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Ghd Foundation USA

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.

$216k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through 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, FY2022 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$302kPhilanthropy$270kEducation$123kHealth$63kFood & Nutrition$12kArts & Culture$10kEnvironment$9k
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$16,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$214k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL$100,000
THE KING CENTER$40,000
BUFFALO-AREA ENGINEERING AWARENESS FOR MINORITIES -BEAM$38,500
SOCIETY OF HISPANIC PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS$16,500
BRITISH AMERICAN FOUNDATION OF TEXAS$15,000
THE TREVOR PROJECT INC$3,385
TECHBRIDGE GIRLS$2,448
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $5k → 15%TECHBRIDGE GIRLS: $2k → 10%UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SAN FRANCISCO STATE: $3k → 10%SOCIETY OF HISPANIC PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS: $17k → 14%INK PEOPLE CENTER OF THE ARTS: $10k → 18%FRIENDS OF ENERGY INSTITUTE: $6k → 16%HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK: $3k → 11%FOOD BANK OF NORTH ALABAMA: $1k → 11%ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $1k → 13%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL: $102k → 22%MOUNT ST HELENS INSTITUTE: $6k → 9%THE TREVOR PROJECT INC: $3k → 14%THE KING CENTER: $40k → 13%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL: $100k → 22%THE KING CENTER: $20k → 13%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $100k → 13%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
IL
NY
PA
CA
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 30% of Ghd Foundation USA’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Ghd Foundation USAlessmore 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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$402k · 3 repeat orgs$116k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
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Total granted

$402k
$56k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-16%
+3%

Still filing today

100%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
EducationFood & NutritionInternationalEnvironmentPhilanthropyCivil RightsOther
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

  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $302k · revenue -16%
  • TM
    The Martin Luther King Jr Center For Nonviolent Social Change Inc
    2× · 2023–2025 · $60k · revenue -56%
  • BA
    British American Foundation of Texas
    2× · 2024–2025 · $40k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • BE
    BUFFALO ENGINEERING AWARENESS FOR MINORITIES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $17k · revenue +3%
  • IP
    INK PEOPLE CENTER OF THE ARTS
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF ENERGY INSTITUTE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $6k · revenue +66%
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
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
2
Institute of Food Technologists

As an organization, the institute of food technologists is focusing its work in four main areas, or "roles and goals." each is wide-reaching and helps to advance our mission.steward for the profession and its community - provide learning,…

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3
Girls in Stem
Human Services
4
Stem Advantage

Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. STEM Advantage mentors, prepares, and inspires first-generation, low-income, and underserved college students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). We level…

Youth Development
5
Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers

SPIE is an international nonprofit technical society dedicated to advancing scientific research and engineering applications of optical, photonic, imaging and optoelectronic technologies through its meetings, education programs and…

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6
Equitable Food Initiative

EFIs mission is to transform the produce industry and the lives of farmworkers by facilitating collaboration among workers, agricultural employers, retail buyers and consumer advocates.

Human Services
7
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

The federation of american societies for experimental biology (faseb) advances health and welfare by promoting progress and education in biological and biomedical sciences through service to its member societies and collaborative advocacy.

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8
The Washington Stem Center

Washington stem (wa stem) is a statewide, education nonprofit leveraging stem for social change, removing barriers to credential attainment, and creating pathways to long-term economic security for systemically underserved students.…

Education
9
Health and Environmental Sciences Institute

The health and environmental sciences institute (hesi) is a nonprofit institution whose mission is to engage scientists from academia, government, industry, nonprofit, and other research institutions to identify and resolve global health…

Science & Tech
10
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
11
Uc Berkeley Center for Executive Education

UC Berkeley Center for Executive Education ("CEE") is a nonprofit public benefit corporation dedicated to promoting and advancing education through its executive education programs for corporate and institutional clients seeking continuing…

Education
12
Techbridge Inc

Techbridge breaks the cycle of generational poverty through the innovative use of technology to transform nonprofit and community impact. techbridge's work is focused on four pillars: hunger relief, homeless support, social justice and…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Techbridge Girls; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Energy Institute Inc. 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

15 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. 15 of the 19 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
8/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TIDES FOUNDATION: $269,820 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOUNDATIONBritish American Foundation of Texas: $40,000 · PhilanthropyBritish American Foundation of TexasHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $302,285 · InternationalHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INCThe Martin Luther King Jr Center For Nonviolent Social Change Inc: $60,000 · OtherThe Martin Luther K…BUFFALO-AREA ENGINEERING AWARENESS FOR MINORITIES -BEAM: $38,500 · OtherBUFFALO-AREA ENGINE…BUFFALO ENGINEERING AWARENESS FOR MINORITIES INC: $16,500 · OtherBUFFALO ENGINEERING…INK PEOPLE CENTER OF THE ARTS: $10,000 · OtherINK PEOPLE CENTER O…SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $5,000 · Other+1 more: $2,500 · OtherSOCIETY OF HISPANIC PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS: $16,500 · EducationFRIENDS OF ENERGY INSTITUTE INC: $6,286 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SAN FRANCISCO STATE: $2,500 · EducationTechbridge Girls: $2,448 · EducationHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $2,714 · Food & NutritionFood Bank of North Alabama Inc: $1,440 · Food & NutritionATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $1,357 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $1,023 · Food & NutritionMOUNT ST HELENS INSTITUTE: $6,276 · EnvironmentTREVOR PROJECT INC: $3,385 · Civil Rights
Philanthropy$309,820International$302,285Other$132,500Education$27,734Food & Nutrition$6,534Environment$6,276Civil Rights$3,385

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 budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $302,285 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $269,820 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Martin Luther King Jr Center For Nonviolent Social Change Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBritish American Foundation of Texas: $40,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetSOCIETY OF HISPANIC PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS: $16,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBUFFALO ENGINEERING AWARENESS FOR MINORITIES INC: $16,500 over 1y, 10% of budgetFRIENDS OF ENERGY INSTITUTE INC: $6,286 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetMOUNT ST HELENS INSTITUTE: $6,276 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $3,385 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $2,714 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SAN FRANCISCO STATE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTechbridge Girls: $2,448 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFood Bank of North Alabama Inc: $1,440 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $1,357 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $1,023 over 1y, 0.0% 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 Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Blackbaud Giving FundSC11.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Ghd Foundation USA funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ghd Foundation USA. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Ghd Foundation USA?

    Find your warmest path to Ghd Foundation USA 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 19 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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