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The Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation

THE SPROUTS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION, established in 2015, works to improve lives and health outcomes in the communities we serve through local nutrition education, nutrition access, and wellness programs.

$14M
Granted FY2024still arriving
346
Grants FY2024still arriving
25
States reached
$1.6M
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 2024.

Food & Nutrition$12MEducation$7.2MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.6MPublic Benefit$1.5MArts & Culture$978kHealth$937kYouth Development$778kEnvironment$526kOther$0
02FY2024 · 346 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 346 grants below total $12,900,277, the rows itemized in this filing. The $14,191,436 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,291,159 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k70 grants · $551k
  • $10k–50k253 grants · $2.8M
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+11 grants · $8.5M
$10,000
Median grant
25
States reached
$6.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LIFE LAB SCIENCE PROGRAM$1,600,000
UT AUSTIN$1,385,766
VOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC$1,108,982
THE WALLS PROJECT$870,000
SLOW FOOD PHOENIX-BLUE WATERMELON$765,000
OUT TEACH$750,000
VALLEY LEADERSHIP CORPORATION$525,000
CITY OF SURPRISE$450,000
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LEE COUNTY$450,000
PARTNERS FOR EDUCATION AGRICULTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY (PEAS)$300,000
HEBNI NUTRITIONAL CONSULTANTS INC$250,000
GARDEN SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC$225,000
AFTER SCHOOL ALL STARS - LOS ANGELES$130,000
COMMON VISION$107,000
CITY BLOSSOMS STUDIO$100,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $746k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%TUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $8k → 15%CITY HELP CENTER INC: $9k → 17%SPECIAL ABILITIES OF NORTH TEXAS: $10k → 8%CASA DE PEREGRINOS INC: $10k → 23%CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $10k → 13%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER TULSA: $10k → 15%COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE INC: $10k → 11%EL SOL JUPITER'S NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 11%THE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $10k → 13%PRIMER MICROSCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%NOURISH UP: $10k → 10%TREELINE PASS: $10k → 8%NATIONAL FARM TO SCHOOL NETWORK: $25k → 14%WYLDE CENTER: $10k → 5%YMCA OF GREATER TULSA: $8k → 15%THE Y IN CENTRAL MARYLAND: $10k → 11%ALLIES FOR EVERY CHILD: $10k → 14%PLANT THE SEED: $10k → 14%THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS: $10k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICES: $8k → 14%PLAYDATE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS: $7k → 9%YMCA OF THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA: $10k → 16%PLANT THE SEED: $10k → 14%WOMEN ARE DREAMERS TOO: $10k → 9%EL CENTRO AMISTAD: $15k → 12%COMMON MARKETPLACE PHILADELPHIA INC: $100k → 22%IDEAS FOR US: $60k → 13%NEVADA BLIND CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%MAGGIE'S PLACE INC: $10k → 11%LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 10%NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $10k → 16%IDEAS FOR US: $26k → 13%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $10k → 14%YMCA OF THE SUNCOAST: $10k → 12%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $8k → 14%IDEAS FOR US: $10k → 13%OLIVEWOOD GARDENS AND LEARNING CENTER: $10k → 11%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $7k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%19 NORTH COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $10k → 11%CLAYTON EARLY LEARNING: $10k → 12%LICENSE TO FREEDOM: $10k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $8k → 11%JUBILEE CONSORTIUM: $10k → 14%NEIGHBORS WHO CARE INC: $10k → 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

VT
WA
MT
IL
NY
MA
NV
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
AL
GA
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$21M · 91 repeat orgs$6.1M to everyone else

91 repeat relationships: 58 still active in FY2024, 33 since wound down; 263 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

91
97

Total granted

$21M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+44%

Still filing today

88%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.1M 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
EducationFood & NutritionHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthYouth 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

  • LL
    Life Lab Science Program
    5× · 2018–2024 · $2.5M · revenue +158% · 70% of their budget
  • OT
    OUT TEACH
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +33%
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • NI
    NOPI INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $531k · revenue +80% · 38% of their budget
  • SO
    Spaces of Opportunity
    one grant, 2023 · $185k
  • CM
    COMMON MARKET PHILADELPHIA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +116%
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
Valley Verde

Valley verde increases self-sufficiency, health, and resilience, through a culturally informed community based food system to promote food justice.

Human Services
2
Alchemist Cdc

Alchemist cdc connects sacramento area communities to land, food, and opportunity toward a vision in which all neighborhoods are vibrant, equitable, healthy, and diverse. we are best known for enhancing the quality of life in…

Community Improvement
3
The Edible Schoolyard Project dba the Alice Waters Institute

The mission of The Edible Schoolyard Project is to build and share a national food curriculum for the education system. The Organization envisions this "Edible Education" as part of the core curriculum of every school in the country.

Education
4
Edible Schoolyard New York

Edible schoolyard nyc is on a mission to make edible education accessible for every child in nyc. we believe edible education-where kids experience hands-on cooking and gardening helps kids gain the skills to contribute to a healthy and…

Education
5
Chicago's Green City Market Program

Green city market is securing the future of food by deepening support for sustainable farmers, educating our community, and expanding access to locally-grown food.

Food & Nutrition
6
Turning Green

To educate and inpspire young adults to promote environmentally conscious & socially responsible choices.

Health
7
Tucson Family Food Project Inc

The mission of the tucson family food project is to provide meals for children who are struggling with food insecurity, while teaching them how to cook food for themselves in their own homes.

Food & Nutrition
8
Edible Education Experience

To create opportunities to explore deeper connections to our food and each other through immersive, hands-on, garden-to-kitchen experiences for the central florida community.

Food & Nutrition
9
Common Good City Farm

Common Good City Farm is an urban farm in Washington, DC, where community members source fresh food, see sustainable urban agriculture in action, and learn healthy skills. Our mission is to sustain and support a more equitable community…

Food & Nutrition
10
Sierra Harvest

Founded in 2007, sierra harvest is building a community that values and eats an abundance of fresh, local, seasonal food; training successful local farmers that are increasing sustainable food production; and creating equitable access to…

Food & Nutrition
11
Kidworks Community Development Corp

Kidworks inspires purpose in youth, fuels their growth, and catalyzes their impact in the community and the world.

Human Services
12
San Francisco Food Bank

To end hunger in san francisco and marin counties by soliciting food donations nationally, distributing this food to qualifying public service agencies and neighborhood pantries, advocating for improved government food programs, and…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Educated Choices Program Inc; the most unlike its peers is Growing Roots. 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

366 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. 366 of the 458 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.

14
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
75
Early backer (in before they grew)
362/366
Grantees still filing
216/366
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Life Lab Science Program: $2,455,000 · EducationLife Lab Science ProgramOUT TEACH: $1,611,000 · EducationOUT TEACHUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $1,229,367 · EducationUniversity of Arizona Foun…+19 more: $423,491 · Education+19 moreTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $1,502,377 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INCUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: $837,880 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXASGARDEN SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $704,750 · OtherGARDEN SCHOOL FOUNDATION INCSCHOOL DISTRICT OF LEE COUNTY: $483,373 · OtherSCHOOL DISTRICT OF LEE COUNTYCITY OF SURPRISE: $450,000 · OtherJONES VALLEY URBAN FARM: $435,000 · OtherSOIL BORN FARM URBAN AGRICULTURE PROJECT: $317,500 · OtherWASATCH COMMUNITY GARDENS: $466,500 · OtherAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $330,000 · Other+106 more: $3,407,580 · Other+106 moreVITAMIN ANGEL ALLIANCE INC: $1,205,916 · Food & NutritionVITAMIN ANGEL A…SLOW FOOD USA INC DBA SLOW FOOD PHOENIX: $925,298 · Food & NutritionSLOW FOOD USA I…HEBNI NUTRITION CONSULTANTS INC: $260,000 · Food & NutritionHEBNI NUTRITION…Spaces of Opportunity: $185,000 · Food & NutritionSpaces of Oppor…SPROUT CITY FARMS: $137,500 · Food & NutritionSLOW FOOD CO-DENVER: $120,000 · Food & Nutrition+22 more: $455,468 · Food & Nutrition+22 moreDESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $780,600 · EnvironmentDESERT BOTA…DENVER URBAN GARDENS: $726,411 · EnvironmentDENVER URBA…PARTNERS FOR EDUCATION AGRICULTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY: $430,000 · EnvironmentPARTNERS FO…COMMON VISION: $117,000 · Environment+13 more: $424,499 · Environment+13 moreVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $1,208,982 · PhilanthropyVOLUNTEER…WILD WISDOM FOUNDATION INC (FORMERLY A CERAMI & A DUNNE FDN FOR WORLD HEALTH): $207,000 · PhilanthropyWILD WISD…THE SPROUTS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION: $160,083 · PhilanthropyTHE SPROU…VALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY: $110,000 · PhilanthropyVALLEY OF…ARNOLD & WINNIE PALMER FOUNDATION INC: $85,000 · Philanthropy+6 more: $170,000 · Philanthropy+6 moreVALLEY LEADERSHIP CORPORATION: $535,000 · Public BenefitNOPI INC: $531,300 · Public Benefit+1 more: $10,000 · Public BenefitTHE WALLS PROJECT: $910,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMON THREADS: $42,500 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $40,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$5,718,858Other$8,934,960Food & Nutrition$3,289,182Environment$2,478,510Philanthropy$1,941,065Public Benefit$1,076,300Arts & Culture$992,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetLife Lab Science Program: $2,455,000 over 5y, 70% of budgetOUT TEACH: $1,611,000 over 8y, 21% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $1,502,377 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $1,229,367 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $1,208,982 over 2y, 20% of budgetVITAMIN ANGEL ALLIANCE INC: $1,205,916 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSLOW FOOD USA INC DBA SLOW FOOD PHOENIX: $925,298 over 6y, 47% of budgetTHE WALLS PROJECT: $910,000 over 4y, 55% of budgetDESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $780,600 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetDENVER URBAN GARDENS: $726,411 over 5y, 10% of budgetGARDEN SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $704,750 over 7y, 30% of budgetVALLEY LEADERSHIP CORPORATION: $535,000 over 2y, 46% of budgetNOPI INC: $531,300 over 1y, 38% of budgetWASATCH COMMUNITY GARDENS: $466,500 over 4y, 27% of budgetJONES VALLEY URBAN FARM: $435,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetPARTNERS FOR EDUCATION AGRICULTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY: $430,000 over 3y, 47% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $330,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSOIL BORN FARM URBAN AGRICULTURE PROJECT: $317,500 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetHEBNI NUTRITION CONSULTANTS INC: $260,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetSOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER: $208,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetWILD WISDOM FOUNDATION INC (FORMERLY A CERAMI & A DUNNE FDN FOR WORLD HEALTH): $207,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetLOCAL FIRST ARIZONA FOUNDATION: $182,500 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetCONNERS CAUSE FOR CHILDREN: $175,500 over 3y, 73% of budgetTHE SPROUTS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION: $160,083 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFIRST PLACE AZ: $160,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS: $140,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSPROUT CITY FARMS: $137,500 over 5y, 19% of budgetSLOW FOOD CO-DENVER: $120,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetCOMMON VISION: $117,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetVALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY: $110,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION: $102,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMON MARKET PHILADELPHIA INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetCITY BLOSSOMS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetMCKINNEY PARKS FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 48% of budgetIDEAS FOR US INC: $95,760 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetCaptain Planet Foundation Inc: $87,500 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetARNOLD & WINNIE PALMER FOUNDATION INC: $85,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetCOOKING WITH KIDS INC: $80,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetOKLAHOMA CITY BEAUTIFUL INC: $75,955 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetARIZONA LATINO LEADERS IN EDUCATION: $60,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD GARDENS TRUST: $56,065 over 3y, 9.4% of budgetEcoRise Youth Innovations: $55,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetLift Jax Inc: $53,268 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget1N10 INC: $50,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREDWOOD CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY FUND INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Round It Up America I…GenYOUTH IncorporatedVirginia G Piper Char…Valley of the Sun Uni…Clif Family FoundationUNFI FoundationShare Our StrengthArizona Community Fou…Project Lead the Way …Thunderbirds CharitiesThe Kroger Co Foundat…The Foundation for Co…
Round It Up America IncCA39.6× affinity26 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Round It Up America Inc · GenYOUTH Incorporated · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Valley of the Sun United Way · Clif Family Foundation · UNFI Foundation · Share Our Strength · Arizona Community Foundation · Project Lead the Way Inc · Thunderbirds Charities · The Kroger Co Foundation · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Civic Works Inc: 63% of income from government
  • Ideas for Us Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Latin American Community Center Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Young Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Nopi Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Living Classrooms Foundation: 7% of income from government
  • The Children's Home Society of Florida: 6% of income from government
  • Delaware Center for Horticulture Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
80report 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 Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation 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 458 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 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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