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Hometown America Foundation at a glance

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Hometown America Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$31k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$10k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$95kHousing & Shelter$52kHuman Services$35kPublic Safety & Disaster$31kHealth$19kCommunity Improvement$6kEducation$6kCrime & Legal$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$926k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Myerstown First Aid Unit$10,000
Habitat for Humanity of Central NJ$5,000
IREM Sacramento Valley Foundation-RENEW$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
Community Initiatives$2,500
LovExtension$2,500
Make a Wish Foundation of America$2,500
Making a Difference Foundation$500
Sierra Service Project$500
Spectracare Foundation$500
Sacred Heart Community Service$500
Funny Farm Rescue & Sanctuary$500
Warrior Ranch Foundation$500
The Womens Center$500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $41k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Wounded Warrior Family Support Inc: $3k → 12%Tommy Apostolos Fund: $500 → 6%Sacred Heart Community Service: $500 → 8%Lake Cares: $3k → 10%Redlands Christian Migrant Assoc: $500 → 10%My Warrior's Place: $3k → 13%LovExtension: $3k → 16%Mano A Mano Family Resource Center: $500 → 8%TEEN LIVING PROGRAMS: $10k → 14%Spectracare Foundation: $500 → 12%Arizona Sunshine Angels: $500 → 11%Long Island Cares Inc: $5k → 7%LovExtension: $3k → 16%Mano A Mano Family Resource Center: $500 → 8%IGNITE: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
NE
VA
DE
AZ
KS
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.

19%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$48k · 3 repeat orgs$197k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +73% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
48

Total granted

$48k
$171k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+73%
+26%

Still filing today

67%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesFood & NutritionHealthPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentEmploymentOther
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

  • IS
    IREM Sacramento Valley Foundation-RENEW
    3× · 2022–2024 · $23k
  • I
    IGNITE
    2× · 2018–2020 · $20k · revenue +73%
  • LI
    LOVEXTENSION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $5k · revenue -22%

Funded once

  • SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue -5%
  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +3%
  • CF
    Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +26%
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 Share Inc

For over 40 years food share has been feeding the hungry in ventura county. it all began when eight friends banded together to provide food to those in need under a bridge in ventura, ca. the early philanthropic movement started in a…

Food & Nutrition
2
San Francisco Food Bank

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…

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3
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
4
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc

To end hunger and transform the health of our community by providing nourishment to those in need by acquiring and distributing safe nutritious food via local agencies and by providing education to solve hunger and nutritional problems in…

Food & Nutrition
5
Feeding America Riverside San Bernardino Counties

Our mission is to alleviate hunger in the inland empire of southern california.

Food & Nutrition
6
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc

To feed people by soliciting and distributing food and other products through partner agencies and educating the community about the nature of and solutions to problems of hunger.

Food & Nutrition
7
Cares of Farmington Hills Inc

To provide comprehensive support services for individuals and families that are in need of everyday necessities due to insufficient financial resources or family instabilty. c.a.r.e.s. will offer food, clothing, job education and training…

Food & Nutrition
8
Project Angel Food

Project angel food (the organization) improves health and fights food insecurity for critically ill individuals in los angeles county through its medically tailored meal program and nutrition counseling. for over 35 years, they have served…

Health
9
Family Supportive Housing Inc

Family supportive housing, inc. is committed to the entire family and encourages families to stay intact while addressing their needs for food, shelter, education, and employment. the organization provides shelter, housing opportunities…

Human Services
10
Farm Share Inc

A.farm share, inc. (the "organization") is a non-profit organization and was incorporated under the laws of the state of florida on july 8, 1992 as a 501c3 corporation that is tax-exempt under the provision of the internal revenue code.…

Food & Nutrition
11
Food Bank for Monterey County

To distribute food to alleviate hunger, provide emergency food services during a natural disaster, and conduct educational awareness programs relating to hunger issues in monterey county.

Unclassified
12
Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc

The mission is to lead our community in the fight against hunger. the vision is that no one has to go hungry in our community.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hands for Homeless Inc; the most unlike its peers is Spectracare Foundation. 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

36 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. 36 of the 63 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
25/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IREM Sacramento Valley Foundation-RENEW: $22,500 · OtherIREM Sacramento Valley Foundation-RENEWSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $20,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INCSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $20,000 · OtherSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAULHabitat for Humanity of Central NJ: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · Other+33 more: $45,657 · Other+33 moreSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF …Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $20,000 · Food & NutritionCommunity Food Bank Of New J…SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $20,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VA…MEALS ON WHEELS OF LEWES & REHOBOTH INC: $2,500 · Food & NutritionIGNITE: $20,000 · Human ServicesIGNITELOVEXTENSION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesLOVEXTENSION INCLong Island Cares Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesLong Island Cares I…WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIORS FA…MY WARRIOR'S PLACE INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesMY WARRIOR'S PLACE …Lake Cares Inc: $2,500 · Human ServicesLake Cares Inc+7 more: $4,000 · Human Services+7 moreMYERSTOWN FIRST AID UNIT: $10,000 · HealthWARRIOR RANCH FOUNDATION INC: $500 · HealthDAVIDS DREAM AND BELIEVE CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $500 · HealthKURE IT INC: $500 · HealthFrank J Evans Charitable Foundation CO Gregory M Evans: $5,000 · EducationIREM Sacramento Valley Foundation: $3,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $2,500 · PhilanthropyKELSEY CHARITY RUN INC: $500 · Philanthropy
Other$118,157Food & Nutrition$62,500Human Services$41,500Health$11,500Education$5,000Community Improvement$3,000Philanthropy$3,000

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 budgetIGNITE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMYERSTOWN FIRST AID UNIT: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLOVEXTENSION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLong Island Cares Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFrank J Evans Charitable Foundation CO Gregory M Evans: $5,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetIREM Sacramento Valley Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF LEWES & REHOBOTH INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMY WARRIOR'S PLACE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLake Cares Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANO A MANO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHANDS FOR HOMELESS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOALITION AGAINST RAPE & ABUSE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSURVIVOR EMPOWERMENT CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKELSEY CHARITY RUN INC: $500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTommy Apostolos Fund: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetREDLANDS CHRISTIAN MIGRANT ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFunny Farm Rescue a NJ Non Profit: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPECTRACARE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOAK POINT HOMEOWNERS SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWARRIOR RANCH FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARIZONA SUNSHINE ANGELS: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGBDC ENTREPRENEURSHIP INSTITUTE INC DBA Call My Ride: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetANNABELS CLOSET INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAVIDS DREAM AND BELIEVE CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSIERRA SERVICE PROJECT: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKURE IT INC: $500 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.

Aetna Foundation IncVerizon FoundationAmerican Online Givin…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile FoundationFidelity Investments …
Aetna Foundation IncCT10.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Aetna Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 51%
  • Redlands Christian Migrant Association Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.

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 63 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.

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