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The Hesed 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.

$63k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$66kHousing & Shelter$38kEnvironment$26kHealth$18kFood & Nutrition$11kInternational$5kPublic Benefit$5kArts & Culture$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAKE A CHANGE WORLD INC$10,000
PARENT PROMISE$10,000
THE SAFE PLACE COMMUNITY CENTER$10,000
EDEN VILLAGE OF TULSA$7,500
LETS FIX THIS INC$5,000
MAKE A CHANGE WORLD INC$5,000
CORAL REEF ALLIANCE$4,000
FIRST PEOPLES FUND$4,000
PERIOD OKC FOUNDATION$2,500
BLOOMERANG HOMELESS$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BEAUTY 2 THE STREETZ: $2k → 14%NEIGHBORS ALONG THE LINE: $3k → 14%THE CITY LIGHTS FOUNDATION OF OKLAHOMA: $15k → 15%PERIOD OKC FOUNDATION: $3k → 16%PERIOD OKC FOUNDATION: $2k → 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
NY
MA
SD
IN
CA
MO
DC
OK
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.

41%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$75k · 7 repeat orgs$109k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +107% since the first grant, against +49% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
10

Total granted

$75k
$59k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+107%
+49%

Still filing today

43%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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
Human ServicesEnvironmentInternationalCrime & LegalPublic BenefitArts & CultureOther
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

  • EC
    EXCHANGE CLUB CENTER FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE OF OKLAHOMA INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $43k · revenue +145%
  • THE HOMELESS ALLIANCE INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $11k · revenue +107%
  • RF
    REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OK
    3× · 2021–2023 · $6k

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CITY LIGHTS FOUNDATION OF OKLAHOMAgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +339%
  • MD
    MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $11k
  • MH
    Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahomagraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $7k · revenue +36%
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
Community Action Agency of Oklahoma City & Oklahoma/Canadian Counties

To promote the self-sufficiency of the socially, economically, and culturally disadvantaged citizens of oklahoma and canadian counties and to eliminate the paradox of poverty among these citizens by opening to everyone the opportunity to…

Human Services
2
Shelterwell Inc

Shelterwell fosters a spirit of connected community, centered on the belief that housing is a human right.

Housing & Shelter
3
Oklahoma City Beautiful Inc

OKC Beautiful's mission is to lead beautification and environmental stewardship through collaboration, education and advocacy. We have been doing this for over 50 years through volunteers and contributing donors. This directly impacts the…

Environment
4
Habitat for Humanity of Okaloosa County Inc

Okaloosa habitat for humanity is a non-profit, christian organization dedicated to eliminating substandard housing in okaloosa county. we provide opportunites for the community to show god's love in action. through partnership with people…

Housing & Shelter
5
La Cosecha Inc

To address food insecurity mainly to the under-resourced east side community of tulsa.

Human Services
6
Oklahoma City Housing Services Redevelopment Corporation

To revitalize urban oklahoma city neighborhoods and create affordable housing opportunities by rehabilitating historic homes, constructing new homes, and increasing community investment through home ownership.

Housing & Shelter
7
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs Inc

To promote the flourishing of the people of oklahoma by advancing principles and policies that support free enterprise, limited government, personal responsibility, and individual initiative.

Public Safety & Disaster
8
Transitional Living Centers of Oklahoma Inc

Assist in preparing homeless and near homeless women in the skills to care for their children and enable them to move toward self-sufficiency.

Housing & Shelter
9
Goodwill Industries of Tulsa Inc

Goodwill empowers people to reach their full potential through work opportunities, training, and support services.

Employment
10
Downtown Oklahoma City Inc

The organization's mission is to create and champion a vibrant and diverse downtown through placemaking, advocacy, and promotion.

Community Improvement
11
Tulsa Area United Way

The tulsa area united way unites people and resources to improve lives and strengthen our communities.

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12
Oklahoma Association of Community Action

To alleviate the causes of poverty by supporting oklahoma's community action agencies, which includes providing coordinated services, training and other assitance to member agencies.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma; the most unlike its peers is Beauty 2 the Streetz. 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

16 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. 16 of the 25 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)
16/16
Grantees still filing
12/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $11,250 · OtherMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INCSAFE PLACE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $10,000 · OtherSAFE PLACE COMMUNITY CENTER INCEDEN VILLAGE OF TULSA INC: $7,500 · OtherEDEN VILLAGE OF TULSA INCTHE OCEAN CLEANLUP NORTH PACIFIC: $6,500 · OtherTHE OCEAN CLEANLUP NORTH PACIFICREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OK: $5,750 · OtherREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKOK CRISIS NURSERY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherOK CRISIS NURSERY FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $3,500 · OtherGAINING GROUND INC: $3,000 · OtherBLOOMERANG HOMELESS: $2,500 · OtherFILLING TUMMIES: $2,500 · OtherLETS FIX THIS: $5,000 · OtherLETS FIX THISFIRST PEOPLES FUND: $4,000 · OtherFIRST PEOPLES FUNDGAINING GROUND CORPORATION: $3,250 · Other+1 more: $2,000 · OtherEXCHANGE CLUB CENTER FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE OF OKLAHOMA INC: $43,000 · Crime & LegalEXCHANGE CLUB CENTER FOR T…THE CITY LIGHTS FOUNDATION OF OKLAHOMA: $15,000 · Human ServicesTHE CITY LIGHT…PERIOD OKC FOUNDATION: $4,500 · Human ServicesPERIOD OKC FOU…NEIGHBORS ALONG THE LINE: $3,250 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORS ALON…Beauty 2 The Streetz: $1,500 · Human ServicesBeauty 2 The S…MAKE A CHANGE WORLD INC: $15,000 · EnvironmentMAKE A CHAN…THE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE: $4,000 · EnvironmentTHE CORAL R…THE HOMELESS ALLIANCE INC: $11,000 · Housing & ShelterHIAS INC: $5,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $3,500 · InternationalMental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: $6,500 · Health
Other$71,750Crime & Legal$43,000Human Services$24,250Environment$19,000Housing & Shelter$11,000International$8,500Health$6,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEXCHANGE CLUB CENTER FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE OF OKLAHOMA INC: $43,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetMAKE A CHANGE WORLD INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE CITY LIGHTS FOUNDATION OF OKLAHOMA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE HOMELESS ALLIANCE INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEDEN VILLAGE OF TULSA INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLETS FIX THIS: $5,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetHIAS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPERIOD OKC FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetFIRST PEOPLES FUND: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORS ALONG THE LINE: $3,250 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGAINING GROUND CORPORATION: $3,250 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGAINING GROUND INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBeauty 2 The Streetz: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

George Kaiser Family …Tulsa Community Found…St John Medical Cente…The Sharna and Irvin …Kirkpatrick Family Af…Oneok Foundation IncThe Anne and Henry Za…Feed the Children IncEnterprise Holdings F…Charities Aid Foundat…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for Good
George Kaiser Family FoundationOK15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: George Kaiser Family Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · St John Medical Center Inc · The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation · Kirkpatrick Family Affiliated Fund of Occf Inc · Oneok Foundation Inc · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · Feed the Children Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: 8% of income from government
  • Gaining Ground Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
6report 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.
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How do I get to The Hesed Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Hesed 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 25 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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