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Charlie's Heart Foundation

Empowering families to stay together when faced with difficult life circumstances.

$241k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Human Services$416kInternational$374kHealth$210kReligion$35kCivil Rights$30kPhilanthropy$23kHousing & Shelter$15kYouth Development$10k
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$667k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ADDIS JEMARI INC$40,000
KINDER-MOURN INC$30,000
FOSTER VILLAGE CHARLOTTE$25,000
COUNCIL FOR CHILDRENS RIGHTS INC$20,000
THE STILL PLACE INC$20,000
MITCHELL BAYS TURNER PEDIATRIC FUND INC$20,000
PROJECT 658 - HOPE COMMUNITY CLINIC$15,000
HOPEFUL HORIZONS$15,000
MIND BODY BABY$15,000
FOSTERING GREAT IDEAS RE-IMAGINE FOSTER CARE$11,000
BEAUTY MARKS FOR GIRLS$10,000
THE PARENTING PATH$10,000
ALLIANCE MEDICAL MINISTRY INC$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 (FY20–24, $168k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FOSTERING GREAT IDEAS RE-IMAGINE FOSTER CARE: $11k → 10%THE STILL PLACE INC: $20k → 14%FOSTER SIBLINGS REUNITED INC: $8k → 13%FOSTERING GREAT IDEAS RE-IMAGINE FOSTER CARE: $11k → 10%THE STILL PLACE INC: $20k → 14%FOSTERING GREAT IDEAS RE-IMAGINE FOSTER CARE: $11k → 10%THE STILL PLACE INC: $20k → 14%FOSTERING GREAT IDEAS RE-IMAGINE FOSTER CARE: $8k → 10%THE STILL PLACE INC: $20k → 14%MIND BODY BABY: $15k → 10%OURBRIDGE INC: $10k → 10%PROJECT 658 - HOPE COMMUNITY CLINIC: $15k → 10%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.
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 5% of Charlie's Heart Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Charlie's Heart Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 15 repeat orgs$83k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
5

Total granted

$1.0M
$43k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+186%

Still filing today

100%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthInternationalPhilanthropyReligionYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • AJ
    ADDIS JEMARI INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $224k · revenue +219%
  • KI
    KinderMourn Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $145k · revenue +42%
  • TS
    THE STILL PLACE INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $80k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF AINEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +359%
  • OI
    ourBRIDGE Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +186%
  • RH
    RENEWAL HOUSE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -9%
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
Foster Kinship

Foster Kinship supports all kinship families throughout Nevada. We assist grandparents, relatives, and fictive kin who are raising children through five core programs: 1- Enhanced Kinship Navigator Program - Provides intensive support to…

Human Services
2
Child Hope International

We minister to orphans and widows in their distress by transitioning children from orphanages into loving families. We do this through Christ- centered care, training and social work.

Arts & Culture
3
Carolina Adoption Services Inc

Carolina adoption services provides international and domestic adoption services, foster care, home studies, and post adoption support for children, youth and adoptive families.

Human Services
4
Kids Interdisciplinary Services Inc

To provide hope and healing for children who have been abused

Health
5
Denali Family Services

Supporting children and families through individual, community-based services. We provide behavioral health services to severely emotionally disturbed children (ages 2 to 24) and their families.

Health
6
Childplace Inc
Human Services
7
Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc

The Children's Home Society of North Carolina's mission is to promote the right of every child to a permanent, safe, and loving family.

Human Services
8
Loving Hands Childrens Home

Provide loving home environment, continuity of care, and empowerment of displaced and fragile children.

Housing & Shelter
9
Childrens House International

Children's house international provides ethical adoption services, child focused recruitment, and family support. we support disadvantaged children with humanitarian aid in countries worldwide.

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10
Childs Place

The mission of Childs Place is to listen to children in a safe developmentally sensitive and legally sound manner; to unite professionals in a coordinated response to child abuse; to guide children and families toward healing through…

Human Services
11
Kids Crossing

Kids crossing's vision is to provide a safe and caring home for every child. our mission is to strengthen families so they may provide the best care for those children entrusted to them.

Human Services
12
Harbor of Hope Inc

Steadfastly providing hope for children and families through providing 24/7 support for clients and families, case management, consultation, and referrals to service providers in the community.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fostering Great Ideas; the most unlike its peers is A Glimmer of Hope Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 23 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
18/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ADDIS JEMARI INC: $224,365 · InternationalADDIS JEMARI INCA GLIMMER OF HOPE FOUNDATION: $150,000 · InternationalA GLIMMER OF HOPE FOUNDATIONTHE STILL PLACE INC: $80,000 · Human ServicesTHE STILL PLACE INCClaire's Army Inc: $60,000 · Human ServicesClaire's Army IncREFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES OF THE CAROLINAS INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesREFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES OF THE C…Foster Village Charlotte: $47,500 · Human ServicesFoster Village CharlotteFOSTERING GREAT IDEAS: $40,500 · Human ServicesFOSTERING GREAT IDEASProject 658 Inc: $15,000 · Human ServicesMind Body Baby: $15,000 · Human Services+2 more: $17,500 · Human Services+2 moreKinderMourn Inc: $145,000 · OtherKinderMourn IncCouncil for Childrens Rights Inc: $30,000 · OtherCouncil for Children…EXCHANGE CLUB CENTER FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $20,000 · OtherEXCHANGE CLUB CENTER…+1 more: $5,000 · OtherMITCHELL'S HOUSE INC: $55,000 · HealthMITCHELL'S HOU…HEARTGIFT FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthHEARTGIFT FOUN…ALLIANCE MEDICAL MINISTRY INC: $20,000 · HealthALLIANCE MEDIC…FRIENDS OF AINE: $10,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF AIN…RENEWAL HOUSE INC: $10,000 · HealthRENEWAL HOUSE …HOPEFUL HORIZONS: $35,000 · ReligionHIMALAYAN CHILDREN'S CHARITIES: $23,135 · PhilanthropyBeauty Marks for Girls: $10,000 · Youth Development
International$374,365Human Services$325,500Other$200,000Health$145,000Religion$35,000Philanthropy$23,135Youth Development$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetADDIS JEMARI INC: $224,365 over 6y, 22% of budgetA GLIMMER OF HOPE FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetKinderMourn Inc: $145,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetTHE STILL PLACE INC: $80,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetClaire's Army Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetMITCHELL'S HOUSE INC: $55,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetHEARTGIFT FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetREFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES OF THE CAROLINAS INC: $50,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetFoster Village Charlotte: $47,500 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetFOSTERING GREAT IDEAS: $40,500 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetHOPEFUL HORIZONS: $35,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCouncil for Childrens Rights Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHIMALAYAN CHILDREN'S CHARITIES: $23,135 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetEXCHANGE CLUB CENTER FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetALLIANCE MEDICAL MINISTRY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetProject 658 Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMind Body Baby: $15,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetBeauty Marks for Girls: $10,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF AINE: $10,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetourBRIDGE Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetRENEWAL HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Foundation for the Ca…Duke Energy FoundationThe Leon Levine Found…United Way of Greater…Albemarle FoundationThe Bank of America C…Merancas Foundation I…Km FoundationRaymond James Charita…United Way WorldwideMorgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…
Foundation for the CarolinasNC19.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · Duke Energy Foundation · The Leon Levine Foundation · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · Albemarle Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Merancas Foundation Inc · Km Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · United Way Worldwide · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

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 Charlie's Heart Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charlie's Heart Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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

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    How do I get to Charlie's Heart Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Charlie's Heart 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 23 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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