California · Nonprofit
Valley of the Moon Children's Home Foundation
Valley of the Moon Children's Home Foundation (California) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $259,633 to it, the largest being SONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($85,500). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $339k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $260k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Valley of the Moon Children's Home Foundation does
Mission
The Valley of the Moon Children's Home Foundation is a private, non-profit organization that is committed to providing supportive and educational services to positively impact the present and future lives of abused, abandoned and neglected children and youth. The Foundation supports children and youth that are presently experiencing foster care, or have transitioned out of foster care, and are current or former residents of Sonoma County.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Valley of the Moon Children's Home Foundation (VOMCF) Scholarship Program:VOMCF awarded $102,500 to 31 former foster youth, from or currently residing in Sonoma County who are seeking to further their education.
$109,181 spentof which $109,181 as grants41% of program spendingJudy Welsh Foster Youth Transition Fund:Partnered with VOMCF Jan 2024. VOMCF, along with Gino and Tony Medeiros, are honored to establish The Judy Welsh Foster Youth Transition Fund in loving memory of Judy Welsh. This fund is a tribute to Judy's enduring legacy and compassionate spirit, especially towards young adults transitioning from the foster care system into adulthood. This fund is to help Foster Youth who are not currently enrolled in the VOMCF Scholarship Program.
$63,000 spentof which $63,000 as grants24% of program spendingVOMCF Foundation Grant Program:The VOMCF grants funding to programs that share our common goals and further strengthen our collaboration with agencies and individuals in Sonoma County. This has increased our ability to avoid duplication of services and has narrowed our focus to achievable, actionable programs where we can measure the outcomes and better serve our children while in the home, and former foster youth located in Sonoma County through a myriad of services and programs.
$43,000 spentof which $43,000 as grants16% of program spendingCritical Needs Fund: A critical need is defined as an unexpected event or financial need that interferes with a students ability to continue their studies. For example, a car breakdown, needing dental care, an unforeseen medical emergency, etc., VOMCF awarded $20,411.87 in critical need funding.Valley of the Moon Children's Center (VMCC) Dental Program:The VMCC Dental Program has served 981 children since 2011. Many of these children have never been seen by a dentist or hygienist before. They are taught proper oral hygiene and are now able to smile again. In 2024, 47 new patients were seen as part of the dental program.
$52,836 spentof which $26,346 as grants20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $268,017.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $1.9M to $1.7M (−12%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of Valley of the Moon Children's Home Foundation’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $6k → $15k.
3 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $20k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest Valley of the Moon Children's Home Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money Valley of the Moon Children's Home Foundation raised.
From the IRS filings of Valley of the Moon Children's Home Foundation’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.
How concentrated its funding is
Valley of the Moon Children's Home Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
84% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Valley of the Moon Children's Home Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 79% · 2019 72% · 2020 100% · 2021 36% · 2022 62% · 2023 67% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of Valley of the Moon Children's Home Foundation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
62% of Valley of the Moon Children's Home Foundation's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $99k that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $161k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
Valley of the Moon Children's Home Foundation holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,538 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,538 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Valley of the Moon Children's Home Foundation
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Valley of the Moon Children's Home Foundation: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Valley of the Moon Children's Home Foundation?
- Valley of the Moon Children's Home Foundation (California) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $259,633 to it, the largest being SONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($85,500). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Valley of the Moon Children's Home Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $259,633 in grants to Valley of the Moon Children's Home Foundation, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Valley of the Moon Children's Home Foundation?
- SONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $85,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Valley of the Moon Children's Home Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 14 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