Massachusetts · Private foundation
Ryan Patrick Jones Heart of a Hero Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $26k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 46
- Grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 52%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,741
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 45
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $544k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 52% of the organizations Ryan Patrick Jones Heart of a Hero Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 45 | $26k | 56% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $19k | 52% |
| FY2023 | 41 | $22k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 40 | $33k | 53% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $35k | 73% |
| FY2020 | 45 | $35k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 33 | $20k | 58% |
| FY2018 | 40 | $18k | 88% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neighbors Helping Neighbors Inc | $3,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Veteran Homestead Inc | $2,121 | 3 | n/a |
| Gardner Emergency Housing Mission Inc | $2,108 | 4 | 1% |
| Blum's Landing Inc | $2,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center I | $1,680 | 1 | 0% |
| The Gardner Museum Inc | $685 | 4 | 0% |
| Westminster Community Food Pantry Inc | $580 | 1 | n/a |
| Diocese of Worcester | $550 | 3 | n/a |
| Cross Catholic Outreach Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Guild of Saint Agnes of Worcester | $350 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neighbors Helping Neighbors Inc | $3,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Veteran Homestead Inc | $2,121 | 3 | n/a |
| Gardner Emergency Housing Mission Inc | $2,108 | 4 | 1% |
| Blum's Landing Inc | $2,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center I | $1,680 | 1 | 0% |
| The Gardner Museum Inc | $685 | 4 | 0% |
| Westminster Community Food Pantry Inc | $580 | 1 | n/a |
| Diocese of Worcester | $550 | 3 | n/a |
| Cross Catholic Outreach Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Guild of Saint Agnes of Worcester | $350 | 2 | 0% |
| Cathy's House Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Opportunities for Hope Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $125 | 2 | 0% |
| Tutoring Plus of Cambridge Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $20 | 1 | n/a |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $15 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 192 recipients with no EIN on record ($211k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ryan Patrick Jones Heart of a Hero Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: United Way of North Central Mass Inc · Community Foundation of North Central Ma · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Ryan Patrick Jones Heart of a Hero Foundation Inc
- How much does Ryan Patrick Jones Heart of a Hero Foundation Inc give?
- Ryan Patrick Jones Heart of a Hero Foundation Inc reported 46 grants totaling $25,972 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 45 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ryan Patrick Jones Heart of a Hero Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (40%), Human Services (18%), Food & Nutrition (10%).
- Who are Ryan Patrick Jones Heart of a Hero Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Neighbors Helping Neighbors Inc ($4k), Veteran Homestead Inc ($2k), Gardner Emergency Housing Mission Inc ($2k).
- Does Ryan Patrick Jones Heart of a Hero Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ryan Patrick Jones Heart of a Hero Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ryan Patrick Jones Heart of a Hero Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of North Central Mass Inc, Community Foundation of North Central Ma, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Ryan Patrick Jones Heart of a Hero Foundation Inc based?
- Ryan Patrick Jones Heart of a Hero Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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