Violet World Foundation
Violet World Foundation is a private foundation based in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. Its 2025 filing reports grants to charitable organizations, with most grant dollars going to recipients in California.
Violet World Foundation at a glance
In short: Violet World Foundation gave $435K across 40 grants in 2025 (avg $11K), mostly in California. 3% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $434,500
- +9.2% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 40
- +5.3% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $10,863
- +3.7% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $7,250
- Total assets
- $7,947,583
- +1.3% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 3% first-time grantees (1 of 37, 2025)
- Primary geography
- California (93% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Violet World Foundation
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- Contact
Mailing address: 250 Grandview Drive, Ft Mitchell, KY 41017-2086
Phone: (859) 581-5758
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Violet World Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was The Lab ($65K across 2 grants). Together the top 10 received $262K.
Grant Size Distribution
220 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 214 grants of 220 (97%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
California received 93% of the foundation’s 2025 grant dollars. The remaining reported shares went to recipients in New York (2%), Connecticut (1%), Virginia (1%), and Oregon (1%). Listed California grantees include organizations in San Francisco, Oakland, and Palo Alto.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 40 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Violet World Foundation open to new grantees?
3%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 1 of 37 grantees (3%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $5K; repeat grants $12K. How we count
Medians: $5K first-time, $9K repeat.
- 95% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−1%). Method
- In 2025 it paid out 94% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $370K (2020) to $440K (2022). In 2025 it made 40 grants totaling $435K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Good Samaritan Family Resource Center of San Francisco San Francisco, CA | General Operating Support | $55,000 |
| The Lab San Francisco, CA | Renovation Campaign | $50,000 |
| Mandela Partners Oakland, CA | General Operating Support | $28,000 |
| San Francisco General Hospital Fdn San Francisco, CA | Eatsf Bay Area Programming | $27,500 |
| Jamestown Community Center San Francisco, CA | General Operating Support | $17,000 |
| The Lab San Francisco, CA | General Operating Support | $15,000 |
| Mypath San Francisco, CA | General Operating Support | $14,000 |
| Art of Yoga Project Palo Alto, CA | General Operating Support | $12,500 |
| Bayview Hunters Point Center for the Arts - Baycat San Francisco, CA | General Operating Support | $11,000 |
| Brava for Women in the Arts San Francisco, CA | General Operating Support | $11,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7,947,583 | $652,260 | $551,137 | $434,500 | 40 | $517,127 | $618,250 | $550,132 |
| 2024 | $7,846,460 | $1,072,183 | $522,030 | $398,000 | 38 | $476,014 | $1,039,167 | $515,077 |
| 2023 | $7,296,307 | $477,872 | $512,345 | $396,500 | 43 | $471,712 | $449,239 | $467,502 |
| 2022 | $7,330,780 | $244,719 | $535,035 | $439,500 | 54 | $506,945 | $216,628 | $474,344 |
| 2021 | $7,621,096 | $930,310 | $488,101 | $374,000 | 45 | $438,485 | $899,196 | $510,374 |
| 2020 | $7,178,887 | $439,725 | $456,393 | $369,500 | 43 | — | $413,506 | $428,956 |
| 2019 | $7,202,374 | $427,763 | $451,750 | $370,400 | 37 | — | $376,168 | $435,179 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Violet World Foundation reported a distributable amount of $550K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
No mission statement for the foundation is available in the provided information. Its grants show support for organizations working in areas such as community services, youth, the arts, food enterprises, and renewable energy. For example, Mandela Partners describes its work as partnering with residents, family farmers, and community businesses to improve health, create wealth, and build assets through local food enterprises. Brava for Women in the Arts says it produces, presents, and cultivates artistic expression by women, people of color, youth, LGBTQ people, and other unheard voices.
Grantmaking
In 2025, the foundation reported 40 grants totaling $434,500. Awards ranged from $1,000 to $55,000, with a median of $7,250. Its largest listed grants included $55,000 to Good Samaritan Family Resource Center of San Francisco for general operating support, $50,000 to The Lab for a renovation campaign, and $28,000 to Mandela Partners for general operating support. Other listed recipients included San Francisco General Hospital Foundation, Jamestown Community Center, MyPath, Art of Yoga Project, Bayview Hunters Point Center for the Arts–BAYCAT, Brava for Women in the Arts, Creativity Explored, and GRID Alternatives.
The foundation states that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Robert Michael Scagliotti as president and director, and Miya R. Peard as secretary, treasurer, and director.
Violet World Foundation is led by Robert Michael Scagliotti, President & Director since 2025 (on filings since 2019); none of the 2 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Robert Michael Scagliotti
President & Director
President & Director → Secretary, Treasurer & Director, 2022
Secretary, Treasurer & Director → President & Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Miya R. Peard
Secretary, Treasurer & Director
Secretary, Treasurer & Director → President & Director, 2022
President & Director → Secretary, Treasurer & Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Violet World Foundation
How much does Violet World Foundation give each year?
Violet World Foundation gave $435K across 40 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $398K across 38 grants.
What is Violet World Foundation's typical grant size?
Violet World Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $7,250, and its average grant was $10,863, across 40 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from Violet World Foundation that year got $5K on average.
Where does Violet World Foundation give grants?
Violet World Foundation gives mostly in California: 93% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were San Francisco, CA (26 grants) and Oakland, CA (5 grants).
Does Violet World Foundation give general operating support?
Yes: 78% of Violet World Foundation's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (31 of 40) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Who are Violet World Foundation's largest grantees?
Violet World Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include The Lab ($65,000 across 2 grants), Good Samaritan Family Resource Center of San Francisco ($60,000 across 2 grants) and Mandela Partners ($28,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 35% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Violet World Foundation?
Violet World Foundation reported $7.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $517K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $550K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.
What does Violet World Foundation fund?
No mission statement for the foundation is available in the provided information. Its grants show support for organizations working in areas such as community services, youth, the arts, food enterprises, and renewable energy. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Violet World Foundation?
Violet World Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals, according to Grantable's research on its published guidelines.
What is Violet World Foundation's EIN?
Violet World Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 32-0427658. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Does Violet World Foundation accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 1, 2020)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 29, 2026)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 13, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS March 27, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 16, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 21, 2025)
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Grantable. (2026). Violet World Foundation funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/violet-world-foundation-morg_dfe39b3d389d4fa19e621036645535f3
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