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Quiet Heart Foundation

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.

$377k
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$72k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$490kAnimals$168kHousing & Shelter$43kArts & Culture$35kHealth$25kYouth Development$20kHuman Services$15kRecreation & Sports$11kOther$0
02FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k22 grants · $114k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $192k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $72k
$6,250
Median grant
7
States reached
$21k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$71,920
Individual grant recipient$40,000
Individual grant recipient$35,315
Individual grant recipient$22,134
MERS$15,274
Individual grant recipient$14,318
Individual grant recipient$13,295
Individual grant recipient$11,367
NOAH CENTER$10,000
DAVID FOSTER FOUNDATION$10,000
EFHS BAND CLUB$10,000
CENTER FOR THE FUTURE OF AZ$10,000
Individual grant recipient$8,928
Individual grant recipient$7,652
Individual grant recipient$7,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ONE22 RESOURCE CTR: $4k → 5%ONE22 RESOURCE CENTER: $3k → 5%ONE22 RESOURCE CTR: $3k → 5%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

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WA
ID
OR
WY
CA
AZ
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.

52%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$433k · 17 repeat orgs$397k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
25

Total granted

$433k
$266k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+5%

Still filing today

24%
28%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $132k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
AnimalsYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesFood & NutritionEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2022–2023 · $20k · revenue +53%
  • AA
    Animal Adoption Center Inc
    2× · 2022–2023 · $15k · revenue +8%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF PATHWAYS
    3× · 2022–2024 · $11k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • PW
    PACIFIC WILD ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
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
Hui Pono Holoholona

To promote responsible animal ownership and to decrease animal overpopulation humanely by providing no- or low-cost spay and neuter services and by operating a sanctuary for displaced feral and abandoned cats.

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2
Aloha Ilio Rescue

Rescue, rehabilitate, and re-home stray and abandoned animals. Seek/enlist volunteers from our community to establish qualified foster homes for animals awaiting adoption and needing rehabilitation, including home inspections and…

Animals
3
Kauai Spca

To provide a safety net for Kauai's homeless pets that cannot be assisted through existing Island Rescue efforts.

Animals
4
Aloha Harvest

To rescue quality food to nourish and strengthen our community.

Food & Nutrition
5
Molokai Humane Society

Run a spay and neuter clinic for the community of molokai. the agency also operates an animal management program working on education, preventive care, and pet identification in the community.

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6
Humane Society of Southern Arizona

To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.

Animals
7
Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe

The Humane Society is dedicated to saving and improving the lives of pets through adoptions, community spay/neuter services and humane eduon programs.

Animals
8
Hawaii Pet Network Inc

The organization rescues unwanted, injured, and neglected animals and rehomes them into forever homes. the organization promotes the benefits or spaying & neutering pets, educates the community about the humane treatment of animals, and is…

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9
West Hawaii Humane Society Inc
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10
Humane Society of Taos Inc dba Stray Hearts Animal Shelter

Stray Hearts is a socially conscious shelter and adoption facility reuniting lost pets with their families and providing humane care and shelter for surrendered, lost, and homeless companion animals in Taos County, New Mexico.Our pledge:…

Animals
11
Animal Rescue of the Rockies

Animal Care and Adoption - ARR's mission is to save the lives of homeless and abandoned dogs and cats. Our goal is reaching a no-kill society in the United States.

Animals
12
Ho'ola Lahui Hawaii

To improve the health and well-being of our community.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hui Malama Ola Na Oiwi; the most unlike its peers is Project Hawaii Inc. 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

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 61 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $100,960 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPACIFIC WILD ALLIANCE: $100,000 · OtherPACIFIC WILD ALLIANCEIndividual grant recipient: $60,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $44,714 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $32,134 · Other+43 more: $396,358 · Other+43 moreAnimal Adoption Center Inc: $15,000 · AnimalsHAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA: $5,000 · AnimalsARIZONA SCHNAUZER RESCUE INC: $5,000 · AnimalsANIMAL REFUGE LEAGUE OF GREATER PORTLAND: $3,000 · AnimalsARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationOne22 Inc: $9,500 · Human ServicesRUN 2 RESCUE: $5,000 · Human ServicesICAN IMPROVING CHANDLER AREA NEIGHBORHOODS: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentPROJECT HAWAII INC: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF PATHWAYS: $10,500 · Recreation & SportsHole Food Rescue: $3,500 · Food & NutritionTHE FOOD BASKET INC: $2,500 · Food & NutritionHUI ALOHA KIHOLO: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$734,166Animals$28,000Education$20,000Human Services$14,500Youth Development$12,500Recreation & Sports$10,500Food & Nutrition$6,000Arts & Culture$5,000

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 budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Adoption Center Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF PATHWAYS: $10,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetICAN IMPROVING CHANDLER AREA NEIGHBORHOODS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOne22 Inc: $9,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHUI ALOHA KIHOLO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHUI MALAMA OLA NA OIWI: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRUN 2 RESCUE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHole Food Rescue: $3,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetANIMAL REFUGE LEAGUE OF GREATER PORTLAND: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOOD BASKET INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HAWAII INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Animal Adoption Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF PATHWAYS ↗
  • Who funds ICAN IMPROVING CHANDLER AREA NEIGHBORHOODS ↗
  • Who funds One22 Inc ↗
  • Who funds HUI ALOHA KIHOLO ↗

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 Brooks FoundationWY13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Brooks Foundation · Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · Edward Jones Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%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
    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 Quiet Heart Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Quiet Heart 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 61 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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