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The Horst Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$683k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$505k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$773kReligion$347kHealth$211kHuman Services$30kInternational$23kPublic Benefit$13kPhilanthropy$12kCrime & Legal$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $111k
  • $250k+1 grant · $505k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$478k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of Nebraska Foundation$505,000
Hope Lutheran Church$111,000
Tindley Accelerated Schools$20,000
Hospitality House$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
International Rett Syndrome Foundation$5,000
Feed-A-Child WNC Inc$5,000
Yancey Sheriff's Foundation$5,000
Friends Across NC Foundation$5,000
Mountain Air Community Fund$5,000
Capstone Ministries$3,000
Calvary Lutheran Church$2,000
The Penn State University$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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Gibbon Public Library Foundation: $1k → 13%Alex's Lemonade Stand: $2k → 7%The Penn State University: $2k → 16%Honor Flight San Diego: $10k → 11%Capstone Ministries: $6k → 15%The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: $5k → 9%First Baptist Church: $1k → 10%Hope Lutheran Church: $111k → 11%Friends Across NC Foundation: $5k → 10%Mountain Air Community Fund: $5k → 15%Samaritan's Purse: $20k → 21%Tindley Accredited Schools: $25k → 16%Rettsyndromeorg: $5k → 16%University of Nebraska Foundation: $505k → 13%Honor Flight San Diego: $3k → 11%Capstone Ministries: $3k → 15%Collier-Lee Honor Flight: $1k → 10%Hope Lutheran Church: $95k → 11%Mountain Strong: $5k → 15%Hospitality House: $10k → 21%Tindley Accredited Schools: $25k → 16%Rettsyndromeorg: $5k → 16%University of Nebraska Foundation: $8k → 13%Support The Enlisted Project: $10k → 11%Hope Lutheran Church: $65k → 11%Feed-A-Child WNC Inc: $5k → 15%Hospitality House: $5k → 21%Tindley Accredited Schools: $25k → 16%Rettsyndromeorg: $5k → 16%Support The Enlisted Project: $5k → 11%Hope Lutheran Church: $50k → 11%Yancey Sheriff's Foundation: $5k → 15%Tindley Accredited Schools: $25k → 16%Rettsyndromeorg: $5k → 16%Resounding Joy Inc: $51k → 11%Tindley Accelerated Schools: $20k → 16%International Rett Syndrome Foundation: $5k → 16%Resounding Joy Inc: $40k → 11%Tindley Accredited Schools: $20k → 16%International Rett Syndrome Foundation: $5k → 16%Resounding Joy Inc: $30k → 11%Resounding Joy Inc: $20k → 11%Resounding Joy Inc: $15k → 11%Calvary Lutheran Church: $9k → 11%Calvary Lutheran Church: $3k → 11%Calvary Lutheran Church: $2k → 11%Calvary Lutheran Church: $1k → 11%San Diego Foundation: $2k → 11%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

NY
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
NE
VA
NC
DC
FL
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 11 repeat orgs$96k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
13

Total granted

$1.3M
$49k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+10%

Still filing today

64%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationPublic BenefitHuman ServicesScience & TechCrime & LegalOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $630k · revenue +31%
  • RJ
    Resounding Joy Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $156k · revenue +21%
  • IR
    International Rett Syndrome Foundation
    6× · 2020–2025 · $30k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue 0%
  • American Diabetes Association
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +10%
  • BC
    BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -5%
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
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
2
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
3
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
4
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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5
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
6
Arc Research Institute

Our mission is to accelerate scientific progress, understand the root causes of disease, and narrow the gap between discoveries and impact on patients.

Health
7
Targeting Resistance in Cancer Cooperative
Health
8
Lung Cancer Research Foundation

The mission of the lung cancer research foundation is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer.

Health
9
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
10
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
11
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
12
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

Please see schedule o

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The San Diego Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Capstone Ministries 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

20 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. 20 of the 32 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)
20/20
Grantees still filing
12/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $629,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION+1 more: $20,000 · EducationHope Lutheran Church: $320,500 · OtherHope Lutheran ChurchTindley Accredited Schools: $120,000 · OtherTindley Accredited Schools+17 more: $66,400 · Other+17 moreResounding Joy Inc: $156,000 · HealthResounding Joy I…International Rett Syndrome Foundation: $30,000 · HealthInternational Re…American Diabetes Association: $10,000 · Health+3 more: $10,500 · HealthSUPPORT THE ENLISTED PROJECT INC: $15,000 · Public BenefitHONOR FLIGHT SAN DIEGO: $12,500 · Public BenefitSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $20,000 · ReligionCAPSTONE MINISTRIES INC: $9,000 · InternationalYANCEY SHERIFF'S FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Crime & Legal
Education$649,500Other$506,900Health$206,500Public Benefit$27,500Religion$20,000International$9,000Crime & Legal$5,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $629,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetResounding Joy Inc: $156,000 over 5y, 7.3% of budgetInternational Rett Syndrome Foundation: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTindley Accelerated Schools Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUPPORT THE ENLISTED PROJECT INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHONOR FLIGHT SAN DIEGO: $12,500 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAPSTONE MINISTRIES INC: $9,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetYANCEY SHERIFF'S FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEED-A-CHILD WNC INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetMountain Air Community Fund Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSURVIVORS OF TORTURE INTERNATIONAL: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $500 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.

Jewish Community Foun…Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Community Foundation of San DiegoCA13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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 Horst Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Horst Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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

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    How do I get to The Horst Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Horst Family Foundation Inc 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 32 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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