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Bradley D and Deborah R Howard Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$28k
Granted FY2018
9
Grants FY2018
6
States reached
$11k
Largest

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100% of Bradley D and Deborah R Howard Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Yellowstone Club Community Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Bradley D and Deborah R Howard Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $28k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

2
’17
6
’18
1
’19
1
’20
2
’21
0
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Community Improvement$40kRecreation & Sports$20kPhilanthropy$15kEducation$12kInternational$10kHousing & Shelter$4kHuman Services$3kAnimals$1kOther$0
02FY2018 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k7 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $21k
$500
Median grant
6
States reached
$890k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATI$10,850
YELLOWSTONE COMMUNITY CLUB FOUNDATI$10,000
PROVIDENCE ST JOSEPH FOUNDATION$5,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$1,100
GLENDALE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$500
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$150
SPECIAL OLYMPICS$100
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION$50
GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND$50
02The need
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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 (FY17–20, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $50 → 9%KIDS WISH NETWORK: $250 → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 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

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NY
CA
VA
KS
DC
GA
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
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
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
2
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation

To aid the alliance for clinical trials in oncology national clinical trials cooperative group and support the clinical trials and laboratory research of the alliance, as well as efforts to educate the medical community on methods of…

Health
3
National Veterans Legal Services Program Inc

To provide at no cost legal assistance to veterans of the u.s. armed forces and current service members.

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4
Western Healthconnect

Support significant improvements in health care delivery and outcomes within the context of nonprofit, charitable ownership.

Health
5
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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6
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
7
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
8
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
9
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
10
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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11
Acmg Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine

Support the american college of medical genetics and genomics' (acmg) educational mission to "translate genes into health" by raising funds to attract the next generation of medical geneticists and genetic counselors, to sponsor important…

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12
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Yellowstone Club Community Foundation. 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

11 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. 11 of the 18 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
6/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UCLA WOODEN ATHLETIC FUND: $20,000 · OtherUCLA WOODEN ATHLETIC FUNDPROVIDENCE ST JOSEPH FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherPROVIDENCE ST JOSEPH FOUNDATIONMending Kids International dba Mending Kids: $10,000 · OtherMending Kids International dba Mending KidsYELLOWSTONE COMMUNITY CLUB FOUNDATI: $10,000 · OtherYELLOWSTONE COMMUNITY CLUB FOUNDATI+5 more: $2,700 · OtherYELLOWSTONE CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · PhilanthropyYELLOWSTONE CLUB COMMUNITY FOUND…SPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $10,850 · EducationSPECIAL OPE…HOME AGAIN LOS ANGELES: $4,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $100 · Housing & ShelterWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,600 · Human ServicesKIDS WISH NETWORK INC: $250 · Human Services+1 more: $50 · Human ServicesAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $150 · HealthTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $50 · Public Benefit
Other$57,700Philanthropy$30,000Education$10,850Housing & Shelter$4,100Human Services$2,900Health$150Public Benefit$50

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 budgetYELLOWSTONE CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $10,850 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMending Kids International dba Mending Kids: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHOME AGAIN LOS ANGELES: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGLENDALE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKIDS WISH NETWORK INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES MISSION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $50 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.

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 Bradley D and Deborah R Howard Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bradley D and Deborah R Howard Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%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
2get no government money at all
1report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Bradley D and Deborah R Howard Family 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 18 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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