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Erhart Foundation at a glance

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Erhart 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.

$46k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k23 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$877k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$10,000
VENICE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$4,000
HUMANITY ALLIANCE$3,000
SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL$3,000
SALVATION ARMY$2,000
MARK ANDERSON MINISTRIES$2,000
NEW LIFE FAMILY SERVICES$2,000
GRACE CHURCH$2,000
ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS$2,000
BEYOND NEW BEGINNINGS$2,000
UNION GOSPEL MISSION$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
OASIS WORLD MINISTRIES$1,000
ROTARY FOUNDATION$1,000
CHANHASSEN ROTARY FOUNDATION$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY24–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%BEYOND NEW BEGINNINGS: $2k → 5%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.
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
Message to All Nations Man

To reach out with the message of the gospel of jesus to the last, least, and the lost

Human Services
2
Life As Mission
Unclassified
3
Samaritan Servants International

Samaritan servants international endeavors to rescue people as jesus mandated in luke 10 by ministering to people in destitute countries that have both physical and other needs for survival by offering food,water, shelter and hope through…

International
4
Mercy House Minneapolis
Human Services
5
New Heart World Ministries
Religion
6
Free to Worship Ministries

This church will be that place of emergency where people can come any time of day or night. We will be a place that will lead people back to health both spiritually and naturally.

Religion
7
Asia Us Impact

Religious

Religion
8
Eyewitness Missions
Philanthropy
9
International Needs

International needs has the vision to transform lives and change communities by helping christian nationals serve both god and neighbor within their own countries.

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10
Springfield Rescue Mission

The goal of the springfield rescue mission since 1892 has been to meet the physical and spiritual needs of the hungry, homeless, addicted, and poor by introducing them to christ and helping them apply the word of god to every area of their…

Human Services
11
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…

—
12
Sole Ministries

None

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Treehouse Inc; the most unlike its peers is Beyond New Beginnings. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 24 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
6/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VENICE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $4,000 · OtherVENICE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHSALVATION ARMY: $2,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYGRACE CHURCH: $2,000 · OtherGRACE CHURCHMARK ANDERSON MINISTRIES: $2,000 · OtherMARK ANDERSON MINISTRIESNEW LIFE FAMILY SERVICES: $2,000 · OtherNEW LIFE FAMILY SERVICESENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS: $2,000 · OtherENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERSTEEN CHALLENGE: $1,000 · OtherLOVE INC: $1,000 · OtherCONVERGE: $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · OtherPIONEERS: $1,000 · OtherPHEASANTS FOREVER: $1,000 · OtherUNION GOSPEL MISSION INC: $1,000 · OtherSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSEOASIS WORLD MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 · ReligionOASIS WORLD MINISTRIES INCThe Humanity Alliance: $3,000 · Community ImprovementThe Human…Chanhassen Rotary Foundation: $1,000 · Community ImprovementChanhasse…SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL INC: $3,000 · EducationBeyond New Beginnings: $2,000 · Human ServicesSHELTERBOX USA INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesTREEHOUSE INC: $1,000 · HealthACHIEVING CURES TOGETHER: $1,000 · HealthRIDGEVIEW FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 · International
Other$21,000Religion$11,000Community Improvement$4,000Education$3,000Human Services$3,000Health$2,000Philanthropy$1,000International$1,000

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 budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Humanity Alliance: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBeyond New Beginnings: $2,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMARK ANDERSON MINISTRIES: $2,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNEW LIFE FAMILY SERVICES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTERBOX USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREEHOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOASIS WORLD MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRIDGEVIEW FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNION GOSPEL MISSION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChanhassen Rotary Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACHIEVING CURES TOGETHER: $1,000 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.

Saint Paul & Minnesot…The Minneapolis Found…Natl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN14.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–5%
    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 24 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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