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Nita K Evans Charitable Trust at a glance

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Nita K Evans Charitable Trust

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.

$400k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$250k
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$2.9MEducation$225kInternational$175kHousing & Shelter$50kArts & Culture$35kHealth$25kPhilanthropy$15k
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$100,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$8.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GARY SINISE FOUNDATION$250,000
THE MARTIN C KAUFMAN ONE HUNDRED CLUB OF ALAMEDA COUNTY$100,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$50,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 91% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS: $50k → 11%MORAGA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15k → 9%THE MARTIN C KAUFMAN ONE HUNDRED CLUB OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $100k → 10%SEMPER FI FUND: $35k → 11%MARINE CORPS LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION: $20k → 9%TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%FOLDS OF HONOR: $50k → 15%THE ALEETHIA FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%FREEDOM ALLIANCE: $50k → 4%NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION: $35k → 10%FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION: $500k → 8%THE MARTIN C KAUFMAN ONE HUNDRED CLUB OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $30k → 10%FOLDS OF HONOR: $50k → 15%THE ALEETHIA FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%FREEDOM ALLIANCE: $50k → 4%FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION: $300k → 8%FOLDS OF HONOR: $30k → 15%FREEDOM ALLIANCE: $50k → 4%FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION: $100k → 8%FOLDS OF HONOR: $25k → 15%FREEDOM ALLIANCE: $25k → 4%FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION: $260k → 8%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.2M · 6 repeat orgs$190k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +89% since the first grant, against +76% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
4

Total granted

$3.2M
$140k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+89%
+76%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyInternationalHealthHousing & ShelterArts & CultureOther
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

  • GARY SINISE FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +196%
  • FH
    FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $1.2M · revenue +32%
  • FREEDOM ALLIANCE
    4× · 2017–2020 · $175k · revenue +89%

Funded once

  • HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +76%
  • NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $35k · revenue +67%
  • SF
    SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $35k · revenue +56%
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
Homes for Heroes Foundation
Housing & Shelter
2
Special Forces Foundation

The special forces foundation provides immediate and ongoing support to the special forces community and their families.

Philanthropy
3
Troops First Foundation Incorporated

To develop, operate, and support a synergistic group of wellness, quality of life, and event-based initiatives in support of today's combat-wounded military personnel and their families, while facilitating a greater recognition and…

Public Benefit
4
Medal of Honor Foundation Inc

The Medal of Honor Foundation's mission and purpose is to provide funds to support the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. In doing so, the Foundation supports the Society in advancing their mission to perpetuate the Medal of Honor's…

Arts & Culture
5
The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund

The intrepid fallen heroes fund serves military personnel suffering traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress, and other severe injuries.the intrepid fallen heroes fund serves military personnel suffering traumatic brain injury,…

Philanthropy
6
The Veterans and First Responders
Human Services
7
Special Operations Fund

The Special Operations Fund (the "Fund") is a nonprofit organization that provides educational grants and support to the families of special mission unit warriors killed in action, killed in training, died in the line of duty, suicide, and…

Education
8
The 1162 Foundation

To engage in select, highly curated charitable missions for the benefit of surviving spouses, signficant others, and children of former special operation military personnel killed or wounded in action, with the goal of serving as a…

Human Services
9
Marine Raider Foundation

Assist "marsoc" personnel who are injured or wounded in combat, contingency operations or training with special needs. assist the families of "marsoc" personnel with health & welfare challenges. support memorials & services that…

Public Benefit
10
The Folded Flag Foundation

The mission of the folded flag foundation is to provide scholarships and educational support grants to the spouses and children of the united states military and government personnel who died as a result of hostile action or in an accident…

Public Benefit
11
Defense Intelligence Memorial Foundation

To honor the fallen officers of the Defense Intelligence Enterprise through scholarship and philanthropy.

Education
12
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fisher House Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Moraga Community 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

12 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.

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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $1,548,652 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE FOUNDATION+1 more: $15,060 · PhilanthropyFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $1,160,000 · OtherFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INCThe Martin C Kauffman One Hundred Club of Alameda County: $130,000 · OtherThe Martin C Kauffman One Hundred Club of A…+1 more: $25,000 · OtherFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $155,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationMARINE CORPS-LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDA FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EducationFREEDOM ALLIANCE: $175,000 · InternationalHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $35,000 · Health
Philanthropy$1,563,712Other$1,315,000Education$225,000International$175,000Housing & Shelter$50,000Arts & Culture$35,000Health$35,000

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 budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $1,548,652 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $1,160,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetFREEDOM ALLIANCE: $175,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $155,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Martin C Kauffman One Hundred Club of Alameda County: $130,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ALEETHIA FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetMARINE CORPS-LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDA FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMORAGA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,060 over 1y, 15% 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 Nita K Evans Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nita K Evans Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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

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    How do I get to Nita K Evans Charitable Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Nita K Evans Charitable Trust 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 12 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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