· Private foundation
689 Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHURCH OF GLADTIDINGS | $2,047 |
| GOFUND ME SUPPORT | $2,000 |
| UNDER THE SHIELD | $1,090 |
| MARINE CORPS LAW ENFORCEMENT | $1,037 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,030 |
| CENTER FOR EVALU | $1,023 |
| VENTURE TOGETHER NANUET NY | $1,000 |
| ECLC FOUNDATION OF CHATHAM | $812 |
| AMERICAS GROW A ROW | $529 |
| TUNNELS TO TOWERS | $525 |
| SHRINERS CHILDREN HOSPITAL | $520 |
| Individual grant recipient | $518 |
| CALVARY FUND INC BRONX | $518 |
| SPECIAL OPERATORS TRANSITION FOUNDA | $518 |
| TABLE TO TABLE HASBROUCK | $510 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 24% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HSHOMELESS SOLUTIONS INC4× · 2017–2020 · $6k · revenue +101%
NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC3× · 2018–2020 · $4k · revenue +26%- UTUnder the Shield3× · 2023–2025 · $2k · revenue +16%
Funded once
GARY SINISE FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +47%- VIVETS INCone grant, 2024 · $2k
- CICHILDREN IN CRISIS INCone grant, 2024 · $518 · revenue -4%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…
The tragedy assistance program for survivors (taps) is america's national nonprofit organization that has cared for the loved ones of our nation's fallen heroes since 1994. taps ensures these living legacies of service and sacrifice do not…
Special ops survivors advances the mission "to embrace and empower surviving spouses of fallen special operations heroes to build healthy post-loss futures as they transition and rebuild their new lives." the foundation provides programs…
Frontline to field is a nonprofit organization founded from the hearts of two individuals deeply committed to the well-being of those who serve and sacrifice for others. inspired by their personal connections to the military, first…
The head strong project (headstrong) is a non-profit organization founded in 2012 that provides barrier-free, stigma-free ptsd treatment to veterans, transitioning service members, and family members connected to their care.
Building homes for heroes is determined and devoted to bringing renewed hope to our nation's injured veterans, first responders and their families. the organization builds or modifies homes, and gifts them, mortgage-free, to injured…
Wounded warrior project (wwp) is the nation's leading veterans service organization, focused on the total well-being of post - 9/11 veterans, active-duty service members, and their families. our programs, advocacy, and awareness efforts…
The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…
The robert irvine foundation is a not-for-profit entity and is tax exempt under 501(c) (3) of the internal revenue code (irc). the organization supports and strengthens the physical and mental well-being of our service members, veterans,…
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
How this is measured
18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 47 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds HAPPINESS IS CAMPING ↗
- Who funds HOMELESS SOLUTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds ELDERHEART INC ↗
- Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds OPERATION RED WINGS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Under the Shield ↗
- Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Americas Grow-A-Row ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN IN CRISIS INC ↗
- Who funds TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County Inc ↗
- Who funds SOUTHWEST KEY PROGRAMS INC ↗
- Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization 689 Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from 689 Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Homeless Solutions Inc: 6% of income from government
How this is measured
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