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Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$63M
Granted FY2025still arriving
53
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$20M
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.

Education$126MHealth$30MRecreation & Sports$24MAnimals$8.4MArts & Culture$8.0MScience & Tech$5.0MYouth Development$4.9MHuman Services$3.8MOther$0
02FY2025 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k26 grants · $563k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $577k
  • $250k+18 grants · $62M
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$199M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$20,000,000
BELLARMINE COLLEGE PREPARATORY$8,000,000
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$5,000,000
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OF SF STATE UNIVERSITY AKA SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVE$5,000,000
CAL STATE EAST BAY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$5,000,000
BELLARMINE COLLEGE PREPARATORY$4,000,000
HEAD-ROYCE SCHOOL$3,333,333
MERCY HIGH SCHOOL$2,500,000
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$2,150,000
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE$2,134,966
SCHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA$1,250,000
BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING$1,000,000
DOMINICAN SISTERS OF MISSION SAN JOSE$750,000
UCSF FOUNDATION$510,008
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$500,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $1.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY: $25k → 9%WEST COUNTY ADULT DAY CAREALZHEIMERS RESPITE CENTER: $20k → 9%LAS TRAMPAS SCHOOL: $500k → 9%DAVIS STREET COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 10%MAGDALENA ECKE FAMILY YMCA: $10k → 11%DAVIS STREET COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 10%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $5k → 11%MAGDALENA ECKE FAMILY YMCA: $5k → 11%MAGDALENA ECKE FAMILY YMCA: $5k → 11%DAVIS STREET COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 10%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $125k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS- DIABLO REGION: $25k → 9%GIRLS INC OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $100k → 10%MONUMENT CRISES CENTER: $25k → 9%WHITE PONY EXPRESS: $50k → 9%WHITE PHONY EXPRESS: $10k → 9%CONTRA COSTA FOSTER FRIENDS: $10k → 9%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $25k → 10%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $25k → 10%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $25k → 10%BERKELEY FOOD AND HOUSING PROJECT: $75k → 10%BERKELEY FOOD AND HOUSING PROJECT: $25k → 10%MERCY RETIREMENT AND CARE CENTER: $500k → 10%MERCY RETIREMENT AND CARE CENTER: $75k → 10%OAKLAND CATHOLIC WORKERS: $30k → 10%MERCY RETIREMENT AND CARE CENTER: $25k → 10%MERCY RETIREMENT AND CARE CENTER: $25k → 10%MERCY RETIREMENT AND CARE CENTER: $25k → 10%MERCY RETIREMENT AND CARE CENTER: $25k → 10%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $25k → 10%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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 21% of Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 74% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 59%.

Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$160M · 53 repeat orgs$56M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

53 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2025, 29 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

53
77

Total granted

$160M
$34M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+10%

Still filing today

68%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21M 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
Human ServicesEducationHealthRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyAnimalsOther
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

  • Oregon State University Foundation
    5× · 2020–2025 · $51M · revenue +33%
  • TC
    THE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL
    3× · 2020–2022 · $8.0M · revenue +47%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $3.0M · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • PO
    PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10M · revenue +34%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $5.0M
  • TU
    THE UC DAVIS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5.0M · revenue +44%
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
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
2
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
3
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports
4
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
5
Children's Council of San Francisco

By advocating for quality early care and education, empowering families with information and financial support, and building the capabilities of educators, Children's Council of San Francisco ensures that every child in San Francisco has…

Human Services
6
Ucsf Health Medical Foundation

See schedule othe mission of ucsf health medical foundation is threefold: 1) to establish, operate and maintain medical clinics for the provision of healthcare services in california; 2) to promote health by providing, coordinating,…

Health
7
California Pacific Medical Center Foundation

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
8
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

Mission statement: mission: caring for our patients first and our people always. vision: to be the most comprehensive, integrated and connected health system for getting and staying well. values: excellence - we deliver high-quality,…

Health
9
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
10
Sonoma Botanical Garden
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11
Meals On Wheels of San Francisco Inc

To provide isolated homebound seniors in san francisco with nutritious meals, daily human contact, and supportive services to prevent their premature institutionalization.

—
12
Extrafood

Food Rescue - The Organization rescues excess fresh food from Bay Area businesses, schools and non-profits and immediately delivers the food to safety net partners - such as senior housing centers, after-school programs, and homeless…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bay Area Rescue Mission; the most unlike its peers is Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

91 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. 91 of the 152 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
89/91
Grantees still filing
57/91
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BISHOP O'DOWD HIGH SCHOOL: $20,000,000 · OtherBISHOP O'DOWD HIGH SCHOOLUCSF FOUNDATIONTHAT MAN MAY SEE: $20,000,000 · OtherUCSF FOUNDATIONTHAT MAN MAY SEECARDINAL NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOL: $16,000,000 · OtherCARDINAL NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOLBELLARMINE COLLEGE PREPARATORY: $12,000,000 · OtherBELLARMINE COLLEGE PREPARATORYUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS FOUNDATION: $5,000,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY CORPORATION OF SF STATE UNIVERSITY AKA SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVE: $5,000,000 · OtherTHE HEAD ROYCE SCHOOL: $5,000,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN LEANDRO: $4,100,000 · Other+94 more: $18,525,700 · Other+94 moreOregon State University Foundation: $51,441,667 · EducationOregon State University FoundationCAL STATE EAST BAY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $15,000,000 · EducationCAL STATE EAST BAY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $10,000,000 · EducationPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGETHE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $8,000,000 · EducationTHE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOLTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $5,000,000 · EducationTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION+8 more: $3,071,675 · EducationOAKLAND MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA: $7,500,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $85,000 · Arts & CultureST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,000,000 · HealthDOWN SYNDROME CONNECTION OF THE BAY AREA: $300,000 · HealthOrder of Malta Clinic of Northern California: $250,000 · HealthThat Man May See Inc DBA All May See Foundation: $250,000 · HealthLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $210,000 · Health+4 more: $190,952 · HealthFOUNDATION FOR STUDENTS RISING ABOVE: $600,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $500,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500,000 · PhilanthropyNORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500,000 · PhilanthropyNORTHERN CALIFORNIA PGA FOUNDATION: $272,000 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $270,000 · PhilanthropyKRISTI YAMAGUCHI'S ALWAYS DREAM: $100,000 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyMERCY RETIREMENT AND CARE CENTER: $675,000 · Human ServicesLas Trampas School Inc: $500,000 · Human ServicesBAY AREA RESCUE MISSION: $275,000 · Human ServicesSOCIETY OF STVINCENT DE PAUL District Council of Alameda County: $225,000 · Human ServicesInsight Housing FKA Berkeley Food and Housing Project: $100,000 · Human ServicesGIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $100,000 · Human ServicesThe Davis Street Community Center Inc: $75,000 · Human Services+8 more: $260,000 · Human ServicesBUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING: $2,000,000 · Social Science
Other$105,625,700Education$92,513,342Arts & Culture$7,585,000Health$4,200,952Philanthropy$2,842,000Human Services$2,210,000Social Science$2,000,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOregon State University Foundation: $51,441,667 over 5y, 16% of budgetCAL STATE EAST BAY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $15,000,000 over 3y, 58% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $10,000,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $8,000,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetOAKLAND MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA: $7,500,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetTHE HEAD ROYCE SCHOOL: $5,000,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $5,000,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,000,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMonterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute: $2,500,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING: $2,000,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $826,675 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetALAMEDA COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFFS ACTIVITIES LEAGUE INC: $750,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetMERCY RETIREMENT AND CARE CENTER: $675,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR STUDENTS RISING ABOVE: $600,000 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $500,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetLas Trampas School Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $500,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCalifornia Crosspoint High School: $500,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetNORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetBUTTE HUMANE SOCIETY: $500,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $450,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHIDDEN GENIUS PROJECT: $400,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetDOWN SYNDROME CONNECTION OF THE BAY AREA: $300,000 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $300,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBAY AREA RESCUE MISSION: $275,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetST MARY'S CENTER: $275,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetNORTHERN CALIFORNIA PGA FOUNDATION: $272,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $270,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOrder of Malta Clinic of Northern California: $250,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetThat Man May See Inc DBA All May See Foundation: $250,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $250,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSOCIETY OF STVINCENT DE PAUL District Council of Alameda County: $225,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $210,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO: $200,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $200,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYOUTH EMPLOYMENT PARTNERSHIP INC: $200,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetHANDS OF HOPE: $180,000 over 5y, 9.4% of budgetST VINCENT DE PAUL VILLAGE INC: $150,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetKRISTI YAMAGUCHI'S ALWAYS DREAM: $100,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInsight Housing FKA Berkeley Food and Housing Project: $100,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCONSERVATION SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBUSINESSES UNITED IN INVESTING LENDING & DEVELOPMENT: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetASIAN HEALTH SERVICES: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $100,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetOakland Soccer Club: $95,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetORAL LEE BROWN FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 3y, 10% 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.

East Bay Community Fo…The San Francisco Fou…Marin Community Found…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Lowell Berry Foundati…Jewish Community Fede…United Way of the Bay…The William G Irwin C…The California Wellne…Crescent Porter Hale …The Yelp FoundationDean and Margaret Les…
East Bay Community FoundationCA57.1× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: East Bay Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Lowell Berry Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · United Way of the Bay Area · The William G Irwin Charity Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · Crescent Porter Hale Foundation · The Yelp Foundation · Dean and Margaret Lesher 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 Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Oregon State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
28report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 152 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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