Visionary Women
Beverly Hills, CA · EIN 47-1075497. Reported 92 grants totalling $1,752,500 to 74 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Visionary Women, the IRS classifies it under human services rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE P80) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 74 distinct organizations, with 6% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 17% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $15,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
29 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $499,000 in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Womens Law Center | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black Girl Ventures Foundation | Alexandria, VA | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| World Central Kitchen Incorporated | Washington, DC | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alight | Minneapolis, MN | $63,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vital Voices Global Partnership Inc | Washington, DC | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Women for Afghan Women Inc | Fresh Meadows, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| A Better Balance | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| California State University - Northridge Foundation | Northridge, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mlk Health and Wellness Community Development Corporation | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Coro Southern California Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Proyecto Pastoral | Los Angeles, CA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Earth Island Institute Inc | Berkeley, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Equal Rights Advocates Inc | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Girls Who Code Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Indego Africa Project | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Joseph Center | Venice, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Street Symphony Project Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alliance College-Ready Public Schools | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girls With Impact Inc | Greenwich, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Research and Exchanges Board Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Museum Associates | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Thrive Global Project Inc | Charlotte, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Friends of the Children | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Nations Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Westside Infant-Family Network | Culver City, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Why Not Prosper Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wize Foundation | Saratoga, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| A Sense of Home | Hawthorne, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Acumen Fund Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Black Cooperative Impact Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Downtown Womens Center | Amarillo, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ebell Friends | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harvest Home Inc | Santa Monica, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Health Justice Action Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Homeboy Industries | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| J Paul Getty Trust | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jenesse Center Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Optimist Boys Home & Ranch | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Johns Community Health | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Summaeverythang Community Center | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unatti Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Venice Family Clinic | Venice, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa-USA | New York, NY | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Harvest Home | Ward, AR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kisoro Childrens Foundation Inc | Cambridge, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lauras House | Aliso Viejo, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Village Charter School Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pawc Corporation | Pittsburgh, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stonier Scholarship Inc | Towson, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Acceleration Project Inc | Scarsdale, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| You Are More Than Inc | Marlton, NJ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lift Inc | Washington, DC | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beth Morrison Projects | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Albany Inc | Albany, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's Action Networktidescenenter | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coalition for Engaged Education | Santa Monica, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Diy Girls | San Fernando, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Edward Charles Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girls Inc of Greater Los Angeles | N Hollywood, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Global Girls Glow | Santa Ana, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Laltot Institute | Cmbrlnd Frnce, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Learning Rights Law Center | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood | San Antonio, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Skirball Cultural Center | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Colburn School | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Flow | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vow for Girls Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Womens Voices Now Inc | Rllng Hls Est, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| After-School All-Stars Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Hollywood | Hollywood, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jvs Socal | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wiseplace | Santa Ana, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
16 of 74 (22%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- The National Women's Law Center
2024 VISIONARY PRIZE WINNER - Csun Foundation
NEXTGEN SCHOLARS FUND PARTNER - Jacqueline Avant Children & Family
2024 IWD DONATION RECIPIENT - St Joseph Center
FALL 2024 GRANT RECIPIENT - Alliance College-Ready Public Schools
THRIVE MENTAL HEALTH PARTNER - Coro Southern California
SPRING 2024 GRANT RECIPIENT
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 70 of 74 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | $238,500 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 29 | $499,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 21 | $340,000 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 30 | $675,000 | $20,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
49% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $15,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Visionary Women's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 30 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 9663 Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA, 90210.
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