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Hearts Linked Inc at a glance

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Hearts Linked Inc

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.

$920k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$475kYouth Development$135kEmployment$100kRecreation & Sports$100kInternational$100kFood & Nutrition$85kHealth$65kEducation$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $845k
$75,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YOUTH BELIEVING IN CHANGE INC$120,000
CAMP OF THE HILLS$100,000
TRAINING4CHANGES$100,000
SOJOURN CHURCH$100,000
HOPE INTERNATIONAL$100,000
ASHA PARTNERS$75,000
TASTE PROJECT$75,000
ACTS ONGOING$75,000
AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOC$50,000
AWANA CLUB INTERNATIONAL$50,000
STRONGHOLD MINISTRY$15,435
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA$15,000
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY$15,000
DALLAS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC$15,000
SOUTHERN METHODIST$15,000
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 (FY20–20, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%OURCALLING: $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.
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.

47%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$560k · 6 repeat orgs$620k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
9

Total granted

$560k
$110k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+140%

Still filing today

50%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $510k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’25
ReligionEducationInternationalYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • YB
    YOUTH BELIEVING IN CHANGE INC
    2× · 2021–2025 · $135k · revenue +7%
  • AP
    Asha Partners
    2× · 2023–2025 · $90k · revenue +87%
  • SM
    Stronghold Ministry
    4× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • IH
    INTERNATIONAL HEALTH SERVICESgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +140%
  • GF
    GOSPEL FOR MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • JM
    JABEZ MINISTRIES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
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
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
2
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
3
Dallas Theological Seminary

The mission of Dallas Theological Seminary is to glorify God by equipping godly servant-leaders for the proclamation of His Word and the building up of the body of Christ worldwide.

Education
4
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
5
Walk Thru the Bible Ministries Inc

Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.

Religion
6
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
7
Alliance for Transformational Ministry

Enable christian organizations worldwide to initiate and strenghten ministries that lead people to become followers of jesus and transform communities out of cycles of poverty and disease.

Religion
8
Tyndale Bible Translators

Bible Translation and acts of Christian Services

Religion
9
Asbury Theological Seminary

Asbury Theological Seminary is a community called to prepare theologically educated, sanctified, Spirit-filled men and women to evangelize and to spread scriptural holiness throughout the world through the love of Jesus Christ, in the…

Education
10
Taylor University

The mission of Taylor University is to develop servant-leaders marked with a passion to minister Christ's redemptive love, grace, and truth to a world in need.

Education
11
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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12
Abilene Christian School Inc

The mission of Abilene Christian School, Inc. is to equip students to excel academically, serve meaningfully, and walk faithfully with God.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ourcalling Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

16 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. 16 of the 25 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SOJOURN CHURCH INC: $135,000 · OtherSOJOURN CHURCH INCTRAINING4CHANGES: $115,000 · OtherTRAINING4CHANGESTHE SALVATION ARMY: $25,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYGOSPEL FOR MINISTRIES: $20,000 · OtherJABEZ MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $15,000 · OtherSouthern Methodist University: $15,000 · OtherBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · OtherDALLAS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Other+6 more: $55,000 · Other+6 moreAsha Partners: $90,000 · ReligionAsha PartnersActs Ongoing: $75,000 · ReligionActs OngoingStronghold Ministry: $60,435 · ReligionStronghold MinistryAWANA CLUBS INTERNATIONAL AND AFFILIATES: $50,000 · ReligionAWANA CLUBS INTERNATIONAL …YOUTH BELIEVING IN CHANGE INC: $135,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH BELIEV…HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $100,000 · InternationalHOPE INTERN…INTERNATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES: $20,000 · InternationalINTERNATION…CAMP OF THE HILLS: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsCAMP OF T…TASTE PROJECT: $75,000 · Food & NutritionAmerican Diabetes Association: $50,000 · Health
Other$425,000Religion$275,435Youth Development$135,000International$120,000Recreation & Sports$100,000Food & Nutrition$75,000Health$50,000

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 budgetYOUTH BELIEVING IN CHANGE INC: $135,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetAsha Partners: $90,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetActs Ongoing: $75,000 over 1y, 43% of budgetStronghold Ministry: $60,435 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetAWANA CLUBS INTERNATIONAL AND AFFILIATES: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES: $20,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN STREET CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOURCALLING INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $10,000 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.

Communities Foundatio…Raymond James Charita…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX14.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Hearts Linked Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hearts Linked Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 25 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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