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Hale Family Foundation

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.

$98k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$268kReligion$35kInternational$25kHealth$20kEducation$18kYouth Development$11kHuman Services$3kArts & Culture$500
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $63k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$4.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$40,000
Hearts Without Borders$13,000
Omni Montessori School$10,000
Samaritan's Purse$6,000
Asaph Talks$5,000
Campus Crusade for Christ Internati$5,000
Claire's Army$5,000
Charlotte Christian School$5,000
Salvation Army$3,000
Zip With Us$3,000
Wake Forest University$2,500
Central Church$230
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 86% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Zip With Us: $3k → 9%Hearts Without Borders: $13k → 6%Salty Church: $1k → 12%Campus Crusade for Christ Internati: $10k → 13%HORSE THERAPIES: $1k → 14%St Jude's Children's Research Hospi: $1k → 17%Unpackin' It: $3k → 10%Asaph Talks: $5k → 12%CARTERET COMMUNITY THEATRE: $500 → 12%Wake Forest University: $3k → 15%First Baptist Church of Whitnel: $1k → 16%Samaritan's Purse: $6k → 21%Perfect Game Foundation: $300 → 8%Salvation Army: $3k → 14%Fellowship of Christian Athletes: $68k → 11%Hearts Without Borders: $5k → 6%Campus Crusade for Christ Internati: $5k → 13%HORSE Therapies: $1k → 14%Charlotte Christian School: $5k → 10%Asaph Talks: $5k → 12%Wake Forest University: $500 → 15%Fellowship of Christian Athletes: $59k → 11%Hearts Without Borders: $500 → 6%Central Church: $230 → 10%Asaph Talks: $3k → 12%FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $44k → 11%Omni Montessori School: $10k → 10%Fellowship of Christian Athletes: $40k → 11%HopeWay: $3k → 10%FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $37k → 11%Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: $3k → 10%Fellowship of Christian Athletes: $20k → 11%Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: $3k → 10%Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: $3k → 10%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

NY
PA
CA
CO
TN
NC
GA
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$340k · 8 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +80% since the first grant, against +74% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
9

Total granted

$340k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+80%
+74%

Still filing today

50%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthYouth DevelopmentReligionHuman ServicesEducationOther
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

  • FO
    FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES
    6× · 2019–2024 · $268k · revenue +80%
  • AT
    ASAPH TALKS
    3× · 2021–2024 · $13k · revenue +10%
  • CA
    Claire's Army Inc
    4× · 2019–2024 · $13k · revenue +116%

Funded once

  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +18%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • HF
    HopeWay Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -4%
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
Walnut Grove Christian School

We are a k-12 christian school founded under the following (4) pillars: academics: we provide an amazing accredited academic program utilizing 100% certified teachers. schedule: we provide our students and their families an opportunity on…

Education
2
Portersville Christian School

The mission of portersville christian school is to glorify god by preparing students to serve christ and instilling high standards spiritually, academically, socially, and physically. the school provides a high-quality academic program, a…

Education
3
Texas Christian University

Texas christian university is an institution of higher education which includes nine major academic units: liberal arts, science and engineering, business, education, fine arts, communication, honors, nursing and health sciences, and the…

Education
4
Hunter Classical Christian School

Provide an education to children in lower and middle school using classical christian methodology.

Education
5
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
6
Biola University Inc

Biola university is a private christian university located in southern california. for over 116 years, biola has stood out as an institution grounded on biblically centered education, intentional spiritual development, and career…

Education
7
Colorado Christian Academy

Colorado christian academy provides an innovative christ-centered education that prioritizes academic achievements and individual development of the whole child. in relationship with parents, we will build healthy foundations that result…

Education
8
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
9
William Jessup University

In partnership with the church, the purpose of william jessup university is to educate transformational leaders for the glory of god.

—
10
Desales University

Desales is a catholic, salesian university that inspires transformative learning through the liberal arts and professional studies by energizing students to be who they are and be that well.

Education
11
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
12
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life; the most unlike its peers is Wake Forest University. 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

13 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. 13 of the 23 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
11/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $267,850 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES+1 more: $3,000 · Youth DevelopmentHearts Without Borders: $18,500 · OtherHearts Without Bord…Campus Crusade for Christ Internati: $15,000 · OtherCampus Crusade for …Omni Montessori School: $10,000 · OtherOmni Montessori Sch…Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: $7,575 · OtherBig Brothers Big Si…CHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherCHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN…THE SALVATION ARMY: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,500 · Other+6 more: $5,230 · Other+6 moreASAPH TALKS: $13,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $6,000 · ReligionClaire's Army Inc: $13,000 · Human ServicesZIP WITH US INC: $3,000 · HealthHopeWay Foundation: $2,500 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 · HealthWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $3,000 · Education
Youth Development$270,850Other$66,805Religion$19,000Human Services$13,000Health$7,500Education$3,000

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 budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $267,850 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetASAPH TALKS: $13,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetClaire's Army Inc: $13,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetOmni Montessori School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZIP WITH US INC: $3,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHopeWay Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARTERET COMMUNITY THEATRE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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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 Hale Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hale Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 Hale Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Hale Family 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 23 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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