· Public charity
Forward Giving Inc
To raise funds from public sources to support worthy 501(c)(3) charities and local projects focused on enriching the quality of life for people and animals in need.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $19k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $31k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PEOPLE ANIMALS LOVE INC | $30,500 |
| WELCOME HOME | $8,500 |
| HOPE HEALTH LIVE FOUNDATION | $6,500 |
| BARRIER FREE DIVERS | $2,000 |
| THE TATERLAND FOUNDATION (CASH) | $1,000 |
| OLD FRIENDS SENIOR DOG SANCTUARY | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $184k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 100% of Forward Giving Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 3% of the giving stays in TN; by stated purpose, 0%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PAPEOPLE ANIMALS LOVE INC3× · 2021–2024 · $107k · revenue +22% · 27% of their budget
- HIHELPHOPELIVE INC2× · 2023–2024 · $17k · revenue +35%
- WHWELCOME HOME INC3× · 2022–2024 · $13k · revenue +21%
Funded once
- GSGENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE FRANCISCAN MISSIONS INCone grant, 2022 · $100k
- LWLINDSAY WILDLIFE MUSEUMgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +31%
CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITYone grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +12%
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.
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.
Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.
Naples zoo is accredited by the american zoo & aquarium association (aza) and has numerous animal exhibits placed on its 45-acre site. (continued on schedule o)each exhibit is unique and designed to simulate typical conditions for the…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
San diego zoo wildlife alliance is committed to saving species worldwide by uniting our expertise in wildlife care and conservation science with our dedication to inspiring passion for nature.
Animal equality is an international organization working with society, governments, and companies to end cruelty to farmed animals.
Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.
Goodwill provides exceptional opportunities for people facing employment barriers.
Using legal advocacy to make advances in science and technology safer for people and the planet.
Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…
Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…
To provide at no cost legal assistance to veterans of the u.s. armed forces and current service members.
Let love live's mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome animals in need, ensuring they receive the love, care, and respect they deserve.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 13 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds PEOPLE ANIMALS LOVE INC ↗
- Who funds LINDSAY WILDLIFE MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE SALVATION ARMY WORLD SERVICE OFFICE ↗
- Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ST VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY NAPLES ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE ↗
- Who funds HELPHOPELIVE INC ↗
- Who funds WELCOME HOME INC ↗
- Who funds BARRIER FREE DIVERS INC ↗
- Who funds OLD FRIENDS SENIOR DOGS INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Forward Giving Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Forward Giving Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Welcome Home Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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