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The Hope Foundation - USA 1999 Trust at a glance

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The Hope Foundation - USA 1999 Trust

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.

$324k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$113k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

International$887kHuman Services$262kPhilanthropy$191kReligion$120kHealth$95kFood & Nutrition$27kCrime & Legal$18kEnvironment$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $38k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $257k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$4.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INDIA DEVELOPMENT & RELIEF FUND$112,935
Individual grant recipient$93,665
SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL$50,000
Individual grant recipient$18,280
CHINMAYA MISSION OF BOSTON$10,000
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$10,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREATER BOSTON$5,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$5,000
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION$5,000
VIPASSANA MEDITATION CENTER$5,000
ROCA INC$5,000
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY$2,120
RIA INC$1,606
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, $330k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 57% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SEWA INTERNATIONAL INC: $71k → 16%SEWA INTERNATIONAL INC: $32k → 16%SEWA INTERNATIONAL INC: $32k → 16%SEWA INTERNATIONAL INC: $30k → 16%SEWA INTERNATIONAL INC: $24k → 16%SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $50k → 8%SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $50k → 8%SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $40k → 8%INDIAN CIRCLE FOR CARING USA INC: $2k → 8%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

NH
WA
IL
NY
MA
PA
CA
VA
MD
DE
DC
AL
GA
TX
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.
$1.2M · 18 repeat orgs$146k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +101% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
27

Total granted

$1.2M
$141k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+101%
+5%

Still filing today

56%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
HealthFood & NutritionHuman ServicesArts & CultureHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • SI
    Sewa International Inc
    5× · 2017–2021 · $189k · revenue +101%
  • SM
    SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $140k · revenue +25%
  • VP
    VICTORY PROGRAMS INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $34k · revenue +185%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $61k
  • PC
    Premiere Charities Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $18k · revenue +23%
  • EI
    EDEN INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2022 · $12k · revenue -23%
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
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc

Our costs consist of acquiring, sorting and distributing food to 617 member agencies, transportation and logistics, and community outreach to 69 direct distribution sites such as gbfb mobile markets, and federal distributions for low…

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2
Rhode Island Quality Institute

To represent every constituency of healthcare leadership, as well as health insurance, consumer and public interest. to work collaboratively, come up with innovative solutions, champion changes throughout our organizations, and dedicate…

Health
3
Annapurna Global Foundation
Philanthropy
4
The American India Foundation

The american india foundation(aif) is a nonprofit american development organization that is devoted to accelerating social and economic change in india.

Public Safety & Disaster
5
The Virtue Foundation

Virtue foundation's mission is to increase awareness, inspire action, and render assistance through initiatives on healthcare, education, and women and justice programs, as well as innovative work in research and analytics.

Public Benefit
6
Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives Inc

Massachusetts biomedical initiatives, inc. ("mbi or the organization") is a private non-profit corporation focusing on building up central massachusetts as a global biomanufacturing hub. our mission of being a partner for fostering…

Science & Tech
7
Intelehealth Inc

Intelehealth leverages open-source technology for Governments, NGOs and Hospitals to seamlessly connect 'hard to reach' populations with high quality primary healthcare. Health organizations all over the world have used our technology to…

International
8
The Bridgespan Group Inc

Bridgespan's mission is to build a better world by strengthening the ability of mission-driven organizations and philanthropists to achieve breakthrough results in addressing society's most important challenges and opportunities.

Community Improvement
9
Indiaspora

Transforming the success of the indian diaspora into meaningful impact worldwide.

Human Services
10
Maharat for Development

Maharat for development works to engage and inspire individuals by monitoring the freedom of expression and providing evidence-based news and information through creating and continuously updating a database of freedom of expression…

Education
11
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
12
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Baker Foundation. 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

31 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. 31 of the 49 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
22/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $391,250 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $97,695 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCHINMAYA MISSION OF BOSTON: $66,000 · OtherCHINMAYA MISSION OF BOSTONIndividual grant recipient: $60,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $40,000 · OtherNEW ENGLAND SHIRDI SAI PARIVAAR: $39,000 · Other+24 more: $94,386 · Other+24 moreINDIA DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF FUND INC: $691,928 · InternationalINDIA DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF FUND I…+1 more: $7,000 · InternationalSewa International Inc: $188,508 · Human ServicesSewa Internation…SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $140,000 · Human ServicesSOUTH MIDDLESEX …+1 more: $1,500 · Human ServicesFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $180,338 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY …+1 more: $1,000 · Community ImprovementLOWELL TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER INC: $118,142 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREATER BOSTON INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterVICTORY PROGRAMS INC: $33,600 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $6,120 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND INC: $6,000 · HealthAuxiliary to Bellevue Hospital Center Inc: $5,000 · Health+2 more: $2,000 · HealthPremiere Charities Inc: $18,282 · Food & NutritionMERRIMACK VALLEY FOOD BANK INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionAKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA): $2,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD LINK INC: $2,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$788,831International$698,928Human Services$330,008Community Improvement$181,338Housing & Shelter$123,142Health$52,720Food & Nutrition$27,282

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 budgetINDIA DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF FUND INC: $691,928 over 8y, 7.2% of budgetSewa International Inc: $188,508 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $180,338 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $140,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLOWELL TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER INC: $118,142 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetVICTORY PROGRAMS INC: $33,600 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPremiere Charities Inc: $18,282 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetROCA INC: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEDEN INCORPORATED: $12,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetTHE BAKER FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $6,120 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGURJAR GUJARATI ASSOCIATION OF NEW ENGLAND INC: $5,750 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetPARDADA PARDADI EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAuxiliary to Bellevue Hospital Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetLEARNQUEST INC: $5,000 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetMERRIMACK VALLEY FOOD BANK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREATER BOSTON INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA): $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANDORFUL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetFOOD LINK INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIAN CIRCLE FOR CARING USA INC (ICC): $1,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $1,030 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Clara Valley Science and Engineering Fair Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWE THE PROTESTERS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LOWELL GENERAL HOSPITAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUILDING AUDACITY: $500 over 1y, 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.

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.

Eastern Bank Foundati…Boston Foundation IncEssex County Communit…Cummings Foundation G…Analog Devices Founda…The Chirag FoundationAmelia Peabody Charit…The New England Patri…Health Resources in A…United Way Of Massach…Arbella Insurance Fou…Global Impact
Eastern Bank FoundationMA21.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Analog Devices Foundation · The Chirag Foundation · Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust · The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation Inc · Health Resources in Action Inc · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Global Impact

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 Hope Foundation - USA 1999 Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hope Foundation - USA 1999 Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • Roca Inc: 78% of income from government
  • Victory Programs Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Building Audacity: 24% of income from government
  • South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Food Link Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The Lowell General Hospital: 5% of income from government
  • Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 49 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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