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The Hss Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$43k
Granted FY2018
22
Grants FY2018
5
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Philanthropy$111kInternational$9kHuman Services$5kHealth$4kRecreation & Sports$3kReligion$2kPublic Safety & Disaster$1kArts & Culture$1kOther$0
02FY2018 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k21 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
$150
Median grant
5
States reached
$35k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH UNITED FUND$30,000
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$4,000
EASTERSEALS$3,000
ISRAEL TENNIS CENTER$2,000
FOR AUTISTIC KIDS FOUNDATION$1,000
CHARLES M SCHWARTZ MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$750
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS$500
EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION$250
CARE$200
USO$200
NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND$150
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$100
SPECIAL OLYMPICS$100
THE ARK$100
RUSSELL - CLARKE YOUTH FOUNDATION$100
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 (FY18–18, $100) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 14%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

IL
WI
NY
OR
CA
VA
MD
DC
GA
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$126k · 9 repeat orgs$12k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
12

Total granted

$126k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+67%

Still filing today

44%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
PhilanthropyInternationalHealthArts & CultureAnimalsCivil RightsOther
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

  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    2× · 2017–2018 · $110k · revenue +13%
  • FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
    2× · 2017–2018 · $9k · revenue +53%
  • CM
    CHARLES M SCHWARTZ MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +77%

Funded once

  • M
    MISERICORDIA
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • T1
    THE 100 CLUB OF ILLINOIS
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +10%
  • MS
    MERIT SCHOOL OF MUSICgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +113%
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
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
2
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc

The tragedy assistance program for survivors (taps) is america's national nonprofit organization that has cared for the loved ones of our nation's fallen heroes since 1994. taps ensures these living legacies of service and sacrifice do not…

Health
3
Brightfocus Foundation

Brightfocus foundation funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases. please refer to schedule o for a complete…

Health
4
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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5
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
6
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
7
Robert Irvine Foundation Inc

The robert irvine foundation is a not-for-profit entity and is tax exempt under 501(c) (3) of the internal revenue code (irc). the organization supports and strengthens the physical and mental well-being of our service members, veterans,…

Human Services
8
Military Officers Association of America

Preserve and protect earned benefits for our uniformed services, veterans, their families, and surviving spouses through advocacy, leadership, education and service. provide first-class service to our members. we are the leading voice on…

Public Benefit
9
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
10
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

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11
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
12
The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration

Promote and fund research into developing better diagnostic processes, therapies, and cures for frontotemporal degeneration (ftd); provide information, education, support and advocacy to persons diagnosed with ftd, their families and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Charles M Schwartz Memorial 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

18 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. 18 of the 34 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
15/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $110,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO+3 more: $1,200 · PhilanthropyEASTER SEALS INC: $3,000 · OtherEASTER SEA…ISRAEL TENNIS CENTER: $3,000 · OtherISRAEL TEN…MISERICORDIA: $1,500 · OtherMISERICORD…THE 100 CLUB OF ILLINOIS: $1,000 · OtherTHE 100 CL…DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS: $800 · OtherDISABLED A…USO: $500 · OtherBROTHER RICE HIGH SCHOOL: $500 · Other+14 more: $2,143 · Other+14 moreFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $9,000 · International+2 more: $340 · InternationalCHARLES M SCHWARTZ MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $1,500 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $1,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $300 · HealthMERIT SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTAILS FOR LIFE INC: $1,000 · AnimalsCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $100 · Civil Rights
Philanthropy$111,200Other$12,443International$9,340Health$2,800Arts & Culture$1,000Animals$1,000Civil Rights$100

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 budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $110,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLES M SCHWARTZ MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE 100 CLUB OF ILLINOIS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMERIT SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOR AUTISTIC KIDS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTAILS FOR LIFE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $240 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 · 0–50%
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 34 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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