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Health First - America's Charities

To support the activities and purposes of other 501(c)(3) organizations that assist children, families, adults & communities by providing funds distribution services that further their exempt purposes.

$557k
Granted FY2021
11
Grants FY2021
6
States reached
$141k
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 2021.

Health$3.2MInternational$628kCivil Rights$307kFood & Nutrition$78k
02FY2021 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $484,710, the rows itemized in this filing. The $557,001 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $72,291 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $167k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $312k
$37,624
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION$140,885
OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC$60,109
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC$57,471
MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER$53,836
NATIONAL BREAST CANCER COALITION FUND$38,267
PREVENT CANCER FOUNDATION$37,624
NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY$32,117
DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC$24,979
ALZHEIMERS AND AGING RESEARCH CENTER$23,650
NATIONAL TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION INC$10,189
THE MARFAN FOUNDATION INC$5,583
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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Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $9k → 6%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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.2M · 22 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2021, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
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Total granted

$4.2M
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+101%

Still filing today

82%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21
HealthInternationalPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionHuman ServicesOther
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

  • INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION WESTERN HEMISPHERE REGION
    5× · 2017–2021 · $601k · revenue +39%
  • MS
    MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $312k · revenue +25%
  • RF
    REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $307k · revenue +240%

Funded once

  • MELANOMA RESEARCH ALLIANCE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $14k · revenue +103%
  • DE
    DYSTROPHIC EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +55%
  • ML
    MARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $9k · revenue +26%
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.

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
2
Targeting Resistance in Cancer Cooperative
Health
3
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
4
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
5
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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6
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

Please see schedule o

Health
7
Lung Cancer Research Foundation

The mission of the lung cancer research foundation is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer.

Health
8
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
9
Brca Research and Cure Alliance
Health
10
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
11
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
12
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc

The mission of the breast cancer research foundation, inc. is to prevent and cure breast cancer by advancing the world's most promising research.

Public Safety & Disaster
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc. 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

26 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.

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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
22/26
Grantees still filing
19/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALZHEIMERS AND AGING RESEARCH CENTER: $576,131 · OtherALZHEIMERS AND AGING RESEARCH CENTERREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION: $306,508 · OtherREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATIONOSTEOPOROSIS AND BREAST CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $158,305 · OtherOSTEOPOROSIS AND BREAST CANCER RESEARCH C…NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY: $156,071 · OtherNATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETYDIABETES NATIONAL RESEARCH GROUP: $120,994 · OtherDIABETES NATIONAL RESEARCH GROUPARTHRITIS & CHRONIC PAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $93,471 · OtherARTHRITIS & CHRONIC PAIN RESEARCH INSTITU…MELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $75,759 · Other+2 more: $46,158 · OtherMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $311,950 · HealthMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF …Prevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn: $302,642 · HealthPrevent Cancer Foundation aka Canc…MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $264,016 · HealthMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CE…DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $220,287 · HealthDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDA…NATIONAL TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION: $62,148 · Health+5 more: $120,433 · Health+5 moreINTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION WESTERN HEMISPHERE REGION: $600,867 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL PL…PROJECT ORBIS INTERNATIONAL INC: $26,682 · InternationalTHE OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $405,683 · PhilanthropyTHE OVARIAN …The Livestrong Foundation: $41,849 · PhilanthropyThe Livestro…NATIONAL BREAST CANCER COALITION FUND: $213,408 · Housing & ShelterFOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION INC: $77,666 · Food & NutritionMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $8,581 · Human Services
Other$1,533,397Health$1,281,476International$627,549Philanthropy$447,532Housing & Shelter$213,408Food & Nutrition$77,666Human Services$8,581

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetINTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION WESTERN HEMISPHERE REGION: $600,867 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetALZHEIMERS AND AGING RESEARCH CENTER: $576,131 over 5y, 92% of budgetTHE OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $405,683 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $311,950 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION: $306,508 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetPrevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn: $302,642 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $264,016 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $220,287 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetNATIONAL BREAST CANCER COALITION FUND: $213,408 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetOSTEOPOROSIS AND BREAST CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $158,305 over 4y, 77% of budgetNATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY: $156,071 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetDIABETES NATIONAL RESEARCH GROUP: $120,994 over 4y, 48% of budgetARTHRITIS & CHRONIC PAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $93,471 over 4y, 90% of budgetFOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION INC: $77,666 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $75,759 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION: $62,148 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetThe Livestrong Foundation: $41,849 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY INC: $39,324 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MARFAN FOUNDATION INC: $36,015 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION: $35,292 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT ORBIS INTERNATIONAL INC: $26,682 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc: $26,324 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMELANOMA RESEARCH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $13,648 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $8,581 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUROLOGY CARE FOUNDATION INC: $5,845 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

AbbVie FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …Arthur J Gallagher Fo…Shell USA Company Fou…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…Verizon FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…American Endowment Fo…
AbbVie FoundationIL17.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AbbVie Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment 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 Health First - America's Charities funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Health First - America's Charities. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 49%
  • Christopher Reeve Foundation: 49% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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 · 0–75%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Health First - America's Charities 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 26 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2022) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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