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VALLEY FOUNDATION INC

VALLEY FOUNDATION INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $251,511 to it, the largest being REED JULES OPPENHEIMER FOUNDATION ($251,511). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$6.4M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$252k
Net assets
$6.1M
1/1 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Valley Foundation Inc does

Mission

Focuses on regenerating and conserving natural ecosystems through restoration agriculture, agroecology and other conservation methods.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. We are building the capacity of farmers, organizations, and landowners globally to seamlessly integrate restorative practices into their existing methods. This can include teaching restoration agriculture, installing restoration agriculture systems, setting up wildlife monitoring systems, protecting and improving habitat for endangered species, and supporting other restorative practices that make sense for the land and its people.We build capcacity through site visits, educational seminars, demonstration plots, and continued support for organizations throughout the world. We also work directly with landowners to determine the best strategy for restoring and preserving their land.We have accepted unimproved land as a contribution and are installing restorative agriculture systems, setting up wildlife monitoring systems, protecting and improving the habitat for all species of wildlife. Our activities support and promote Agroecology which integrates the study of the interactions between plants, animals, humans, and the environment with in agriculture systems. We encourage the use of organic fertilizers, integrated pest management, and the conservation of soil and water. Natural areas…

    $240,948 spent$585,542 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $240,948.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($90k) Expenses 100 ($89k) Net assets -2 ($-107933)2018 Revenue 78 ($70k) Expenses 68 ($61k) Net assets -2 ($-98657)2019 Revenue 58 ($52k) Expenses 57 ($51k) Net assets -2 ($-97231)2020 Revenue 55 ($50k) Expenses 60 ($54k) Net assets -2 ($-101347)2021 Revenue 93 ($84k) Expenses 66 ($59k) Net assets -1 ($-76777)2022 Revenue 361 ($325k) Expenses 304 ($272k) Net assets 0 ($-23637)2023 Revenue 359 ($323k) Expenses 373 ($334k) Net assets -1 ($-34061)2024 Revenue 7128 ($6.4M) Expenses 294 ($263k) Net assets 100 ($6.1M)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Revenue (7128)Expenses (294)Net assets (100)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $254k to $6.4M (+2411%).

$133k
$142k
$143k
$121k
$156k
$229k
$254k
$6.4M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

91% of VALLEY FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$520
’17
$9k
’18
$1k
’19
−$4k
’20
$25k
’21
$53k
’22
−$10k
’23
$6.2M
’24
14
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

202220232024
Listed333
Joined·+0+1
No longer listed·01
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $66k → $3k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of VALLEY FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of VALLEY FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Oklahoma funders.

OK

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
Oklahoma out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

VALLEY FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin96% · outside the comparable range
Months of reserve13.9mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)84% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like VALLEY FOUNDATION INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Oklahoma

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 8%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

93%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OK

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Questions and answers

Who funds VALLEY FOUNDATION INC?
VALLEY FOUNDATION INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $251,511 to it, the largest being REED JULES OPPENHEIMER FOUNDATION ($251,511). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does VALLEY FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $251,511 in grants to VALLEY FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of VALLEY FOUNDATION INC?
REED JULES OPPENHEIMER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $251,511 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like VALLEY FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oklahoma. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing