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John M Hewitt Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

John M Hewitt Family 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.

$57k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

International$26kHuman Services$26kHousing & Shelter$11kHealth$2kReligion$2kCivil Rights$1kPhilanthropy$800Other$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $32k
$2,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Salvation Army$16,750
Compassion International$15,550
Kansas City Rescue Mission$5,700
Samaritan's Purse$4,000
City Union Mission$3,200
St Jude's Children's Hospital$2,000
Calvary Chapel$2,000
Heart to Heart$2,000
Mercy Ships$2,000
Doctors Without Borders$1,500
Kansans for Life$1,000
Family Research Council$1,000
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 (FY18–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Family Research Council: $1k → 14%Family Research Council: $400 → 14%Heartstrings Community Foundation: $150 → 5%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
NY
CO
MO
KS
TN
NC
DC
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$56k · 8 repeat orgs$16k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
7

Total granted

$56k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+21%

Still filing today

75%
14%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24
InternationalHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterReligionOther
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

  • Compassion International Incorporated
    2× · 2023–2024 · $16k · revenue +16%
  • SK
    SHELTER KC
    4× · 2018–2024 · $7k · revenue +61%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    2× · 2017–2024 · $5k · revenue +134%

Funded once

  • SA
    Salvation Army
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
  • SP
    Samaritans Purse
    2× · 2018–2019 · $1k
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
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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2
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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3
Life International

To partner with leaders globally to boldly proclaim the biblical truth of the father's heart for life, champion the gospel of jesus christ, and establish life-giving ministries.

Health
4
Fsi-Freedom Seekers International

Freedom seekers international is a christian organization that exists to rescue the most severely persecuted for their religious faith in hostile and restrictive countries. through collaborative partnerships we deliver those who are…

Human Services
5
Mercy Multiplied International Inc

Mercy multiplied international, inc. is a christian-based entity that exists as the central coordinating body for the mercy multiplied program and brand. formerly known as mercy ministries international, inc., the ministry officially…

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6
Faith Aid

The organization cares for the sick and suffering in Jesus name by partnering with Christian mission hospitals, helping patients unable to afford treatment, and supporting Mustard Seed House ministry locations in Kenya.

International
7
Lifechangers Inc

Distribution of newsletters, production of dvds, cds and publications carrying the message of jesus christ and the kingdom of god to the people throughout the world.

Arts & Culture
8
Mercy Medical Center Foundation

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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9
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

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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10
Selah International Counseling Ministries

The mission of Selah International Counseling Ministries is to glorify God as we serve and equip His church, providing leadership and service through counseling, counseling resources, and counseling training.

Health
11
Lifewater Inc

Lifewater international is a non-profit christian water development organization dedicated to effectively serving vulnerable children and families by partnering with underserved communities to overcome water poverty.

Environment
12
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shelter Kc; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

11 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. 11 of the 19 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SALVATION ARMY: $19,050 · OtherSALVATION ARMYSalvation Army: $3,300 · OtherSalvation ArmyCalvary Chapel: $2,000 · OtherCalvary ChapelSt Jude's Children's Hospital: $2,000 · OtherSt Jude's Children's HospitalIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientKansans For Life Inc: $1,400 · Other+4 more: $3,000 · Other+4 moreCompassion International Incorporated: $15,750 · InternationalCompassion International Incorpor…HEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,000 · InternationalHEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL INCMercy Ships International: $2,000 · InternationalMercy Ships InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,700 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCSHELTER KC: $6,900 · Housing & ShelterSHELTER KCCity Union Mission: $4,500 · Housing & ShelterCity Union Missio…SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $4,900 · ReligionFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $1,400 · Human ServicesHeartstrings Community Foundation: $150 · Human Services
Other$32,750International$21,450Housing & Shelter$11,400Religion$4,900Human Services$1,550

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 budgetSHELTER KC: $6,900 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $4,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCity Union Mission: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $1,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKansans For Life Inc: $1,400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LINDELL FOUNDATION INC: $800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHeartstrings Community Foundation: $150 over 2y, 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization John M Hewitt Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John M Hewitt Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 19 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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