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Humble Heart-Gentle Soul Foundation at a glance

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Humble Heart-Gentle Soul 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.

$4.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$1.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$5.4MPhilanthropy$4.2MHealth$989kYouth Development$927kFood & Nutrition$775kHuman Services$768kReligion$706kHousing & Shelter$667kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $116k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+5 grants · $3.1M
$100,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$60M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,241,500
LAKE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$1,035,346
VILLA ANGELA ST JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL$330,000
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MN$250,000
CONVOY OF HOPE$250,000
HUNGER NETWORK OF GREATER CLEVELAND$100,000
ST BEDE THE VENERABLE$100,000
CITY MISSION$100,000
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOU$100,000
BEAT THE STREETS CLEVELAND$100,000
NORTH COAST COMMUNITY HOMES INC$100,000
CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND$100,000
TRANSPLANT HOUSE OF CLEVELAND$100,000
GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS COMMISION$60,000
I'M IN MINISTRY$50,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $735k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF HEARTS: $44k → 11%NORTH COAST COMMUNITY HOMES INC: $100k → 9%JOSEPH & MARY'S HOME: $175k → 17%ST VINCENT CHARITY MEDICAL CENTER: $150k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $75k → 17%WESTSIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $28k → 17%NORTH COAST COMMUNITY HOMES: $91k → 17%NORTH COAST COMMUNITY HOMES: $72k → 17%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

MN
WI
NY
OH
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
TN
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.1M · 19 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
14

Total granted

$9.1M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
0%

Still filing today

63%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $866k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsAnimalsEducationOther
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

  • TRANSPLANT HOUSE OF CLEVELAND
    5× · 2020–2025 · $500k · revenue +160%
  • CC
    CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND
    4× · 2020–2025 · $400k · revenue +77%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2025 · $400k · revenue +392%

Funded once

  • JH
    JOSEPHS HOME
    one grant, 2024 · $175k · revenue 0%
  • SV
    ST VINCENT CHARITY MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue -49%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +78%
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
National Church Residences At Home Inc

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors.

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2
Wsnchs North Inc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
3
Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio Delaware Housing Inc

See schedule oto create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home…

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4
St Catherine of Siena Medical Center

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
5
Hospice of Central Ohio

Patients of hospice of central ohio receive compassionate, individualized end-of-life care. their desires guide the physical, emotional, and spiritual care support we provide. members of our community, patient's families, children, and…

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6
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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7
Faith Mission Inc

To create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home health care…

Housing & Shelter
8
St Charles Hospital Corp

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
9
Hospice & Palliative Care of the Ohio Valley Inc

Helping individuals live with dignity through the final stage of life.

Human Services
10
Ohio Living Holdings

See schedule oto provide older adults with caring and quality services toward enhancement of physical, mental and spiritual well-being consistent with the christian gospel. the organization is dedicated to living our mission and keeping…

Human Services
11
Lifecare Hospice

The mission of hospice is to provide medical care, nursing care, pain relief, and emotional and spiritual support services to terminally ill patients and their families.

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12
Good Shepherd Hospice

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities Corporation; the most unlike its peers is International Network of Hearts. 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

29 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. 29 of the 43 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
17/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LAKE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $4,630,156 · OtherLAKE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,995,075 · OtherCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONBEAT THE STREETS: $479,800 · OtherCHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND: $400,000 · Other+21 more: $2,337,823 · Other+21 moreTRANSPLANT HOUSE OF CLEVELAND: $500,000 · HealthTHE TINY LIVES FOUNDATION: $300,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100,000 · HealthREGINA HEALTH CENTER: $100,000 · HealthED KEATING CENTER INC: $88,731 · HealthCHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC: $50,000 · HealthNORTH COAST COMMUNITY HOMES INC: $262,620 · Human ServicesJOSEPHS HOME: $175,000 · Human ServicesST VINCENT CHARITY MEDICAL CENTER: $150,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $75,000 · Human ServicesInternational Network of Hearts: $44,000 · Human ServicesWEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $28,000 · Human ServicesHUNGER NETWORK OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $300,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $200,000 · Food & NutritionBEAT THE STREETS CLEVELAND: $400,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $5,300 · Recreation & SportsSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $400,000 · EducationCONVOY OF HOPE: $250,000 · International
Other$11,842,854Health$1,138,731Human Services$734,620Food & Nutrition$500,000Recreation & Sports$405,300Education$400,000International$250,000

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 budgetCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,995,075 over 6y, 7.7% of budgetTRANSPLANT HOUSE OF CLEVELAND: $500,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetBEAT THE STREETS CLEVELAND: $400,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetCHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND: $400,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHUNGER NETWORK OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $300,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTHE TINY LIVES FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 3y, 32% of budgetNORTH COAST COMMUNITY HOMES INC: $262,620 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJOSEPHS HOME: $175,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetECUMENICAL SHELTER NETWORK OF LAKE COUNTY INC: $154,500 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetST VINCENT CHARITY MEDICAL CENTER: $150,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHOPE RECOVERY COMMUNITY: $150,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetI'M IN MINISTRY: $145,436 over 3y, 22% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREGINA HEALTH CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLAKE HUMANE SOCIETY: $100,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetED KEATING CENTER INC: $88,731 over 1y, 13% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetInternational Network of Hearts: $44,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetFIRST GLANCE STUDENT CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $15,000 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.

The Cleveland Foundat…The Swagelok Foundati…Medwish MedworksThe Sam J Frankino Fo…The Cleveland Clinic …The Cleveland Clinic …Mightycause Charitabl…Dominion Energy Chari…Murphy Family Foundat…Community West Founda…The George Gund Found…The Arthur B McBride …
The Cleveland FoundationOH28.1× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · Medwish Medworks · The Sam J Frankino Foundation · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Murphy Family Foundation · Community West Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · The Arthur B McBride Sr Family 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 Humble Heart-Gentle Soul Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Humble Heart-Gentle Soul Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Children's Inn at Nih Inc: 10% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY20–24
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.
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How do I get to Humble Heart-Gentle Soul Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Humble Heart-Gentle Soul Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 43 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home