Open Foundations · Delaware

Vf Foundation

Wilmington, Delaware · EIN 562322084. It paid $3.4M across 44 grants in 2024, a median of $32K each. Its Form 990-PF says it accepts unsolicited grant requests.

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$3.4M
paid in 2024
44
grants paid
$32K
median grant
19%
to first-time recipients
$23.7M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

These application terms come from Part XV of the foundation's Form 990-PF.

Send requests to
THE VF FOUNDATION
Address
1551 WEWATTA STREET, DENVER, CO, 80202
Phone
7207784000
Email
FOUNDATION@VFC.COM
Form the request should take
PLEASE VISIT HTTPS://WWW.VFC.COM/RESPONSIBILITY/THE-VF-FOUNDATION
Submission deadline
January 1 through February 1, 2024
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).

From the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202522899349101202. Entries appear as filed.

What it funds, in its own words

These are the most frequent words in the purposes the foundation wrote on its 2024 grants.

outdoor recreationyouthaccessindustrycommunity

Biggest grants in 2024

These are the 15 largest of the 44 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1University of DenverCO$380,000Leadership in the Outdoor Recreation Industry (LORI) Program
2Soil Health InstituteNC$250,000U.S. Regenerative Cotton Fund (USRCF)
3Trust for Public LandCA$250,000Tribal Community Schoolyards and National Trails Activation Fund
4United Nations Foundation IncDC$250,000Resilience Fund for Women in Global Value Chains
5Myriad Usa IncNY$225,000Increasing the Flexibility and Market-Responsiveness of Training Landscapes in Bangladesh and Honduras/Shimmy
6Lewis College of BusinessMI$155,000PLC Program Pathway - VF x PLC Youth Summer Design Camp
7Yma Fashion Scholarship FundNY$150,000The VF Foundation x FSF Community Colleges Initiative: Sustaining Success
8Protect Our Winters Europe - Association for Climan/a$142,000Glacier Footprints
9Environmental Learning for KidsCO$125,000Outside Festival 2024
10Wateraid America IncNY$125,000Championing sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) for factory workers and communities in Cambodia
11Forum for the Future Us IncNY$100,000Growing our Future: Policy Advocacy and Innovative Finance in the Cotton Sector
12Get Lit Words Ignite IncCA$100,000Get Lit Creative Lab
13Greensboro Chamber FoundationNC$100,0002023-2027 GROW Greensboro Initiative
14Water Org IncMO$100,000Scaling Water and Sanitation Access in Kenya
15World Business Council for Sustainable Developmentn/a$100,000Circular Transition Indicators (CTI) Fashion Initiative

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
202444$3.4M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Colorado25%
California14%
New York11%
??11%
North Carolina7%

Who decides

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

Bracken DarrellChairman of the Board · 2024
Brent HyderVice-Chair of the Board · 2024
Colin WheelerDir, Pres · 2024
Doug HassmanDir, Treas · 2024
Jennifer S SimDir, Sec · 2024

Each figure comes from the foundation's latest filed year, 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Grants and application terms come from each foundation's latest IRS 990-PF e-file return. 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 count once and totals can run low. Full method.

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

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