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Dorothy and Kenneth Heisler Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Dorothy and Kenneth Heisler Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$125k
Granted FY2026still arriving
9
Grants FY2026still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its 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, FY2022 to 2025.

Education$142kHuman Services$79kRecreation & Sports$75kYouth Development$55kAnimals$40kPhilanthropy$35kHealth$15kEnvironment$10kOther$0
02FY2026 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $110k
$15,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION$25,000
PROJECT LEMONADE INC$25,000
FRIENDS OF CAROLINA BEACH PARKS AND GREE$15,000
RISE UP COMMUNITY FARM$15,000
WOMENS MONEY MATTERS INC$15,000
NATURALAND TRUST$15,000
OREGON DOG RESCUE$5,000
PAWMETTO LIFELINE INC$5,000
NEW HANOVER HUMANE SOCIETY INC$5,000
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 (FY22–26, $82k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOMENS MONEY MATTERS INC: $15k → 16%GENESIS WOMENS SHELTER & SUPPORT: $12k → 14%UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION INC: $55k → 13%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

VT
MN
IL
OR
PA
CA
NC
SC
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.

40%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$219k · 8 repeat orgs$332k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +2% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2026, 4 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
15

Total granted

$219k
$247k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
0%

Still filing today

100%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25’26
AnimalsHuman ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsEnvironmentYouth 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

  • SO
    SPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION
    4× · 2023–2026 · $62k · revenue +221%
  • CL
    CHICAGO LIONS CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $40k · revenue +35%
  • PL
    PAWMETTO LIFELINE
    3× · 2023–2026 · $15k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • UW
    UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $55k · revenue -9%
  • TG
    THE GAMECOCK CLUB
    one grant, 2025 · $35k
  • RC
    ROSE CITY PARK PARTENT TEACHER ORG
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
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
Palmetto Paws Animal Rescue

The organization is dedicated to saving pets from certain death in shelters, prevent animal neglect and cruelty, and reduce the overpopulation of unwanted pets.

Animals
2
Paws Humane Inc

To Enrich the lives of both animals and people as a solution-based community resource for animal welfare by providing: high-volume and high-quality spay/neuter, rescue and adoption services, volunteer opportunities, outreach and education.

Animals
3
Dorchester Paws

Dorchester Paws strives to instill humane principles into society through the prevention of cruelty to animals.

Animals
4
Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.

Animals
5
Humane Society of Charlotte Inc

Humane Society of Charlotte mission is to champion the wellbeing of companion animals and strengthen their bond with the people who know, love, and need them.

Animals
6
Animal Welfare Society of Monroe

The animal welfare society of monroe (awsom) provides shelter and medical care for companion animals so they are free from abuse, hunger, fear and lonliness, until placing them in responsible, forever homes.

Animals
7
Murphy's Paw Rescue Inc

A foster based, non-profit 501c3 organization that rescues dogs from shelters, neglectful situations and owner surrenders.

Animals
8
Hope for Paws

Hope for paws rescues dogs and all other animals who are suffering on the streets and in shelters. our goal is to educate people on the importance of companion animals in our society, to reduce euthanasia rates at shelters, (continued on…

Animals
9
Humane Society of York County

We are finding loving fur-ever homes for dogs and cats.To make sure York County, SC cats and dogs are treated in a humane manner, rescued, placed in loving and forever homes by:Increasing dogs and cats adoptions and rescues;Empowering the…

Animals
10
Save a Pet Rescue Adoption and Transport Inc

To work with animals concentrating on animal welfare, adoption, spay/neuter, and community awareness in the wiregrass area. in addition, we work with other shelters throughout the southeast by transporting adoptable animals to locations…

Animals
11
Pet Animal Welfare Society of Connecticut Inc

Pet animal welfare society of ct (paws), established in 1962, is a no-kill animal rescue shelter dedicated to the rescue and adoption of our community's homeless and abused dogs and cats. paws efforts are focused on three critical needs:…

Animals
12
Operation Paws for Homes Inc

To create a better world for companion animals and the community through rescue,rehabilitation, education, spay and neuter programs and resources to underserved populations.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Special Operations Warrior Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Strasburg-Heisler Library. 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

21 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. 21 of the 29 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
10/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROSE CITY PARK PARTENT TEACHER ORG: $25,000 · OtherROSE CITY PARK PARTENT TE…ROSE CITY PARK PARTENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION: $24,000 · OtherROSE CITY PARK PARTENT TE…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $24,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROL…FRIENDS OF CAROLINA BEACH PARKS AND GREE: $15,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF CAROLINA BEACH…FRIENDS OF CAROLINA BEACH: $10,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF CAROLINA BEACHSHE CLIMBS MOUNTAINS: $7,000 · OtherSTRASBURG-HEISLER LIBRARY: $6,451 · OtherSOUTH CAROLINA SOCIETY FOR THE: $5,000 · OtherTHE FAMILY PLACE INC: $5,000 · OtherGREENVILLE SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MA: $5,000 · OtherNAMI Chicago: $5,000 · OtherSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $62,100 · EducationSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARR…THE GAMECOCK CLUB: $35,000 · EducationTHE GAMECOCK CLUBFUND FOR PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $25,000 · EducationFUND FOR PORTLAND PUBLI…UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesUPSTATE WARRIOR SOLU…PROJECT LEMONADE INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT LEMONADE INCWOMEN'S MONEY MATTERS INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S MONEY MATTER…GENESIS WOMENS SHELTER & SUPPORT: $12,000 · Human ServicesGENESIS WOMENS SHELT…THE WES FOUNDATION: $55,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE WES FOUNDATIONCHICAGO LIONS CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION: $40,000 · Recreation & SportsCHICAGO LIONS CHARIT…OCEAN CURE INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsOCEAN CURE INCOREGON DOG RESCUE: $20,000 · AnimalsOREGON DOG…PAWMETTO LIFELINE: $15,000 · AnimalsPAWMETTO L…NEW HANOVER HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · AnimalsNEW HANOVE…PAWS PLACE INC: $5,000 · AnimalsPAWS PLACE…PASADENA HUMANE: $5,000 · AnimalsPASADENA H…CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $35,000 · PhilanthropyNaturaland Trust: $15,000 · EnvironmentRISE UP COMMUNITY FARM: $15,000 · Youth Development
Other$131,451Education$122,100Human Services$107,000Recreation & Sports$105,000Animals$55,000Philanthropy$35,000Environment$15,000Youth Development$15,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $62,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WES FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 2y, 46% of budgetUPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION INC: $55,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCHICAGO LIONS CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION: $40,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetCENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GAMECOCK CLUB: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFUND FOR PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOREGON DOG RESCUE: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPAWMETTO LIFELINE: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGENESIS WOMENS SHELTER & SUPPORT: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW HANOVER HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetOCEAN CURE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetSTRASBURG-HEISLER LIBRARY: $6,451 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetPAWS PLACE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE FAMILY PLACE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAMI Chicago: $5,000 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.

Duke Energy FoundationMcKesson Foundation I…The Blackbaud Giving …Enterprise Holdings F…American Endowment Fo…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…
Duke Energy FoundationNC12.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · McKesson Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Dorothy and Kenneth Heisler Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dorothy and Kenneth Heisler Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 38%
  • The Family Place Inc: 38% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 29 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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