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Little Hearts Foundation at a glance

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Little Hearts Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$15k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Animals$23kHuman Services$18kHealth$17kEducation$10kCrime & Legal$7kCivil Rights$7kReligion$7kHousing & Shelter$2k
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$185k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Austin Pets Alive$3,000
Mid Hudson Animal Aid$2,000
Best Friends Animal Sanctuary$2,000
ACLU Foundation$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
Bowery Mission$2,000
Planned Parenthood$2,000
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 (FY18–21, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Houston Area Womens Center: $3k → 16%Teen & Family Services: $10k → 16%Covenant House: $2k → 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

NY
CA
UT
SC
DC
AL
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.

36%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$33k · 4 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
10

Total granted

$33k
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+68%

Still filing today

50%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’21’23’24
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthReligionCrime & LegalCivil RightsOther
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

  • AP
    AUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $14k · revenue +35%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    2× · 2018–2024 · $7k
  • CH
    Christian Herald Association Inc
    2× · 2021–2024 · $7k · revenue -17%

Funded once

  • GF
    GREATESCAPE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -13%
  • TF
    Teen & Family Servicesgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +76%
  • NH
    NATIONAL HARM REDUCTION COALITION
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -16%
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
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
2
Animal Humane Society

Animal Humane Society (AHS) established in 1878 and incorporated as a nonprofit charitable organization in 1891 works to engage the hearts, hands, and minds of the community to help animals. AHS's vision is to compassionately and…

Animals
3
The Humane Society of Austin & Travis County Inc

The austin humane society (ahs) offers comprehensive, humane, life-saving animal services, transforming the lives of animals and those who love them. because we believe homeless animals deserve a chance to thrive in a loving environment,…

Animals
4
Humane World for Animals Inc

Humane World for Animals, Inc., formerly known as the Humane Society of the United States (The Organization), seeks to tackle the root causes of animal cruelty and suffering. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O

Animals
5
Houston Pets Alive

Houston Pets Alive!s (HPA!) mission is to save the lives of at-risk companion cats and dogs and find them loving homes.

Animals
6
Noah's Animal House Foundation

To remove the "no pets allowed" sign on the doors of domestic violence shelters. women should not have to choose between leaving their abuser and leaving their pets behind to be abused.

Animals
7
Animal Care and Control of New York City Inc

Animal care centers of nyc's (acc) mission is to end animal homelessness in nyc.

Animals
8
Covenant House New Orleans

Covenant house new orleans (the organization) is a not-for-profit organization affiliated with 34 similar organizations across five countries, all of which are affiliates of covenant house international (parent affiliate) and share a…

Human Services
9
Global Canine and Feline Rescue Association Inc

We rescue cats and dogs suffered on the street and in endangered locations in both new york and china. the mission of our no-kill shelter is to provide stray cats with safe haven and veterinary care before placing them in forever loving…

Animals
10
Alley Cat Rescue Inc

ACRs programs promote better care for community cats through trap-neuter-return. Local programs include placing unwanted cats in new homes, running a low-cost spay/neuter clinic, and providing support for local feral cat caretakers.…

Animals
11
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
12
Lucky Dog Animal Rescue

Lucky dog animal rescue is a volunteer-powered nonprofit dedicated to rescuing homeless, neglected, and abandoned animals from certain euthanasia and finding them loving forever homes. we educate the community and all pet owners on…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mid Hudson Animal Aid Inc; the most unlike its peers is Greatescape Foundation. 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

13 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. 13 of the 17 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATESCAPE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherGREATESCAPE FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $7,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTx Planned Parenthood: $5,000 · OtherTx Planned ParenthoodPlanned Parenthood: $4,500 · OtherPlanned ParenthoodUniversity of S Florida Founsdation: $2,000 · OtherUniversity of S Florida FounsdationAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $14,000 · AnimalsAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INCMISS DIXIES KITTEN RESCUE: $5,000 · AnimalsMISS DIXIES KITTEN RESCUEMID HUDSON ANIMAL AID INC: $2,000 · AnimalsMID HUDSON ANIMAL AID INCBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $2,000 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETYTeen & Family Services: $10,000 · Human ServicesTeen & Family Serv…Houston Area Women's Center: $2,500 · Human ServicesHouston Area Women…COVENANT HOUSE: $2,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSENATIONAL HARM REDUCTION COALITION: $5,000 · HealthNATIONAL HAR…THE MIRACLE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthTHE MIRACLE …Christian Herald Association Inc: $7,000 · ReligionSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $5,000 · Crime & LegalAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Civil Rights
Other$28,500Animals$23,000Human Services$14,500Health$10,000Religion$7,000Crime & Legal$5,000Civil Rights$2,000

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 budgetAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $14,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTeen & Family Services: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL HARM REDUCTION COALITION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISS DIXIES KITTEN RESCUE: $5,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetTHE MIRACLE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHouston Area Women's Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMID HUDSON ANIMAL AID INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY11.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · 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 Little Hearts Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Little Hearts Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 17 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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