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Francis Noz Heritage Fund

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.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
29
Grants FY2024
13
Organizations funded FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$390,000
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$50M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Animals$486kHuman Services$485kInternational$280kEnvironment$235kFood & Nutrition$115kEducation$60kPublic Safety & Disaster$60kHealth$50kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
NY
MA
OR
IA
CT
CA
VA
AZ
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc$400,00021%
Peduli Anak Foundation$380,304294%
Amazon Watch Inc$110,00022%
Meals on Wheels Yolo County$100,00013%
Room to Read$60,00020%
One Tree Planted Inc$50,00010%
Friends of Ninos de Guatemala$50,000127%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$50,00010%
National Geographic Society$50,00010%
Amref Health Africa Inc Inc (Amref)$50,00011%
Show all 27 grantees
All grantees of Francis Noz Heritage Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc$400,00021%
Peduli Anak Foundation$380,304294%
Amazon Watch Inc$110,00022%
Meals on Wheels Yolo County$100,00013%
Room to Read$60,00020%
One Tree Planted Inc$50,00010%
Friends of Ninos de Guatemala$50,000127%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$50,00010%
National Geographic Society$50,00010%
Amref Health Africa Inc Inc (Amref)$50,00011%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$50,00010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$31,00010%
International Rescue Committee INC$30,00020%
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation$25,00010%
Humane Society Silicon Valley$20,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$20,00010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$20,00010%
The Arc of the United States$20,00010%
Meals on Wheels Inc$15,00011%
Project Pearls USA Inc$10,00012%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$10,00010%
Mercy Corps$10,00010%
The White Helmets Inc$10,0001n/a
The Gentle Barn Foundation$10,00010%
The Marine Mammal Center$10,00010%
Hope for Paws$5,00010%
Make It Happen for Yolo County$5,00013%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($325k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Francis Noz Heritage Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetInternational Fund for Animal Welfare Inc: $400,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPeduli Anak Foundation: $380,304 over 2y, 94% of budgetAmazon Watch Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels Yolo County: $100,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetRoom to Read: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOne Tree Planted Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Ninos de Guatemala: $50,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Geographic Society: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmref Health Africa Inc Inc (Amref): $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $31,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMonterey Bay Aquarium Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society Silicon Valley: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Arc of the United States: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMeals on Wheels Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetProject Pearls USA Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetJane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Gentle Barn Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Marine Mammal Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHope for Paws: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMake It Happen for Yolo County: $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 26.

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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.

Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN9.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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.

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How do I get to Francis Noz Heritage Fund?

Find your warmest path to Francis Noz Heritage 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.

About Francis Noz Heritage Fund

How much does Francis Noz Heritage Fund give?
Francis Noz Heritage Fund reported 29 grants totaling $1,781,304 in its FY2024 IRS filing.
What does Francis Noz Heritage Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (25%), Human Services (25%), International (15%).
Who are Francis Noz Heritage Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2023 to FY2024: International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc ($400k), Peduli Anak Foundation ($380k), Amazon Watch Inc ($110k).
Does Francis Noz Heritage Fund accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Francis Noz Heritage Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
Where is Francis Noz Heritage Fund based?
Francis Noz Heritage Fund is based in CA.

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 37 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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