Grants for multiservice human service organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to multiservice human service organizations and networks
Creator: Cause IQ
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3,855 multiservice human service organizations and networks received at least $125.3 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 4,072 grants made from 2,402 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 2,402 foundations, 82% made just a single grant to human service orgs, and 4% 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.

$125,265,063

Total grant dollars given to multiservice human service organizations

4,072

Number of grants made annually to multiservice human service organizations

2,402

Number of grantmakers funding multiservice human service organizations

$1,500

Median grant size to multiservice human service organizations

Foundations that support multiservice human service organizations and networks

Out of all grants made to multiservice human service organizations, 77% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 75% of the dollar-value of grants to human service orgs. Foundations funding human service orgs also made grants to christian organizations, food banks, emergency assistance programs, and scholarship organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	1,866
Medium	298
Large	236

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	74
Private	1,880
Corporate	125
Other	323

Grants made

Grants made to human service orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	1,992
2-3	309
4-10	65
11+	36

Top 10 foundations supporting multiservice human service organizations and networks

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to human service orgs	Number of grants made to human service orgs	Median grant size
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.2%	68	$1,050
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.2%	59	$5
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.7%	57	$500
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.1%	55	$1,000
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	54	$382
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.1%	49	$130
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.3%	45	$500
Greater Tacoma Community Foundation (GTCF)	WA	Metro	0.8%	42	$1,450
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.8%	42	$450
The Redwoods Group Foundation	NC	National	37.5%	38	$1,000

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Multiservice human service organizations and networks grantees

Multiservice human service organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 97% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 48% of all human service orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	4,053
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	19

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,500
$100k-$500k	$1,571
$500k-$1M	$1,500
$1M-$5M	$2,000
>$5M	$1,400

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	289
California	283
Washington	264
Texas	235
Other	3,001

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	301
Seattle	203
Boston	131
Chicago	118
Other	2,797

Top 25 grants made to multiservice human service organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Armed Services Ymca of the USA Group Return	$21,526,450	Program Support	Ymca of the USA
Family Independence Initiative	$19,550,250	To Support Scaling Plan	Blue Meridian Partners
YMCA of Central Ohio	$9,135,225	For Use in Their General Operations.	Community Shelter Board
Ymca of San Diego County	$5,941,207	For Covid Response for Childcare, Day Camp, and Other Services	The San Diego Foundation
Ymca of the USA	$5,700,000	76684 Accelerating Ymca of the Usa's Efforts To Em	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
BakerRipley	$5,585,137	Thrive	United Way of Greater Houston
Young Men's Christian Association of Springfield / Springfield Ymca	$5,219,370	See Part Ivto Connect People of All Ages and Backgrounds To Bridge the Gap in Community Needs So That Everyone Has the Opportunity To Learn, Grow and Thrive and Summer Camp for Matthew Project Kids.	Memorial Health System (MHS)
Sacred Heart Community Service	$4,783,083	Human Services	Destination Home SV CO SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Mid Florida Community Services (MFCS)	$4,733,509	Elderly Assistance	Elder Options
BakerRipley	$4,222,872	Disaster	United Way of Greater Houston
Catholic Community Services Catholic Housing Services of Western Washington (CCS CHS)	$4,108,599	Operations	Catholic Housing Services of Western Washington
Commonpoint Queens	$3,970,000	Caring / Jewish Life	Uja-Federation of New York
ICNA Relief USA Programs	$3,833,033	Program Expenses	National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle	$3,828,671	Prog Invst & Desg Gifts	United Way of King County
Focus: HOPE	$3,805,213	Head Start and Early Head Start Programs	Starfish Family Services
Trellis Foundation	$3,000,000	General Support	Trellis Company
Trellis Foundation	$3,000,000	FMV	Trellis Company
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota	$2,925,285	Caregiver Counseling; Respite and Congregate Meals, Home Delivered Meals	Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging
Ymca of the USA	$2,531,285	75610 Strengthening Ymca of the Usa To Mobilize Lo	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
YMCA of Greater Brandywine	$5,000	To Assist Goals of Organization	Lasko Family Foundation
YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne	$5,000	Premier Sponsor Good Friday Breakfast	Brotherhood Mutual Foundation
Aspira	$5,000	General Fund	Greater Philadelphia Traditions
Mexico Area Family YMCA	$5,000	Civic	W Basil and Nina Leach Charitable Trust
The Young Mens Christian Association of Rowan County NC	$5,000	Community Health	The Mona Lisa and Lee Wallace Found
Deforest Area Needs Network	$5,000	Sustain Community Improvements	Violet and Harold Jaeke Foundation

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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 "Multiservice human service organizations" category for this page is determined by the "P20: Human Service Organizations" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.