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Deer Hollow 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.

$203k
Granted FY2024still arriving
37
Grants FY2024still arriving
17
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202024.

Food & Nutrition$78kInternational$73kReligion$23kHousing & Shelter$16kHealth$8kEducation$6kHuman Services$6kArts & Culture$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k31 grants · $129k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $74k
$5,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$354k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JOY INT'L$16,530
CROMAR FAMILY$14,600
200-300 INDIGENT STUDENTS$12,000
AGAPE INT'L MISSIONS$10,230
BOUNTIFUL CHILDRENS FOUNDATION$10,230
ULLOA FAMILY$10,000
COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL$9,900
VOICE OF THE MARTYRS$9,484
VARIOUS INDIGENT PEOPLE$9,199
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$8,800
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$8,180
THE WATER PROJECT$8,000
SOLE HOPE$7,960
COMMUNITY FIRST VILLAGE (MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES)$7,060
FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN$6,860
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY24–24, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JOY INT'L: $17k → 7%HIS LITTLE FEET: $4k → 9%3 HOPEFUL HEARTS: $950 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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NH
MN
IL
MI
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CA
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CO
VA
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TN
NC
OK
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your 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 earmarks the money.

About 6% of Deer Hollow Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another. Read by recipient address, 31% of the giving stays in CO; read by stated purpose it is 26% — less of the work is directed home than the recipients' locations suggest.

Deer Hollow Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 9.1% directed abroad (not shown)

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 foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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World Hope International Inc

The purpose of world hope international, inc. (whi) includes providing assistance to economically disadvantaged people through long-term social transformation projects, including anti-trafficking protection, clean water, economic…

International
2
The Orphans Hands Inc

The Orphan's Hands provides a safe home and education for orphaned youth at risk of being trafficked in high-risk countries while bringing the love and hope of Jesus.

International
3
Heaven's Family

Heaven's family's mission is to advance the kingdom of the lord jesus christ. we do that by strategically linking kingdom needs and opportunities with resources that the lord has entrusted to those who love him. through god-given…

Religion
4
Fsi-Freedom Seekers International

Freedom seekers international is a christian organization that exists to rescue the most severely persecuted for their religious faith in hostile and restrictive countries. through collaborative partnerships we deliver those who are…

Human Services
5
World Vision Inc

World vision, inc. is a christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. (continued on schedule…

International
6
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

7
New Road Missions

We are compelled by god's word to provide security, education and the hope of jesus to children in south africa so they can thrive personally and impact their future families, communities and the kingdom of god.

Religion
8
World Without Orphans Global

World without orphans (wwo) global's vision is that every child would grow up in a safe and loving family, know their heavenly father, and reach their god-given purpose. wwo global's mission is to call and equip national leaders to…

International
9
Love Justice International

The mission of love justice international is driving the downfall of slavery by disrupting human trafficking in transit.

International
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Living Water International

Living Water International ("Living Water") exists to demonstrate the love of God by helping communities in 17 developing countries acquire desperately needed clean water and to experience "living water" - the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Human Services
11
Children of the Nations

To provide holistic, christ-centered care for orphaned and destitute children, enabling them to create positive and lasting change in their nations.

Human Services
12
Children's HopeChest

Inspired by Christ's love, Children's HopeChest releases the potential existing within vulnerable communities, starting with the children.

International

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed My Starving Children Inc and the most unlike its peers is Association for the Recovery of Children. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 18 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%4%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%50%10–20yr16%13%20–35yr13%29%35–55yr16%4%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%2%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%52%10–20yr16%10%20–35yr13%36%35–55yr16%1%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/25
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,540

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

05the grantee network

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 43 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
21/23
Grantees still filing
11/23
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

200-300 INDIGENT STUDENTS — $15,000 · Other200-300 INDIGENT STUDENTSCROMAR FAMILY — $14,600 · OtherCROMAR FAMILYVARIOUS INDIGENT PEOPLE — $10,799 · OtherVARIOUS INDIGENT PEOPLEBountiful Children's Foundation — $10,230 · OtherBountiful Children's FoundationAgape International Missions — $10,230 · OtherAgape International MissionsULLOA FAMILY — $10,000 · OtherULLOA FAMILYVOICE OF THE MARTYRS INC — $9,484 · OtherVOICE OF THE MARTYRS INCARISE COLLECTIVE THEATRE — $5,500 · OtherMICHELLE JENSEN FAMILY — $5,000 · OtherLAMBERT FAMILY — $5,000 · OtherDIEPEVEEN FAMILY — $5,000 · Other+12 more — $20,570 · Other+12 moreCompassion International Incorporated — $9,900 · InternationalCompassion Internatio…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $8,180 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIE…THE WATER PROJECT INC — $8,000 · InternationalTHE WATER PROJECT INCSOLE HOPE INC — $7,960 · InternationalSOLE HOPE INCFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC — $6,860 · InternationalFEED MY STARVING CHIL…+1 more — $600 · InternationalSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $8,800 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S …MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC — $7,060 · ReligionMOBILE LOAVE…LIFE FOR THE INNOCENT — $2,500 · ReligionLIFE FOR THE…World Help — $1,830 · ReligionWorld HelpOpen Doors With Brother Andrew Inc — $1,500 · ReligionOpen Doors W…BIBLEPROJECT — $1,500 · ReligionBIBLEPROJECTJOY International — $16,530 · Human ServicesJOY Interna…HIS LITTLE FEET — $4,100 · Human ServicesHIS LITTLE …3HOPEFUL HEARTS — $950 · Human ServicesSEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM ADVOCATE CENTER — $4,100 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $1,050 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE — $1,049 · EducationASSOCIATION FOR THE RECOVERY OF CHILDREN — $3,000 · Crime & LegalSARAH'S HOME CORPORATION — $1,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$121,413International$41,500Religion$23,190Human Services$21,580Education$6,199Crime & Legal$3,000Housing & Shelter$1,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetJOY International — $16,530 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBountiful Children's Foundation — $10,230 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAgape International Missions — $10,230 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $8,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $8,180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WATER PROJECT INC — $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOLE HOPE INC — $7,960 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC — $7,060 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC — $6,860 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIS LITTLE FEET — $4,100 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM ADVOCATE CENTER — $4,100 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR THE RECOVERY OF CHILDREN — $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLIFE FOR THE INNOCENT — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Help — $1,830 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIBLEPROJECT — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $1,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE — $1,049 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSROADS SAFEHOUSE INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSARAH'S HOME CORPORATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget3HOPEFUL HEARTS — $950 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetONECHILD GLOBAL — $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Colorado Gives FoundationCO16.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Northern Colorado · Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATION · El Pomar Foundation · Servant Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Deer Hollow Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Deer Hollow Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Deer Hollow 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 43 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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