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Finance of America Cares

Our mission is to strengthen our communities, enrich lives, and inspire caring.

$310k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Human Services$129kHousing & Shelter$90kInternational$71kAnimals$43kFood & Nutrition$33kYouth Development$28kHealth$23kEducation$18kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $190,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $309,828 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $119,828 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$25,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$428k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRAVIS MANION FOUNDATION$25,000
ANGELS OF AMERICAS FALLEN$25,000
REBUILDING TOGETHER$25,000
MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA$25,000
PETS FOR THE EDERLY FOUNDATION$25,000
YELLOW RIBBON FUND INC$25,000
HIRE HEROES USA$10,000
HOMECOMING 250 NAVY MARINE CORPS$10,000
CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPEDENCE$10,000
NATIONAL VETERANS LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM INC$10,000
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.

US giving: 85% of grant dollars ($390k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 15% that went abroad ($71k) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Open Hearth Inc: $8k → 6%MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF GREATHER BAY AREA: $8k → 10%ElderHelp of San Diego: $8k → 11%Foundation for Women Warriors: $8k → 14%PETS FOR THE EDERLY FOUNDATION: $25k → 17%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

WA
ID
NY
MA
OR
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
DC
HI
OK
GA
TX

Beyond the US: 15% of all-years giving ($71k)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
France$71k · 1 grant
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

16%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$74k · 3 repeat orgs$386k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
20

Total granted

$74k
$206k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+31%

Still filing today

100%
95%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $180k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’22’23’24
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyEducationFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
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

  • HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $45k · revenue +56%
  • CC
    CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC
    2× · 2020–2024 · $18k · revenue +70%
  • TI
    THE IDEA PROJECT
    2× · 2019–2020 · $12k · revenue -1%

Funded once

  • ID
    INTERNATIONAL DATA POLICY COMMITTEE
    one grant, 2023 · $71k
  • VO
    VETERANS' OUTREACHgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue +38%
  • EP
    ELEVATE PHOENIXgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue +57%
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
Homes for Veterans a Nj Non Profit Corporation

Our mission is to provide a holistic approach to support veterans with disabilities by removing barriers in every aspect of their lives. this includes funding customized, barrier-free home modificationssuch as wheelchair-accessible…

Housing & Shelter
2
Helping Heroes Inc

Helping Heroes provides support services and resources to homeless and near homeless veterans, in order to transition them to, or maintain self-sufficiency. The goal is reintegration into society as men and women who currently feel…

Human Services
3
Pets for Vets Inc

Pets for Vets enriches the lives of veterans by creating a life-changing Super Bond with expertly selected and trained shelter or rescue pets. It provides ongoing expert support to ensure a reciprocal and thriving partnership at no cost to…

Public Benefit
4
Chicago Veterans

Empowering military veterans to take control of their transitions throughout life.

Health
5
Disabled American Veterans Dept of Utah

We are dedicated to a single purpose: empowering veterans to lead high-quality lives with respect and dignity. We accomplish this by ensuring that veterans and their families can access the full range of benefits available to them;…

Public Benefit
6
Helping a HeroOrg

Provide adapted homes and emergency financial aid to severly wonded heros injured in the expanded war on terror. Give marriage and caregiver support, provide recreational activities, and facilitate community support.

Philanthropy
7
Operation Homefront Inc

Build strong, stable, and secure military families so they can thrive - not simply struggle to get by - in the communities they've worked so hard to protect.

Community Improvement
8
NextOp Inc

NextOp helps place talented enlisted service members and veterans into civilian careers through highly individualized preparation and an array of programming.

Public Benefit
9
Veterans & Community Housing Coalition

To provide housing opportunities for low income households, to serve the needs of homeless military veterans through case management, advocacy, employment opportunities, temporary and permanent housing to advocate for all military veterans.

Housing & Shelter
10
Usvets - Arizona

The successful transition of u.s. military veterans and their families through the provision of housing, counseling, career development and comprehensive support.

Housing & Shelter
11
Veterans Bridge Home Inc

To connect, lead, and advocate in communities to ensure service members, veterans, and their families thrive. see schedule o for additional information.veterans bridge home connects veterans and their families, in any state of transition,…

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12
Leashes of Valor

Our organization's mission is to raise awareness for and provide physical aid and support to disabled us military veterans. our program covers a crucial gap in the industry-a veteran operated organization, that can assist veterans with…

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Meals On Wheels America; the most unlike its peers is Dmf Youth 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

31 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. 31 of the 32 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
20/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INTERNATIONAL DATA POLICY COMMITTEE: $70,610 · OtherINTERNATIONAL DATA POLICY COMMITTEENATIONAL VETERANS LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM INC: $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL VETERANS LEGAL SERVICES PROGRA…HOMECOMING 250 NAVY MARINE CORPS: $10,000 · OtherHOMECOMING 250 NAVY MARINE CORPSMarine Corps League Auxiliary Inc: $7,500 · OtherTHE HOME OF THE BRAVE FOUNDATION: $7,500 · OtherThe Center For Empowerment And Education Inc: $6,250 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS HAWAII INC: $6,250 · OtherChildren's Cancer Association: $7,500 · OtherDMF YOUTH INC: $6,250 · OtherELEVATE PHOENIX: $7,500 · OtherTHE STOREHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER: $7,500 · OtherJoy in the Cause Company: $7,500 · OtherPride of Quakertown: $7,500 · OtherHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $44,500 · Housing & ShelterHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS…REBUILDING TOGETHER INC: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterREBUILDING TOGETHER …REBUILDING TOGETHER SOUTHERN NEVADA: $6,500 · Housing & ShelterREBUILDING TOGETHER …CITIZENS INN INC: $6,250 · Housing & ShelterCITIZENS INN INCPETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Human ServicesPETS FOR THE ELDE…CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $17,500 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS…FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN WARRIORS: $7,500 · Human ServicesFOUNDATION FOR WO…ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $7,500 · Human ServicesELDERHELP OF SAN …OPEN HEARTH INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesOPEN HEARTH INCMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GREATER BAY AREA: $7,500 · Human ServicesMAKE-A-WISH FOUND…Travis Manion Foundation: $25,000 · PhilanthropyTravis Manion …YELLOW RIBBON FUND INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyYELLOW RIBBON …VETERANS' OUTREACH: $8,000 · PhilanthropyVETERANS' OUTR…MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $25,000 · Food & NutritionMeals on Wheels of Long Beach Inc: $7,500 · Food & NutritionTHE IDEA PROJECT: $12,000 · EducationHIRE HEROES USA INC: $10,000 · EducationWYAKIN WARRIOR FOUNDATION INC: $6,250 · EducationANGELS OF AMERICA'S FALLEN: $25,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$161,860Housing & Shelter$82,250Human Services$72,500Philanthropy$58,000Food & Nutrition$32,500Education$28,250Crime & Legal$25,000

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 budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $44,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTravis Manion Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYELLOW RIBBON FUND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetANGELS OF AMERICA'S FALLEN: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE IDEA PROJECT: $12,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetNATIONAL VETERANS LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIRE HEROES USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOMECOMING 250 NAVY MARINE CORPS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetVETERANS' OUTREACH: $8,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetELEVATE PHOENIX: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR WOMEN WARRIORS: $7,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Long Beach Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOPEN HEARTH INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GREATER BAY AREA: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJoy in the Cause Company: $7,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetChildren's Cancer Association: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOME OF THE BRAVE FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPride of Quakertown: $7,500 over 1y, 19% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER SOUTHERN NEVADA: $6,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Center For Empowerment And Education Inc: $6,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS HAWAII INC: $6,250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCITIZENS INN INC: $6,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDMF YOUTH INC: $6,250 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetWYAKIN WARRIOR FOUNDATION INC: $6,250 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…Enterprise Holdings F…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Bank of America C…Verizon FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…Renaissance Charitabl…Morgan Stanley Global…
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY11× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Finance of America Cares funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Finance of America Cares. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Citizens Inn Inc: 18% of income from government
  • The Home of the Brave Foundation: 8% of income from government
  • Yellow Ribbon Fund Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
8report 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.

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 32 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $212k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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