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Horizon Charitable 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.

$3.7M
Granted FY2023
24
Grants FY2023
19
Organizations funded FY2023
53%
First-time grantees FY2023
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62% of Horizon Charitable Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 11 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Horizon Charitable Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 18 organizations, $4M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

1
’19
10
’20
10
’21
12
’22
18
’23
11
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2023
$100,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$500,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 19
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
8
Total assets, FY2023
$121M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 53% of the organizations Horizon Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $920k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Civil RightsHuman ServicesEducationSocial ScienceCrime & LegalArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202319$2.8M53%
FY202212$1.8M58%
FY202110$1.6M70%
FY202011$495k100%
FY20191$300kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$5.3MCivil Rights$3.8MEducation$2.6MPublic Benefit$1.4MHuman Services$650kSocial Science$500kInternational$354kArts & Culture$230kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
IL
WI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
CO
NE
VA
MD
DC
AL
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 40 grantees
All grantees of Horizon Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Anti-Defamation League$1,100,00041%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$800,00021%
Third Way Institute$750,00023%
Global Project Against Hate and Extremism Inc$500,000370%
Workmoney Foundation Inc$500,00011%
Media Matters for America$500,00022%
National Redistricting Foundation$450,00042%
Social Science Research Council$400,00021%
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation$300,00031%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$300,00030%
Protect Democracy Project$300,00020%
The Voter Participation Center$270,00021%
Voter Registration Project$250,00011%
All Americans Vote$200,00013%
Equis Institute$200,00011%
Voto Latino Foundation Inc$200,00021%
Accelerate Change Inc$200,00011%
Civic Education Fund$200,00013%
America Israel Democracy Coalition$200,00011%
Central Fund of Israel$200,00010%
Center for Technology and Civic Life$150,00011%
Working America Education Fund$100,00011%
The Aspen Institute Inc$100,00010%
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio$100,00010%
Goodnation Foundation Inc$100,00010%
Thorn$100,00020%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$100,00010%
Community Funds Inc$100,0001n/a
Project 68 Education Fund Inc$70,000114%
Nido de Esperanza Charitable Society$60,00032%
Democracy Matters Foundation$50,00011%
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence$50,00010%
Engenderhealth Inc$25,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$20,00010%
Association to Benefit Children$10,00010%
Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service Inc$10,00010%
West Side Center for Community Life$10,00010%
Christian Herald Association Inc$10,00010%
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$5,00010%
Her Justice Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($35k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Horizon Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 39 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAnti-Defamation League: $1,100,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $800,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetThird Way Institute: $750,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetGlobal Project Against Hate and Extremism Inc: $500,000 over 3y, 70% of budgetWorkmoney Foundation Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMedia Matters for America: $500,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetNational Redistricting Foundation: $450,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetSocial Science Research Council: $400,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetReproductive Freedom for All Foundation: $300,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $300,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetProtect Democracy Project: $300,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Voter Participation Center: $270,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetVoter Registration Project: $250,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAll Americans Vote: $200,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetEquis Institute: $200,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetVoto Latino Foundation Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetAccelerate Change Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCivic Education Fund: $200,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetAmerica Israel Democracy Coalition: $200,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $200,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCenter for Technology and Civic Life: $150,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWorking America Education Fund: $100,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetThe Aspen Institute Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Greater Ohio: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGoodnation Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThorn: $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject 68 Education Fund Inc: $70,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetNido de Esperanza Charitable Society: $60,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetDemocracy Matters Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBrady Center to Prevent Gun Violence: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEngenderhealth Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAssociation to Benefit Children: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWest Side Center for Community Life: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHer Justice Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 39.

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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.

Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA19.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The San Francisco Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Catena Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Jewish Communal 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.

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About Horizon Charitable Foundation

How much does Horizon Charitable Foundation give?
Horizon Charitable Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $3,730,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 19 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Horizon Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (35%), Civil Rights (25%), Education (17%).
Who are Horizon Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Anti-Defamation League ($1.1M), William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc ($800k), Third Way Institute ($750k).
Does Horizon Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Horizon Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Horizon Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Tides Foundation, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Where is Horizon Charitable Foundation based?
Horizon Charitable Foundation is based in DE.

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 49 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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