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Kind Heart Free Spirit Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$159k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$280kInternational$240kHuman Services$120kFood & Nutrition$116kArts & Culture$108kHealth$50kAnimals$42kCommunity Improvement$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HIGH DESERT MUSEUM$20,000
HAWAII LAND TRUST$20,000
COLUMBIA LAND TRUST$20,000
SHARE$10,000
OPEN HOUSE MINISTRIES$10,000
COLUMBIA PLAY PROJECT$10,000
NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION$10,000
MAUI FOOD BANK$5,000
GROWING GARDENS$5,000
LA CENTER ARTS COUNCIL$5,000
MOBIUS DISCOVERY CENTER$5,000
INTER-FAITH TREASURE HOUSE$5,000
CLARK COUNTY FOOD BANK$5,000
SOUTH CORVALLIS FOOD BANK$5,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $72k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%INTER-FAITH TREASURE HOUSE: $2k → 9%HOSPICE OF SPOKANE: $5k → 12%INTER-FAITH TREASURE HOUSE: $10k → 10%INTER-FAITH TREASURE HOUSE: $10k → 10%INTER-FAITH TREASURE HOUSE: $5k → 10%INTER-FAITH TREASURE HOUSE: $5k → 10%INTER-FAITH TREASURE HOUSE: $5k → 10%GROWING GARDENS: $5k → 12%INTER-FAITH TREASURE HOUSE: $5k → 10%GROWING GARDENS: $5k → 12%SARAH BELLUM'S BAKERY & WORKSHOP: $5k → 12%GROWING GARDENS: $5k → 12%WASHINGTON GORGE ACTION PROGRAMS: $5k → 10%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

WA
MT
OR
IA
OH
PA
VA
HI
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$845k · 21 repeat orgs$223k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
21

Total granted

$845k
$141k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+20%

Still filing today

81%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k 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
Human ServicesEnvironmentFood & NutritionArts & CultureInternationalHealthOther
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

  • MC
    Mercy Corps
    4× · 2018–2023 · $125k · revenue +22%
  • MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL
    5× · 2018–2024 · $115k · revenue +49%
  • COLUMBIA LAND TRUST
    4× · 2017–2025 · $105k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • OI
    OUTSIDE IN
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • MA
    MAUI ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue -26%
  • BLACK FARM BUREAU
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue 0%
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
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
2
GoodRoots Northwest

Providing equitable access to nutritious food, with dignity, to those in the community facing food insecurity.

Food & Nutrition
3
Hollywood Farmers Market Inc

The mission of the Hollywood Farmers Market is to celebrate the bounty of Oregon and Washington agriculture through the operation of a community based farmers market and other ventures that support small farmers and healthy urban…

Food & Nutrition
4
Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance

Neighborhood farmers market alliance's mission is to strengthen and support washington's small farms and farming families by providing effective direct sales sites and broadening access to seattle shoppers.

Community Improvement
5
Portland Farmers Market

Pfm operates world-class farmers markets that contribute to the success of local food growers and producers and create vibrant community gatherings. as a trade association, success for our vendors is our primary objective. listening and…

Community Improvement
6
Columbia Pacific Food Bank

Columbia pacific food bank is the regional food distribution center for columbia county, oregon and local food pantry for the community of saint helens.

Food & Nutrition
7
Our Village Gardens

Our village gardens brings a spirit of hope to the people by growing and sharing food, learning and teaching skills, and empowering community leadership.(continued on schedule o)our village gardens leverages community organizing, skill…

Food & Nutrition
8
Farmers Market Fund

Helping under-served populations in oregon with greater access to healthy, locally grown food.

Food & Nutrition
9
Wallowa Land Trust

Our mission is to protect the rural nature of Wallowa County by working cooperatively with private landowners,indigenous people, local communities and governmental entities to conserve land.

Environment
10
Grow Good Hawaii

The principal purpose of Grow Good Hawaii is to promote urban agro-ecology, specifically, the production of food (fruits, vegetables, etc.} locally, as well as the creation of urban biodiversity islands (gardens).

Food & Nutrition
11
Northwest Harvest Emm

The organization's mission is growing food justice through collective action. the organization's vision is ending hunger in washington state.

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12
Whatcom Land Trust

The mission of the Whatcom Land Trust is to preserve and protect wildlife habitat, scenic, agricultural and open space lands in Whatcom County for future generations by securing interests in land and promoting land stewardship.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Native American Youth and Family Center; the most unlike its peers is Artstra. 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

42 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. 42 of the 53 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/42
Grantees still filing
23/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OUR CHILDREN'S TRUST: $110,000 · EnvironmentOUR CHILDREN'S TRUSTCOLUMBIA LAND TRUST: $105,000 · EnvironmentCOLUMBIA LAND TRUSTHAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST: $20,000 · EnvironmentHAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TR…+2 more: $10,000 · EnvironmentMercy Corps: $125,000 · InternationalMercy CorpsMEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL: $115,000 · InternationalMEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIO…CLARK COUNTY FOOD BANK: $42,000 · OtherCLARK COUNTY FOOD BANKCAMAS-WASHOUGAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $29,000 · OtherCAMAS-WASHOUGAL HISTORICAL SOCIETYOUTSIDE IN: $25,000 · OtherOUTSIDE INECOTRUST: $20,000 · OtherWASHOUGAL ARTS AND CULTURAL ALLIANCE: $20,000 · OtherWEST COLUMBIA GORGE HUMANE SOCIETY: $37,000 · OtherWEST COLUMBIA GORGE HUMANE SOCIETYALBINA VISION TRUST INC: $25,000 · OtherALBINA VISION TRUST INCCOLUMBIA PLAY PROJECT: $20,000 · OtherNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Other+20 more: $125,500 · Other+20 moreIMUA FAMILY SERVICES: $45,000 · HealthFREE CLINIC OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON: $35,000 · HealthInter-Faith Treasure House: $42,000 · Human ServicesGrowing Gardens: $15,000 · Human ServicesSARAH BELLUMS BAKERY & WORKSHOP: $5,000 · Human ServicesWASHINGTON GORGE ACTION PROGRAMS: $5,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF SPOKANE: $5,000 · Human ServicesMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionBLACK FARM BUREAU: $10,000 · Food & NutritionGROW SOME GOOD: $7,000 · Food & NutritionSOUTH CORVALLIS FOOD BANK: $5,000 · Food & NutritionTHIMBLEBERRY COLLABORATIVE FARM: $2,000 · Food & NutritionHIGH DESERT MUSEUM: $20,000 · Arts & CultureMAUI ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER: $15,000 · Arts & CultureWisdom of the Elders Incorporated: $5,000 · Arts & CultureARTSTRA: $3,000 · Arts & Culture
Environment$245,000International$240,000Other$383,500Health$80,000Human Services$72,000Food & Nutrition$49,000Arts & Culture$43,000

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 budgetMercy Corps: $125,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL: $115,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOUR CHILDREN'S TRUST: $110,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetCOLUMBIA LAND TRUST: $105,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetIMUA FAMILY SERVICES: $45,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetInter-Faith Treasure House: $42,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetCLARK COUNTY FOOD BANK: $42,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWEST COLUMBIA GORGE HUMANE SOCIETY: $37,000 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetFREE CLINIC OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON: $35,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCAMAS-WASHOUGAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $29,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetALBINA VISION TRUST INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH DESERT MUSEUM: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLUMBIA PLAY PROJECT: $20,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetECOTRUST: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMAUI ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGrowing Gardens: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBLACK FARM BUREAU: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetOPEN HOUSE MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetROCK N ROLL CAMP FOR GIRLS: $10,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetOUTSIDE IN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGROW SOME GOOD: $7,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSOUTH CORVALLIS FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKIHEI YOUTH CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSARAH BELLUMS BAKERY & WORKSHOP: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetWASHINGTON GORGE ACTION PROGRAMS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFUTUREWISE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE OF SPOKANE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH AND FAMILY CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Blueprint Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWOMEN HELPING WOMEN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWisdom of the Elders Incorporated: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF ZENGER FARM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCamp Hope of Southwest Washington: $4,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetARTSTRA: $3,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetKE KUKUI FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHIMBLEBERRY COLLABORATIVE FARM: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON: $2,000 over 1y, 2.1% 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 Oregon Community …The Collins FoundationMarie Lamfrom Charita…Meyer Memorial TrustNinety-Nine Girlfrien…Sangham FoundationThe Swigert FoundationThe Healy FoundationRonald W Naito Md Fou…The Autzen FoundationM J Murdock Charitabl…Norman C Danielson Fo…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR25.8× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Meyer Memorial Trust · Ninety-Nine Girlfriends · Sangham Foundation · The Swigert Foundation · The Healy Foundation · Ronald W Naito Md Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Norman C Danielson Foundation Co Riverview

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Outside in: 33% of income from government
  • Friends of Zenger Farm: 28% of income from government
  • Native American Youth and Family Center: 23% of income from government
  • Ecotrust: 14% of income from government
  • Medical Teams International: 14% of income from government
  • High Desert Museum: 11% of income from government
  • The Blueprint Foundation: 10% of income from government
  • Growing Gardens: 6% of income from government
  • Sarah Bellums Bakery & Workshop: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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How do I get to Kind Heart Free Spirit Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Kind Heart Free Spirit 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 53 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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