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Hale 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.

$100k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$31k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$154kHousing & Shelter$73kRecreation & Sports$71kCommunity Improvement$35kFood & Nutrition$31kHuman Services$27kYouth Development$25kArts & Culture$17kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $2k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $98k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GLAAACC EDUCATION FUND AND FOUNDATI$30,500
NEW IMAGE EMERGENCY SHELTER$27,500
LITTLE MISS AFRICAN AMERICAN$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
COMMUNITY PARTNERS$10,000
Educating Students Together$10,000
Gardena Police Officers Association$1,500
CINCO DE MAYO COMMITTEE$500
Individual grant recipient$460
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:

Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $10k) 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 its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LOS ANGELES CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC: $10k → 14%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.
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$390k · 15 repeat orgs$81k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +39% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
12

Total granted

$390k
$71k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+39%

Still filing today

33%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Youth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterArts & CultureHealthOther
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

  • ES
    EDUCATING STUDENTS TOGETHER INC
    4× · 2019–2024 · $40k · revenue +70%
  • IA
    INNER-CITY ARTS
    3× · 2017–2019 · $17k · revenue +44%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $650 · revenue +145%

Funded once

  • NF
    NATIONAL FOSTER YOUTH INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +39%
  • WE
    Wellnest Emotional Health & Wellnessgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +98%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF GARDENA WILLOWS WETLANDPRESERVE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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
Allies for Every Child Inc

All children need a childhood. Allies for Every Child brings together and strengthens families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life. (Continues on Schedule O)

Human Services
2
All About Kids La
Philanthropy
3
International Institute of Los Angeles

Providing low-cost, diverse social services throughout los angeles county.

Human Services
4
Pathways La

Pathways LA strengthens low-income and vulnerable working families, promotes high quality early care and education services for children of all abilities, develops knowledgeable early care providers, and promotes economically resilient…

Human Services
5
Los Angeles Retired Fire and Police Benevolent Association
Crime & Legal
6
Project Lift La

Provider of human services

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7
Trauma Informed La
Civil Rights
8
Children's Council of San Francisco

By advocating for quality early care and education, empowering families with information and financial support, and building the capabilities of educators, Children's Council of San Francisco ensures that every child in San Francisco has…

Human Services
9
Los Angeles Education Partnership

To advance educational equity. together with families, schools and the community, facilitate access to and opportunities for quality educational and wellness practices so that children thrive from diapers to diplomas.

—
10
Los Angeles Youth Network

Youth Emerging Stronger (YES) empowers young people, between ages of 12 and 24 within Los Angeles County, including but not limited to run-away and homeless youth. YES mission is to end homelessness one youth at a time to become…

Human Services
11
Hillsides

We are a premier provider dedicated to healing children and young adults, strengthening families, and transforming communities through quality comprehensive services and advocacy. we envision a world in which children and young adults,…

Human Services
12
Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles

Working together to strengthen families and ensure high-quality child care and early learning across los angeles county.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Partners; the most unlike its peers is Wellnest Emotional Health & Wellness. 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

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 28 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
7/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GLAAACC EDUCATION FUND AND FOUNDATI: $86,500 · OtherGLAAACC EDUCATION FUND AND FOUNDATILITTLE MISS AFRICAN AMERICAN INC: $70,500 · OtherLITTLE MISS AFRICAN AMERICAN INCIndividual grant recipient: $47,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLMU CHILDREN'S CENTER: $16,500 · OtherLMU CHILDREN'S CENTERCAL STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS: $10,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF GARDENA WILLOWS WETLANDPRESERVE INC: $10,000 · Other+14 more: $51,284 · Other+14 moreNEW IMAGE EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $73,250 · Housing & ShelterNEW IMAGE EMERGEN…EDUCATING STUDENTS TOGETHER INC: $40,000 · EducationEDUCATING…NATIONAL FOSTER YOUTH INSTITUTE: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentAYDENS ARMY OF ANGELS: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentINNER-CITY ARTS: $16,602 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $10,000 · Community ImprovementPearls of Service Inc: $2,000 · Community ImprovementWellnest Emotional Health & Wellness: $10,000 · Human Services
Other$292,284Housing & Shelter$73,250Education$40,000Youth Development$27,000Arts & Culture$16,602Community Improvement$12,000Human Services$10,000

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 budgetNEW IMAGE EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $73,250 over 8y, 17% of budgetEDUCATING STUDENTS TOGETHER INC: $40,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetNATIONAL FOSTER YOUTH INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetINNER-CITY ARTS: $16,602 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWellnest Emotional Health & Wellness: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGardena Police Officers Association: $8,500 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITE-LA INC: $2,734 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPearls of Service Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAYDENS ARMY OF ANGELS: $2,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $650 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds NEW IMAGE EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATING STUDENTS TOGETHER INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FOSTER YOUTH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds INNER-CITY ARTS ↗
  • Who funds Wellnest Emotional Health & Wellness ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds Gardena Police Officers Association ↗
  • Who funds CHARITABLE FUND BENEFITTING GARDENA ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds UNITE-LA INC ↗
  • Who funds Pearls of Service Inc ↗
  • Who funds AYDENS ARMY OF ANGELS ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL 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.

The Ralph M Parsons F…California Community …Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Ralph M Parsons FoundationCA13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · California Community Foundation · 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 Hale Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hale Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%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 Hale Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Hale 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 28 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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