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Max Cares Foundation Inc

Through innovative partnerships, programs, and special events, the max cares foundation embraces the opportunity to help those in need.

$280k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
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$204kHealth$180kEducation$151kYouth Development$135kCrime & Legal$74kPhilanthropy$15kHousing & Shelter$12kFood & Nutrition$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $133,235, the rows itemized in this filing. The $279,539 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $146,304 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $92k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$211k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BAYSTATE HEALTH$20,000
GRACE ACADEMY$12,500
CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER$12,500
CAMP COURANT$12,500
COVENANT PREPARATORY SCHOOL$12,500
HANDS ON HARTFORD$11,983
HARTFORD HEALTHCARE$10,000
JOHNSON & WALES$8,000
FIRST TEE OF CONNECTICUT$7,500
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES$7,500
SPRINGFIELD RESCUE MISSION$6,236
SALVATION ARMY BRISTOL$6,197
CSO FRIENDS OF THE HOMELESS$5,819
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 (FY18–24, $106k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SPRINGFIELD RESCUE MISSION: $8k → 17%THE VILLAGE: $15k → 11%CHRISTINA'S HOUSE: $10k → 17%MARTIN LUTHER KING JR FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 17%THE VILLAGE: $10k → 11%THE VILLAGE: $5k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD: $12k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD: $10k → 11%THE OPEN HEARTH ASSOCIATION: $10k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD: $5k → 11%THE OPEN HEARTH ASSOCIATION: $5k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $5k → 11%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.
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$630k · 16 repeat orgs$149k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
12

Total granted

$630k
$117k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+18%

Still filing today

88%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • CC
    CAMP COURANT INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $107k · revenue +54%
  • CL
    CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $74k · revenue +38%
  • CP
    COVENANT PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $67k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • BH
    BAYSTATE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $35k · revenue -65%
  • CH
    CHRISTINA'S HOUSE INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -29%
  • MARTIN LUTHER KING JR FAMILY SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +18%
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
Hartford HealthCare at Home Inc

The mission of the agency is to provide and safeguard quality home health care to all persons in need, especially the indigent and medically underserved population. The agency strongly believes that appropriate health care is a fundamental…

Health
2
Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Specialists Pllc

The Mission of Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Specialists, PLLC is to put the patients first, provide coordinated quality care and value, exceed the expectations of patients, providers, staff and the community that it serves.

Health
3
The Charlotte Hungerford Hospital

To improve the health and healing of the people and communities we serve.

Health
4
Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Inc

The Mission of Hartford HealthCare Medical Group is to put patients first, provide coordinated quality care and value, and exceed the expectations of patients, providers, staff and the community that it serves.

Health
5
Midstate Medical Center

The mission of Midstate Medical Center is to improve the health and healing of the people and communities we serve.

Health
6
Community Health Services Inc

To provide medical services for the residents of the greater hartford connecticut area. to provide quality health care services to low and moderate income individuals in the greater hartford connecticut area regardless of ability to pay.

Health
7
Visiting Nurse Services of Connecticut Inc

Visiting Nurse Services of Connecticut, Inc., (VNS) a nonprofit health care provider, finds its mission in the provision of quality home health and hospice services to individuals, families and the communities it serves. VNS is committed…

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8
Saint Mary Home Incorporated

We, mercy community health and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming presence within our communities. saint mary home is a member of mercy community health and trinity health.

—
9
Community Health Resources Inc

CHR's mission is to provide treatment, support, rehabilitation, prevention, and education by a well-trained and dedicated staff of professionals who are committed to recovery. Notably, CHR was the first nonprofit in CT to meet all the…

Health
10
Hebrew Home & Hospital

The mission of hebrew home and hospital aligns with the mission of its parent organization, hebrew health care, to provide quality services to senior adults. (see schedule o)as part of an integrated system to assist seniors in the…

Health
11
Windham Community Memorial Hospital Inc

The mission of Windham Community Memorial Hospital is to offer comprehensive services in an environment where innovation and teaching are integral to care; where we are proud to serve patients and one another; where meeting the challenge…

Health
12
Connecticut Community Care Inc

Connecticut community care, inc provides person-centered care coordination and transition services for elders and individuals with disabilities to help ensure they can live safely in the place they choose to live. people served experience…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hartford Foundation for Public Giving; the most unlike its peers is Aurora 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

28 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. 28 of the 32 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)
27/28
Grantees still filing
21/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAMP COURANT INC: $107,250 · OtherCAMP COURANT INCARTHRITIS FOUNDATION NORTHEAST REGION INC: $97,250 · OtherARTHRITIS FOUNDATION NORTHEAST REGION INCHOUSE OF BREAD INC: $15,200 · OtherJewish Family Service of Greater Hartford Inc: $15,000 · OtherAURORA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Other+8 more: $45,766 · Other+8 moreCOVENANT PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $66,500 · EducationCOVENANT PREPARATORY…GRACE ACADEMY: $63,000 · EducationGRACE ACADEMYJOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY: $13,500 · EducationJOHNSON & WALES UNIV…HANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $32,342 · Human ServicesHANDS ON HARTFORD …THE VILLAGE FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $30,000 · Human ServicesTHE VILLAGE FOR FA…SPRINGFIELD RESCUE MISSION: $27,968 · Human ServicesSPRINGFIELD RESCUE…OPEN HEARTH INC: $15,200 · Human ServicesOPEN HEARTH INCCHRISTINA'S HOUSE INCORPORATED: $10,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTINA'S HOUSE …MARTIN LUTHER KING JR FAMILY SERVICES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesMARTIN LUTHER KING…OPEN PANTRY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $5,200 · Human ServicesBAYSTATE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · HealthBAYSTATE HEALT…BAYSTATE HEALTH INC: $20,000 · HealthBAYSTATE HEALT…Hartford HealthCare Corporation: $20,000 · HealthHartford Healt…THE MAY INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 · HealthTHE MAY INSTIT…Hartford Hospital: $10,000 · HealthHartford Hospi…Ronald McDonald House Global: $8,000 · HealthRonald McDonal…CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER INC: $73,500 · Crime & LegalCHILDREN'S…THE CONNECTICUT GOLF FOUNDATION INC THE FIRST TEE OF CONNECTICUT: $27,500 · Youth DevelopmentLoaves and Fishes Ministries Inc: $16,100 · Religion
Other$290,466Education$143,000Human Services$130,710Health$103,000Crime & Legal$73,500Youth Development$27,500Religion$16,100

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 budgetCAMP COURANT INC: $107,250 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S LAW CENTER INC: $73,500 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetCOVENANT PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $66,500 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetGRACE ACADEMY: $63,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetBAYSTATE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $32,342 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE VILLAGE FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPRINGFIELD RESCUE MISSION: $27,968 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CONNECTICUT GOLF FOUNDATION INC THE FIRST TEE OF CONNECTICUT: $27,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetBAYSTATE HEALTH INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHartford HealthCare Corporation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLoaves and Fishes Ministries Inc: $16,100 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetOPEN HEARTH INC: $15,200 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetJewish Family Service of Greater Hartford Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY: $13,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTINA'S HOUSE INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMARTIN LUTHER KING JR FAMILY SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE MAY INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHartford Hospital: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAURORA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY HOUSING & SHELTER CORPORATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Homeless Inc: $5,819 over 1y, 28% of budgetOPEN PANTRY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $5,200 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR CHILDRENS ADVOCACY INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetiQuilt Partnership Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING: $5,000 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.

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.

Hartford Foundation f…Aetna Foundation IncThe William and Alice…J Walton Bissell Foun…Farmington Bank Commu…United Way Inc United…Liberty Bank Foundati…Peoples United Commun…John and Kelly Hartma…Peoplesbank Charitabl…Rockville Bank Commun…Webster Bank Charitab…
Hartford Foundation for Public GivingCT27× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Aetna Foundation Inc · The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation · J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc · Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · Peoples United Community Foundation · John and Kelly Hartman Foundation · Peoplesbank Charitable Foundation Inc · Rockville Bank Community Foundation Inc · Webster Bank Charitable 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 Max Cares Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Max Cares Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 46%
  • IQuilt Partnership Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Mercy Housing & Shelter Corporation: 77% of income from government
  • The Village for Families and Children: 50% of income from government
  • The May Institute Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Children's Law Center Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Hands On Hartford Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Center for Childrens Advocacy Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Hartford Hospital: 0% of income from government
  • Baystate Health Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Baystate Health Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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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Find your warmest path to Max Cares 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 32 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 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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