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Community Heart & Soul Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Community Heart & Soul Inc

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.

$23k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$100kCommunity Improvement$50kPublic Benefit$50kPhilanthropy$30kHuman Services$30kEducation$20kFood & Nutrition$10kHealth$10k
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TOWN OF PITTSFIELD$10,000
PEPPERELL PLUS INC$10,000
Individual grant recipient$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–23, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%Growing Places: $10k → 11%GOOD WORK INSTITUTE INC: $10k → 16%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
IL
MI
NY
MA
WY
IA
PA
KY
VA
SC
OK
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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 17% of Community Heart & Soul Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 23% of the giving stays in VT; by stated purpose, 20%.

Community Heart & Soul Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.3% directed abroad (not shown)
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 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
Northern Maine Development Commission

To serve the northern Maine region with effective regional community planning and economic development.

Community Improvement
2
Dawson County Chamber of Commerce Inc

The mission of the dawson county chamber of commerce is cultivating a successful economic environment and a desirable quality of life for our businesses and community.

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3
Yukon Chamber of Commerce

Promote economic growth in the community through leadership, support, and service to our members.

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4
Aberdeen Downtown Association

Creating vitality in the heart of the city.

Community Improvement
5
Paulding County Economic Development Inc

To assist in the retention and creation of jobs, improve local services, broaden the tax base and encourage capital investment in paulding county, ohio.

Public Benefit
6
Door County Economic Development Corporation

Dcedc is a public/private partnership dedicated to improving the economic vitality of the county and its residents. dcedc has been successful in helping existing businesses create and retain thousands of jobs through a myriad of programs…

Community Improvement
7
Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce

To champion the economic health and vitality of our community and the greater Aberdeen area while serving as the premier advocate for our members.

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8
Tri-County Economic Development Corporation

Build a world-class economy in northern kentucky through the expansion of existing businesses and the creation and attraction of high quality, primary industry employers.

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9
Franklin County Economic Development Corporation

The edc is committed to serving new and existing businesses and industries, and to assist with the creation and retention of quality jobs through direct and collaborative funding of projects for the economic well being of franklin county.

Community Improvement
10
Erie County Economic Development Charitable Fund

To facilitate both the creation and retention of jobs within erie county and increase economic opportunities for individuals and businesses through comprehensive economic development programs.

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11
Dekalb County Economic Development Partnership Inc

Were on a mission to improve the quality of life for the citizens of dekalb county through the responsible growth of business and industry. our vision is to facilitate investment into making dekalb county a premier economic driver in…

Community Improvement
12
Portage Development Board

To coordinate and promote economic development on a county wide basis among all of the political subdivisions of portage county, ohio.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Strategies for a Stronger Sanford; the most unlike its peers is Akron Opera House. 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

13 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. 13 of the 27 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
7/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STARVED ROCK COUNTRY COMMUNITY FUND: $10,000 · OtherSTARVED ROCK COUNTRY COMMUNITY FUNDTOWN OF LINCOLNVILLE ME: $10,000 · OtherTOWN OF LINCOLNVILLE MEVillage of Cambridge Illinois: $10,000 · OtherVillage of Cambridge IllinoisDUNCAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY: $10,000 · OtherDUNCAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRYPEPPERELL PLUS INCORPORATED: $10,000 · OtherPEPPERELL PLUS INCORPORATEDARMADA AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 · OtherARMADA AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETYMACEDONIA HAMILTON DEVELOPMENT CORP: $10,000 · OtherMACEDONIA HAMILTON DEVELOPMENT CORPIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCITY OF DAWSON: $10,000 · OtherCITY OF DAWSONCity of Postville Iowa: $10,000 · OtherCity of Postville IowaTOWN OF VAN BUREN: $10,000 · OtherTOWN OF VAN BURENCOLONIAL BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherCOLONIAL BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONCity of Muscatine Iowa: $10,000 · OtherCity of Muscatine IowaTOWN OF GREAT FALLS SC: $10,000 · OtherTOWN OF GREAT FALLS SCTOWN OF PITTSFIELD: $10,000 · OtherTOWN OF PITTSFIELDUNITED WAY OF ALBANY COUNTY: $10,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF ALBANY COUNTYBROOKS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: $7,143 · OtherPennsylvania Humanities Council: $40,000 · Arts & CulturePennsylvania Humanities…AKRON OPERA HOUSE: $10,000 · Arts & CultureAKRON OPERA HOUSERED OAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureRED OAK HERITAGE FOUNDA…GROWING PLACES GARDEN PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesGood Work Institute Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesFOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN KENTUCKY INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUBUQUE: $10,000 · PhilanthropyNORTH FLORIDA EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterSTRATEGIES FOR A STRONGER SANFORD: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentBRIDGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY: $5,664 · Education
Other$167,143Arts & Culture$60,000Human Services$20,000Philanthropy$20,000Housing & Shelter$10,000Youth Development$10,000Education$5,664

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 budgetPennsylvania Humanities Council: $40,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGROWING PLACES GARDEN PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetDUNCAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY: $10,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetGood Work Institute Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN KENTUCKY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH FLORIDA EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUBUQUE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTRATEGIES FOR A STRONGER SANFORD: $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ALBANY COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetRED OAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetBRIDGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY: $5,664 over 2y, 19% 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.

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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 Community Heart & Soul Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Heart & Soul Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 49%
  • Growing Places Garden Project Inc: 49% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report 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.

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 27 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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