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The Brave Heart Foundation Inc

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.

$795k
Granted FY2024still arriving
167
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Human Services$1.5MHealth$829kYouth Development$365kEducation$323kCrime & Legal$304kFood & Nutrition$282kHousing & Shelter$265kArts & Culture$186kOther$0
02FY2024 · 167 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k154 grants · $582k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $214k
$5,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$5.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIREFLY CHILDREN & FAMILY ALLIANCE$35,000
AVONDALE MEADOWS ACADEMY UNITED SCHOOLS OF INDIANAPOLIS$33,000
INDIANAPOLIS ART CENTER$28,000
IWIN (INDIANA WOMEN IN NEED FOUNDATION INC)$20,000
HORIZON HOUSE$15,000
GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA$12,500
EXODUS REFUGEE IMMIGRATION INC$10,000
THE MILK BANK$10,000
UPSTREAM PREVENTION INC$10,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$10,000
PACK AWAY HUNGER$10,000
INDIANA CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF YOUTH ABUSE AND SUICIDE$10,000
LUTHERAN CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES OF INKY INC$10,000
SECOND HELPINGS$9,000
BARTRAM MEMORIAL FUND$9,000
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 (FY17–24, $976k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DEARBORN COUNTY CLEARINGHOUSE FOR EMERGENCY AID: $5k → 11%DANIEL'S PLACE: $5k → 12%JENNINGS COUNTY COUNCIL ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC: $5k → 12%ST VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY: $5k → 13%KESSLER FOUNDATION: $5k → 4%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%DESERT ROSE FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%LEARN MORE CENTER INC: $5k → 12%SHELTERING WINGS: $31k → 5%DESERT ROSE FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%SHELTERING WINGS: $10k → 5%DESERT ROSE FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 9%LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 16%SHELTERING WINGS: $8k → 5%DESERT ROSE FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%LUTHERAN CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES OF INKY INC: $10k → 16%ALL-OPTIONS: $5k → 18%SHELTERING WINGS: $7k → 5%DESERT ROSE FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $8k → 16%SHELTERING WINGS: $7k → 5%DESERT ROSE FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%DESERT ROSE FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%DESERT ROSE FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 16%JACKSON CENTER FOR CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION: $27k → 9%JACKSON CENTER FOR CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION: $10k → 9%EXODUS REFUGEE IMMIGRATION INC: $10k → 16%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NETWORK: $10k → 16%MIDWEST FOOD BANK: $9k → 16%FIREFLY CHILDREN & FAMILY ALLIANCE: $35k → 16%ST MARY'S CHILD CENTER: $30k → 16%ST MARY'S CHILD CENTER: $30k → 16%EXODUS REFUGEE IMMIGRATION: $30k → 16%JULIAN CENTER: $12k → 16%ST MARY'S EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $6k → 16%JULIAN CENTER: $6k → 16%COBURN PLACE: $15k → 16%COBURN PLACE: $11k → 16%COBURN PLACE: $8k → 16%COBURN PLACE: $8k → 16%TRINITY HAVEN: $7k → 16%SERVANTS AT WORK INC: $6k → 16%WHEELER MISSION: $9k → 16%INDIANA YOUTH GROUP INC: $10k → 16%IWIN (INDIANA WOMEN IN NEED FOUNDATION INC): $20k → 16%INDIANA WOMEN IN NEED FOUNDATION: $8k → 16%INDIANA WOMEN IN NEED FOUNDATION INC: $8k → 16%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

WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
TN
DC
HI
TX
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.3M · 213 repeat orgs$543k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

213 repeat relationships: 113 still active in FY2024, 100 since wound down; 53 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

213
95

Total granted

$4.3M
$362k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+27%

Still filing today

70%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $181k 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 ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
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

  • HH
    HORIZON HOUSE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $132k · revenue +279%
  • BP
    Brooke's Place for Grieving Young People
    7× · 2017–2023 · $110k · revenue +62%
  • GF
    GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $99k · revenue +180%

Funded once

  • FF
    FDTN FOR LUTHERERAN CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES
    one grant, 2020 · $12k
  • II
    IYG INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +114%
  • LP
    LA PLAZA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +33%
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
Enroll Indy Inc

Enroll indy helps families choose schools that meet their children's needs by providing a one-stop enrollment process, school information that is relevant and easy to understand, and data to inform school improvement in indianapolis,…

Education
2
New Hope Services Inc

Provide services in response to individual need

Human Services
3
Leadership Indianapolis Inc

Educate, Inspire, Connect and Mobilize Community Leaders to serve and strengthen greater Indianapolis.

Public Benefit
4
New Hope of Indiana Inc

New hope of indiana, inc. is a leader in providing holistic services and resources to persons with disabilities and their families while advocating to advance the opportunities for those in need of support.

—
5
Indiana Statewide Independent Living Council Inc

To empower its peers with disabilities to lead and control their own lives.

Human Services
6
Hoosier Families Inc

Hoosier Families is a non-profit organization that provides Community Based programs for Indiana children and families. Hoosier Families is committed to utilizing evidence-based practices to strengthen, rebuild and reunite the individuals…

Human Services
7
Indy Hunger Network Inc

The mission of indy hunger network is to address systemic hunger issues and eliminate disparities in the greater indianapolis hunger relief system through collaboration on programs, advocacy, and research.

Food & Nutrition
8
Indiana Guardianship Services

At indiana guardianship services, inc., we are dedicated to providing our clients with the same compassion, attention, and patience as our own family. through competence, service, and dignity, we uphold the values of the national…

Human Services
9
Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana

To enhance the competitive position and fulfill business requirements of independent agents and brokers, advocating buyer interest, and continually striving to be the premier trade association.

—
10
Feeding Indiana's Hungry Inc

By drawing on varied resources within public agencies and the private sector, we hope to provide hunger relief for those in need throughout Indiana.

Human Services
11
Alternatives Incorporated of Madison County

Alternatives incorporated strives to eradicate domestic and sexual violence through education, prevention, and intervention in central indiana. the organization exists to promote the right of all persons to live in a loving, caring, safe…

—
12
Community Action of East Central Indiana

To provide education and assistance to low income, disadvantaged individuals and children.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Child Advocates Inc; the most unlike its peers is Indiana Crisis Assistance Response Team 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

244 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. 244 of the 362 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
80
Early backer (in before they grew)
236/244
Grantees still filing
170/244
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HORIZON HOUSE INC: $132,250 · OtherHORIZON HOUSE INCCOCODA: $101,000 · OtherGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $98,500 · Other+110 more: $1,810,605 · Other+110 moreST MARY'S CHILD CENTER INC: $86,000 · Human ServicesST MARY'S CHILD CENTER IN…SHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN INC: $65,457 · Human ServicesSHELTERING WINGS CENTER F…CHILDREN'S BUREAU INC: $65,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S BUREAU INCExodus Refugee Immigration Inc: $65,000 · Human ServicesExodus Refugee Immigratio…JACKSON CENTER FOR CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION: $57,136 · Human ServicesJACKSON CENTER FOR CONDUC…COBURN PLACE SAFEHAVEN II INC: $48,250 · Human ServicesINDIANA WOMEN IN NEED FOUNDATION INC: $44,800 · Human ServicesASCENT 121 INC: $44,500 · Human ServicesDESERT ROSE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF IN/KY INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesTHE JULIAN CENTER INC: $34,500 · Human Services+28 more: $383,742 · Human Services+28 moreBrooke's Place for Grieving Young People: $110,000 · HealthBrooke's Plac…DOVE RECOVERY HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC: $87,799 · HealthDOVE RECOVERY…THE MILK BANK INC: $84,278 · HealthTHE MILK BANK…DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE OF INDIANA INC: $35,000 · HealthDYSLEXIA INST…SOCIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF INDIANA INC: $30,000 · HealthSOCIAL HEALTH…INDIANA CANINE ASSISTANT NETWORK INC: $26,203 · HealthHOPE FAMILY CARE CENTER: $26,200 · HealthOVERDOSE LIFELINE INC: $21,000 · Health+9 more: $111,937 · Health+9 moreBRIGHTLANE LEARNING CORP: $60,000 · EducationAVONDALE MEADOWS ACADEMY INC D/B/A UNITED SCHOOLS OF INDIANAPOLIS: $51,000 · EducationTHE HOPE ACADEMY INC: $40,000 · EducationTEACHERS TREASURES INC: $35,500 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF WAYNE COUNTY INC: $15,000 · EducationHERRON HIGH SCHOOL INC: $12,500 · EducationHUTSON SCHOOL INC DBA FORTUNE ACADEMY: $12,000 · EducationWarren Arts and Education Foundation Inc: $10,000 · Education+2 more: $13,600 · EducationINDIANA CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF YOUTH ABUSE AND SUICIDE: $85,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTARFISH INC: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentPACK AWAY HUNGER INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $13,000 · Youth DevelopmentChampions of Youth Inc: $12,500 · Youth DevelopmentSing Me A Story Foundation: $9,500 · Youth DevelopmentSaint Florian Center Inc: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentCARMEL YOUTH ASSISTANCE INC: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentDEEPLY INGRAINED INC: $7,000 · Youth DevelopmentINDIANAPOLIS ART CENTER INC: $46,000 · Arts & CultureHANCOCK COUNTY CHILDRENS CHOIR LTD: $30,250 · Arts & CultureKIDS DANCE OUTREACH INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureYOUNG AUDIENCES OF INDIANA INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureARTMIX INC: $12,500 · Arts & CultureCLAUDE MCNEAL'S MUSICAL THEATRE TRAINING PROGRAM INC: $12,000 · Arts & CultureThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $6,000 · Arts & CultureJAMESON INC: $65,000 · Recreation & SportsFREEWHEELIN COMMUNITY BIKES: $26,900 · Recreation & SportsHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsINDIANAPOLIS PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $10,500 · Recreation & SportsHAPPY HOLLOW CAMP INC: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$2,142,355Human Services$974,385Health$532,417Education$249,600Youth Development$187,000Arts & Culture$136,750Recreation & Sports$127,400

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetHORIZON HOUSE INC: $132,250 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetBrooke's Place for Grieving Young People: $110,000 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $98,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDOVE RECOVERY HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC: $87,799 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetST MARY'S CHILD CENTER INC: $86,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetINDIANA CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF YOUTH ABUSE AND SUICIDE: $85,000 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetTHE MILK BANK INC: $84,278 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetSHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN INC: $65,457 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S BUREAU INC: $65,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetExodus Refugee Immigration Inc: $65,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetJAMESON INC: $65,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetDayspring Center Inc: $64,000 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetBRIGHTLANE LEARNING CORP: $60,000 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetJACKSON CENTER FOR CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION: $57,136 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetAVONDALE MEADOWS ACADEMY INC D/B/A UNITED SCHOOLS OF INDIANAPOLIS: $51,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HELPINGS INC: $50,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCOBURN PLACE SAFEHAVEN II INC: $48,250 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS ART CENTER INC: $46,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetINDIANA WOMEN IN NEED FOUNDATION INC: $44,800 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetASCENT 121 INC: $44,500 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetHAMILTON COUNTY SHERIFFS CHAPLAINCY INC: $44,000 over 8y, 5.5% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF INDIANAPOLIS: $43,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetINDIANA COALITION TO END SEXUAL ASSAULT INC: $42,500 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetTEENWORKS INC: $41,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR VICTIM ADVOCACY INC: $41,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetDESERT ROSE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetLUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF IN/KY INC: $40,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOPE ACADEMY INC: $40,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTEACHERS TREASURES INC: $35,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetDYSLEXIA INSTITUTE OF INDIANA INC: $35,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetTHE JULIAN CENTER INC: $34,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SHEPHERD'S CENTER OF HAMILTON COUNTY: $33,500 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetAssistance League of Indianapolis Inc: $30,483 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetHANCOCK COUNTY CHILDRENS CHOIR LTD: $30,250 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetSOCIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF INDIANA INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetOUTREACH INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSTARFISH INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetBRICKS ALLIANCE INC: $29,900 over 3y, 21% of budgetREACH FOR YOUTH INC: $27,060 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFREEWHEELIN COMMUNITY BIKES: $26,900 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetINDIANA CANINE ASSISTANT NETWORK INC: $26,203 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetHOPE FAMILY CARE CENTER: $26,200 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetGRACEPOINT RESOURCE CENTER LLC: $25,500 over 5y, 9.8% of budgetKEEP INDIANAPOLIS BEAUTIFUL INC: $25,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS INDIANAPOLIS: $24,560 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetHumane Society for Hamilton County: $24,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCHRISTAMORE HOUSE INC: $24,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetNoble Inc: $23,500 over 5y, 0.1% 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 HORIZON HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Brooke's Place for Grieving Young People ↗
  • Who funds GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds DOVE RECOVERY HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S CHILD CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF YOUTH ABUSE AND SUICIDE ↗
  • Who funds THE MILK BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds SHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S BUREAU INC ↗
  • Who funds Exodus Refugee Immigration Inc ↗
  • Who funds JAMESON INC ↗
  • Who funds Dayspring Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHTLANE LEARNING CORP ↗
  • Who funds JACKSON CENTER FOR CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds AVONDALE MEADOWS ACADEMY INC D/B/A UNITED SCHOOLS OF INDIANAPOLIS ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HELPINGS INC ↗
  • Who funds COBURN PLACE SAFEHAVEN II INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIANAPOLIS ART CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA WOMEN IN NEED FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ASCENT 121 INC ↗
  • Who funds HAMILTON COUNTY SHERIFFS CHAPLAINCY INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF INDIANAPOLIS ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA COALITION TO END SEXUAL ASSAULT INC ↗
  • Who funds TEENWORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR VICTIM ADVOCACY INC ↗
  • Who funds DESERT ROSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF IN/KY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HOPE ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds TEACHERS TREASURES INC ↗
  • Who funds DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE OF INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JULIAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SHEPHERD'S CENTER OF HAMILTON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc ↗

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.

Nicholas H Noyes Jr M…The Indianapolis Foun…United Way of Central…Central Indiana Commu…Lilly Endowment IncHoover Family Foundat…Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…Hamilton County Commu…Pacers Foundation IncMaurer Family Foundat…Samerian Foundation I…Ayres Foundation Inc
Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial FoundationIN171.9× affinity91 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Hoover Family Foundation · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc · Pacers Foundation Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Samerian Foundation Inc · Ayres Foundation 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 The Brave Heart Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Brave Heart Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Kessler Foundation Inc: 54% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Wayside House Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
83report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Brave Heart Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Brave Heart Foundation Inc 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 362 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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