· Public charity
Happy Hippie Foundation
The HAPPY HIPPIE FOUNDATION rallies young people to fight injustice and provides homeless youth, lgbtq youth, and other vulnerable populations with support services, direct needs services, and prevention services.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $434k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MY FRIEND'S PLACE | $200,000 |
| DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER | $159,023 |
| OASIS CENTER | $75,000 |
| TRUE COLORS UNITED | $25,000 |
| HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE | $15,000 |
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 (FY19–24, $354k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 2 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, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $159k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MFM F PLACE INC6× · 2019–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +95%
- OCOASIS CENTER INC5× · 2020–2024 · $308k · revenue +24%
- THTHE HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE INC6× · 2019–2024 · $165k · revenue +21%
Funded once
- MFMALIBU FOUNDATIONone grant, 2019 · $300k · revenue -97%
- SOSEEDS OF PEACE INCone grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue -51%
- B2Beauty 2 The Streetzgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue +75%
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.
EMPOWERING LGBT PEOPLE, BUILDING STRONG COMMUNITY. NEW YORK CITY'S LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, & TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER EMPOWERS PEOPLE TO LEAD HEALTHY, SUCCESSFUL LIVES. The Center celebrates our community and advocates for justice and…
The mission of the st. vincent de paul society of san francisco (svdp-sf) is to offer hope and service on a direct person-to-person basis, working to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence.
In 34 cities across five countries, covenant house builds bridges to hope for young people facing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking. we meet their immediate needs for food, clothing, protection, and medical and mental health…
To provide support and resources for the local lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (lgbtq) youth. to provide youth with life and leadership skills and the tools to improve self esteem and acceptance of who they are.
The san diego lgbt community center enhances and sustains the health & well-being of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, nonbinary, immigrant, and hiv communities to the betterment of our entire san diego region.
Covenant house georgia provides shelters, protects and advocates on behalf of homeless, trafficked, runaway and sexually exploited youth.
The attic youth center creates opportunities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (lgbtq) youth to develop into healthy, independent, civic-minded adults within a safe and supportive community, and promotes the…
Covenant house is dedicated to serving all of god's children with absolute respect and unconditional love to help youth experiencing homelessness and to protect and safeguard all youth in need.
Covenant house new orleans (the organization) is a not-for-profit organization affiliated with 34 similar organizations across five countries, all of which are affiliates of covenant house international (parent affiliate) and share a…
Urban peak helps youth experiencing homelessness and youth at risk of becoming homeless overcome real life challenges by providing essential services and a supportive community, empowering them to become self-sufficient adults.
The mission of the organization is to ensure safety and stability for people who are battered, abused, homeless or at risk; to create public awareness about the epidemic of violence; and to mobilize the community to prevent violence and…
Since 1972, under 21, d.b.a. covenant house new york (chny) has been working with one of new york city's most vulnerable populations - youth experiencing homelessness, age 16-24, and their dependent children. chny provides young people…
How this is measured
12 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. 12 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 M F PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds OASIS CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds MALIBU FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Gender Spectrum Charitable Fund ↗
- Who funds THE HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER ↗
- Who funds SEEDS OF PEACE INC ↗
- Who funds TRUE COLORS UNITED INC ↗
- Who funds Beauty 2 The Streetz ↗
- Who funds ZEBRA YOUTH INC ↗
- Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN 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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Happy Hippie Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Happy Hippie Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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