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Ahs 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.

$551k
Granted FY2025still arriving
85
Grants FY2025still arriving
21
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Health$348kArts & Culture$249kHuman Services$233kCivil Rights$223kEducation$183kEnvironment$164kYouth Development$153kHousing & Shelter$87kOther$0
02FY2025 · 85 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k68 grants · $234k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $268k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$4,000
Median grant
21
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WEECYCLE$50,000
THE DELORES PROJECT$30,000
BIENVENIDOS FOOD BANK$30,000
HOPE HAS NO BORDERS$30,000
ANCHOR CENTER FOR BLIND CHILDREN$30,000
LAKE ERIE INK$25,000
EBB FLOW ARTS$15,000
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND$13,000
TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER$12,500
ORION SOCIETY$12,000
SIERRA FOOTHILL CONSERVANCY$10,000
GIANT STEPS THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRAIN$10,000
PRETERM$10,000
THE TREVOR PROJECT$10,000
VILLAGE OF HEALING$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $336k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 62% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PINE STREET INN: $12k → 16%FAMILY TREE INC: $5k → 7%WEECYCLE: $40k → 8%HOPE HAS NO BORDERS: $30k → 12%OPEN ARMS: $3k → 9%PINE STREET INN: $10k → 16%WEECYCLE: $40k → 8%HOPE HAS NO BORDERS: $30k → 12%CHOICE NETWORK: $10k → 15%PINE STREET INN: $10k → 16%WEECYCLE: $40k → 8%CHOICE NETWORK: $5k → 15%PINE STREET INN: $10k → 16%CHOICE NETWORK: $5k → 15%OPEN HEART MAGIC: $2k → 14%INDIAN LAND TENURE FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%JONES HARRISON FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%INDIAN LAND TENURE FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%JONES HARRISON FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%INDIAN LAND TENURE FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%WEECYCLE: $50k → 12%JONES HARRISON FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%INDIAN LAND TENURE FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $3k → 17%MONTESSORI DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIPS: $4k → 17%MONTESSORI DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIPS: $2k → 17%CLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND: $3k → 17%CLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 17%CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER: $2k → 17%CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER: $2k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
SD
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
AZ
KS
DC
HI
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 79 repeat orgs$291k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +7% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

79 repeat relationships: 70 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

79
23

Total granted

$1.7M
$144k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+2%

Still filing today

84%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $147k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationEnvironmentArts & CultureHealthFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • W
    WEECYCLE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $170k · revenue +21%
  • R
    RECLAIM
    3× · 2022–2024 · $125k · revenue +15%
  • IW
    INTERFAITH WORKING GROUP
    3× · 2022–2024 · $100k · revenue +173%

Funded once

  • WU
    WASHBURN UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • BB
    BIRTHING BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITIESgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +194%
  • EF
    EBB & FLOW ARTS
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · 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.

04Its field

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.

1
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
3
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
4
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
5
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
6
Grist Magazine Inc

Grist is an independent, non profit media organization dedicated to reporting on climate change.

Environment
7
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
8
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
9
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
10
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
11
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
12
Mentis

Mentis provides bilingual professional mental health services to people throughout the county of every age, stage, and income level.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Soul Fire Farm Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Open Arms Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

91 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. 91 of the 118 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
90/91
Grantees still filing
49/91
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INTERFAITH WORKING GROUP: $100,000 · OtherINTERFAITH WORKING GROUPEBB FLOW ARTS: $45,000 · OtherNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND: $40,000 · OtherGIANT STEPS THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN: $32,000 · OtherTREVOR PROJECT INC: $38,000 · Other+65 more: $704,250 · Other+65 moreWEECYCLE: $170,000 · Human ServicesWEECYCLEHOPE HAS NO BORDERS: $60,000 · Human ServicesHOPE HAS NO BORDERSPINE STREET INN INC: $42,000 · Human ServicesPINE STREET INN INCCHOICE NETWORK INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCHOICE NETWORK INCINDIAN LAND TENURE FOUNDATION: $12,500 · Human Services+7 more: $31,500 · Human Services+7 moreRECLAIM: $125,000 · HealthRECLAIMSide By Side: $24,500 · HealthSide By Sid…Black Mamas Matter Alliance Inc: $20,000 · HealthBlack Mamas…HOPEWELL: $16,500 · HealthHOPEWELL+3 more: $11,500 · Health+3 moreGIRLS ON THE RUN OF THE ROCKIES: $80,000 · Youth DevelopmentLAKE ERIE INK: $70,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentSLIDE RANCH: $34,000 · EnvironmentMAUI NUI BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $31,500 · EnvironmentRAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $17,500 · EnvironmentTHE ORION SOCIETY INC: $17,000 · EnvironmentSierra Foothill Conservancy: $10,000 · EnvironmentWYOMING OUTDOOR COUNCIL: $10,000 · EnvironmentSHAKER LAKES REGIONAL NATURE CENTER DBA NATURE CENTER AT SHAKER LAKES: $8,500 · EnvironmentAMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $4,750 · EnvironmentFAIRMOUNT MONTESSORI ASSOCIATION: $20,500 · EducationBIRTHING BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITIES: $20,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE AUBERRY LIBRARY: $17,000 · EducationBastyr University: $13,500 · EducationPROTEUS FUND INC: $13,000 · EducationCITIZEN SCHOOLS INC: $10,500 · EducationSTEP UP FOR STUDENTS - FLORIDA INC: $9,000 · EducationEDWINS LEADERSHIP & RESTAURANT INSTITUTE: $7,000 · Education+2 more: $4,000 · EducationMOUNTAIN PLAY ASSOCIATION: $34,000 · Arts & CultureMaui Pops Orchestra Inc: $27,000 · Arts & CultureEarshot Jazz Society of Seattle: $17,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTSINC: $8,500 · Arts & CultureOREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CLEVELAND MUSIC SCHOOL SETTLEMENT: $5,000 · Arts & CultureRegional Arts & Culture Council: $4,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$959,250Human Services$336,000Health$197,500Youth Development$155,000Environment$133,250Education$114,500Arts & Culture$102,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWEECYCLE: $170,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetRECLAIM: $125,000 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN OF THE ROCKIES: $80,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetLAKE ERIE INK: $70,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetHOPE HAS NO BORDERS: $60,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC: $42,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $38,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSLIDE RANCH: $34,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetMOUNTAIN PLAY ASSOCIATION: $34,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetMAUI NUI BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $31,500 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetTHE DELORES PROJECT: $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDELTA GAMMA ANCHOR CENTER FOR BLIND CHILDREN: $30,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMaui Pops Orchestra Inc: $27,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetSide By Side: $24,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $23,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTransgender Law Center: $22,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFAIRMOUNT MONTESSORI ASSOCIATION: $20,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDES: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBIRTHING BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITIES: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBlack Mamas Matter Alliance Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCHOICE NETWORK INC: $20,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetVILLAGE OF HEALING: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEarshot Jazz Society of Seattle: $17,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ORION SOCIETY INC: $17,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE AUBERRY LIBRARY: $17,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetHOPEWELL: $16,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEBB & FLOW ARTS: $15,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetMIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $15,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPoverello House: $15,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOakland Childrens Fairyland Inc: $14,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBastyr University: $13,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPROTEUS FUND INC: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Inc: $12,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSERVICES AND ADVOCACY FOR GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ELDERS INC: $12,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT THERESE: $12,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetINDIAN LAND TENURE FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOakland Parks and Recreation Foundation: $10,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding the Gulf Coast: $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZEN SCHOOLS INC: $10,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSierra Foothill Conservancy: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHICAGO WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER: $10,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWYOMING OUTDOOR COUNCIL: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRESNO FREE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetURBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

The Char and Chuck Fo…The Cleveland Foundat…The George Gund Found…The Louise H & David …Jewish Federation of …Marin Community Found…The Hershey FoundationEast Bay Community Fo…Woodruff FoundationGeorge Codrington Fdn…Emma R Fox Char Trust…The Helen F & Louis S…
The Char and Chuck Fowler Family FoundationOH25.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · The Louise H & David S Ingalls Fdn · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Marin Community Foundation · The Hershey Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Woodruff Foundation · George Codrington Fdnhirtlena · Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds · The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ahs Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ahs Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Citizen Schools Inc: 8% of income from government
  • The Orion Society Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Regional Arts & Culture Council: 1% of income from government
  • Young Musicians & Artists Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
30report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Ahs Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ahs Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 118 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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