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Henry Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$155k
Granted FY2025still arriving
44
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$22k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$216kHuman Services$194kHousing & Shelter$170kPhilanthropy$126kHealth$122kFood & Nutrition$119kAnimals$113kArts & Culture$113kOther$0
02FY2025 · 44 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k42 grants · $123k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $32k
$2,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAMILY PROMISE$22,200
WINTERSET VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT$10,000
DUBUQUE RESCUE MISSION$5,000
IOWA PGA FOUNDATION$5,000
JOPPA HOMELESS OUTREACH$5,000
RIVER BEND FOOD BANK$5,000
CAN PLAY$5,000
ASCENSION CATHOLIC CHURCH FOOD PANT$5,000
IOWA BICYCLE COALITION$5,000
GRAND OPERA HOUSE$5,000
WAUKEE AREA CHRISTIAN SERVICES$5,000
WINTERSET GIRLS FASTPITCH INC$5,000
NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION$5,000
ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF DES MOINES$4,500
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 (FY17–25, $116k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SOUTH BREVARD SHARING CENTER: $5k → 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $10k → 14%DES MOINES AREA RELIGIOUS COUNCIL: $9k → 10%FAMILY TREE: $3k → 7%LITTLE WISH FOUNDATION: $8k → 5%FAMILY TREE: $3k → 7%LITTLE WISH FOUNDATION: $4k → 5%DES MOINES AREA RELIGIOUS COUNCIL: $6k → 10%FAMILY TREE: $3k → 7%LITTLE WISH FOUNDATION: $3k → 5%LITTLE WISH FOUNDATION: $3k → 5%LITTLE WISH FOUNDATION: $2k → 5%LITTLE WISH FOUNDATION: $2k → 5%DES MOINES AREA RELIGIOUS COUNCIL: $5k → 10%DES MOINES AREA RELIGIOUS COUNCIL: $4k → 10%DES MOINES AREA RELIGIOUS COUNCIL: $3k → 10%DES MOINES AREA RELIGIOUS COUNCIL: $3k → 10%SENIORS FIRST INC: $7k → 13%SENIORS FIRST INC: $5k → 13%SENIORS FIRST INC: $4k → 13%SENIORS FIRST INC: $4k → 13%SENIORS FIRST INC: $4k → 13%SENIORS FIRST INC: $3k → 13%GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN OF BREVARD CO: $1k → 10%ONE HEART FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $5k → 13%GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN OF BREVARD CO: $1k → 10%ONE HEART FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $5k → 13%ONE HEART FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $3k → 13%KIDS BEATING CANCER: $2k → 13%ONE HEART FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN: $1k → 13%ONE HEART FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $1k → 13%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

MT
MN
NY
IA
IN
NJ
CA
CO
VA
TN
LA
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.
$1.5M · 79 repeat orgs$110k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

79 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2025, 43 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

79
25

Total granted

$1.5M
$84k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+8%

Still filing today

52%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyFood & 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

  • FAMILY PROMISE INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $94k · revenue +483%
  • IP
    IOWA PGA FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $45k · revenue +66%
  • WA
    WAUKEE AREA CHRISTIAN SERVICES WAYPOINT RESOURCES
    5× · 2020–2025 · $42k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +50%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF LA ENGINEERING
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
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
Food Bank of Iowa

The organization receives, warehouses, and distributes salvageable food items to non-profit tax exempt member agencies to feed the ill, needy, and infants.

Food & Nutrition
2
Community First Credit Union of Florida

Community first credit union of florida's mission is to provide the highest in quality financial solutions for every stage of life.

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3
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

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4
Family Promise of Greater Des Moines

To provide shelter and services to families experiencing homelessness

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5
Florida Family Voice Inc

To protect and defend life, marriage, family and liberty through education, advocacy and empowerment.

Education
6
United Way of East Central Iowa

Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve people's lives.

Philanthropy
7
Heart of Florida United Way Inc

The mission of heart of florida united way is to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our communities. this is accomplished by standing up for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in central florida.

Philanthropy
8
University of Iowa Facilities Corporation

The university of iowa facilities corporation acquires and holds property for the benefit and use of the university of iowa.

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9
Lutheran Services Florida Inc

Lutheran services florida brings god's healing, hope, and help to people in need in the name of jesus christ.

Human Services
10
Iowa Credit Union Foundation

Founded in 1995 as the philanthropic arm of the iowa credit union league and guided by the credit union philosophy of "people helping people", the iowa credit union foundation (the foundation) works to champion financial well-being for…

Unclassified
11
Common Good Iowa

Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.

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12
Goodwill Industries of Central Florida Inc

Goodwill industries of central florida's mission is building lives that work. gicf achieves its mission through programs including the prosperity platform, goodwill scholars, goodwill connects, and paid on the job training for people with…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Children's Hunger Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Grandparents Raising Grandchildren of Brevard County 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

58 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. 58 of the 113 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)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
55/58
Grantees still filing
39/58
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WINTERSET VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $101,200 · OtherWINTERSET VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPTBREVARD COUNTY UNITED WAY: $60,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF BREVARD COUNTY INC: $60,000 · OtherANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF DES MOINES: $44,900 · OtherDUBUQUE RESCUE MISSION: $43,500 · OtherDRESS FOR SUCCESS: $41,500 · OtherGREENFIELD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $39,000 · OtherCRESCENT COMMUNITY HEALTH: $38,700 · Other+74 more: $711,700 · Other+74 moreDES MOINES AREA RELIGIOUS COUNCIL: $28,600 · Human ServicesSeniors First Inc: $24,500 · Human ServicesLITTLE WISH FOUNDATION INC: $22,000 · Human ServicesOne Heart For Women and Children Inc: $14,500 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY TREE INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesSOUTH BREVARD SHARING CENTER INC: $5,000 · Human Services+2 more: $4,000 · Human ServicesIOWA PGA FOUNDATION: $45,000 · Recreation & SportsCAN PLAY: $32,500 · Recreation & SportsIOWA BICYCLE COALITION INC: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsADVENTURE CYCLING ASSOCIATION: $7,000 · Recreation & SportsNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsFAMILY PROMISE INC: $94,400 · Housing & ShelterWAUKEE AREA CHRISTIAN SERVICES WAYPOINT RESOURCES: $42,000 · Food & NutritionRIVER BEND FOOD RESERVOIR: $32,000 · Food & NutritionTHE CHILDREN'S HUNGER PROJECT INC: $4,000 · Food & NutritionTHE GRAND OPERA HOUSE: $27,500 · Arts & CultureDUBUQUE CHORALE INC: $14,000 · Arts & CultureENZIAN THEATER INC: $13,200 · Arts & CultureORLANDO BALLET INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureDUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART: $4,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FOUNDATION FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $17,000 · EducationChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation: $13,500 · EducationCONVIVIUM URBAN FARMSTEAD: $6,500 · EducationWAUKEE PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $6,000 · EducationMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE: $2,500 · EducationLAKE HIGHLAND PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $2,000 · Education
Other$1,140,500Human Services$116,100Recreation & Sports$109,500Housing & Shelter$94,400Food & Nutrition$78,000Arts & Culture$64,700Education$51,500

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 budgetFAMILY PROMISE INC: $94,400 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BREVARD COUNTY INC: $60,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetIOWA PGA FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetWAUKEE AREA CHRISTIAN SERVICES WAYPOINT RESOURCES: $42,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetCHILDREN'S CANCER CONNECTION: $36,500 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetCAN PLAY: $32,500 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetRIVER BEND FOOD RESERVOIR: $32,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMULTICULTURAL FAMILY CENTER: $31,500 over 3y, 13% of budgetDES MOINES AREA RELIGIOUS COUNCIL: $28,600 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GRAND OPERA HOUSE: $27,500 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetSeniors First Inc: $24,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWAUKEE COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $23,000 over 6y, 7.1% of budgetLITTLE WISH FOUNDATION INC: $22,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetIOWA BICYCLE COALITION INC: $20,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetDUBUQUE ARTS COUNCIL: $19,500 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetMATURA ACTION CORPORATION: $19,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHarbor House of Central Florida Inc: $19,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $17,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFoundation for Dubuque Public Schools: $17,000 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOne Heart For Women and Children Inc: $14,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetDUBUQUE CHORALE INC: $14,000 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation: $13,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetENZIAN THEATER INC: $13,200 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetST STEPHENS FOODBANK: $12,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA LEADERSHIP VENTURE: $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY TREE INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetADVENTURE CYCLING ASSOCIATION: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCONVIVIUM URBAN FARMSTEAD: $6,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetWAUKEE PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetORLANDO BALLET INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMICHAEL HENTER FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSOUTH BREVARD SHARING CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HUNGER PROJECT INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART: $4,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIowa Legal Aid: $3,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLGBT CENTER ORLANDO INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHabitat for Humanity Greater Orlando and Osceola County Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGive Hope Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF ST MARY'S: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILDWOOD HILLS INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS BEATING CANCER INC: $2,000 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.

  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF BREVARD COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds IOWA PGA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WAUKEE AREA CHRISTIAN SERVICES WAYPOINT RESOURCES ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S CANCER CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds CAN PLAY ↗
  • Who funds RIVER BEND FOOD RESERVOIR ↗
  • Who funds MULTICULTURAL FAMILY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds DES MOINES AREA RELIGIOUS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Seniors First Inc ↗
  • Who funds WAUKEE COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE WISH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds IOWA BICYCLE COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds DUBUQUE ARTS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds MATURA ACTION CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Harbor House of Central Florida Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds Foundation for Dubuque Public Schools ↗
  • Who funds COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC ↗
  • Who funds One Heart For Women and Children Inc ↗

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.

Community Foundation …James B & Melita a Mc…Dubuque Racing Associ…Community Fdn of Grea…Heartland Charitable …Central Florida Found…Alliant Energy Founda…The Klauer Foundation…Falb Family Charitabl…Crescent Electric Cha…Universal Orlando Fou…Publix Super Markets …
Community Foundation of Greater DubuqueIA27.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque · James B & Melita a McDonough Foundation · Dubuque Racing Association Ltd · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Heartland Charitable Trust · Central Florida Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · The Klauer Foundation Trust Xxxxx5009 · Falb Family Charitable Foundation · Crescent Electric Charitable Foundation · Universal Orlando Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Harbor House of Central Florida Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Family Promise Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Enzian Theater Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando and Osceola County Inc: 1% of income from government
  • United Way of Brevard County Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Candlelighters of Brevard Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Haven for Children Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Henry Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Henry Family 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 113 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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