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The Haven Foundation at a glance

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The Haven 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.

$181k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$78k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

72% of The Haven Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to World Vision Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 12 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

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’19
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’20
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’21
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’22
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12
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Human Services$255kEnvironment$154kInternational$92kHousing & Shelter$59kReligion$25kEducation$12kCommunity Improvement$11kArts & Culture$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $131k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$383k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WORLD VISION INC$78,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$52,500
MYERS PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$8,000
TODD COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ORGANIZATION$5,500
SULLENBERGER AVIATION MUSEUM$5,000
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$5,000
FLORENCE THOMAS ART SCHOOL INC$5,000
HOPE INTERNATIONAL$5,000
SEARCH MINISTRIES$4,500
BRAVEWORKS$3,000
ROOF ABOVE INC$2,500
VERIDITAS INC$2,500
LEARNING HELP CENTERS OF CHARLOTTE$2,000
CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE$2,000
BERNARDINE FRANCISCAN SISTERS FOUNDATION INC$100
02The need
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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 (FY20–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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%BRAVEWORKS: $3k → 10%BRAVEWORKS: $3k → 10%FASHION AND COMPASSION: $3k → 10%FASHION & COMPASSION: $1k → 10%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
MA
OH
PA
CA
VA
AZ
NC
SC
DC
GA
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$266k · 7 repeat orgs$119k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
11

Total granted

$266k
$77k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+93%

Still filing today

57%
18%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Community ImprovementHuman ServicesReligionArts & CultureEducationSocial ScienceOther
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

  • B
    BRAVEWORKS
    4× · 2020–2024 · $10k · revenue +53%
  • VI
    VERIDITAS INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $7k · revenue +43%
  • CM
    Claremont McKenna College
    2× · 2023–2024 · $4k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • FC
    FREEDOM COMMUNITIESgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +93%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $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.

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Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
2
World Learning Inc

Creating a more sustainable, peaceful, and just world through education, development, and exchange since 1932. as both an accredited academic institution and an international ngo, world learning, inc. offers the best of theory and practice…

International
3
The Urban Land Institute

Shape the future of the built environment for transformative impact in communities worldwide. we are a global network of professionals in every sector of real estate development and land use, from private enterprise to public service.

Environment
4
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
5
The Trustees of the Smith College

Smith college educates women of promise for lives of distinction and purpose. a college of and for the world, smith college links the power of the liberal arts to excellence in research and scholarship, developing leaders for society's…

Education
6
Floresta Usa Incorporated

Plant with purpose, a christian nonprofit organization, reverses deforestation and poverty around the world by transforming the lives of the rural poor. we do this through: - watershed restoration & regenerative agriculture - savings…

International
7
The Human Trafficking Institute

Organization's mission- the human trafficking institute ("the institute") exists to decimate modern slavery at its source by empowering police and prosecutors to stop traffickers. in partnership with governments committed to combatting…

Crime & Legal
8
Wilberforce University Wilberforce University

Wilberforce university is a historically black college and university and the primary mission is to engage, support, and assist students in identifying and preparing for their respective purposes in life as social change agents, social…

Education
9
Austin Habitat for Humanity Inc

Through faith in action, austin habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

—
10
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
11
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The mission of the institute has remained constant since its founding in 1953. as its restated articles of incorporation state the primary purpose and objective of the howard hughes medical institute shall be the promotion of human…

Health
12
Institute for Shipboard Education

Journeys of discovery that spark bold solutions to global challenges.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Habitat for Humanity Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sullenberger Aviation Museum. 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

17 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. 17 of the 31 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MYERS PARK UNITED METHODIST: $190,000 · OtherMYERS PARK UNITED METHODISTTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $153,500 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientA ROOF ABOVE: $27,500 · OtherA ROOF ABOVEURBAN MINISTRY CENTER: $25,000 · Other+13 more: $33,311 · Other+13 moreWORLD VISION INC: $86,000 · InternationalWORLD VISION INCHOPE INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 · InternationalHOPE INTERNATION…BRAVEWORKS: $10,000 · Human ServicesLEARNING HELP CENTERS OF CHARLOTTE: $2,000 · Human ServicesVERIDITAS INC: $7,000 · ReligionSEARCH MINISTRIES: $4,500 · ReligionFREEDOM COMMUNITIES: $10,000 · Community ImprovementSAFE HOUSE PROJECT INC: $1,000 · Community ImprovementARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationFLORENCE THOMAS ART SCHOOL INC: $5,000 · EducationSullenberger Aviation Museum: $5,000 · Arts & CultureROOF ABOVE INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureTHE ULI FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Social Science
Other$479,311International$91,000Human Services$12,000Religion$11,500Community Improvement$11,000Education$10,000Arts & Culture$7,500Social Science$2,000

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 budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $153,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $86,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBRAVEWORKS: $10,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFREEDOM COMMUNITIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVERIDITAS INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSullenberger Aviation Museum: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORENCE THOMAS ART SCHOOL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSEARCH MINISTRIES: $4,500 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetClaremont McKenna College: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROOF ABOVE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ULI FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEARNING HELP CENTERS OF CHARLOTTE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSAFE HOUSE PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBERNARDINE FRANCISCAN SISTERS FOUNDATION INC: $100 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.

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.

Foundation for the Ca…The Bank of America C…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Foundation for the CarolinasNC16.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Haven Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Haven Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Haven Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Haven Foundation 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 31 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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