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Loaves & Fishes Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Loaves & Fishes Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$46k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$31k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$117kArts & Culture$76kFood & Nutrition$27kPhilanthropy$27kHealth$14kRecreation & Sports$8kYouth Development$7kEnvironment$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $31k
$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF VERSAILLES$31,450
SPARKLE FOUNDATION$8,684
FOCUS ON EUROPEAN ART$1,220
PRETEND CITY CHILDRENS MUSEUM$1,000
UNITED RECOVERY SOCIETY$1,000
HISTORIC MILWAUKEE$1,000
GRACELAND UNIVERSITY$1,000
BUDDY UP FOR LIFE$250
READ BETTER BE BETTER$250
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 (FY17–25, $120k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SPARKLE FOUNDATION: $9k → 8%FLYING HORSE FOUNDATION: $1k → 3%SPARKLE FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%CHRISTOPHER HOUSE: $500 → 14%FRESH START WOMENS FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%A KID AGAIN: $30k → 15%A KID AGAIN: $30k → 15%A KID AGAIN: $30k → 15%A KID AGAIN: $9k → 15%A KIDS AGAIN: $6k → 15%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

IL
WI
MI
NY
NV
OH
CA
CO
MO
AZ
NM
TN
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$241k · 9 repeat orgs$83k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +43% for those funded once.

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
30

Total granted

$241k
$79k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+43%

Still filing today

67%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
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

  • AK
    A KID AGAIN INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $105k · revenue +159%
  • UA
    UPPER ARLINGTON CREW INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $8k · revenue +104%
  • II
    INSURANCE INDUSTRY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $7k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • TJ
    THE JOY BUS DINER
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • SHARE OUR STRENGTH
    one grant, 2019 · $7k · revenue +20%
  • DB
    DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $6k · revenue +79%
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
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
2
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
3
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
4
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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5
Indiana University Health Foundation Inc

Indiana university health foundation leverages the power of philanthropy to support the iu health goal of making indiana one of the healthiest states in the nation.

Health
6
Roseman University of Health Sciences

Roseman university of health sciences advances the health and wellness of the communities we serve by educating current and future generations of health professionals, conducting research and providing patient care. we actively pursue…

Education
7
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation

Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…

Health
8
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
9
Indiana University Health Bedford Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
10
Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation Inc

The sarnoff cardiovascular research foundation is dedicated to cultivating the next generation of physician-leaders in cardiovascular medicine by funding and supporting medical students and physicians engaged in transformative research.

Health
11
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc

Benefit, perform, and carry out the charitable, educational, and other exempt purposes of indiana university health ball memorial hospital, inc. ("iu health ball memorial hospital") and related organizations, and to support activities…

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12
Abim Foundation

See schedule o.as an operating charity, the abim foundation develops and implements projects in support of our mission to advance the core values of medical professionalism as a force to improve the quality of health care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Foundation for an Independent Tomorrow; the most unlike its peers is The Flying Horse 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

31 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. 31 of the 46 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
24/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

A KID AGAIN INC: $104,577 · Human ServicesA KID AGAIN INCSPARKLE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $10,684 · Human ServicesSPARKLE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED+4 more: $7,500 · Human Services+4 moreAMERICAN FRIENDS OF VERSAILLES: $105,450 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF VERSAILLES+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE JOY BUS DINER: $20,000 · OtherTHE JOY BUS DINERSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $7,182 · OtherSHARE OUR STRENGTHBOYS GIRLS CLUB OF PHOENIX: $3,200 · OtherBOYS GIRLS CLUB OF …TOTAL LIFE CHURCH INTERNATIONL: $3,000 · OtherCHAVEZ CO CANCER FUND: $2,500 · OtherALIVE IN MY HEART: $2,000 · OtherHISTORIC MILWAUKEE INC: $2,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR AN INDEPENDENT TOMORROW: $4,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR AN I…Solid Rock Foundation Inc: $2,000 · Other+17 more: $14,070 · Other+17 moreCOLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyINSURANCE INDUSTRY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $7,004 · PhilanthropyMARYHAVEN INC: $5,000 · HealthHELEN JAMES FOUNDATION: $3,500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,500 · HealthBanner Health Foundation: $1,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 · Health+1 more: $250 · HealthUPPER ARLINGTON CREW INC: $7,500 · Recreation & SportsFIRST DESCENTS: $500 · Recreation & SportsDESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $6,000 · Environment
Human Services$122,761Arts & Culture$106,450Other$59,952Philanthropy$27,004Health$14,250Recreation & Sports$8,000Environment$6,000

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 budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF VERSAILLES: $105,450 over 3y, 14% of budgetA KID AGAIN INC: $104,577 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCOLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPARKLE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $10,684 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetUPPER ARLINGTON CREW INC: $7,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $7,182 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSURANCE INDUSTRY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $7,004 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARYHAVEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR AN INDEPENDENT TOMORROW: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHELEN JAMES FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetFRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC MILWAUKEE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSolid Rock Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSPENCER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Flying Horse Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBanner Health Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRACELAND UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROBERT J TURNER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF CENTRAL OHIO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTOPHER HOUSE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERNE UNION MUSIC BOOSTERS: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFIRST DESCENTS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUDDY UP FOR LIFE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREAD BETTER BE BETTER: $250 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.

Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA7.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Loaves & Fishes Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Loaves & Fishes Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Loaves & Fishes Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Loaves & Fishes Foundation Inc 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 46 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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