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Vsp Family Foundation Inc 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 27 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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