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Healthy Earthworks Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Healthy Earthworks Charitable 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.

$325k
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$129k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$724kFood & Nutrition$237kEnvironment$216kInternational$99kPhilanthropy$59kHealth$40kAnimals$35kEducation$31kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k21 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $37k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $246k
$2,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOMA MAR OUTPOST$129,000
PUENTE DE LA COSTA SUR$117,000
Individual grant recipient$16,035
PESCADERO EDUCATION FOUNDATION$11,000
AMERICAN WILD HORSE CAMPAIGN$10,000
BIONEERS$5,000
WALDORF SCHOOL OF PENINSULA$5,000
PENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST$5,000
Individual grant recipient$4,000
FEED THE HUNGRY$4,000
GOFUNDME$3,510
PIE RANCH$3,005
Individual grant recipient$2,500
CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY$2,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$2,000
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 (FY19–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ONE WORLD EVERYBODY EATS: $205 → 11%SO ALL MAY EAT: $500 → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
MA
IN
CA
CO
VA
AZ
NM
NC
DC
AL
TX
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 28 repeat orgs$317k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
43

Total granted

$1.3M
$180k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+11%

Still filing today

61%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $137k 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
EnvironmentEducationHealthInternationalArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • PD
    PUENTE DE LA COSTA SUR
    6× · 2019–2024 · $712k · revenue +103%
  • PR
    PIE RANCH
    5× · 2019–2024 · $74k · revenue +29%
  • ID
    Infact DBA Corporate Accountability
    3× · 2019–2024 · $32k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • CA
    Corporate Accountability Labgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $40k · revenue +59%
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -21%
  • AW
    AMERICAN WILD HORSE CAMPAIGN
    one grant, 2021 · $12k
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
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
2
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
3
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
4
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
5
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
6
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
7
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
8
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
9
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
10
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
11
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
12
Women's Foodservice Forum

Accelerate the advancement of women leaders in the food industry. we believe in limitless opportunity for all women.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environment California Inc; the most unlike its peers is Healing Cultures 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

45 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. 45 of the 82 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/45
Grantees still filing
29/45
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PUENTE DE LA COSTA SUR: $712,050 · Arts & CulturePUENTE DE LA COSTA SUR+2 more: $7,100 · Arts & CultureIndividual grant recipient: $40,325 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $35,095 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $29,205 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWOMEN ARTS: $20,102 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $15,500 · OtherPIE RANCH: $74,005 · OtherPIE RANCHPESCADERO EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $17,500 · OtherAMERICAN WILD HORSE PRESERVATION CAMPAIGN: $16,195 · Other+51 more: $149,924 · Other+51 moreLoma Mar Outpost: $129,000 · Community ImprovementLoma Mar …+1 more: $2,500 · Community ImprovementCOLLECTIVE HERITAGE INSTITUTE: $115,000 · Social ScienceCorporate Accountability Lab: $40,000 · InternationalPeace Development Fund: $30,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $20,000 · InternationalTHE GEM FOUNDATION: $5,125 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $5,000 · International+1 more: $2,500 · InternationalInfact DBA Corporate Accountability: $32,000 · EnvironmentFORESTS FOREVER INC: $31,500 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENT CALIFORNIA INC: $12,000 · EnvironmentPENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST: $10,000 · Environment+3 more: $3,333 · EnvironmentWOMEN DONORS NETWORK: $30,000 · PhilanthropyGOFUNDMEORG: $24,280 · PhilanthropyLESEA GLOBAL FEED THE HUNGRY INC: $24,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $2,000 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$719,150Other$397,851Community Improvement$131,500Social Science$115,000International$102,625Environment$88,833Philanthropy$80,280

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 budgetPUENTE DE LA COSTA SUR: $712,050 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetLoma Mar Outpost: $129,000 over 1y, 69% of budgetCOLLECTIVE HERITAGE INSTITUTE: $115,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetPIE RANCH: $74,005 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetCorporate Accountability Lab: $40,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetInfact DBA Corporate Accountability: $32,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFORESTS FOREVER INC: $31,500 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetWOMEN DONORS NETWORK: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPeace Development Fund: $30,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $24,280 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLESEA GLOBAL FEED THE HUNGRY INC: $24,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPESCADERO EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $17,500 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetAMERICAN WILD HORSE PRESERVATION CAMPAIGN: $16,195 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetENVIRONMENT CALIFORNIA INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWALDORF SCHOOL OF THE PENINSULA: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHealing Cultures Inc: $5,155 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE GEM FOUNDATION: $5,125 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetISLAND DOLPHIN CARE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN ARTISTS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetLA COCINA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD & WATER WATCH: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetURGENT ACTION FUND FOR FEMINIST ACTIVISM: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE FARMING ASSOCIATION: $2,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKQED INC: $2,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRANDOLPH COLLEGE INC: $2,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE: $1,033 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN KRATOM ASSOCIATION: $822 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEQUALITY CALIFORNIA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSO ALL MAY EAT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSONRISAS DENTAL HEALTH INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOccidental Arts and Ecology Center: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $202 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 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.

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.

Mightycause Charitabl…ImpactassetsincMarin Community Found…Tomkat Ranch Educatio…The San Francisco Fou…Silicon Valley Commun…The Robert & Helen Ha…Peninsula Open Space …National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…
Mightycause Charitable FoundationFL17.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Marin Community Foundation · Tomkat Ranch Educational Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Robert & Helen Hardman Family Fund #95-290240 · Peninsula Open Space Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Infact Dba Corporate Accountability: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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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How do I get to Healthy Earthworks Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Healthy Earthworks Charitable 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 82 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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