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The Horne Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$789k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
49
Grants FY2024
50
Organizations funded FY2023
46%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
48 to 73
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
17
Total assets, FY2024
$9.9M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 46% of the organizations The Horne Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $288k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
AnimalsEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthEducationFood & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving49$789k61%
FY202350$743k46%
FY202255$738k49%
FY202167$730k67%
FY202073$840k70%
FY201968$782k90%
FY201853$597k89%
FY201748$585kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$1.7MAnimals$1.7MHuman Services$530kHealth$374kHousing & Shelter$270kYouth Development$255kEducation$198kFood & Nutrition$195kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 251 grantees
All grantees of The Horne Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Redford Center Inc$140,00071%
Council of Contributors Inc$103,000423%
Gaining Ground Inc$57,00041%
Big Life Foundation USA$55,00040%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$55,00040%
Ecology Project International$51,00030%
Global Conservation Force Inc$50,00029%
American Humane Association$45,00030%
Endangered Species Coalition$45,00032%
Mayhew$40,00041%
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc$40,00030%
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy USA$40,00021%
Eco Defense Group$40,00026%
Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc$40,00030%
Lawrence Communityworks Inc$40,00040%
Court Appointed Special Advocates of New Hampshire Inc$35,00040%
African Wildlife Foundation Inc$35,00030%
Earth Law Center$35,00028%
The Humane League$30,00020%
Arts in Reach - Encouraging Growth Through the Arts$30,00025%
Endangered Rhino Conservation$30,00027%
Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation$30,00027%
350 New Hampshire$30,000221%
Spirit of Adventure Council Inc Boy Scouts of America #227$30,00030%
Animal Care Sanctuary$30,00021%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$30,00020%
Cheetah Conservation Fund$30,00020%
Sierra Foothill Conservancy$30,00020%
Zoological Society of San Diego$30,00020%
Merrimack River Watershed Council Inc$30,00027%
Women's Money Matters Inc$30,00032%
Challenge Unlimited Inc$30,00031%
Friends of Aine$30,00042%
Appalachian Trail Conservancy$30,00020%
Charles River Conservancy Inc$30,00022%
In Our Hands Action Foundation Inc$30,000298%
On Belay Inc$27,50045%
Twin Rivers Food Pantry$27,50027%
The Wish Project$25,00020%
Transition House Inc$25,00021%
Toxics Action Center Inc$25,00021%
Defenders of Wildlife$25,00020%
Environmental Investigation Agency$25,00010%
Conservation Nebraska$25,00023%
Clean River Project Inc$25,000211%
Project Kompass Incorporated$25,00023%
The Association of State Wetland Managers Inc$25,00021%
Kittery Land Trust Inc$25,00022%
American Rivers Inc$25,00020%
Island Press$25,00011%
Re-Volv$22,00022%
American Society of Landscape Architects$21,50010%
Kopelion Inc$20,20014%
New England Forestry Foundation Inc$20,00020%
Center for Canine Behavior Studies Inc$20,000126%
The Open Door Cape Ann Food Pantry Inc$20,00020%
Humane America Animal Foundation$20,00010%
Mill City Grows Inc$20,00021%
Animal Rescue League of New Hampshire$20,00021%
UTEC Inc$20,00020%
Veterinarians International Inc$20,00017%
Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition$20,00027%
The Grey Muzzle Organization$20,00011%
Environmental Health Sciences$20,00012%
Compassion Without Borders$20,00011%
Wiki Education Foundation$20,00012%
Wildaid Inc$20,00020%
Urban Resource Institute$20,00010%
Elevated Thought Inc$20,00011%
The Pettengill House Inc$20,00011%
Protect the Adirondacks Inc$20,00023%
Haven Violence Prevention and Support Services$20,00011%
The City School Inc$20,0001n/a
Community Day Care Center of Lawrence Inc$20,00020%
Project Animalaid$20,00024%
Boys and Girls Club of Souhegan Valley Inc$20,00011%
Hundred Nights Inc$20,00020%
New England Wildlife Center Inc$20,00011%
Triangle Club Inc$20,00024%
Climate Finance Action Inc$20,00017%
Beyond Soccer Inc$20,00021%
Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest$20,00010%
Green America$20,00020%
Second Chance Animal Services Inc$20,00020%
Saheli Inc$20,00012%
EcoAdapt$20,00011%
The Animal Foundation$20,00010%
Act Lawrence Inc$20,00024%
Boston Harbor Now Inc$20,00011%
Forever Wild Foundation$20,0001n/a
Connors Climb Foundation$17,50025%
Hospice Help Foundation$17,50024%
Waypoint$17,50020%
The Center for Wildlife$17,50021%
Wolf Haven International$15,00011%
Bear-Paw Regional Greenways$15,00022%
Xerces Society Inc$15,00010%
Community Action Inc$15,0001n/a
Save the Chimps Inc$15,00010%
Yellowstone Forever$15,00010%
Light of Life Ministries$15,00012%
Food Link Inc$15,00011%
Student Wildlands Adventure Program$15,0001n/a
Undersea Warriors$15,000120%
Whale and Dolphin Conservationinc$15,00011%
Marine Mammals of Maine$15,00022%
Lowell Association for the Blind Inc$15,00013%
Three Little Pitties Rescue$15,00010%
Save America's Forests Fund Inc$15,000121%
Better Living Initiatives Global$15,0001n/a
Blueskies Wellness Inc$15,00023%
Farmsteads of New England Inc$15,00010%
Community Teamwork Inc$15,00010%
Pacific Institute$15,0001n/a
Housing Families Inc$15,00010%
Fauna & Flora International USA Inc$15,00010%
Brigid's House of Hope$15,00016%
Playworks Education Energized$15,00010%
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell Inc$15,00011%
Catie's Closet Inc$15,00020%
Fellowship Housing Opportunities Inc$15,00012%
Sandusky Lions Club-Fund for the Blind of Erie County-Ohio$15,0001n/a
Buffalo Field Campaign Inc$15,00013%
Tufts Medicine Care at Home Inc$15,00010%
Plastic Oceans International$15,00012%
Merrimack Valley Community Service Corps Inc$15,0001n/a
Project Chimps$15,00020%
Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc$15,00010%
Household Goods Inc$15,00010%
Operation Delta Dog Inc$15,00015%
Addiction Recovery Coalition of New Hampshire$15,00017%
Dogs Trust USA Inc$15,00014%
People and Carnivores Inc$15,00013%
350 Colorado$15,00013%
Five Rivers Conservation Trust$15,0001n/a
Stepping Stones$15,00013%
Cultural Survival Inc$15,00011%
Rewild$15,00010%
The California Desert Land Conservancy$15,00010%
Community Giving Tree Inc$15,00025%
Urban Rivers Inc$15,00018%
Conservation Centers for Species Survival$15,00015%
A Rocha USA Inc a Rocha USA$14,00012%
Save the Bay Inc$13,6001n/a
Round River Conservation Studies$12,50011%
New Hampshire Association for the Blind D/B/A Future in Sight$12,50010%
Interstate Renewable Energy Council$12,50010%
Seacoast Family Promise$12,50021%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$12,50010%
Acera School Inc$12,50010%
Tucson Wildlife Center Inc$12,50011%
The George and Barbara Bush Foundation$12,5001n/a
Flathead Land Trust$10,00010%
Entrepreneurship for All Inc$10,00011%
Sonoma Land Trust$10,00010%
National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance$10,00011%
The Coral Reef Alliance$10,00010%
My Breast Cancer Support$10,00021%
Tin Mountain Conservation Center Inc$10,00011%
Community Caregivers of Greater Derry$10,00013%
Peace Ridge Sanctuary$10,00011%
Moore Center Services Inc$10,00010%
7 Lakes Alliance Inc$10,00010%
Lucy's Love Bus Charitable Trust Inc$10,00011%
Florida Wildlife Federation$10,0001n/a
Galveston Bay Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Marguerite's Place Inc$10,00011%
Lazarus House Inc$10,00010%
Andover Committee For A Better Chance$10,00014%
The Marine Mammal Center$10,00010%
New Hampshire Catholic Charities$10,00010%
Farm Sanctuary Inc$10,00010%
Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc$10,00010%
The Friends Program Inc$10,00011%
Avian Conservation Center$10,00011%
Snow Leopard Conservancy$10,00011%
Brandywine Valley Spca$10,00010%
Walama Restoration Project$10,00015%
Wild Canid Survival and Research Center Inc Dba Endangered Wolf Center$10,0001n/a
AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts Inc$10,00010%
Appalachian Mountain Club$10,00010%
The Vital Ground Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Vietnam Veterans Workshop Inc Dba New England Center and Home for Veterans$10,00010%
Friends of the Verde River$10,00011%
Wildcare$10,00010%
Sea Shepherd Legal$10,0001n/a
The Vermont Center for Ecostudies Inc$10,00011%
American Bird Conservancy$10,00010%
Downeast Lakes Land Trust$10,00010%
Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc$10,00010%
Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center Inc$10,00010%
Lake Stewards of Maine - Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program$10,00011%
Cancer Community Center$10,0001n/a
Missouri Prairie Foundation$10,00011%
Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter Inc$10,00010%
Western Environmental Law Center$10,00010%
National Aviary in Pittsburgh Inc$10,00010%
Humane Society of Utah$10,00010%
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$10,00010%
The Institute for Bird Populations$10,0001n/a
Burning Man Project$10,00010%
Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy$10,00012%
Care Dimensions Inc$10,00010%
Kasiisi Project Inc$10,0001n/a
Pregnancy Care Center of the Merrimack Valley$10,00012%
San Diego Humane Society and Spca$10,00010%
Teravana Trust F/K/A Wellkind Trust$10,00011%
Downeast Salmon Federation$10,00011%
Austin Pets Alive Inc$10,00010%
Wild Earth Society Incorporated$10,00010%
Straight Ahead Ministries INC$10,00010%
Wild Salmon Center$10,00010%
Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics$10,00010%
Bread & Roses Housing Inc$10,00011%
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association$10,00010%
Oceans Initiative$10,00013%
Buttonwood Park Zoological Society Inc$10,00021%
Rainforest Trust$10,00010%
Felidae Conservation Fund$10,00014%
Wolf Conservation Center Inc$10,00011%
Sky Island Alliance$10,00011%
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation$10,00010%
YWCA Northeastern Massachusetts Inc$10,0001n/a
Essex County Habitat for Humanity Inc$10,00010%
Lwiro Primate Fund Inc$10,0001n/a
Globio$10,00012%
Suncoast Animal League Inc$9,00011%
Dream in Green Inc$7,50017%
Harbor Homes Inc$7,50010%
Wildlands Restoration Volunteers$7,50010%
Save-A-Pet Inc$7,50010%
Heroes in Transition Inc$7,50012%
Summit Land Conservancy$7,00010%
Sensory City Inc$6,5001n/a
West County Arts and Culture Inc$6,000144%
Kids in Disability Sports Inc$6,0001n/a
Back2earth Inc$5,000127%
Spark Community Center Inc$5,00013%
Vermont Institute of Natural Science Inc$5,00010%
New American Africans$5,0001n/a
New Hampshire Public Radio Inc$5,0001n/a
Easter Seals Massachusetts Inc$5,00010%
Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild$5,0001n/a
Melmark New England Inc$5,0001n/a
Mendocino Woodlands Camp Association$5,00013%
The Living Room Center$5,00010%
Operation Honey Bee Inc$5,000124%
Wisconsin Humane Society$5,0001n/a
Society of St Vincent de Paul Exeter$5,0001n/a
Tiki Kiti & Poni Rescue Inc$5,000111%
St Gianna's Place Inc$5,00014%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 81 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Horne Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRedford Center Inc: $140,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetCouncil of Contributors Inc: $103,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetGaining Ground Inc: $57,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetBig Life Foundation USA: $55,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCenter for Biological Diversity Inc: $55,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEcology Project International: $51,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGlobal Conservation Force Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetAmerican Humane Association: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEndangered Species Coalition: $45,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetMayhew: $40,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetDian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLewa Wildlife Conservancy USA: $40,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetEco Defense Group: $40,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetBig Dog Ranch Rescue Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLawrence Communityworks Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCourt Appointed Special Advocates of New Hampshire Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetAfrican Wildlife Foundation Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEarth Law Center: $35,000 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetThe Humane League: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetArts in Reach - Encouraging Growth Through the Arts: $30,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetEndangered Rhino Conservation: $30,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetBlue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation: $30,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budget350 New Hampshire: $30,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetSpirit of Adventure Council Inc Boy Scouts of America #227: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAnimal Care Sanctuary: $30,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCheetah Conservation Fund: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSierra Foothill Conservancy: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetZoological Society of San Diego: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMerrimack River Watershed Council Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetWomen's Money Matters Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetChallenge Unlimited Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetFriends of Aine: $30,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetAppalachian Trail Conservancy: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCharles River Conservancy Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetIn Our Hands Action Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 98% of budgetOn Belay Inc: $27,500 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetTwin Rivers Food Pantry: $27,500 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetThe Wish Project: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTransition House Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetToxics Action Center Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Investigation Agency: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetConservation Nebraska: $25,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetClean River Project Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetProject Kompass Incorporated: $25,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetThe Association of State Wetland Managers Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetKittery Land Trust Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

The Saab Family FoundationMA59.6× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Saab Family Foundation · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Cogswell Benevolent Trust · Madelaine G Vonweber Trust Todd Fahey & William Tucker Co-Trustees · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Patagoniaorg · Rogers Family Foundation · We Share A Common Thread Foundation Inc · Trust Uw Oleonda Jameson

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.

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About The Horne Family Foundation

How much does The Horne Family Foundation give?
The Horne Family Foundation reported 49 grants totaling $789,321 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 48 and 73 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Horne Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (29%), Animals (28%), Human Services (9%).
Who are The Horne Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Redford Center Inc ($140k), Council of Contributors Inc ($103k), Gaining Ground Inc ($57k).
Does The Horne Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Horne Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Horne Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Saab Family Foundation, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Eastern Bank Foundation.
Where is The Horne Family Foundation based?
The Horne Family Foundation is based in MA.

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 333 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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