Vidda Foundation

A discreet New York private foundation spreading modest grants across the things a cultivated life values, letters and journalism and historic memory, with a quiet insistence on mental health and suicide prevention

  • vidda.org
  • Legacy
  • New York, NY
  • Foundation and grantmaker
  • Read from public sources, Aug 2026

Financial profile

Vidda Foundation · EIN 13-2981105 · 501(c)(3)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2024$-25,319$492,269$8,604,794May 2024
FY2023$225,036$522,652$7,931,829May 2023
FY2022$554,065$478,202$8,620,207May 2022
FY2021$938,348$512,582$9,779,392May 2021
FY2020$293,370$325,456$8,294,451May 2020
FY2019$505,685$398,427$8,187,735May 2019

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Peer societies

Five societies Vidda Foundation is read alongside.

Who backs VF

No public supporter list found as of September 2026.

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The outside view

A discreet New York private foundation spreading modest grants across the things a cultivated life values, letters and journalism and historic memory, with a quiet insistence on mental health and suicide prevention

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Their shape

The Legacy

Faithful to what was handed down.

The Legacy is devoted to continuity, carrying a tradition and an identity across generations. Its gift is stability and deep institutional memory, its challenge is making room for change.

Also reads toward The Movement and The Frontier.

Strengths

→Unmatched continuity and a trusted name.
→Decisions honor a long arc, not a news cycle.
→Members feel part of something lasting.

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