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Heersink Family Foundation at a glance

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Heersink Family 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.

$499
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$499
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 2024.

Education$2.5MHealth$1.4MArts & Culture$774kInternational$208kFood & Nutrition$60kPhilanthropy$15kYouth Development$12kReligion$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$499
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Dothan Adolescent Community Youth Advisory Council$499
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

US giving: 84% of grant dollars ($4.2M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 16% that went abroad ($770k) is mapped below.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%The Netherland-American Foundation: $200k → 17%Last Coconut Foundation Inc: $500 → 12%Wallace Community College: $600k → 17%Alabama Shakespeare Festival: $2k → 18%Troy University Foundation: $258k → 27%National Christian Foundation: $3k → 13%Stop Foodborne Illness: $50k → 14%The Netherland-America Foundation: $8k → 17%Carillon Beach Chapel: $250 → 12%Houston Academy: $500k → 17%Troy University Foundation: $100k → 27%Stop Foodborne Illness: $10k → 14%Houston Academy: $250k → 17%Troy University Foundation: $100k → 27%Wiregrass United Way: $6k → 17%Troy University Foundation: $100k → 27%United Way: $6k → 17%Troy University Foundation: $100k → 27%Houston Academy: $5k → 17%Wallace Community College: $3k → 17%Wiregrass Museum of Art: $1k → 17%Wiregrass Museum of Art: $1k → 17%Dothan Adolescent Community Youth Advisory Council: $499 → 17%Wiregrass Humane Society: $200 → 17%First United Methodist Church: $6k → 17%Southeast Health Foundation: $3k → 17%Boy Scouts of America: $10k → 17%Boy Scouts of America: $1k → 17%Boy Scouts of America Alabama Florida Council: $250 → 17%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.

Beyond the US: 16% of all-years giving ($770k)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Canada$770k · 1 grant
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
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.
$4.0M · 8 repeat orgs$997k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
11

Total granted

$4.0M
$996k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-3%
+38%

Still filing today

75%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $499 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
PhilanthropyArts & CultureEducationInternationalAnimalsFood & 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

  • U
    UAB
    5× · 2018–2022 · $1.7M
  • SE
    SOUTHEAST EDUCATION INC
    3× · 2019–2023 · $755k · revenue -33%
  • TU
    TROY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    5× · 2019–2023 · $658k · revenue -3%

Funded once

  • FO
    Friends of McMaster Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $770k
  • DM
    DOTHAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue -52% · 42% of their budget
  • WU
    WIREGRASS UNITED WAY INC
    one grant, 2018 · $6k · revenue -1%
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
The University Foundation

The university foundation is organized to assist and aid the board of trustees of the university of alabama in fulfilling its educational, research, and public service programs and activities.

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2
University of North Alabama Foundation

To support the university of north alabama in its educational endeavors.

Education
3
The Medical Foundation of Alabama

To further the image of medicine through financial support for health education programs and projects

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4
Alabama Public Health Association Inc

The alabama public health association, inc., is an association of individuals and organizations interested in public health in alabama. the mission of the association is to link individuals and organizations in addressing public health…

Health
5
United Way of West Alabama Inc

The mission of united way of west alabama is to promote the general welfare of the citizens of west alabama by: raising funds, on an annual basis, to assist the effective delivery of health and human care programs and services, allocating…

Philanthropy
6
Alabama Forestry Foundation

The alabama forestry association works to promote good stewardship of our renewable forest resources for the benefit of society, our members, and the forest products industry.

Environment
7
Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame
Arts & Culture
8
Uab Educational Foundation

To support the university of alabama at birmingham in its scientific and educational mission, including managing and disbursing funds, acquiring real property, and providing operational flexibility.

Education
9
Alabama a&M University Foundation

The Alabama A&M University Foundation was established to receive, hold, invest, manage, use, and administer property of all kinds, whether given absolutely or in trust, for the benefit of Alabama A&M University and its educational,…

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10
Alabama School of Fine Arts Foundation

The foundation's purpose is to sponsor and encourage the efforts of the alabama school of fine arts. the school is the beneficiary of all gifts and charitable disbursements, and qualifies for such due to its not for profit status.

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11
Wings Across Alabama

To educate, empower, and improve services for mental health consumers in the state of alabama.

Education
12
United Way of Monroe County

Collect & distribute funds to approved agencies in monroe county alabama

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Southeast Alabama Medical Center Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Stop Foodborne Illness 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

14 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. 14 of the 20 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
7/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UAB: $1,655,000 · OtherUABFriends of McMaster Inc: $770,000 · OtherFriends of McMaster IncSOUTHEAST EDUCATION INC: $755,000 · OtherSOUTHEAST EDUCATION INCWallace Community College: $602,500 · OtherWallace Community College+4 more: $17,999 · OtherTROY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $657,500 · EducationTROY UNIVERSITY FOU…DOTHAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $200,000 · EducationDOTHAN MONTESSORI S…THE NETHERLAND-AMERICA FOUNDATION INC: $207,600 · InternationalSTOP FOODBORNE ILLNESS INC: $60,000 · Food & NutritionWIREGRASS UNITED WAY INC: $6,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $6,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyLast Coconut Foundation Inc FKA The Sandel Family Foundation: $500 · PhilanthropyALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $2,000 · Arts & CultureWIREGRASS MUSEUM OF ART INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureTHE SOUTHEAST ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · HealthWIREGRASS HUMANE SOCIETY: $200 · Animals
Other$3,800,499Education$857,500International$207,600Food & Nutrition$60,000Philanthropy$15,000Arts & Culture$4,000Health$3,000Animals$200

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 budgetSOUTHEAST EDUCATION INC: $755,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetTROY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $657,500 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetTHE NETHERLAND-AMERICA FOUNDATION INC: $207,600 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetDOTHAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $200,000 over 1y, 42% of budgetSTOP FOODBORNE ILLNESS INC: $60,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetALABAMA-FLORIDA COUNCIL INC SCOUTING AMERICA: $11,250 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOUTHEAST ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIREGRASS MUSEUM OF ART INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWIREGRASS HUMANE SOCIETY: $200 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.

The Coleman FoundationWiregrass FoundationBruce G Cochener Foun…The Daniel Foundation…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Coleman FoundationAL15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Coleman Foundation · Wiregrass Foundation · Bruce G Cochener Foundation · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Heersink Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Heersink Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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 20 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.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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