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Hcs Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$7.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
75
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Arts & Culture$8.1MHealth$8.0MEducation$7.7MHuman Services$3.2MAnimals$2.3MYouth Development$2.0MHousing & Shelter$1.0MReligion$772kOther$0
02FY2024 · 75 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k31 grants · $712k
  • $50k–250k27 grants · $2.3M
  • $250k+8 grants · $4.7M
$40,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$105M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
XAVIER UNIVERSITY$2,000,000
THE SUMMIT COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$587,958
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER CINCINNATI$500,000
CRAIG AND FRANCES LINDNER CENTER OF HOPE$500,000
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI$400,000
THE CHILDREN'S THEATRE OF CINCINNATI$250,000
BOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC$250,000
CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND$250,000
ST FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH$167,000
WESLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES ORGANIZATION$166,667
OPTIMALL SERVICES INC$150,500
CC PRO FOUNDATION$125,000
CINCINNATI WORKS INC$120,000
SETON EDUCATION PARTNERS$100,000
MIAMI UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC$100,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $3.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JACKSON CENTER FOR CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION INC: $38k → 9%LIFE LEARNING CENTER INC: $50k → 11%COLUMBUS WORKS INC: $100k → 15%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES INC: $250k → 16%FOUNDATION FOR TALBERT HOUSE: $75k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES INC: $50k → 16%FOUNDATION FOR TALBERT HOUSE: $25k → 16%FOUNDATION FOR TALBERT HOUSE: $25k → 16%FOUNDATION FOR TALBERT HOUSE: $25k → 16%FOUNDATION FOR TALBERT HOUSE: $25k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES INC: $3k → 16%CHILDREN'S HOME OF CINCINNATI OHIO INC: $25k → 16%PREGNANCY CENTER EAST INC: $25k → 16%CLOVERNOOK CENTER FOR THE BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $75k → 16%KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE: $84k → 16%KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE: $70k → 16%KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE: $40k → 16%KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE: $25k → 16%ST VINCENT DE PAUL COMMUNITY PHARMACY OF CINCINNATI: $50k → 16%KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE: $20k → 16%ST VINCENT DE PAUL COMMUNITY PHARMACY OF CINCINNATI: $50k → 16%KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE: $10k → 16%ST VINCENT DE PAUL COMMUNITY PHARMACY OF CINCINNATI: $50k → 16%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL - DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CINCINNATI: $25k → 16%LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED INC: $360k → 16%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL - DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CINCINNATI: $25k → 16%LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED INC: $100k → 16%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL: $2k → 16%STEPPING STONES INC: $239k → 16%SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $250k → 16%WESLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES ORGANIZATION: $167k → 16%SWEET CHEEKS DIAPER BANK: $50k → 16%SWEET CHEEKS DIAPER BANK: $30k → 16%BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER: $53k → 16%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $4k → 16%CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND: $250k → 16%CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND: $200k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS INC: $120k → 16%BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER: $85k → 16%EMANUEL COMMUNITY CENTER: $15k → 16%KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE: $25k → 16%KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE: $25k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS INC: $3k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
KY
DC
GA
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$29M · 67 repeat orgs$8.0M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +32% since the first grant, against +3% for the ones you funded once.

67 repeat relationships — 45 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

67
46

Total granted

$29M
$6.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+3%

Still filing today

91%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CS
    CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.9M · revenue +59%
  • XU
    XAVIER UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $2.6M · revenue +8%
  • TC
    The Christ Hospital Foundation
    3× · 2022–2024 · $2.0M · revenue +208%

Funded once

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M · revenue -1%
  • AG
    ACCELERATE GREAT SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2020 · $1.0M · revenue -97%
  • XJ
    XAVIER JESUIT ACADEMY
    one grant, 2023 · $625k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber

To grow the vibrancy and economic prosperity of the cincinnati region.

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2
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber Foundation

To develop and promote economic development, talent initiatives and the unique offerings in the cincinnati region.

Community Improvement
3
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra

Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) creates intimate, transformative experiences that connect the musically curious.

Arts & Culture
4
Cintrifuse

To empower Cincinnati entrepreneurs to launch bold, scalable startups; and we work to improve the odds of those startups growing into transformational companies.

Community Improvement
5
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
6
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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7
Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati

To resolve serious legal problems of low income people, to promote economic and family stability, and reduce poverty through effective legal assistance.

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8
Cincinnati Observatory Center

The mission of the cincinnati observatory is to maintain the integrity and heritage of an historic 19th century observatory and to educate, engage, and inspire our community about astronomy and science.

Arts & Culture
9
Cincinnati Public Radio Inc

Cincinnati Public Radio is the trusted, independent source of journalism, music and culture empowering a vibrant, engaged and informed community.

Arts & Culture
10
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy
11
World Affairs Council - Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky

The World Affairs Council, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, is the bridge that connects the world to one of America's most vibrant regions. Through Global education, International exchange, and cultural awareness initiatives, the council strengthens…

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12
Greater Cincinnati Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc

The cincinnati usa convention & visitors bureau is an aggressive sales, marketing, and service organization. our primary responsibility is to positively impact the region's area economy through convention, tradeshow and visitor…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Greater Cincinnati Foundation and the most unlike its peers is My Special Word. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyHealthcare Systems and Inst…Youth Development and Famil…Charter and Alternative Sch…Performing Arts Organizatio…Ohio Industry Trade Associa…Economic Empowerment & Basi…Community Support ServicesAt-Risk Youth Support Servi…Family Charitable Foundatio…Supportive Housing and Beha…Regional Economic Developme…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 38 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%1%<5yr13%8%5–10yr17%21%10–20yr15%19%20–35yr15%20%35–55yr21%33%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr13%4%5–10yr17%24%10–20yr15%9%20–35yr15%23%35–55yr21%41%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/122
the rest of the field
13%
1,901/14,896

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

116 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 116 of the 132 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
115/116
Grantees still filing
74/116
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $3,900,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCH…The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati — $1,222,000 · Arts & CultureThe Children's Theatre o…CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER — $874,122 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTERCincinnati Playhouse in the Park — $500,000 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Playhouse in …CINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION — $400,000 · Arts & Culture+13 more — $1,215,000 · Arts & Culture+13 moreThe Christ Hospital Foundation — $2,040,000 · HealthThe Christ Hospital…Craig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope — $1,500,000 · HealthCraig and Frances L…BOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC — $1,250,000 · HealthBOB WOODRUFF FAMILY…CINCINNATI CANCER FOUNDATION INC — $635,000 · HealthCINCINNATI CANCER F…GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FREE CLINIC — $416,000 · HealthGOOD SAMARITAN HOSP…+7 more — $466,000 · Health+7 moreACCELERATE GREAT SCHOOLS — $1,000,000 · OtherACCELERATE GREAT SCHOOLSSUMMIT COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL US CATHOLIC CONFERENCE — $761,458 · OtherSUMMIT COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL US CAT…XAVIER JESUIT ACADEMY — $625,000 · OtherXAVIER JESUIT ACADEMYBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER CINCINNATI — $500,000 · OtherDOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CINCINNATI — $400,000 · OtherST FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH — $384,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS INC — $650,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS…Anthony Munoz Foundation — $449,000 · OtherBethany House Services Inc — $500,000 · OtherCISE — $445,000 · OtherHands Together Inc — $400,000 · Other+49 more — $4,388,287 · Other+49 moreXAVIER UNIVERSITY — $2,600,000 · EducationXAVIER UNIVER…MAIN STREET VENTURES — $333,333 · EducationMAIN STREET V…MOUNT ST JOSEPH UNIVERSITY — $300,000 · EducationMOUNT ST JOSE…OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $250,000 · EducationOHIO STATE UN…Optim-All Services — $230,500 · EducationOptim-All Ser…OHIO VALLEY VOICES — $150,000 · Education+6 more — $410,000 · Education+6 moreLiving Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc — $460,000 · Human ServicesLiving Ar…Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired — $450,000 · Human ServicesCincinnat…LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES — $302,500 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUS…KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE — $298,710 · Human ServicesKEN ANDER…SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $250,000 · Human ServicesSANTA MAR…STEPPING STONES INC — $238,807 · Human ServicesSTEPPING …FOUNDATION FOR TALBERT HOUSE — $175,000 · Human ServicesFOUNDATIO…Wesley Community Services Organization — $166,667 · Human ServicesST VINCENT DE PAUL COMMUNITY PHARMACY OF CINCINNATI — $150,000 · Human ServicesBEECH ACRES — $137,500 · Human ServicesCINCINNATI WORKS — $122,500 · Human Services+10 more — $463,500 · Human Services+10 moreTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION — $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyCCPRO FOUNDATION — $475,000 · PhilanthropyMagnified Giving — $250,000 · PhilanthropySTAR HOUSE — $200,142 · PhilanthropyTHE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION — $197,500 · PhilanthropySETON EDUCATION PARTNERS — $100,000 · PhilanthropyCOLUMBUS FOUNDATION — $100,000 · Philanthropy+1 more — $10,000 · PhilanthropyZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI — $2,250,000 · Animals
Arts & Culture$8,111,122Health$6,307,000Other$10,502,745Education$4,273,833Human Services$3,215,184Philanthropy$2,332,642Animals$2,250,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $3,900,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetXAVIER UNIVERSITY — $2,600,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI — $2,250,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetThe Christ Hospital Foundation — $2,040,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetCraig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope — $1,500,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetBOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC — $1,250,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetThe Children's Theatre of Cincinnati — $1,222,000 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION — $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetACCELERATE GREAT SCHOOLS — $1,000,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER — $874,122 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS INC — $650,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetCINCINNATI CANCER FOUNDATION INC — $635,000 over 4y, 9.0% of budgetCincinnati Playhouse in the Park — $500,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetBethany House Services Inc — $500,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER CINCINNATI — $500,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCCPRO FOUNDATION — $475,000 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetLiving Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc — $460,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetCincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired — $450,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetAnthony Munoz Foundation — $449,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetCISE — $445,000 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FREE CLINIC — $416,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetHands Together Inc — $400,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION — $400,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetDOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CINCINNATI — $400,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetMAIN STREET VENTURES — $333,333 over 2y, 14% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES — $302,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetGREEN UMBRELLA — $300,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetMOUNT ST JOSEPH UNIVERSITY — $300,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC — $300,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE — $298,710 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetProKids — $261,328 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetTAFT MUSEUM OF ART — $260,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVALLEY VIEW FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 1y, 48% of budgetMagnified Giving — $250,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetSANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $250,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetSTEPPING STONES INC — $238,807 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetOptim-All Services — $230,500 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetSTAR HOUSE — $200,142 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetEmergency Shelter of Northern KY Inc — $200,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetThe Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education — $200,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetTHE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION — $197,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCINCINNATI BASEBALL MUSEUM — $195,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR TALBERT HOUSE — $175,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetWesley Community Services Organization — $166,667 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOHIO VALLEY VOICES — $150,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCATHOLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE — $150,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Greater Cincinnat…Johnson Charitable Gi…Carol Ann and Ralph V…Charles H Dater Found…L & L Nippert Charita…Farmer Family Foundat…The Thomas J Emery Me…Elsa M Heisel Sule Ch…The James J and Joan …Robert H & Susan F Ca…John a Schroth Family…Louise Taft Semple Fo…
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH100.6× affinity66 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · L & L Nippert Charitable Foundation Inc Attn Carter F Randolph Phd · Farmer Family Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · The James J and Joan a Gardner Family Foundation · Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Louise Taft Semple Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Hcs Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    35report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Hcs Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Hcs 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 132 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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