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Simplistic Foundation

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.

$41k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$100kHuman Services$82kPublic Safety & Disaster$60kReligion$49kInternational$24kEducation$20kAnimals$17kEnvironment$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$743k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC$10,000
ALPORT SYNDROME FOUNDATION INC$5,000
HINDS HOSPICE$5,000
K Harris$5,000
RIDE TO READ$5,000
PITTY PARTY$5,000
WOODLAKE LIONS FOUNDATION$2,000
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH$2,000
WE SPARK INC$1,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN: $5k → 17%HINDS HOSPICE: $5k → 19%ASSISTANCE SERVICE DOG EDUCATIONAL CENTER INC: $10k → 18%ASSISTANCE SERVICE DOG EDUCATIONAL CENTER INC: $2k → 18%WE SPARK INC: $2k → 14%WE SPARK INC: $2k → 14%WE SPARK INC: $2k → 14%WE SPARK INC: $2k → 14%WE SPARK INC: $1k → 14%WE SPARK INC: $3k → 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

NY
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
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.

48%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$184k · 11 repeat orgs$203k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
31

Total granted

$184k
$186k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
0%

Still filing today

45%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionEnvironmentPublic 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

  • AF
    ANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $65k · revenue +8%
  • NF
    NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2019 · $10k · revenue +40%
  • WI
    WESPARK INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $10k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • VO
    VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2019 · $20k
  • CU
    CASD USA
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • VO
    VICTORY OUTREACH PORTERVILLE
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
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
Mission Flight

Our mission is to fly medical patients to critically needed appointments within California as well as to fly volunteer teams into remote, impoverished areas of Mexico. Our passion is to connect people who are isolated and in poverty with…

International
2
Southern California Wheelchair Veterans Association

To aid and assist veterans of the armed forces in southern california who are disabled, paralyzed, confined in wheelchairs, terminally ill, hospitalized, or confined in nursing homes to a more qualified way of life through recreation,…

Human Services
3
Wings of Hope

To save and change lives through the power of aviation. throughout its 60-year history, wings of hope has provided lifesaving care and access to resources in more than 50 countries. the organization was nominated twice for the nobel peace…

International
4
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
5
Veterans Airlift Command

Organization provides cost free transportation for wounded veterans and their families from their homes to the various medical facilities around the country, primarily using aircraft.

Human Services
6
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
7
Luke's Wings

The organization dedicated to the support of service members who have been wounded in battle. provides families with the means to visit during service member hospitalization and rehabilitation.

Health
8
Helicopters for Heroes
Human Services
9
Wings for Vets Inc

Vets Helping Vets was founded by a group of Vietnam veterans who sole purpose is to provide our convalescing veterans with free air transportation either Private or Commercial for their convenience in obtaining assisting with or returning…

Human Services
10
Paws for Purple Hearts

Paws for Purple Hearts improves the lives of America's Warriors facing mobility challenges and trauma-related conditions such as PTSD and TBI by providing the highest quality assistance dogs and canine-assisted therapeutic programs; and by…

Public Benefit
11
Warrior Wellness Program Inc

Warrior Wellness Program, Inc. provides alternative therapies, services and community engagement to combat veterans, active duty military and their spouses. Services are primarily delivered through the five-day Accelerated Wellness Program…

Human Services
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Helphopelive Inc; 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

21 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. 21 of the 46 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/21
Grantees still filing
11/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $39,000 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCHVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INC: $20,000 · OtherVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INCCASD USA: $20,000 · OtherCASD USAVICTORY OUTREACH PORTERVILLE: $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherN Welch: $10,000 · OtherK Harris: $10,000 · Other+26 more: $114,000 · Other+26 moreANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC: $65,000 · HealthANGEL FLIGHT WEST INCHELPHOPELIVE INC: $10,000 · HealthHELPHOPELIVE INCALPORT SYNDROME FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthALPORT SYNDROME FOUNDATI…JONAH & TRAVIS DRUG AWARENESS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthJONAH & TRAVIS DRUG AWAR…ASSISTANCE SERVICE DOG EDUCATIONAL CENTER INC: $11,500 · Human ServicesASSISTANC…WESPARK INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesWESPARK I…ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN: $5,000 · Human ServicesASSOCIATI…Hinds Hospice: $5,000 · Human ServicesHinds Hos…RIDE TO READ: $15,000 · EducationMULTIPLIER: $10,000 · EnvironmentBorrego Art Institute: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCAMARILLO WINGS ASSOCIATION: $2,000 · Arts & CultureTHREE RIVERS UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Youth Development
Other$233,000Health$85,000Human Services$31,500Education$15,000Environment$10,000Arts & Culture$7,000Youth Development$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC: $65,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetASSISTANCE SERVICE DOG EDUCATIONAL CENTER INC: $11,500 over 2y, 22% of budgetNATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWESPARK INC: $10,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHELPHOPELIVE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CATTICUS CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHinds Hospice: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBorrego Art Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA COMBAT VETERANS HOPE: $3,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetWounded Soldiers and Families Relief Fund Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetCAMARILLO WINGS ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetVETS WITH WINGS: $2,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetFoodlink for Tulare County Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 ANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC ↗
  • Who funds RIDE TO READ ↗
  • Who funds ASSISTANCE SERVICE DOG EDUCATIONAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WESPARK INC ↗
  • Who funds HELPHOPELIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds MULTIPLIER ↗
  • Who funds THE CATTICUS CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds ALPORT SYNDROME FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds Hinds Hospice ↗
  • Who funds THREE RIVERS UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JONAH & TRAVIS DRUG AWARENESS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Borrego Art Institute ↗
  • Who funds SHARE OUR STRENGTH ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗

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.

Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Network for GoodDC5.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 24%
  • National Fallen Firefighters Foundation: 24% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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
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 46 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 2025, released 2025. 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
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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