· Private foundation
By the Hand Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k6 grants · $6k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY | $24,581 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $1,800 |
| GEAUGA HUMANE SOCIETY | $1,800 |
| BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY | $600 |
| FOOD FOR THE POOR | $600 |
| CITY MISSION | $500 |
| ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $500 |
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 (FY19–23, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down.
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 FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GCGEAUGA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC7× · 2018–2024 · $9k · revenue +17%
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY7× · 2018–2024 · $8k · revenue +59%- CCCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION5× · 2019–2023 · $5k · revenue +19%
Funded once
- ADALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INCone grant, 2020 · $14k · revenue +13%
- FHFLYING HORSE FARMSgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +117%
- SLST LEO CHURCHone grant, 2020 · $6k
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.
Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…
To accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries that will transform the lives of people living with food allergies.
Brightfocus foundation funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases. please refer to schedule o for a complete…
Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.
To marshal and focus the resources and relationships needed to cure fa by raising funds for research, promoting public awareness and aligning scientists, patients, clinicians, government agencies and pharmaceutical companies dedicated to…
The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…
To create and lead alliances and public-private partnerships that advance breakthrough biomedical discoveries and improve the quality of people's lives
Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…
Our mission is to expand scientific knowledge and improve public health by designing and conducting world-class clinical trials and epidemiologic research.
Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…
The celiac disease foundation is the leading global patient advocacy organization committed to accelerating diagnosis, treatments, and a cure for celiac disease. our mission is to improve the health and well-being of the millions of…
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 80 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 KIDS READ NOW INC ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds FLYING HORSE FARMS ↗
- Who funds GEAUGA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK 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.
Open a dossier: Shoes and Clothes for Kids · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization By the Hand Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from By the Hand Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
- Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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