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Toast Life Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5k
Granted FY2026still arriving
1
Grants FY2026still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
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.

Health$158kYouth Development$51kEducation$24kPhilanthropy$20kHuman Services$18kAnimals$10kCommunity Improvement$5k
02FY2026 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$10k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CANINE COMPANIONS$5,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY25–26, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CANINE COMPANIONS: $5k → 11%CANINE COMPANIONS: $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

NH
WA
IL
OH
PA
CA
CO
KY
MD
TN
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$228k · 15 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2026, 14 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
12

Total granted

$228k
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
0%

Still filing today

53%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
PhilanthropyHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationHuman ServicesCrime & 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

  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2022 · $20k · revenue +43%
  • OS
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $19k · revenue +36%
  • SW
    Shirley's Way Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $15k · revenue ×12

Funded once

  • DA
    DAVID A BURKE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -34%
  • LO
    LLS OF CENTRAL CA
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • LT
    Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -36%
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
Warrior Kids Foundation
Health
2
Celebrities Fore Kids Inc

The organization's mission is to make a difference in the lives of children affected by cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. we strive to improve the quality of life and well-being for them and their families by offering financial…

Human Services
3
The Foundation of the Children's Cancer Association

The primary purpose of the Foundation of the Children's Cancer Association is to raise, and manage funds and other resources that will be granted to, and/or used solely for the benefit of the Children's Cancer Association.

Health
4
Swifty Foundation

The Swifty Foundation exists to support research aimed at understanding the causes of pediatric cancer and finding a cure. It issues research and infrastructure grants to hospitals, labs and researchers who are focused on improving the…

Philanthropy
5
Shoot Down Kids Cancer Foundation
Health
6
Scott Carter Foundation

To fund research projects directed toward a cure for childhood cancers

Philanthropy
7
Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation

Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides financial and emotional support to families of children who have cancer living in Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo counties.

Health
8
Childhood Cancer Foundation Inc

This organization is committed to ensuring no one has to face the diagnosis of childhood cancer alone and pledges to provide financial assistance to families of children with cancer during the most difficult time of their lives.

Health
9
D-Feet Cancer the Dalton Fox Foundation

D-Feet Cancer The Dalton Fox Foundation raises awareness of Ewing Sarcoma and other under-studied pediatric cancers. By directly funding research into these cancers, we are determined to help discover more effective and less toxic…

Health
10
Fill Your Bucket List Foundation

Granting adults with cancer the financial support to create lasting memories with the people they love.

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11
Holt Brothers Foundation Inc

Family-centered care for kids who are impacted by a parent's cancer.

Philanthropy
12
Walking for Kids Foundation

To help children with life threatening illnesses through charitable activities.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Ace Hardware 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

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 28 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/20
Grantees still filing
13/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HAWK'S FAMILY FUND: $25,000 · OtherHAWK'S FAMILY FUNDAKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $25,000 · OtherAKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITALPERFECT 33 FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherPERFECT 33 FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMICKELSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherMICKELSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONGILDA'S CLUB KENTUCKIANA INC: $10,000 · OtherGILDA'S CLUB KENTUCKIANA INCAce Hardware Foundation: $7,500 · OtherRYPIEN FOUNDATION: $7,500 · OtherLLS OF CENTRAL CA: $5,000 · OtherLake Tahoe Wildlife Care Inc: $5,000 · OtherNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherMONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $5,000 · Other+1 more: $2,500 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOS…COOL KIDS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION INC: $13,000 · HealthCOOL KIDS CAMP…All In for Miller Inc: $5,000 · HealthAll In for Mil…THE PORCINIFARMER CHILDRENS FOUNDATION INC: $26,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE PORCINIF…TURTLE RIDGE FOUNDATION INC MILLER-WHITE: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentTURTLE RIDGE…Shirley's Way Inc: $15,000 · PhilanthropyShirley's W…DAVID A BURKE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyDAVID A BUR…CINK CHARITIES INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCINK CHARIT…SABESWINGS: $5,000 · PhilanthropySABESWINGSOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $18,500 · EducationOHIO STAT…BE PHILLY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EducationBE PHILLY…CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesVAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Community ImprovementSouth Lake Tahoe Family Resource Center: $5,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$147,500Health$38,000Youth Development$31,000Philanthropy$30,000Education$23,500Human Services$10,000Community Improvement$5,000Crime & Legal$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE PORCINIFARMER CHILDRENS FOUNDATION INC: $26,000 over 6y, 8.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $18,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetShirley's Way Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPERFECT 33 FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetGILDA'S CLUB KENTUCKIANA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAce Hardware Foundation: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRYPIEN FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetDAVID A BURKE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetVAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLake Tahoe Wildlife Care Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBE PHILLY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetCINK CHARITIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAll In for Miller Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetTURTLE RIDGE FOUNDATION INC MILLER-WHITE: $5,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetSABESWINGS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSouth Lake Tahoe Family Resource Center: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBRAIN INJURY ALLIANCE OF KENTUCKY INC: $2,500 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.

Enterprise Holdings F…Network for GoodNatl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Enterprise Holdings FoundationMO10.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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 Toast Life Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Toast Life Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Toast Life Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Toast Life 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 28 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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