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Howe 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.

$320k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$85k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$615kAnimals$380kEnvironment$233kRecreation & Sports$100kHealth$68kYouth Development$25kEmployment$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $140k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $165k
$20,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$5.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$85,000
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATIO$80,000
SIERRA NEVADA BIGHORN SHEEP FOUNDATION$30,000
THE INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION$25,000
DUCKS UNLIMITED INC$25,000
MOUNTAIN AREA LAND TRUST$20,000
THE BUSCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC$15,000
MILEY ACHIEVEMENT CENTER$15,000
KIDS CHANCE OF CALIFORNIA INC$10,000
TEXAS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE$7,500
BUILDING YOUTH AROUND THE WORLD$7,500
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 (FY18–22, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN NEVAD: $10k → 13%MAKE A WISH FOUNDAITON OF SOUTHERN NEVAD: $10k → 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
NY
NV
NJ
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
TN
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 19 repeat orgs$130k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
4

Total granted

$2.0M
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+10%

Still filing today

63%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentEducationHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesScience & TechOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $240k · revenue +62%
  • KC
    KIDS CHANCE OF CALIFORNIA INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $40k · revenue +25%
  • TC
    Texas Conservation Alliance
    4× · 2021–2024 · $30k · revenue +192%

Funded once

  • TI
    THE INT GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • MN
    MONTANA NATURAL RESOURCES YOUTH CAMP INC
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • BB
    Bobwhite Brigade
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +10%
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
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
California Wildlife Foundation

The foundation works with diverse groups representing many interests to acquire and restore critical wildlife habitat and protecting species

Animals
3
The Wildlands Conservancy

The Wildlands Conservancy's dual mission is to preserve the beauty and biodiversity of the earth and to provide programs so that children may know the wonder and joy of nature.

Environment
4
California Institute of Environmental Studies

The institute is dedicated to scientific research, the results of which are used to promote public awareness and education in the areas of conservation biology and ecology,including the wise use of natural resources.

Animals
5
Conservation Society of California

Through management of oakland zoo, the conservation society of california deepens connection with animals, saves wildlife, and inspires champions for the natural world.

Animals
6
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
7
Nature Collective

Nature collective's mission is to drive a passion for nature for all. we think inclusively and diversely when serving those devoid of nature those who remember nature and want to connect back to it and those who have an affinity with…

Environment
8
Sky Island Alliance

We work to connect people, wildlife, and lands across the u.s.-mexico border through the use of science, advocacy, educational activities, community engagement, and on-the-ground conservation initiatives. our main activities include…

Environment
9
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
10
Montana Wildlife Federation

The montana wildlife federation is a statewide conservation organization dedicated to protecting wildlife, wildlife habitat, and public access for outdoor recreation.

Animals
11
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
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12
California Institute for Biodiversity

Create and publish educational materials, conduct professional development, promote awareness, and sponsor research on the spectacular biological diversity of the State of CA.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Nevada; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

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 26 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
9/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $570,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS: $315,005 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGASIndividual grant recipient: $120,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSIERRA NEVADA BIGHORN SHEEP: $115,000 · OtherSIERRA NEVADA BIGHORN SHEEPFLY FISHERS INTERNATIONAL INC: $100,000 · OtherFLY FISHERS INTERNATIONAL INCINTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FLY FISHERS: $100,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FLY FISHERSDUCKS UNLIMITED INC: $100,000 · OtherDUCKS UNLIMITED INC+8 more: $140,000 · Other+8 moreUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION: $240,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF …KIDS CHANCE OF CALIFORNIA INC: $40,000 · EducationKIDS CHANCE OF…SIERRA NEVADA BIGHORN SHEEP FOUNDATION: $90,000 · Science & TechMOUNTAIN AREA LAND TRUST: $43,000 · EnvironmentDucks Unlimited Inc: $25,000 · EnvironmentBobwhite Brigade: $10,000 · EnvironmentTexas Conservation Alliance: $30,000 · AnimalsTHE BUSCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC: $25,000 · AnimalsAmerican Diabetes Association: $22,500 · HealthCURESEARCH FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER: $20,000 · HealthINTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC: $25,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,560,005Education$280,000Science & Tech$90,000Environment$78,000Animals$55,000Health$42,500Arts & Culture$25,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION: $240,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSIERRA NEVADA BIGHORN SHEEP FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 3y, 52% of budgetMOUNTAIN AREA LAND TRUST: $43,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetKIDS CHANCE OF CALIFORNIA INC: $40,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetTexas Conservation Alliance: $30,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE BUSCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $22,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAGC CONSTRUCTION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH NEVADA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCURESEARCH FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBUILDING YOUTH AROUND THE WORLD: $20,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetANTHONY RODRIGUEZ SCOTT LEGACY OF L: $10,000 over 2y, 52% of budgetBobwhite Brigade: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% 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 UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA NEVADA BIGHORN SHEEP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN AREA LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds KIDS CHANCE OF CALIFORNIA INC ↗
  • Who funds Texas Conservation Alliance ↗
  • Who funds Ducks Unlimited Inc ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BUSCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds American Diabetes Association ↗
  • Who funds AGC CONSTRUCTION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH NEVADA ↗
  • Who funds CURESEARCH FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING YOUTH AROUND THE WORLD ↗
  • Who funds ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ SCOTT LEGACY OF L ↗
  • Who funds Bobwhite Brigade ↗

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.

Raymond James Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundFL9.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • International Game Fish Association Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
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 26 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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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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