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Rock Harbor Foundation at a glance

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Rock Harbor 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.

$110k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$151kHuman Services$144kYouth Development$69kEducation$65kRecreation & Sports$50kEnvironment$45kHousing & Shelter$45kPublic Benefit$40kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $100k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BROTHER WOLF ANIMAL RESCUE$20,000
EL CENTRO TRANSYLVANIA$20,000
SEEK HEALING$20,000
SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN WILDERNESS STEWARDS (SAWS)$20,000
CEDAR MOUNTAIN MUSIC PROJECT$10,000
HOUSING ASSISTANCE CORPORATION$10,000
BEEBE MEDICAL 1916 CLUB$5,000
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $115k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%CLOTHING OUR KIDS: $5k → 10%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $10k → 6%IGNITE ADAPTIVE SPORTS: $10k → 12%A LITTLE HELP: $10k → 12%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $10k → 6%WISH FOR WHEELS: $15k → 8%A LITTLE HELP: $10k → 12%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS: $10k → 8%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS: $5k → 8%TEACHERS' SUPPLY CLOSET: $15k → 12%TEACHERS' SUPPLY CLOSET: $15k → 12%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

VT
MN
NY
CO
MO
MD
DE
NC
SC
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 8% of Rock Harbor Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Rock Harbor Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.2% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

31%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$218k · 11 repeat orgs$494k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
40

Total granted

$218k
$384k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+14%

Still filing today

91%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentPublic BenefitOther
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

  • TL
    THE LONG WALK HOME INC
    3× · 2019–2022 · $25k · revenue +31%
  • CH
    CHARLESTON HOPE
    2× · 2022–2023 · $25k · revenue +47%
  • WS
    WARRIOR SURF FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2023 · $25k · revenue +150%

Funded once

  • FB
    FORCE BLUE INC
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue -74%
  • NB
    NO BARRIERS USA
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue -34%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
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
Warriors Ascent

Empower Those Who Serve to Heal and Thrive

Health
2
Heroes On the Water Inc

To provide wellness and community to veterans, first responders, and their families through no expense kayak fishing. two programs are provided that decrease anxiety and strengthen relationships.

Human Services
3
Companions for Heroes

To champion public awareness of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and challenges confronting our countrys heroes and rally support for shelter animal adoption by connecting heroes and companions.

Human Services
4
Healing Paws for Warriors Inc

Healing paws for warriors is a local veteran found / veteran led 501(c)(3) that provides rescue to trained service dogs to veterans faced with post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), traumatic brain injury (tbi) and/or military sexual…

Human Services
5
Heroes Center Inc

Operation Next Step | Vet 2 Vet | Welcome Home missions. Please see our website for further information.

Human Services
6
Helping Heroes Inc

Helping Heroes provides support services and resources to homeless and near homeless veterans, in order to transition them to, or maintain self-sufficiency. The goal is reintegration into society as men and women who currently feel…

Human Services
7
Warfighter Scuba

To provide scuba instruction for veterans with ptsd. the weightlessness of scuba provides a peaceful respite from the pressures and trauma of military service. scuba for amputees provides a freedom of movement not experienced for years…

Public Benefit
8
Wounded War Heroes

Wounded War Heroes was founded to show our appreciation to the men and women who have been wounded or injured as a result of serving our country, by providing them therapeutic outdoor experiences upon their return home from fighting for…

Public Benefit
9
Leashes of Valor

Our organization's mission is to raise awareness for and provide physical aid and support to disabled us military veterans. our program covers a crucial gap in the industry-a veteran operated organization, that can assist veterans with…

Public Benefit
10
Hope for the Warriors

The mission of the Hope For The Warriors is to enhance the quality of life for United States Service Members and their families who have been adversely affected by injuries or death in the line of duty. See Schedule O for continuation

Philanthropy
11
Warfighter Outfitters

Warfighter Outfitters believe in the healing power of the outdoors. Since 2014, we have provided free fishing, hunting, and engagement trips to disabled veterans. On the water or in the woods, these veteran-only trips help service men and…

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12
Waypoint Vets Inc

Waypoint vets is a 501c3 with the mission of uniting and empowering veterans through camaraderie and adventure. comprised of volunteers with a passion to serve. we are actively combating post traumatic stress, military sexual trauma and…

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Chill Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

42 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. 42 of the 59 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
27/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EL CENTRO TRANSYLVANIA: $20,000 · OtherEL CENTRO TRANSYLVANIAVETERANS SAILING ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · OtherVETERANS SAILING ASSOCIATIONIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherREBECCA AND LEIGHTON MOORE CHILD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER AT TIDAL HEALTH: $15,000 · OtherCOPS CONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherMINDS MATTER COLORADO: $15,000 · OtherWARRIOR BONFIRE PROGRAM: $15,000 · OtherGIRLS INC OF DE: $15,000 · OtherCHARLESTON AREA SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $13,350 · OtherSouthern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards: $20,000 · OtherSouthern Appalachian Wilderness StewardsFORCE BLUE INC: $15,000 · OtherBrother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc: $20,000 · OtherBrother Wolf Animal Rescue IncFORUM TO ADVANCE MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING INC: $20,000 · OtherFORUM TO ADVANCE MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING INCNO BARRIERS USA: $15,000 · Other+18 more: $121,750 · Other+18 moreTEACHERS SUPPLY CLOSET: $30,000 · Human ServicesTEACHERS SUPPLY CLO…A LITTLE HELP: $20,000 · Human ServicesA LITTLE HELPCHALLENGE ASPEN: $20,000 · Human ServicesCHALLENGE ASPENWish for Wheels Inc: $15,000 · Human ServicesWish for Wheels IncFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesFREEDOM SERVICE DOG…IGNITE ADAPTIVE SPORTS: $10,000 · Human ServicesIGNITE ADAPTIVE SPO…Clothing Our Kids Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesFIELDS TO FAMILIES: $5,000 · Human ServicesSeekHealing: $20,000 · HealthSeekHealingLOWCOUNTRY EQUINE-ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY: $15,000 · HealthLOWCOUNTRY E…COMEBACK YOGA: $11,000 · HealthCOMEBACK YOG…Motorcycle Relief Project: $10,000 · HealthMotorcycle R…MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN DELAWARE INC: $10,000 · HealthMENTAL HEALT…BEEBE MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthBEEBE MEDICA…PROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC: $5,000 · HealthPROJECT HEAL…THE LONG WALK HOME INC: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsLucky Bikes: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsCharleston Moves: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsWARRIOR SURF FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Public BenefitA Sanctuary for Military Families Inc DBA Project Sanctuary: $10,000 · Public BenefitKNIGHTS OF HEROES FOUNDATION: $12,000 · Youth DevelopmentBE A MENTOR INC: $11,650 · Youth DevelopmentCHILL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHARLESTON HOPE: $25,000 · EducationYOUTHROOTS: $5,000 · EducationTEE IT UP FOR THE TROOPS INC: $1,500 · Education
Other$370,100Human Services$120,000Health$76,000Recreation & Sports$45,000Public Benefit$35,000Youth Development$33,650Education$31,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTEACHERS SUPPLY CLOSET: $30,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetTHE LONG WALK HOME INC: $25,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetCHARLESTON HOPE: $25,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetWARRIOR SURF FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetBrother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetA LITTLE HELP: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSouthern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards: $20,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCHALLENGE ASPEN: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFORUM TO ADVANCE MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING INC: $20,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetSeekHealing: $20,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetFORCE BLUE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetNO BARRIERS USA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWish for Wheels Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetLucky Bikes: $15,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY EQUINE-ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY: $15,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetCHARLESTON AREA SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $13,350 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBE A MENTOR INC: $11,650 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetCOMEBACK YOGA: $11,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetVANTAGE POINT FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTHE HOUSING ASSISTANCE CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN DELAWARE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCENTER FOR THE INLAND BAYS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCHILL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOPERATION SEAS THE DAY INC: $7,500 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetTHE DENVER SANTA CLAUSE SHOP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetFLORIDA KEYS OUTREACH COALITION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBEEBE MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILTON COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetPROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCharleston Moves: $5,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetFIELDS TO FAMILIES: $5,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetYOUTHROOTS: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTEE IT UP FOR THE TROOPS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOME OF THE BRAVE FOUNDATION: $1,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWHITE LAKE FIRE COMPANY: $500 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

Colorado Gives Founda…The Joanna FoundationCoastal Community Fou…Delaware Community Fo…Anschutz Family Found…Post and Courier Foun…Henry & Sylvia Yaschi…The Carl M Freeman Fo…Longwood Foundation I…The Denver FoundationBeyond Our Gates Foun…Advanced Technology I…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO21× affinity10 shared granteesties to 4 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Joanna Foundation · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Anschutz Family Foundation · Post and Courier Foundation · Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · The Carl M Freeman Foundation Inc · Longwood Foundation Inc · The Denver Foundation · Beyond Our Gates Foundation of Kiawah & Seabrook · Advanced Technology International

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Center for the Inland Bays Inc: 59% of income from government
  • Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc: 46% of income from government
  • The Home of the Brave Foundation: 8% of income from government
  • Beebe Medical Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Chill Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Mental Health Association in Delaware Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.

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 59 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home