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Hear Me Roar Foundation at a glance

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Hear Me Roar Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$132k
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

International$223kHealth$108kHuman Services$87kFood & Nutrition$70kCivil Rights$61kYouth Development$59kScience & Tech$49kHousing & Shelter$36kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k24 grants · $79k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $53k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$361k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOUNDATION FOR BLIND CHILDREN$12,600
GIRLS INCORPORATED OF SARASOTA COUNTY$10,000
UNITY OF PHOENIX$10,000
MOTE MARINE LABORATORY$10,000
FRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS$10,000
UNITY OF PHOENIX$6,000
CAVETT KIDS FOUNDATION$6,000
FRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS$5,000
MITCHELL SWABACK CHARITIES INC$5,000
HELPING HANDS FOR SINGLE MOMS$5,000
FRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS$5,000
FRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS$5,000
JUSTA CENTER INC$5,000
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ARCHDIOCESAN COUNCIL$5,000
MITCHELL SWABACK CHARITIES INC$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $48k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ARCHDIOCESAN COUNCIL: $5k → 13%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ARCHDIOCESAN COUNCIL: $5k → 16%HOPE LOVES COMPANY INC: $1k → 11%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ARCHDIOCESAN COUNCIL: $5k → 13%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ARCHDIOCESAN COUNCIL: $5k → 16%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ARCHDIOCESAN COUNCIL: $5k → 13%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ARCHDIOCESAN COUNCIL: $5k → 16%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ARCHDIOCESAN COUNCIL: $3k → 13%HOPE WOMENS CENTER INC: $2k → 11%THRIVE AZ FOSTER CARE PREVENTION REUNIFICATION AND: $5k → 11%THRIVE AZ FOSTER CARE PREVENTION REUNIFICATION AND: $4k → 11%THRIVE AZ FOSTER CARE PREVENTION REUNIFICATION AND: $3k → 11%THRIVE AZ FOSTER CARE PREVENTION REUNIFICATION AND: $1k → 11%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
NY
PA
NJ
AZ
TN
OK
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$663k · 26 repeat orgs$53k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +83% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
10

Total granted

$663k
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+83%
-2%

Still filing today

92%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationInternationalAnimalsOther
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

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA
    8× · 2018–2025 · $213k · revenue +10%
  • GI
    GIRLS INCORPORATED OF SARASOTA COUNTY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $54k · revenue +132%
  • MOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $48k · revenue +89%

Funded once

  • TT
    THE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2019 · $6k · revenue -2%
  • University of South Florida Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +58%
  • CW
    CTC WELLNESS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -14%
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
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation

Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…

Health
2
Arizona Healthiest State Foundation
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3
Umom New Day Centers Inc

To end family homelessness by restoring hope and rebuilding lives, so no child will ever have to sleep on the streets.

Housing & Shelter
4
Arizona's Children Association

The mission of arizona's children association is to protect children, empower youth, and strengthen families.

Human Services
5
Onward Hope Incorporated

We are committed to improving and assisting the successful transition of at-risk young people to independent adulthood and supporting resilient families, by connecting them to resources.

Human Services
6
Christian Family Care Agency Inc

The mission of christian family care is to strengthen families and serve at-risk children in the name of jesus christ. the outcome of our work results in building flourishing families and communities focusing on three pillars: preserve,…

Human Services
7
City Help Inc of Phoenix

Our mission is to reach in and mine the incredible potential we believe lies within the lives of at-risk youth, the homeless, and needy families of our community by restoring hope and allowing them to dream again.

Human Services
8
Az Hugs
Human Services
9
Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona

Free arts for abused children of arizona (free arts) is a nonprofit organization that transforms children's trauma to resilience through the arts. since 1993, free arts has served more than 155,400 children in maricopa county in arizona.…

Crime & Legal
10
Arizona Latin-American Medical Association
Unclassified
11
Fresh Start Women's Foundation

The mission of fresh start women's foundation is to provide access and resources that help women achieve self-sufficiency and use their strength to thrive. we do this work in pursuit of our vision to create unlimited opportunities for…

Human Services
12
Arizona Burn Foundation Inc

To improve the quality of life of burn survivors and their families while promoting burn prevention, advocacy, and education.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope Women's Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Regina Ann Hess Memorial Scholarshi. 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

39 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. 39 of the 43 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/39
Grantees still filing
26/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA: $212,895 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-US…+2 more: $8,500 · InternationalUNITY OF PHOENIX: $61,000 · OtherUNITY OF PHOENIXMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $47,500 · OtherMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INCMUSICALLY FED: $22,212 · OtherMUSICALLY FEDTHE FOSTER ALLIANCE: $7,557 · OtherHELPING HANDS FOR SINGLE MOMS: $15,350 · OtherHELPING HANDS FOR SINGLE MOMS+16 more: $49,500 · Other+16 moreGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SARASOTA COUNTY: $54,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INCORPOR…CAVETT KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $29,600 · Youth DevelopmentCAVETT KIDS FO…ASPIRING YOUTH ACADEMY: $4,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentPAINT FOR A CURE: $24,500 · HealthPAINT FOR A…FOUNDATION FOR BLIND CHILDREN: $12,600 · HealthFOUNDATION …Simple Promise Farms: $10,000 · HealthSimple Prom…THE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $8,000 · HealthTHE TRANSLA…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $7,500 · HealthST JUDE CHI…THE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $6,000 · HealthTHE TRANSLA…NATIONAL CMV FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · HealthSOC OF ST VINCENT DE PAULARCHODIOCESAN COUNCIL OF: $32,500 · Human ServicesSOC OF ST…ARIZONA ANTI-TRAFFICKING NETWORK: $12,500 · Human ServicesARIZONA A…THRIVE AZ FOSTER CARE PREVENTION REUNIFICATION AND AGED OUT: $12,500 · Human ServicesTHRIVE AZ…+2 more: $3,000 · Human ServicesMITCHELL SWABACK CHARITIES INC: $46,000 · PhilanthropyStreets of Paradise Inc: $17,000 · Housing & ShelterHuman Services Campus Inc: $8,000 · Housing & Shelter
International$221,395Other$203,119Youth Development$88,600Health$71,100Human Services$60,500Philanthropy$46,000Housing & Shelter$25,000

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 budgetFRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA: $212,895 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SARASOTA COUNTY: $54,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $47,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMITCHELL SWABACK CHARITIES INC: $46,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSOC OF ST VINCENT DE PAULARCHODIOCESAN COUNCIL OF: $32,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCAVETT KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $29,600 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetPAINT FOR A CURE: $24,500 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetMUSICALLY FED: $22,212 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetStreets of Paradise Inc: $17,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetHELPING HANDS FOR SINGLE MOMS: $15,350 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR BLIND CHILDREN: $12,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARIZONA ANTI-TRAFFICKING NETWORK: $12,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHRIVE AZ FOSTER CARE PREVENTION REUNIFICATION AND AGED OUT: $12,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSimple Promise Farms: $10,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetHuman Services Campus Inc: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOSTER ALLIANCE: $7,557 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARIZONA PET PROJECT: $6,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetJUSTA CENTER INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE 4 KIDS INTERNATIONAL: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCTC WELLNESS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetFOREVER LOVED PET SANCTUARY: $4,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetASPIRING YOUTH ACADEMY: $4,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCHILD CRISIS ARIZONA: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY CENTRAL ARIZONA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHope Loves Company Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSolid Rock Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUNSHINE DOG RESCUE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMOTHERS HELPING MOTHERS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLEEN'S DREAM FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Arizona Community Fou…The Foundation for Co…Thunderbirds CharitiesVirginia G Piper Char…John F Long Foundatio…American Express Foun…The Zions Bancorporat…Garcia Family Foundat…The Diane and Bruce H…BHHS Legacy FoundationPhoenix Suns Charitie…Valley of the Sun Uni…
Arizona Community FoundationAZ34.4× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · Thunderbirds Charities · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · John F Long Foundation Inc · American Express Foundation · The Zions Bancorporation Foundation · Garcia Family Foundation · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · BHHS Legacy Foundation · Phoenix Suns Charities Inc · Valley of the Sun United Way

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 Hear Me Roar Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hear Me Roar Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.

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 43 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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