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Connecting Kids Heart 2 Heart

Westlake Village, CA · EIN 33-0939709. Reported 73 grants totalling $2,426,845 to 47 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$15,000median grant
$2,426,845granted, 2021-2023
47organizations funded
71%of grantees funded again the next year
$14.9Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Connecting Kids Heart 2 Heart did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $40,000; the smallest was $15 and the largest $300,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
21 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
1 grant
$5,000 - $10,000
3 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
25 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
6 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
8 grants
$100,000 and Up
9 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Southern Poverty Law CenterMontgomery, AL$585,000332023
Hand in Hand AmericanPortland, OR$430,000332023
Harbor House MinistriesOakland, CA$270,000332023
Museum of ToleranceLos Angeles, CA$173,000332023
Holocaust Memorial MuseumWashington, DC$156,000332023
Covenant HouseNew York, NY$100,000332023
U S Friends of Dor IsraelBoca Raton, FL$100,000112023
St Jude MedicalMemphis, TN$83,000332023
Shriner's HospitalPasadena, CA$70,000222023
World Jewish CongressNew York, NY$70,000332023
Anti -Defamation LeagueNew York, NY$50,000222023
Mercy CorpsBoone, IA$45,000222023
Yad Vashem MuseumLos Angeles, CA$40,000112023
Common PeaceSanta Monica, CA$30,000222022
Equal Justice InitiativeMontgomery, AL$30,000112021
Pef Israel Endowment FundNew York, NY$30,000222023
Make a Wish FoundationLos Angeles, CA$25,700332023
Children's Hunger Relief FundSanta Rosa, CA$20,072222023
Operation SmileVirginia Beach, VA$20,040222023
Friends Comm on Natl LegislationWashington, DC$20,000112023
Human Rights WatchLos Angeles, CA$20,000112023
Los Angeles Regional Food BankLos Angeles, CA$15,000112023
Cnr FoundationBronx, NY$10,000112023
Food ShackCharleston, WV$10,000112023
Micah Hendler Jerusalem Yth ChorusNew York, NY$10,000222023
Teaching for ChangeWashington, DC$10,000112021
Smile TrainWashington, DC$1,100112023
Jennifer Diamond Cancer FndnChatsworth, CA$500112022
Jewish VoiceBerkeley, CA$500112023
Women for WomenWashington, DC$500112023
Martin Neuman Caucus FoundationLos Angeles, CA$205112023
Hillel Open GatesNew York, NY$200112023
Bread & Water for AfricaAlexandria, VA$100112023
CareAtlanta, GA$100112023
Children's Network InternationalNorcross, GA$100112023
Feeding AmericaChicago, IL$100112023
Fresh Air FundNew York, NY$100112023
Intl Fellowship of Christian & JewChicago, IL$100112023
Jewish Family ServiceLos Angeles, CA$100112022
U S Friends of Weiner Holocost LibLos Angeles, CA$100112023
Feed the ChildrenOklahoma City, OK$50112023
National Organization for WomenWashington, DC$50112023
USA for UnhcrWashington, DC$38112023
No Kid HungryWashington, DC$30112023
Center for American LibertyPittsburgh, PA$25112023
NAACPBaltimore, MD$20112023
Partners in HealthBoston, MA$15112023

17 of 47 (36%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 71%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 31 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

International Affairs
9 grants
Human Services
4 grants
Civil Rights
4 grants
Arts & Culture
3 grants
Crime & Legal
3 grants
Community Improvement
3 grants
Health Care
1 grant
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202116$661,000$20,000
202215$521,100$20,000
202342$1,244,745$5,100

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 27% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

California
$665K
Alabama
$615K
Oregon
$430K
New York
$270K
District of Columbia
$188K
Florida
$100K
Tennessee
$83K
Iowa
$45K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Connecting Kids Heart 2 Heart's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 3003 Shadow Brook Lane, Westlake Village, CA, 91361. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 33-0939709 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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