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Yontz Valor Foundation

Accepts applications Excelsior, Minnesota · EIN 463402520

Yontz Valor Foundation is a private foundation in Excelsior, Minnesota. In tax year 2024 it gave $1.0 million in 2 grants; the typical grant was $500,000 and the largest $750,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $26.1 million the year before.

100% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$26.1 million2$10.7 million
2024$1.0 million2$8.7 million

How to apply

ContactYontz Valor Foundation
26215 Birch Bluff Road, Exelsior, MN 55331
Phone or email(612) 770-1924, yontzvalorfoundation@gmail.com
What to submitLetter or email request as per mailing / emailing instructions
DeadlinesOngoing
RestrictionsAll applications will be reviewed

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Yontz Valor Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to North Carolina.

StateGrantsAmount
North Carolina1$750,000
Tennessee1$250,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 2 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Chordoma Foundation
Durham, NC
Used towards searching for a cure for those affected by chordoma$750,000
Gary Sinise Foundation
Nashville, TN
Veteran support$250,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Yontz Valor Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Ongoing.

How much does Yontz Valor Foundation give?

$1.0 million in tax year 2024, across 2 grants, with a typical grant of $500,000.

Who runs Yontz Valor Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Terri Yontz Miller (Pres & Trustee), Jason Kohout (Trustee) and Abbey Magnuson (Trustee).

What does Yontz Valor Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly veterans.

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