Grants for human service organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to human services organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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23,109 human services organizations received at least $2.0 billion in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 31,627 grants made from 11,849 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,300. Of these 11,849 foundations, 56% made just a single grant to human service orgs, and 12% made grants to four or more human service orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$2,001,569,098

Total grant dollars given to human service organizations

31,627

Number of grants made annually to human service organizations

11,849

Number of grantmakers funding human service organizations

$1,300

Median grant size to human service organizations

Foundations that support human services organizations

Out of all grants made to human service organizations, 84% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 39% of the dollar-value of grants to human service orgs. Foundations funding human service orgs also made grants to food banks, homeless shelters, multiservice human service organizations, domestic violence shelters, and youth service organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	9,991
Medium	1,173
Large	678

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	190
Private	10,004
Corporate	397
Other	1,258

Grants made

Grants made to human service orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	6,728
2-3	3,674
4-10	1,233
11+	214

Top 10 foundations supporting human services organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to human service orgs	Number of grants made to human service orgs	Median grant size
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.8%	432	$134
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.9%	400	$27
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.2%	393	$450
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	1.2%	375	$1,000
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	1.0%	337	$1,000
Baird Foundation	WI	National	4.6%	322	$161
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	2.1%	300	$625
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.5%	295	$1,000
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	3.2%	283	$500
The Rhode Island Foundation	RI	Metro	0.9%	210	$1,071

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Human services organizations grantees

Human service organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 95% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 40% of all human service orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	31,382
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	245

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,010
$100k-$500k	$1,500
$500k-$1M	$1,500
$1M-$5M	$1,500
>$5M	$1,250

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	3,085
New York	2,632
Texas	2,006
Florida	1,879
Other	22,025

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	2,525
Chicago	1,332
Los Angeles	1,119
Boston	995
Other	22,898

Top 25 grants made to human service organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Scan Group	$117,098,627	Book Value	Senior Care Action Network Health Plan (SCAN)
Scan Group	$117,098,627	Book Value	Senior Care Action Network Health Plan (SCAN)
AARP Foundation	$101,862,739	Endowment of $78,917,500 and General Support of $22,945,239	Aarp
Community Coordinated Care for Children	$77,531,584	SR & VPK	Early Learning Coalition of Orange
St VINCENT'S Special Needs Center	$39,983,387	Actual Amount Paid/transferred	Ascension Health
Hospice of Cincinnati	$39,707,977	FMV	TriHealth
St Paul's Episcopal Home	$34,609,985	Gaap	St Paul's Senior Services Foundation
St Paul's Episcopal Home	$34,609,985	Gaap	St Paul's Senior Services Foundation
Christian Living Communities	$34,003,512	Equity Transfer Amount	Christian Living Neighborhoods (CLC)
Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community	$32,959,518	Cash	Lifespace Communities
St Leonard	$31,382,155	See Statement - SCH. R Part Vii	CommonSpirit Health
GiveDirectly	$22,500,000	To Provide Covid-19 Support	Blue Meridian Partners
Armed Services Ymca of the USA Group Return	$21,526,450	Program Support	Ymca of the USA
Harlem Children's Zone	$20,000,000	10 Year Strategic Plan Support	The Edna Mcconnell Clark Foundation
Family Independence Initiative	$19,550,250	To Support Scaling Plan	Blue Meridian Partners
The Village at Rockville	$19,542,420	Cost	National Lutheran Communities and Services
Presence Hospice	$19,089,196	Fair Market Value	Presence Health Presence Healthcare Presence Health Care
Presence Hospice	$19,089,196	Fair Market Value	Presence Health Presence Healthcare Presence Health Care
Barber National Institute	$17,506,645	Guaranteed Loan	Dr Gertrude A Barber Foundation
Barber National Institute	$17,506,645	Guaranteed Loan	Dr Gertrude A Barber Foundation
Council for Jewish Elderly (CJE)	$17,284,492	Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support	Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago (JUF)
Hebrew Home at Riverdale	$16,481,709	Support Operations	The Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale Foundation
Bethany Christian Services	$16,196,878	Refugee Resettlement	Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS)
Masonicare Corporation	$16,000,000	Cost	The Masonic Charity Foundation of Connecticut
The Village at Orchard Ridge	$14,630,918	Cost	National Lutheran Communities and Services

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Human service organizations" category for this page is determined by the "P00: Human Services: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.