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RHS Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$342k
Granted FY2024still arriving
37
Grants FY2024still arriving
20
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it funds
0197% 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$310kArts & Culture$263kHealth$238kReligion$148kPublic Benefit$140kInternational$130kCivil Rights$115kEducation$114kOther$0
02FY2024 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $62k
  • $10k–50k23 grants · $280k
$10,000
Median grant
20
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Samaritan's Purse$25,000
Media Research Center$25,000
Overcomer Foundation$15,000
Judicial Watch$15,000
American Family Radio Association$15,000
Genesis Health Foundation$15,000
Hillsdale College$10,000
Iowa State University College of Ve$10,000
Wounded Warrior Project$10,000
St Jude's Children's Hospital$10,000
Family Research Council$10,000
Heritage Foundation$10,000
American Center for Law Justice$10,000
Alliance Defense Fund$10,000
Religious Freedom Coalition$10,000
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 (FY17–24, $253k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Wounded Warrior Project: $10k → 14%Mission PreBorn: $5k → 16%AAEP Foundation: $10k → 15%Wounded Warrior Project: $10k → 14%Mission PreBorn: $5k → 16%AAEP Foundation: $10k → 15%Wounded Warrior Project: $10k → 14%Mission PreBorn: $5k → 16%The Foundation For The Horse: $5k → 15%Wounded Warrior Project: $10k → 14%Mission PreBorn: $5k → 16%AAEP Foundation: $5k → 15%Wounded Warrior Project: $10k → 14%PreBorn: $5k → 16%AAEP Foundation: $5k → 15%Wounded Warrior Project: $10k → 14%Mission PreBorn: $5k → 16%AAEP Foundation: $5k → 15%Wounded Warrior Project: $10k → 14%PreBorn: $5k → 16%AAEP Foundation: $5k → 15%Wounded Warrior Project: $3k → 14%Mission PreBorn: $3k → 16%Family Research Council: $15k → 14%Family Research Council: $15k → 14%Family Research Council: $10k → 14%Family Research Council: $10k → 14%Womens Choice Center: $5k → 12%Family Research Council: $10k → 14%Family Research Council: $10k → 14%Womens Choice Center: $3k → 12%Family Research Council: $10k → 14%Family Research Council: $10k → 14%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

MN
IL
MI
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IN
OH
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CA
KY
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AZ
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NC
DC
OK
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TX
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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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 39 repeat orgs$44k to everyone else

39 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
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Total granted

$1.7M
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+67%

Still filing today

54%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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 ServicesReligionPublic BenefitHealthCivil RightsArts & 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

  • MR
    MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
    7× · 2017–2024 · $155k · revenue +7%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $130k · revenue +134%
  • JUDICIAL WATCH INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $95k · revenue +141%

Funded once

  • GF
    GOSPEL FOR ASIA INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • CC
    CITIZENS' COUNCIL FOR HEALTH FREEDOMgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +67%
  • RI
    ROCK ISLAND COUNTY FARM BUREAUgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +51%
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.

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Intentional Life Media

Dedicated to igniting personal transformation by affirming faith, inspiring hope, and equipping individuals, to live an intentional life in christ.

Religion
2
International Republican Institute

Iri advances freedom and democracy worldwide by developing political parties, civic institutions, open elections, democratic governance and the rule of law.

Education
3
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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4
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
5
First Liberty Institute

First liberty institute provides pro bono legal services to advance and defend religious liberty for individuals, churches, and other ministries and organizations.

Civil Rights
6
Advocates for Faith and Freedom

Organized for religious purposes to promote the gospel of jesus christ by protecting, defending and advocating religious civil liberties

Crime & Legal
7
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

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8
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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9
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
10
Faith in Public Life Inc

Faith in public life's mission is to advance the moral imperative for a just, inclusive and equitable country that allows each of us to live into our full humanity. we do this by building power and cultures of belongings among diverse…

Religion
11
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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12
American Farm Bureau Federation

The american farm bureau federation is the voice of agriculture (r). we are farm and ranch families working together to build a sustainable future of safe and abundant food, fiber and renewable fuel for our nation and the world.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

26 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. 26 of the 47 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
24/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Genesis Health Foundation: $85,000 · OtherGenesis Health FoundationSt Jude's Children's Hospital: $75,000 · OtherSt Jude's Children's HospitalConservation Partnership Institute: $62,500 · OtherConservation Partnership InstituteAmerican Family Radio Association: $60,000 · OtherAmerican Family Radio AssociationRELIGIOUS FREEDOM COALITION: $45,000 · OtherBethany For Families Children: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $35,000 · OtherHabitat for Humanity: $35,000 · OtherTruth in Action Ministries: $35,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $32,500 · OtherTHE FREEDOM CENTER: $30,000 · OtherNAMI National: $50,000 · OtherNAMI NationalCapstone Legacy Foundation Inc: $40,000 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY OF ROCK ISLAND: $36,000 · Other+16 more: $226,750 · Other+16 moreFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $90,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY RESEARCH…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $72,500 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR…THE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE FKA THE AAEP FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesTHE FOUNDATION …Mission Pre-Born Inc: $37,500 · Human ServicesMission Pre-Bor…+1 more: $7,500 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $130,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PU…THE OVERCOMER FOUNDATION: $52,500 · ReligionTHE OVERCOMER …Coral Ridge Ministries Media Inc: $25,000 · ReligionCoral Ridge Mi…AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 · ReligionAMERICAN FAMIL…MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER: $155,000 · Arts & CultureMEDIA RES…JUDICIAL WATCH INC: $95,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Public BenefitILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE: $15,000 · Public BenefitAMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW & JUSTICE-MIDWEST INC: $50,000 · Civil RightsALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $40,000 · Civil RightsHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $50,000 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Education
Other$887,750Human Services$252,500Religion$227,500Arts & Culture$155,000Public Benefit$140,000Civil Rights$90,000Education$65,000

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 budgetMEDIA RESEARCH CENTER: $155,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $130,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $95,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $90,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $72,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OVERCOMER FOUNDATION: $52,500 over 6y, 4.9% of budgetAMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW & JUSTICE-MIDWEST INC: $50,000 over 6y, 6.0% of budgetNAMI National: $50,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $50,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE FKA THE AAEP FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetRELIGIOUS FREEDOM COALITION: $45,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCapstone Legacy Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMission Pre-Born Inc: $37,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF ROCK ISLAND: $36,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCoral Ridge Ministries Media Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $22,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEIGHT DAYS OF HOPE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRIVER BEND FOOD RESERVOIR: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS' COUNCIL FOR HEALTH FREEDOM: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLIFE & FAMILY EDUCATIONAL TRUST: $7,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetROCK ISLAND COUNTY FARM BUREAU: $5,000 over 1y, 2.8% 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 MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE OVERCOMER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW & JUSTICE-MIDWEST INC ↗
  • Who funds NAMI National ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE FKA THE AAEP FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds RELIGIOUS FREEDOM COALITION ↗
  • Who funds Capstone Legacy Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
  • Who funds Mission Pre-Born Inc ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF ROCK ISLAND ↗
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Coral Ridge Ministries Media Inc ↗
  • Who funds Young America's Foundation ↗
  • Who funds EIGHT DAYS OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds RIVER BEND FOOD RESERVOIR ↗
  • Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Christian Community Foundation IncCO12.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
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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How do I get to RHS Foundation?

Find your warmest path to RHS 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 47 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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