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The Footprints Foundation at a glance

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The Footprints Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$9k
Granted FY2019
4
Grants FY2019
2
States reached
$6k
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 2019.

Human Services$40kYouth Development$15kPublic Safety & Disaster$12kAnimals$7kEducation$5kFood & Nutrition$5kHousing & Shelter$5kPhilanthropy$2k
02FY2019 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,039
Median grant
2
States reached
$1k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROOTS & WINGS FOUNDATION A NEW JERSEY NON PROFIT C$6,000
UNITED WAY OF BROWARD COUNTY$2,039
BONNIE BRAE$1,000
THE OASIS HAVEN FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC$300
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 (FY18–19, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 47% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%THE OASIS HAVEN FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $14k → 12%THE OASIS HAVEN FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $300 → 12%ROOTS & WINGS FOUNDATION A NEW JERSEY NON PROFIT C: $10k → 4%ROOTS & WINGS FOUNDATION A NEW JERSEY NON PROFIT C: $6k → 4%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.
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.

42%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$39k · 4 repeat orgs$53k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against -11% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2019, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
14

Total granted

$39k
$51k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
-11%

Still filing today

100%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
Human ServicesAnimalsYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • RW
    ROOTS & WINGS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2019 · $16k · revenue +57%
  • OASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $14k · revenue +112%
  • TB
    TRI-STATE BASSET HOUND RESCUE
    2× · 2017–2018 · $6k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • HI
    Heartworks Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue -11%
  • NI
    NOURISHNJ INC
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue -18%
  • KC
    K Collentine
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
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
Bridges Nj Inc

When a family is in crisis, Bridges is there to offer support by providing respite and host homes for children in our community. Children visit respite homes for several hours after school or on weekends to enjoy the benefit of a nurturing…

Human Services
2
Bridge Home No Kill Animal Rescue

To provide a no kill shelter in order to rescue and find homes for displaced animals

Animals
3
Almost Home Dog Rescue of Nj Inc

The mission of almost home dog rescue of nj is to care for and place abandoned and abused dogs into caring homes.

—
4
United Way of Hudson County

The united way of hudson county is a non-profit community resource with the sole mission to do whatever we can to help the poor, the sick, the elderly, the disabled and the homeless people of hudson county.

Philanthropy
5
Pathways Inc

Empowering women and children on their path out of homelessness through hospitality, housing, and hope.

Human Services
6
Bridgewater Home Inc

Assisted Living and Nursing Care

Human Services
7
Rouse-Brokenstraw Associates Corporation

Housing for low-income elderly tenants.

—
8
United Methodist Homes of New Jersey

Compassionately serving in community so that all are free to choose abundant life.

Human Services
9
The Bridge Fund of New York Inc

The prevention of homelessness. the bridge fund offers clients at risk of homelessness a combination of financial assistance through interest free loans or grants and financial counseling.

Human Services
10
Home Care Options Inc

To serve the expanding and evolving in-home needs of residents of northern nj by delivering a continuum of care for clients and families through the services of a highly trained caring and compassionate workforce.

Human Services
11
Bridge Communities Inc

The mission of bridge communities is to transition homeless families to self-sufficiency by working with partners to provide mentoring, housing, and supportive services.

Housing & Shelter
12
Baypath Humane Society of Hopkinton Inc

Baypath humane society of hopkinton connects people and animals to build a compassionate community. we provide shelter, care, and enrichment to animals in need, help them find loving homes, and promote well-being through outreach,…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oasis - a Haven for Women & Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is House of Puddles 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

10 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. 10 of the 19 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROOTS & WINGS FOUNDATION: $16,000 · Human ServicesROOTS & WINGS FOUNDATIONOASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $14,300 · Human ServicesOASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INCBRIDGES OUTREACH INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesBRIDGES OUTREACH INCBONNIE BRAE: $2,500 · Human ServicesBONNIE BRAEK Collentine: $5,000 · OtherK CollentineM Rodriguez: $5,000 · OtherM RodriguezB Daignault: $3,300 · OtherB DaignaultH Freeland-Frey: $2,500 · OtherH Freeland-FreyC Hickman: $1,203 · OtherC HickmanM Hernandez: $1,100 · OtherM HernandezG Lindo: $800 · Other+2 more: $900 · OtherHeartworks Inc: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentHeartworks IncTRI-STATE BASSET HOUND RESCUE: $6,000 · AnimalsHouse of Puddles Inc: $1,000 · AnimalsNOURISHNJ INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionPRESCHOOL ADVANTAGE INC: $5,000 · EducationUNITED WAY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $2,039 · Philanthropy
Human Services$37,800Other$19,803Youth Development$15,000Animals$7,000Food & Nutrition$5,000Education$5,000Philanthropy$2,039

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 budgetROOTS & WINGS FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHeartworks Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetOASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $14,300 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTRI-STATE BASSET HOUND RESCUE: $6,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetPRESCHOOL ADVANTAGE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBRIDGES OUTREACH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBONNIE BRAE: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $2,039 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouse of Puddles Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation …Chubb Charitable Foun…Charities Aid Foundat…Verizon FoundationNational Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of New JerseyNJ15.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of New Jersey · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Verizon Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · 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 The Footprints Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Footprints Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 27%
  • Nourishnj Inc: 27% of income from government
  • United Way of Broward County Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Bridges Outreach Inc: 25% of income from government
  • Bonnie Brae: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 19 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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