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David W Hearst Jr Foundation at a glance

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David W Hearst Jr Foundation

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.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.4MHuman Services$1.2MCommunity Improvement$675kPublic Safety & Disaster$612kPhilanthropy$580kEducation$485kCrime & Legal$326kAnimals$316kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $488k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $760k
$30,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$41k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE$200,000
COMPANION ANIMAL CENTER$100,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC$100,000
REMARKABLE MEN'S PRACTICE$60,000
OUR MILITARY KIDS$50,000
NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION$50,000
SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND$50,000
TURNING POINT USA INC$50,000
SAN DIEGO REGIONAL FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES$50,000
HONORARY DEPUTY SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION$50,000
FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN WARRIORS$40,000
KIDS TURN SAN DIEGO$40,000
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$35,000
WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION$34,250
CASA DE AMPARO$30,000
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 (FY20–25, $782k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%A PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $50k → 5%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100k → 14%THE ROSIE NETWORK INC: $30k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%KIDS TURN SAN DIEGO: $40k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 14%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $30k → 11%SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH SAN DIEGO INC: $20k → 11%ANGELS FOSTER FAMILY AGENCY: $20k → 11%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $10k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $10k → 14%FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN WARRIORS: $40k → 14%FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN WARRIORS: $20k → 14%WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $34k → 11%WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $31k → 11%WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM: $10k → 11%SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $50k → 11%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $23k → 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $30k → 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $19k → 11%CASA DE AMPARO: $45k → 11%CASA DE AMPARO: $30k → 11%FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN WARRIORS: $40k → 11%IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%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

ID
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
CO
VA
AZ
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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.3M · 41 repeat orgs$2.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +10% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

41 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
45

Total granted

$4.3M
$2.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+8%

Still filing today

80%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $310k 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
Human ServicesPublic BenefitHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationAnimalsOther
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

  • NY
    NEW YORK YANKEES FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $225k · revenue +237%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    2× · 2021–2024 · $175k · revenue +27%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $140k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • CC
    CLEVELAND CLINIC
    one grant, 2021 · $500k
  • SH
    SCRIPPS HEALTH
    one grant, 2023 · $200k · revenue +24%
  • VF
    VOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue ×45
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
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
2
United Service Organization Uso Council of San Diego

The primary mission of the uso san diego is to strengthen america's military service members by keeping them connected to family, home and country, throughout their service to the nation.

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3
United Way of San Diego County

To spark breakthrough community action that elevates every child and family toward a brighter future.

Philanthropy
4
San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program Inc

The mission of san diego volunteer lawyer program, inc. is to provide equal access to the justice system by serving as a bridge between indigent and other disadvantaged people in san diego county and the volunteer lawyers who are willing…

Social Science
5
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
6
Special Forces Foundation

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

Philanthropy
7
San Diego Municipal Employees Assn

The san diego municipal employees association (sdmea) is dedicated to being a strong and effective advocate for san diego city employees. sdmea is united to improve employees' standard of living and promote their fair treatment by…

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8
Silicon Valley Defense Working Group Co

Silicon Valley Defense Group convenes experts in technology, investment, and government for discussions on how to better collaborate between the various groups. The comments and topics are then published on our website to help educate and…

Education
9
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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10
Zero8Hundred Inc

Zero8hundred's mission is to offer compassionate, evidence-based support to service members and their families, helping them navigate the unique challenges of transitioning from active duty to civilian life through a peer-based social work…

Human Services
11
Jewish Family Service of San Diego

Jewish family service is a client-centered, impact-driven organization working to build a stronger, healthier, more resilient san diego.

Human Services
12
Associated Students of San Diego State University

To support the social, recreational, cultural and education programs and facilities, both on campus and in the community, and to advocate for student interests, provide leadership opportunities and participate in shared governance.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feeding San Diego; the most unlike its peers is Kootenai County Regional Air Support Inc. 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

78 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 78 of the 97 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
77/78
Grantees still filing
48/78
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCRIPPS FOUNDATION: $600,000 · OtherSCRIPPS FOUNDATIONCLEVELAND CLINIC: $500,000 · OtherCLEVELAND CLINICNEW YORK YANKEES FOUNDATION INC: $225,000 · OtherNEW YORK YANKEES FOUNDATION INCSan Diego Nice Guys Inc: $170,000 · OtherHONORARY DEPUTY SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION: $150,000 · OtherCOMPANION ANIMAL CENTER: $150,000 · OtherARMED SERVICES YMCA: $140,000 · Other+51 more: $2,110,750 · Other+51 moreTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $400,000 · HealthTHE SCRIPPS RE…SCRIPPS HEALTH: $200,000 · HealthSCRIPPS HEALTHST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $140,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDR…SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $110,000 · HealthSEMPER FI & AM…MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY AND THE INLAND EMPIRE INC: $40,000 · Health+1 more: $25,000 · HealthAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $175,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Nat…FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN WARRIORS: $100,000 · Human ServicesFOUNDATION F…Casa De Amparo: $75,000 · Human ServicesCasa De Ampa…WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $74,750 · Human ServicesWARRIOR FOUN…SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $50,000 · Human ServicesSAN DIEGO CE…A PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesA PRECIOUS C…CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $49,000 · Human ServicesCHALLENGED A…Kids Turn San Diego: $40,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $30,000 · Human ServicesTHE ROSIE NETWORK INC: $30,000 · Human Services+5 more: $108,000 · Human Services+5 moreSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $135,000 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $130,000 · EducationREMARKABLE MENS PRACTICE: $120,000 · EducationART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN: $27,000 · EducationVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $55,000 · PhilanthropyOUR MILITARY KIDS INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropySAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $35,000 · PhilanthropySUPPORT THE ENLISTED PROJECT INC: $80,000 · Public BenefitFISHER HOUSE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $60,000 · Public BenefitUNITED THROUGH READING: $55,000 · Public BenefitBLUE STAR FAMILIES INC: $32,500 · Public BenefitUS FOR WARRIORS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Public BenefitNAVY-MARINE CORPS RELIEF SOCIETY: $20,000 · Public BenefitNATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · Public BenefitSAN DIEGO POLICE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Crime & LegalKOOTENAI COUNTY REGIONAL AIR SUPPORT INC: $100,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$4,045,750Health$915,000Human Services$781,750Education$412,000Philanthropy$290,000Public Benefit$287,500Crime & Legal$200,000

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 budgetTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $400,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK YANKEES FOUNDATION INC: $225,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $175,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSan Diego Nice Guys Inc: $170,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $140,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $135,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $130,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetREMARKABLE MENS PRACTICE: $120,000 over 2y, 31% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $110,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAN DIEGO POLICE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR WOMEN WARRIORS: $100,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetKOOTENAI COUNTY REGIONAL AIR SUPPORT INC: $100,000 over 1y, 92% of budgetKOOTENAI HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $85,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSUPPORT THE ENLISTED PROJECT INC: $80,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetSAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWORKSHOPS FOR WARRIORS INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCasa De Amparo: $75,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $74,750 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetSAN DIEGO SECOND CHANCE PROGRAM: $65,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetWORLEY FIRE FOUNDATION INC: $62,210 over 2y, 17% of budgetFISHER HOUSE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $60,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $60,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED THROUGH READING: $55,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOUTSIDE THE LENS: $50,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINNER-CITY ARTS: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSAN DIEGO CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHONORARY DEPUTY SHERIFFS ASSN OF S D COUNTY: $50,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS: $50,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHomeStart Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $49,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSHELTER TO SOLDIER INC: $41,040 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetSTARPAL: $40,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY AND THE INLAND EMPIRE INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetANY BODY CAN YOUTH FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUTDOOR OUTREACH: $35,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBLUE STAR FAMILIES INC: $32,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The San Diego Foundat…Rancho Santa Fe Found…Price Philanthropies …Jewish Community Foun…Sempra FoundationWalter J & Betty C Za…The Cushman FoundationDavid C Copley Founda…The Conrad Prebys Fou…Boys and Girls Aid So…The Parker FoundationSt Germaine Children'…
The San Diego FoundationCA47.1× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Sempra Foundation · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Boys and Girls Aid Society of San Diego Ltd · The Parker Foundation · St Germaine Children's Charity

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 David W Hearst Jr Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David W Hearst Jr Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 20%
  • HomeStart Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
25report 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.
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How do I get to David W Hearst Jr Foundation?

Find your warmest path to David W Hearst Jr 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 97 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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