· Private foundation
Heramb Charitable 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BIA Cares Charitable Fndn | $2,500 |
| Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission | $1,000 |
| HRDC Griffin Place Holding Corp | $1,000 |
| San Diego Food Bank | $1,000 |
| Montana Food Bank Network | $1,000 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in Amer | $1,000 |
| Interfaith Shelter Network | $500 |
| Haven | $500 |
| Salvation Army | $500 |
| Miramar Nat'l Cemetary Fndn | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $85k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +74% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HOHOME OF GUIDING HANDS CORPORATION6× · 2017–2024 · $84k · revenue +74%
- JCJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK3× · 2018–2025 · $4k · revenue +149%
- SISoroptimist International of North San Diego3× · 2017–2021 · $2k · revenue +4%
Funded once
- SHSharp Hospital Auxiliaryone grant, 2020 · $15k
- NLNavajo Lutheran Missionone grant, 2022 · $5k
- LSLutheran Social Services Southern Cone grant, 2020 · $2k
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.
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.
Feeding the homeless population in san d
The mission of crisis house is to respond immediately to stop the cycle of domestic violence and homelessness and to connect families and individuals to crucial resources that empower them to renew their lives.
Catholic Charities provides social services and administers various governmental and social programs. Designed to meet the challenge of the ever-changing community by utilizing spiritual, human and financial resources, our programs enable…
San diego hunger coalition works collaboratively with community partners to create equitable access to food assistance through research, education, and advocacy.
To realize our vision of a hunger free community we will provide more food, healthy food and better access to food. we will leverage our own resources and also work with partners in the community.
Food in need of distribution, inc. (find food bank) is dedicated to relieving hunger, the causes of hunger, and the problems associated with hunger through awareness, education, and mobilization of resources and community involvement.
To end hunger in san francisco and marin counties by soliciting food donations nationally, distributing this food to qualifying public service agencies and neighborhood pantries, advocating for improved government food programs, and…
The mission of the organization is to ensure safety and stability for people who are battered, abused, homeless or at risk; to create public awareness about the epidemic of violence; and to mobilize the community to prevent violence and…
The specific purpose of Housing Help of San Diego (HHOSD) is to provide supportive services and tailored solutions with a goal of obtaining and maintaining affordable housing.
The mission of the st. vincent de paul society of san francisco (svdp-sf) is to offer hope and service on a direct person-to-person basis, working to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence.
Developing children, families, and future leaders of our communities through empowerment, education, and wellness from our house to yours. this is done by leading the way in developing confident, self-sufficient, healthy families and…
The food depot fosters healthy communities by engaging a network of partners and developing solutions to create a hunger-free new mexico.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 31 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 HOME OF GUIDING HANDS CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission Inc ↗
- Who funds JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds Soroptimist International of North San Diego ↗
- Who funds MONTANA FOOD BANK NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds HRDC GRIFFIN PLACE HOLDING CORPORTATION ↗
- Who funds FEEDING SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds LUTHERAN BORDER CONCERNS MINISTRY ↗
- Who funds HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX INC ↗
- Who funds HAVEN ↗
- Who funds INDIVIDUAL & FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK ↗
- Who funds YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds THE THURSDAY CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Heramb Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Heramb Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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