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Thomas R Hennessy Family Charitable Trust

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.

$235k
Granted FY2025still arriving
33
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What you fund
0166% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY20172025.

Religion$564kHealth$25kEducation$12kHousing & Shelter$10kFood & Nutrition$7kHuman Services$5kPublic Benefit$3kPhilanthropy$2kInternational$1kOther$319k
02FY2025 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k32 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHRISTIAN CROSSINGS$200,000
ST ROSE OF LIMA PARISH$5,000
FOOLS FIVE CANCER RESEARCH$2,000
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF LAS VEGAS$2,000
WARRIOR CLUB INC$1,500
IRONWOOD SPRINGS CHRISTIAN RANCH$1,000
WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$1,000
DAILY TRANSFORMATION$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
CHURCH OF ST MARY$1,000
MOTHER TERESA CATHOLIC CHURCH$1,000
AMERICAN LEGION - POST 90$1,000
CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN MN$1,000
TEDDY BEAR DEN$1,000
IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY SEMINARY$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–22, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHARITY GLOABL INC: $500 → 17%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $1k → 14%SAFE HAVEN CHEATHAM COUNTY: $1k → 9%LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION: $500 → 13%NEVADA DIABETES ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS INC: $1k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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MN
NY
NV
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CA
TN
DC
AL
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$925k · 50 repeat orgs$20k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +38% since the first grant, against +2% for the ones you funded once.

50 repeat relationships — 32 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
20

Total granted

$925k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+2%

Still filing today

28%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationReligionHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CC
    CHRISTIAN CROSSINGS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $560k · revenue ×14 · 80% of their budget
  • FF
    FOOLS FIVE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $13k · revenue +105%
  • GP
    GRACE PLACE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $10k · revenue +82%

Funded once

  • HV
    HIAWATHA VALLEY EDUCATION DISTRICT
    one grant, 2020 · $4k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • QC
    Quintenn Clark Foundation
    one grant, 2024 · $1k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Covenant Foundation Inc

We, covenant foundation and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. covenant foundation is a member of trinity health.

2
Catholic Schools Foundation of Winona Mn Inc

To provide financial assistance and tuition aid, and to promote catholic elementary and secondary education in the winona, mn area

3
Winona Health Foundation

The mission of the Winona Health Foundation is to gather, steward, and distribute resources needed to support and advance the mission of Winona Health and its affiliates.

Health
4
Trinity Health & Affiliates

Trinity health is committed to preserving and improving the quality of health of the people we serve. our mission is to excel at meeting the needs of the whole person through the provision of quality health care and health related services.

Health
5
Feeding South Dakota

To eliminate hunger in south dakota.

Food & Nutrition
6
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
7
Texas Christian Foundation

Texas Christian Foundations mission is to mobilize resources by inspiring biblical generosity and educating Texans on ways their generosity can impact their community, Texas and the world.

Philanthropy
8
Windom Area Hospital Foundation Inc

Together with windom area health, our mission is to promote exceptional quality care and wellbeing for rural communities in southwest minnesota.

Health
9
Minnesota Hospital Foundation

The minnesota hospital foundation works on strategies that include data-led quality and safety improvement, education, research, training and leadership to improve the health of minnesotans.

10
Wichita Falls Faith Mission Inc

To provide christ-centered programs and services that lead the homeless toward self-sufficiency.

Religion
11
First Responders Foundation

First responders foundation's mission is to serve and honor all our first responders and their families, build appreciation and respect for their work, and enhance public safety.

Public Safety & Disaster
12
National Christian Foundation -- Wisconsin Inc

Equipping followers of christ to give wisely to advance his kingdom by inspiring biblical stewardship and generosity.

Religion

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed My Starving Children Inc and the most unlike its peers is Lewiston Ambulance Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFood Banks and PantriesSchool District FoundationsChristian Youth CampsCommunity FoundationsCommunity FoundationsCancer Support ServicesDevelopmental Disabilities …Community College Foundatio…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 37 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number17%3%<5yr12%8%5–10yr20%16%10–20yr17%24%20–35yr16%11%35–55yr18%40%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value17%0%<5yr12%1%5–10yr20%1%10–20yr17%86%20–35yr16%2%35–55yr18%9%55yr+

The field is 17% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 7% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
7%
3/43
the rest of the field
10%
3,828/38,946

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 73 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/32
Grantees still filing
21/32
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CHRISTIAN CROSSINGS INC — $560,000 · ReligionCHRISTIAN CROSSINGS INC+1 more — $4,000 · ReligionST ROSE OF LIMA PARISH — $110,000 · OtherST ROSE OF LIMA PARISHTHE ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF LAS VEGAS — $27,000 · OtherTHE ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF LAS V…CHURCH OF THE RISEN SAVIOR — $16,000 · OtherCHURCH OF ST MARY — $12,000 · Other+47 more — $159,750 · Other+47 moreFOOLS FIVE INC — $12,500 · HealthTEDDY BEAR DEN — $8,500 · HealthHAIRTOSTAY — $2,000 · HealthQuintenn Clark Foundation — $1,000 · Health+1 more — $500 · HealthWINONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $4,400 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION — $4,000 · EducationWINONA AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 · EducationSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION — $1,500 · EducationMIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $500 · EducationGRACE PLACE INC — $9,700 · Housing & ShelterHOME AND COMMUNITY OPTIONS INC — $500 · Housing & ShelterTHE BANQUET — $6,000 · Food & NutritionTHREE SQUARE — $500 · Food & NutritionNEVADA DIABETES ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS — $1,000 · Human ServicesMOUNTAIN BROOK FIRST RESPONDER FDN — $1,000 · Human ServicesSAFE HAVEN CHEATHAM COUNTY INC — $1,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $1,000 · Human ServicesLAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION — $500 · Human ServicesCHARITY GLOBAL INC — $500 · Human Services
Religion$564,000Other$324,750Health$24,500Education$12,400Housing & Shelter$10,200Food & Nutrition$6,500Human Services$5,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCHRISTIAN CROSSINGS INC — $560,000 over 9y, 80% of budgetFOOLS FIVE INC — $12,500 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetGRACE PLACE INC — $9,700 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetTEDDY BEAR DEN — $8,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetWARRIOR CLUB INC — $7,300 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetTHE BANQUET — $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetIRONWOOD SPRINGS CHRISTIAN RANCH INC — $5,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLEWISTON AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION — $4,600 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetWINONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $4,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDAILY TRANSFORMATION — $4,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION — $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOTTER SCHOOLS — $3,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetVETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT — $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHAIRTOSTAY — $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWINONA AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION — $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWINONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC — $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetQuintenn Clark Foundation — $1,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetNEVADA DIABETES ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMOUNTAIN BROOK FIRST RESPONDER FDN — $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSAFE HAVEN CHEATHAM COUNTY INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQuarterbacking Children's Health Foundation — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOME AND COMMUNITY OPTIONS INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY BIBLE COLLEGE AND GRADUATE SCHOOL — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHREE SQUARE — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRIST FELLOWSHIP CHURCH INC — $250 over 1y, 1.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds CHRISTIAN CROSSINGS INC
  • Who funds FOOLS FIVE INC
  • Who funds GRACE PLACE INC
  • Who funds TEDDY BEAR DEN
  • Who funds WARRIOR CLUB INC
  • Who funds THE BANQUET
  • Who funds IRONWOOD SPRINGS CHRISTIAN RANCH INC
  • Who funds LEWISTON AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION
  • Who funds WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds DAILY TRANSFORMATION
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION
  • Who funds COTTER SCHOOLS

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Winona Community FoundationMN21.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Winona Community Foundation · The Mike Cindy and Kylie Huether Family Foundation · Slaggie Family Foundation · Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Celanese Foundation · The Gostomski Foundation · Avera Health · Sanford Group Return · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Xcel Energy Foundation · Ibm International Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Thomas R Hennessy Family Charitable Trust funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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    How do I get to Thomas R Hennessy Family Charitable Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Thomas R Hennessy Family Charitable Trust 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 73 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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