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First Harvest Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$140k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$98k
Largest
01What you fund
0191% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20212025.

Youth Development$308kReligion$186kEducation$20kHousing & Shelter$17kHealth$13kEmployment$13kArts & Culture$10kPhilanthropy$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $98k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YOUNG LIFE$98,296
CHRISTIAN UNION$10,800
UCI FOUNDATION$5,050
MOUNTAIN LIFE CHURCH$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
FLOODWAYS (DEEPER MINISTIRES INC)$5,000
SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTS$3,069
ST JOSEPH'S HOUSING INITIATIVE$2,500
UNSILENCED$2,500
TALK ABOUT CURING AUTISM$2,500
THE TRINITY FORUM$100
02The need
03

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.

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Your human-services grants (FY21–24, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%4WORD: $5k → 14%4WORD: $3k → 14%4WORD: $3k → 14%4WORD: $3k → 14%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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IL
IN
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NJ
CA
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CO
MO
VA
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DC
GA
TX
FL

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.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$518k · 15 repeat orgs$76k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +26% since the first grant, against +4% for the ones you funded once.

15 repeat relationships — 8 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
21

Total granted

$518k
$61k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+4%

Still filing today

73%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
ReligionEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $305k · revenue +38%
  • CU
    CHRISTIAN UNION INC
    3× · 2021–2025 · $24k · revenue +77%
  • SJ
    St Joseph Housing Initiative
    5× · 2021–2025 · $17k · revenue +93%

Funded once

  • F(
    FLOODWAYS (DEEPER MINISTRIES INC)
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • OL
    OUR LADY OF QUEEN OF ANGELES CATHOLIC CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • WB
    WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $6k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your 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.

1
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
2
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
3
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
4
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
5
Global Scholars

Global scholars exists so that christian academics are adequately equipped to have a redemptive influence among their students, colleagues, universities and disciplines, at a reasonable cost.

6
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
7
Greater Austin Christian Foundation

Mobilizing resources by inspiring biblical generosity in the greater austin, texas area.

Religion
8
One for Israel

One for israel's purposes are to unite u.s. and international churches, ministries and individuals for the proclamation of the gospel in israel, to raise funds for evangelism and gospel proclamation, to provide tangible relief for israel's…

9
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…

10
Catholic Leadership Institute

Catholic leadership institute provides bishops, priests,religious, deacons and lay persons in the roman catholic church with world-class, pastoral leadership formation and consulting services that strengthen their confidence and competence…

Religion
11
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
12
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Christian Union Inc and the most unlike its peers is Floodways. 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

17 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. 17 of the 39 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)
17/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

YOUNG LIFE — $305,079 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFE+1 more — $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentSEED COMPANY INC — $60,485 · OtherSEED COMPANY INCSAINT ANDREWS ABBEY INC — $20,000 · OtherSAINT ANDREWS ABBEY INCFRIENDS CHURCH — $15,000 · OtherFRIENDS CHURCHUNSILENCED — $10,057 · OtherFLOODWAYS (DEEPER MINISTRIES INC) — $10,048 · OtherOUR LADY OF QUEEN OF ANGELES CATHOLIC CHURCH — $10,000 · OtherTHE AUTISM COMMUNITY IN ACTION — $12,500 · OtherTHE AUTISM COMMUNITY IN ACTION+19 more — $50,845 · Other+19 moreCHRISTIAN UNION INC — $23,600 · ReligionWORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES — $6,150 · ReligionHope For Life — $1,200 · ReligionUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION — $13,850 · EducationThe Trustees of Princeton University — $5,325 · Education+1 more — $500 · EducationSt Joseph Housing Initiative — $16,603 · Housing & ShelterSegerstrom Center for the Arts — $9,207 · Arts & CultureTHE WOODEN FLOOR FOR YOUTH MOVEMENT — $3,000 · Arts & CultureGROW MONGOLIA INC — $520 · Arts & Culture4WORD — $12,500 · Human Services
Youth Development$312,579Other$188,935Religion$30,950Education$19,675Housing & Shelter$16,603Arts & Culture$12,727Human Services$12,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetYOUNG LIFE — $305,079 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN UNION INC — $23,600 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSt Joseph Housing Initiative — $16,603 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION — $13,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budget4WORD — $12,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE AUTISM COMMUNITY IN ACTION — $12,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSegerstrom Center for the Arts — $9,207 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEWORD — $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES — $6,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University — $5,325 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HUNGER FUND — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WOODEN FLOOR FOR YOUTH MOVEMENT — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHope For Life — $1,200 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetGROW MONGOLIA INC — $520 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALPHA CHI OMEGA FOUNDATION INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY FORUM INC — $200 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN UNION INC
  • Who funds St Joseph Housing Initiative
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds 4WORD
  • Who funds THE AUTISM COMMUNITY IN ACTION
  • Who funds Segerstrom Center for the Arts
  • Who funds HOMEWORD
  • Who funds WORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES
  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University
  • Who funds Floodways
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HUNGER FUND
  • Who funds THE WOODEN FLOOR FOR YOUTH MOVEMENT
  • Who funds Hope For Life
  • Who funds GROW MONGOLIA INC
  • Who funds ALPHA CHI OMEGA FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds TRINITY FORUM INC

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.

Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA12.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 First Harvest 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.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 11%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.

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How do I get to First Harvest Foundation?

Find your warmest path to First Harvest 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 39 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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