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The Joan Capps Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Joan Capps 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.

$44k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2025.

International$110kEducation$96kHuman Services$79kHealth$61kReligion$30kYouth Development$25kFood & Nutrition$25kPublic Safety & Disaster$18kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$741k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$15,000
SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC$10,000
LOWCOUNTRY FOUNDATION FOR WOUNDED MILITARY HEROS$5,000
MANNA FOOD BANK$5,000
JOYFUL JOURNEY INC$5,000
HAITIAN AMERICAN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK I$3,500
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 (FY19–21, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NEW HORIZONS OF SOUTHWEST OF FLORIDA INC: $3k → 10%NEW HORIZONS OF SOUTHWEST OF FLORIDA INC: $5k → 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

ID
NY
IN
OH
NJ
AZ
NC
SC
OK
TX
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 17% of The Joan Capps Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Joan Capps Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 12% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$363k · 16 repeat orgs$95k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
11

Total granted

$363k
$95k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+91%

Still filing today

63%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationReligionFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterArts & 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

  • HF
    HOPE FOR HAITI'S CHILDREN MINISTRIES INCORPORATED
    7× · 2017–2023 · $60k · revenue +79%
  • SI
    SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC
    6× · 2018–2025 · $40k · revenue ×14
  • JJ
    JOYFUL JOURNEY INC
    6× · 2018–2025 · $30k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • RV
    Raritan Valley Community College Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +148%
  • AA
    ASIAN AMERICAN HEALTH COALITION OF THE GREATER HOUSTON AREAgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +34%
  • PM
    PREMIER MOBILE HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +133%
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
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation

Partners In Health (PIH) is a non-profit, global health organization that fights social injustice by bringing the benefits of modern medical science first and foremost to the most vulnerable communities worldwide. In Haiti, Malawi, Rwanda,…

Health
2
Haven of Hope International Inc

Haven of hope international (hohi) is at the forefront of orphan care innovation with its mission to raise the standard of care for orphans left behind and abandoned by traditional adoption systems. its mission is simple and specific:…

International
3
Sentara Health

We improve health every day through coordinating, promoting and planning for the provision of health services and the promotion of health, medical education, and the social, cultural, educational, and economic development of the community.

Health
4
Sentara Rmh Medical Center

As part of sentara health's integrated health care system, we improve health every day.

Health
5
St Catherine University

We educate women to lead and influence. we educate at all degree levels through valuing and integrating the liberal arts and professional education within the catholic intellectual tradition, see schedule oemphasizing scholarly inquiry and…

Education
6
Sentara Medical Group

See schedule o.as part of sentara health's integrated health care system, we improve health every day through the establishment and operation of programs and services for the provision of health care and for health related purposes; the…

Health
7
Sentara Hospitals

As part of sentara health's integrated health care system, we improve health every day.

Health
8
Sentara Princess Anne Hospital

As part of sentara health's integrated health care system, we improve health every day.

Health
9
Suncoast Center Inc

For 80 years, suncoast center, inc. has held true to its mission of "strengthening, protecting, and restoring lives for a healthy community" by providing a comprehensive range of evidence-based services that address emotional wellness,…

Health
10
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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11
Sentara Enterprises

As part of sentara health's integrated health care organization, we improve health everyday through the provision of health care facilities and services for sick, injured, disabled, indigent, and aged persons.

Health
12
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Horizons of Southwest Florida Inc; the most unlike its peers is Share in Africa. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

19 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. 19 of the 27 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
16/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SHARE IN AFRICA: $50,000 · EducationSHARE IN AFRICARaritan Valley Community College Foundation: $25,000 · EducationRaritan Valley Community Colleg…DESIGN CONNECT CREATE: $25,000 · EducationDESIGN CONNECT CREATEST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $18,000 · EducationST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORKSAY YES BUFFALO SCHOLARSHIP INC: $10,000 · EducationSAY YES BUFFALO SCHOLARSHIP INCFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $35,000 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWWP INC - WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10,000 · OtherWWP INC - WOUNDED WARRIOR PRO…PREMIER MOBILE HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION: $10,000 · OtherPREMIER MOBILE HEALTH SERVICE…ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherATLANTIC HIGHLANDS UNITED MET…Swinging with Purpose Inc: $10,000 · OtherSwinging with Purpose IncHENRY HUDSON REGIONAL SCHOOL PTO INC: $10,000 · OtherHENRY HUDSON REGIONAL SCHOOL …HAITIAN AMERICAN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK INC: $5,250 · OtherSALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH: $5,000 · Other+1 more: $1,000 · OtherHOPE FOR HAITI'S CHILDREN MINISTRIES INCORPORATED: $59,500 · HealthHOPE FOR HAITI'S CHILDREN MI…JOYFUL JOURNEY INC: $30,000 · HealthJOYFUL JOURNEY INCASIAN AMERICAN HEALTH COALITION OF THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA: $15,000 · HealthASIAN AMERICAN HEALTH COALIT…IMAGINE A CENTER FOR COPING WITH LOSS: $5,000 · HealthSANAR WELLNESS INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 · HealthSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $40,000 · Housing & ShelterSLEEP IN …RIGHT SIDE UP MINISTRIES INC: $18,000 · ReligionREDIMIR: $4,000 · ReligionMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionMONTAUK FOOD PANTRY: $5,000 · Food & NutritionLOWCOUNTRY FOUNDATION FOR WOUNDED MILITARY HEROS: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNEW HORIZONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $7,500 · Human Services
Education$128,000Other$121,250Health$114,500Housing & Shelter$40,000Religion$22,000Food & Nutrition$15,000Arts & Culture$10,000Human Services$7,500

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 budgetHOPE FOR HAITI'S CHILDREN MINISTRIES INCORPORATED: $59,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetSHARE IN AFRICA: $50,000 over 3y, 27% of budgetSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $40,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetJOYFUL JOURNEY INC: $30,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetRaritan Valley Community College Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetDESIGN CONNECT CREATE: $25,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRIGHT SIDE UP MINISTRIES INC: $18,000 over 4y, 7.9% of budgetASIAN AMERICAN HEALTH COALITION OF THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY FOUNDATION FOR WOUNDED MILITARY HEROS: $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPREMIER MOBILE HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSAY YES BUFFALO SCHOLARSHIP INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSwinging with Purpose Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HORIZONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetIMAGINE A CENTER FOR COPING WITH LOSS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSANAR WELLNESS INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMONTAUK FOOD PANTRY: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetREDIMIR: $4,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

Greater Houston Commu…Vanguard Charitable E…The Blackbaud Giving …The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…Natl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX11.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Joan Capps Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Joan Capps Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 80%
  • Sanar Wellness Institute Inc: 80% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
5report 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 Joan Capps Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Joan Capps 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 27 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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