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Bernadine Tosetti Hines Foundation Inc

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.

$70k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$38k
Largest
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$200kArts & Culture$24kFood & Nutrition$21kHuman Services$20kHousing & Shelter$15kPublic Benefit$12kReligion$12kPublic Safety & Disaster$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k22 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $38k
$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$285k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
St Louis School$37,500
Nokomis Food Pantry$5,000
Nokomis High School Band$2,500
Nokomis-Witt Area Ambulance Service$2,500
Tunnels To Towers$2,000
Operation Finally Home$2,000
Coalition to Solute$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
Nokmois Memorial Park Board$2,000
Wounded Warrior Project$2,000
Wounded Warrior Family$1,000
Emergency Service ER$1,000
Friends of Fisher House$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Hobe Sound Community Chest$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Wounded Warrior Project: $2k → 14%Wounded Warrior Project: $2k → 14%Wounded Warrior Project: $2k → 14%Wounded Warrior Project: $1k → 14%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

MT
IL
NY
CT
CA
NE
VA
TN
DC
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$352k · 28 repeat orgs$44k to everyone else

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

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
18

Total granted

$352k
$34k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+10%

Still filing today

32%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Public BenefitEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • NA
    NOKOMIS-WITT AREA AMBULANCE SERVICE
    3× · 2023–2025 · $11k · revenue +10%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $10k · revenue +392%
  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $7k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • SL
    St Louis Church
    one grant, 2022 · $6k
  • RC
    Rotary Club of Champaign
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • AH
    Allerton House
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
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
Semper Fi & America's Fund

The fund cares for our nation's critically wounded, ill, and injured service members, veterans and military families. we assist all military branches, including both post-9/11 and vietnam veterans, providing one-on-one case management,…

Health
2
Soldiers' Angels

Soldiers' angels provides aid, comfort, and resources to the military, veterans, and their families.

Public Safety & Disaster
3
K9S for Warriors Research Institute Inc

Research and advocacy for veterans with post-traumatic stress and the prevention of veteran suicide.

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4
Pets for Patriots Inc

The organization's mission is to transform the lives of veterans by helping them save an at risk shelter dog or cat, and to end all animal homelessness in the us and enrich the lives of men and women who serve, and have served our country.…

Animals
5
Special Operators Transition Foundation Inc

The special operators transition foundation ("sotf") assists special operation forces veterans transition from the military into their next successful career.

Public Benefit
6
The Soldiers Project

The soldiers project is committed to providing a safety net of psychological care for military service members and their loved ones, as well as educating the general public on how the psychological consequences of war affect both those who…

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7
Warrior Reunion Foundation

Supports combat veterans in overcoming the challenges of post-military transition by reconnecting those who served together overseas through the execution of recovery reunions.

Public Benefit
8
Special Forces Foundation

The special forces foundation provides immediate and ongoing support to the special forces community and their families.

Philanthropy
9
United American Patriots Inc

United American Patriots Inc. Generates Public Awareness, funds legal representation, and provides reintegration support for our Nations Warriors.

Education
10
Warrior Built Foundation Inc

Organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes for combat veterans to provide motivation, camaraderie, and to offer a release to cope with similar difficulties in a positive and therapeutic way. Providing safe, fun, and…

Health
11
Shield of Faith Missions

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.

Religion
12
National Veterans Foundation Inc

To serve the crisis management, information and referral needs of america's veterans and their families.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Illinois State Council Knights of Columbus. 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

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 55 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

St Louis School: $176,500 · OtherSt Louis SchoolIndividual grant recipient: $36,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNokomis Food Pantry: $21,000 · OtherNokomis Food PantryNokomis High School Band: $16,200 · OtherNokomis Public Library: $13,000 · Other+39 more: $89,840 · Other+39 moreSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $10,025 · EducationACCESS MAMMOTH: $1,500 · EducationOPERATION FINALLY HOME: $9,000 · Housing & ShelterCOALITION TO SALUTE AMERICA'S HEROES FOUNDATION: $4,500 · Arts & CultureTHE BIRD DOG FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $6,500 · Human ServicesBIG SKY BRAVERY FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $2,500 · Public BenefitFRIENDS OF FISHER HOUSE - ILLINOIS INC: $1,000 · Public BenefitADOPT A PLATOON SOLDIER SUPPORT EFFORT INC: $1,440 · PhilanthropyHOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$352,540Education$11,525Housing & Shelter$9,000Arts & Culture$7,500Human Services$6,500Public Benefit$6,500Philanthropy$2,440

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNOKOMIS-WITT AREA AMBULANCE SERVICE: $10,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $10,025 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION FINALLY HOME: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION TO SALUTE AMERICA'S HEROES FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBIG SKY BRAVERY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BIRD DOG FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY CENTER: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetACCESS MAMMOTH: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetADOPT A PLATOON SOLDIER SUPPORT EFFORT INC: $1,440 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF FISHER HOUSE - ILLINOIS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTH SUBURBAN SPECIAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIllinois State Council Knights of Columbus: $700 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMIGHTY OAKS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER: $500 over 1y, 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.

  • Who funds NOKOMIS-WITT AREA AMBULANCE SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION FINALLY HOME ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds COALITION TO SALUTE AMERICA'S HEROES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BIG SKY BRAVERY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE BIRD DOG FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ACCESS MAMMOTH ↗
  • Who funds HELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS INC ↗
  • Who funds ADOPT A PLATOON SOLDIER SUPPORT EFFORT INC ↗
  • Who funds HOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF FISHER HOUSE - ILLINOIS INC ↗

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.

Ge Aerospace FoundationCT13.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Bernadine Tosetti Hines Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bernadine Tosetti Hines Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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.

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 55 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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