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Human Spirit Foundation at a glance

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Human Spirit Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$699k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$352k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$948kInternational$873kArts & Culture$671kHuman Services$116kEnvironment$55kHealth$35kPhilanthropy$25kRecreation & Sports$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $281k
  • $250k+1 grant · $352k
$15,210
Median grant
5
States reached
$5.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RANDOM GOOD FOUNATION$351,960
FILMES ZANAHORIA LLC$195,900
Individual grant recipient$85,000
JIN SHIN GUILD INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION$25,000
Individual grant recipient$15,210
RESQCATS$10,000
FROM THE HEART FOUNDATION$10,000
TECHNOSERVE$5,000
KACS KENNETT AREA COMMUNITY SERVICE$1,000
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 (FY17–25, $106k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DOVETAIL LEARNING: $105k → 9%KACS KENNETT AREA COMMUNITY SERVICE: $1k → 6%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

NY
MA
OR
PA
CT
CA
VA
DE
NM
KS
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 9 repeat orgs$680k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
22

Total granted

$2.1M
$362k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
+45%

Still filing today

67%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $317k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • RG
    Random Good Foundation Inc
    2× · 2024–2025 · $813k · revenue +2% · 76% of their budget
  • Cornell University
    4× · 2021–2024 · $547k · revenue +23%
  • TI
    TECHNOSERVE INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $20k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • DL
    Dovetail Learning Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $105k · revenue -79%
  • PO
    PERSISTENCE OF VISION FILM CORP
    one grant, 2022 · $69k
  • SI
    SOUTHWEST INDIAN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
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
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
2
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

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3
Rainforest Alliance Holding Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

Environment
4
Terraset

Terraset uses philanthropic capital to purchase permanent, high-quality carbon removal. we pool donations from individuals, foundations, family offices, and donor advised funds, and make strategic purchases of high-quality carbon removal…

Environment
5
Floresta Usa Incorporated

Plant with purpose, a christian nonprofit organization, reverses deforestation and poverty around the world by transforming the lives of the rural poor. we do this through: - watershed restoration & regenerative agriculture - savings…

International
6
NatureServe

NatureServe's mission is to leverage the power of science, data, and technology to guide biodiversity conservation and stewardship. We activate our mission by working with a network of 60+ partners located in states and provinces across…

Environment
7
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
8
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
9
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
10
Bentley University

Organization's mission bentley university believes good business can impact more than the bottom line - it can change the world. bentley is a community of future business leaders who will deliver value in the marketplace and lasting…

Education
11
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
12
Boston Medical Center Health Plan Inc

The corporation is organized and operates as a nonprofit corporation exclusively for the benefit of and to support boston medical center corporation and to provide access to effective, efficient medical care among low income, underserved,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Enfoque Ixcan. 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

21 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. 21 of the 37 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/21
Grantees still filing
11/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Cornell University: $547,000 · EducationCornell UniversityPINE MANOR COLLEGE: $395,000 · EducationPINE MANOR COLLEGE+1 more: $5,000 · EducationRandom Good Foundation Inc: $812,904 · Arts & CultureRandom Good Foundation Inc+2 more: $20,000 · Arts & CultureIndividual grant recipient: $201,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFILMES ZANAHORIA LLC: $195,900 · OtherFILMES ZANAHORIA LLCIndividual grant recipient: $85,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientJIN SHIN GUILD INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION: $75,000 · OtherJIN SHIN GUILD INTERNATIONAL AS…PERSISTENCE OF VISION FILM CORP: $69,329 · OtherPERSISTENCE OF VISION FILM CORP+15 more: $148,210 · Other+15 moreDovetail Learning Inc: $104,650 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesTECHNOSERVE INC: $20,000 · InternationalENFOQUE IXCAN: $10,000 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · InternationalMercy Ships International: $10,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,000 · InternationalTREES FOR LIFE INC: $30,000 · EnvironmentNatural Lands Trust Inc: $20,000 · EnvironmentTOGETHER WE RISE: $20,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $500 · Recreation & Sports
Education$947,000Arts & Culture$832,904Other$774,439Human Services$105,650International$60,000Environment$50,000Recreation & Sports$20,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRandom Good Foundation Inc: $812,904 over 2y, 76% of budgetCornell University: $547,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPINE MANOR COLLEGE: $395,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetDovetail Learning Inc: $104,650 over 1y, 11% of budgetTREES FOR LIFE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 87% of budgetNatural Lands Trust Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTECHNOSERVE INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTOGETHER WE RISE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDELAWARE STATE TROOPERS ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetBrandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFruit Tree Planting Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetRESQCATS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWELLS COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLOTTE HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTHE LAND CONSERVANCY FOR SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKENNETT AREA COMMUNITY SERVICE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTENACITY 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.

Paypal Charitable Giv…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Paypal Charitable Giving FundDC8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Human Spirit Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Human Spirit Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 41%
  • Delaware State Troopers Association: 41% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 37 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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