· Private foundation
Hetland 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.
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.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k23 grants · $96k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $120k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MAYO CLINIC FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | $25,000 |
| SALVATION ARMYROCHESTER BRANCH | $15,000 |
| INDEPENDENCE FUND INC | $10,000 |
| INJURED MARINE SEMPER FI FUND | $10,000 |
| WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT | $10,000 |
| FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| BUILDING HOMES FOR HEROES | $10,000 |
| HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT | $8,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $7,000 |
| ST JOSEPH'S INDIAN SCHOOL | $7,000 |
| TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $6,000 |
| CHRIST THE KING ANGLICAN CHURCH | $6,000 |
| BETHANY EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH | $6,000 |
| SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH OF HOUSTON | $6,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 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
Which US states its grants reach
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 +56% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.
34 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 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, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FHFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC9× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +32%
- SFSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND9× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +56%
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC9× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +90%
Funded once
- SASALVATION ARMYone grant, 2021 · $15k
- BEBETHANY EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCHone grant, 2021 · $5k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $4k
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.
K9 hurricane's heroes, a federally recognized, non-profit organization, provides "retired law enforcement and military dogs" with subsidized veterinary care so they can live a long and healthy life. often these incredible dogs are the…
Our organization's mission is to raise awareness for and provide physical aid and support to disabled us military veterans. our program covers a crucial gap in the industry-a veteran operated organization, that can assist veterans with…
To champion public awareness of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and challenges confronting our countrys heroes and rally support for shelter animal adoption by connecting heroes and companions.
The mission of the corporation is to provide support for the war dogs of the united states military. the organization provides care packages to war dogs and their handlers serving overseas. the organization also provides support for…
Providing highly trained service dogs for wounded united states military veterans in need of assistance
Healing paws for warriors is a local veteran found / veteran led 501(c)(3) that provides rescue to trained service dogs to veterans faced with post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), traumatic brain injury (tbi) and/or military sexual…
To send care and comfort packages to deployed american military heroes who are stationed in active duty theaters around the world, as well as to facilitate activities that elevate morale of all veterans
The special forces foundation provides immediate and ongoing support to the special forces community and their families.
Research and advocacy for veterans with post-traumatic stress and the prevention of veteran suicide.
First responders foundation's mission is to serve and honor all our first responders and their families, build appreciation and respect for their work, and enhance public safety.
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 42 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 FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds BUILDING HOMES FOR HEROES INC ↗
- Who funds PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds LACRESCENT ANIMAL RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds HOUSTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA ↗
- Who funds MINNEHAHA ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds Spikes K9 Fund ↗
- Who funds ARIZONA DESERT ROTTI & PALS RESCUE 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Hetland Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hetland Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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