Open Foundations · Delaware

Vf Foundation

Wilmington, Delaware · EIN 562322084. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $4.0M across 54 grants in 2023, a median of $50K each.

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$4.0M
paid in 2023
54
grants paid
$50K
median grant
35%
to first-time recipients
$23.7M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
THE VF FOUNDATION
Address
1551 WEWATTA STREET, DENVER, CO, 80202
Phone
7207784000
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
PLEASE VISIT HTTPS://WWW.VFC.COM/RESPONSIBILITY/THE-VF-FOUNDATION
Submission deadline
PLEASE VISIT HTTPS://WWW.VFC.COM/RESPONSIBILITY/THE-VF-FOUNDATION
Restrictions on awards
QUALIFYING ORGANIZATIONS MUST BE RECOGNIZED AS TAX-EXEMPT UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE U.S. FEDERAL TAX CODE (OR INTERNATIONAL EQUIVALENT). THE VF FOUNDATION DOES NOT FUND EVENT SPONSORSHIPS, CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS OR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2023, IRS filing object id 202401169349100010. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2023 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

outdoorleadershipdevelopmentaccessregenerativecommunitieseducationwater

Biggest grants in 2023

The 15 largest of the 54 grants paid in 2023, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Business for Social ResponsibilityCA$250,000Bringing RISE Respect comprehensive approach to Guatemala
2Soil Health InstituteNC$250,000U.S. Regenerative Cotton Fund
3The Skatepark ProjectCA$250,000The Brooklyn Banks
4Trust for Public LandCA$250,000Advancing TPL Community Schoolyards in Tribal Communities and Los Angeles
5At the EpicenterCO$184,000Regenerative Leadership Curriculum and Education HUB
6American National Red Cross - Mile High ChapterCO$155,000for The International Committee of the Red Cross, a neutral humanitarian organization that is helping both Palestinians and Israelis impacted by the conflict, to provide humanitarian aid
7World Business Council for Sustainable Developmentn/a$150,000World Business Council for Sustainable Development
8Yma Fashion Scholarship FundNY$150,000The VF Foundation x FSF Community Colleges Initiative: Program Expansion
9Give2asiaCA$127,000Worthy Work in Bangladesh with Shimmy Technologies
10United States Association for UnhcrDC$126,000Disaster Relief for earthquake in TURKEY and SYRIA
11Wateraid America IncNY$125,000Championing sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) for factory workers and communities in Cambodia
12World Wildlife Fund IncDC$104,000Water Stewardship in Buyuk Menderes basin
13Forum for the Future Us IncNY$100,000Growing our Future: Accelerating Policy Change To Support a Just Transition to Regenerative Agriculture
14Greensboro Chamber FoundationNC$100,0002023-2027 GROW Greensboro Initiative
15Impact Farming Foundation IncNY$100,000Haiti Vert

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202096$8.5M
202178$8.0M
202259$7.9M
202354$4.0M

Where the money went

Share of 2023 grant dollars by recipient state
Colorado30%
California17%
North Carolina9%
New York9%
District of Columbia7%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Anthony CottonaroDir, Treas · 2023
Colin WheelerDir, Pres · 2023
Craig HodgesDir, Pres · 2023
Doug HassmanDir, Treas · 2023
Jennifer S SimDir, Sec · 2023
Laura C MeagherDIR, SEC · 2023
Luis BenitezPres, Dir · 2023

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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