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Everett and Alice Hess Family Fund at a glance

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Everett and Alice Hess Family Fund

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$366k
Granted FY2023
14
Grants FY2023
7
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Human Services$60kReligion$60kAnimals$54kInternational$51kEnvironment$50kHousing & Shelter$50kEmployment$30kEducation$20kOther$0
02FY2023 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $360k
$30,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAGGIE'S PLACE$40,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$30,000
MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION$30,000
ACTION AGAINST HUNGER$30,000
GENESIS WOMEN'S SHELTER & SUPPORT$30,000
GENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE$30,000
JUST PEOPLE INC$30,000
GRACE UPON GRACE$30,000
CITY OF REFUGE$30,000
THEODORE PAYNE FOUNDATION FOR WILD FLOWERS & NATIVE PLANTS$20,000
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY FOUNDATION$20,000
INQUIRING SYSTEMS$20,000
KITTEN RESCUE$20,000
LUCKY DUCK FOUNDATION$5,600
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 (FY17–23, $134k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 55% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MAGGIE'S PLACE: $40k → 11%THE EMPOWERMENT PLAN: $4k → 21%JUST PEOPLE INC: $30k → 9%GRACE UPON GRACE: $30k → 9%GENESIS WOMEN'S SHELTER & SUPPORT: $30k → 14%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

IL
MI
NY
CT
RI
CA
KY
VA
MD
AZ
GA
TX
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 11% of Everett and Alice Hess Family Fund’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 30% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 25%.

Everett and Alice Hess Family Fundlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

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Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
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Partnersglobal

Partnersglobal (partners) works through a global network to support local leaders and create partnerships that transform conflict, strengthen democratic institutions, and achieve sustainable development.

International
3
Pact Inc

Pact is a nonprofit organization that builds evidence-based, data-driven, and community-led solutions for human development (continued in schedule o)

International
4
Unseen

Accelerate the growth of anti-trafficking and root cause organizations to impact more people globally. we envision a world where exploiters are stopped, vulnerable people have livelihoods, and trafficking survivors pursue lives of freedom…

Community Improvement
5
Eden Peopleplanet

To offer the dignity of fair employment to people living in impoverished communities, who become transformational agents of global forest restoration.

International
6
Our Rescue

Our rescue works collaboratively with law enforcement agencies worldwide to identify, arrest, and prosecute traffickers. we provide compassionate care for our survivors, beginning with crisis relief and ending months or years later with…

Arts & Culture
7
Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

Our vision is to reimagine everyday giving to help charities. our mission is to enable the world's leading online platforms to create opportunities for everyday charitable giving. in doing so, we ensure our programs are trustworthy,…

Philanthropy
8
Transfair Usa

Fair trade usa is building an innovative model of responsible business, conscious consumerism, and shared value to eliminate poverty and enable a sustainable development for farmers, workers, their families, and communities around the…

International
9
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
10
International Development Enterprises

See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.

International
11
Mighty Earth Inc

Mighty earth is a global advocacy organization working to defend nature, climate, and communities. our goal is to protect half of earth for nature and secure a stable climate that allows life to flourish.

Environment
12
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Action Against Hunger - Usa; the most unlike its peers is Cold Cap-Ital Fund. 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

24 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. 24 of the 26 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
16/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAGGIE'S PLACE INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesMAGGIE'S PLACE INCGENESIS WOMENS SHELTER & SUPPORT: $30,000 · Human ServicesGENESIS WOMENS SHELTER & SUPPORTGRACE UPON GRACE INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesGRACE UPON GRACE INCJUST PEOPLE INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesJUST PEOPLE INC+1 more: $4,175 · Human ServicesGENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD: $30,000 · AnimalsGENTLE GIANTS…KITTEN RESCUE: $20,000 · AnimalsKITTEN RESCUESPCA of Texas: $4,175 · AnimalsSPCA of TexasACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $30,000 · InternationalACTION AGAINS…COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $8,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE F…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $6,700 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS…PLAN INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $6,600 · InternationalPLAN INTERNAT…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $30,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYGIRLS ON THE RUN: $8,000 · OtherGIRLS ON THE RUNCORP ANGEL NETWORK: $6,600 · OtherCORP ANGEL NETWORKINQUIRING SYSTEMS INC: $20,000 · OtherINQUIRING SYSTEMS INCTHEODORE PAYNE FOUNDATION FOR WILD FLOWERS AND NATIVE PLANTS INC: $20,000 · OtherTHEODORE PAYNE FOUNDATION FOR …Benjamin Franklin Elementary Foundation: $20,000 · OtherBenjamin Franklin Elementary F…SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $6,700 · OtherSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATIONFeeding America: $6,500 · OtherFeeding AmericaMIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · PhilanthropyCITY OF REFUGE: $30,000 · ReligionVIP COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC: $6,500 · HealthLUCKY DUCK FOUNDATION: $5,600 · HealthPEARLS MEMORY BABIES INC: $5,500 · HealthCOLD CAP-ITAL FUND: $5,500 · Health
Human Services$134,175Animals$54,175International$51,300Other$117,800Philanthropy$30,000Religion$30,000Health$23,100

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 budgetMAGGIE'S PLACE INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGENESIS WOMENS SHELTER & SUPPORT: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRACE UPON GRACE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetGENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJUST PEOPLE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCITY OF REFUGE: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINQUIRING SYSTEMS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHEODORE PAYNE FOUNDATION FOR WILD FLOWERS AND NATIVE PLANTS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetKITTEN RESCUE: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBenjamin Franklin Elementary Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $6,700 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $6,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLAN INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $6,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIP COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC: $6,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLUCKY DUCK FOUNDATION: $5,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPCA of Texas: $4,175 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EMPOWERMENT PLAN: $4,175 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.

The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC7.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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 Everett and Alice Hess Family Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Everett and Alice Hess Family Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of 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 · 0–50%
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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Find your warmest path to Everett and Alice Hess Family Fund 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 26 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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