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Connecting Kids Heart 2 Heart

Westlake Village, CA · EIN 33-0939709. Reported 125 grants totalling $3,539,565 to 81 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,100median grant
$3,539,565granted, 2021-2024
81recipients, as named on its returns
62%of grantees funded again the next year
$15.3Massets, 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 $1,100. Half of everything it gave fell between $100 and $20,150; 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
61 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
2 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
3 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
29 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
6 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
9 grants
$100,000 and Up
15 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Southern Poverty Law CenterMontgomery, AL$885,000442024
Hand in Hand AmericanPortland, OR$430,000332023
Shriner's HospitalPasadena, CA$290,000332024
Harbor House MinistriesOakland, CA$270,000332023
Covenant HouseNew York, NY$240,000442024
St Jude MedicalMemphis, TN$203,000442024
Holocaust Memorial MuseumWashington, DC$176,000442024
Museum of ToleranceLos Angeles, CA$173,000332023
U S Friends of Dor IsraelBoca Raton, FL$150,000222024
Mercy CorpsBoone, IA$145,000332024
Intl Fellowship of Christian & JewChicago, IL$100,100222024
World Jewish CongressNew York, NY$85,000442024
Anti -Defamation LeagueNew York, NY$50,200332024
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$25,900442024
City of HopeDuarte, CA$22,000112024
Operation SmileVirginia Beach, VA$20,180332024
Food ShareLos Angeles, CA$20,150112024
Human Rights WatchLos Angeles, CA$20,100222024
Children's Hunger Relief FundSanta Rosa, CA$20,072222023
Friends Comm on Natl LegislationWashington, DC$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$1,200222024
Amnesty InternationalOakland, CA$1,020112024
Jennifer Diamond Cancer FndnChatsworth, CA$500112022
Jewish VoiceBerkeley, CA$500112023
Women for WomenWashington, DC$500112023
Ventura County Rescue MissionOxnard, CA$411112024
Abandoned Children's FundSanta Rosa, CA$394112024
Fresh Air FundNew York, NY$310222024
CareAtlanta, GA$300222024
Heart of AfricaWilmore, KY$300112024
Los Angeles MissionLos Angeles, CA$300112024
Martin Neuman Caucus FoundationLos Angeles, CA$205112023
American Jewish CommitteeWashington, DC$200112024
Feeding AmericaChicago, IL$200222024
Hillel Open GatesNew York, NY$200112023
St Joseph Indian SchoolChamberlain, SD$155112024
Save the ChildrenFairfield, CT$150112024
No Kid HungryWashington, DC$130222024
American Cancer SocietyCulver City, CA$100112024
American Jewish World ServicesNew York, NY$100112024
B'nai BrithSherman Oaks, CA$100112024
Bread & Water for AfricaAlexandria, VA$100112023
Children's Network InternationalNorcross, GA$100112023
Jewish Family ServiceLos Angeles, CA$100112022
Project HopeAnaheim, CA$100112024
Sudan Relief FundNorth Richland Hilss, TX$100112024
U S Friends of Weiner Holocost LibLos Angeles, CA$100112023
Map InternationalBrunswick, GA$80112024
The Brady CampaignWashington, DC$75112024
American Friends Service CommitteePhiladelphia, PA$50112024
American Jewish Family ServicesLos Angeles, CA$50112024
Feed the ChildrenOklahoma City, OK$50112023
Hope the MissionNorth Hills, CA$50112024
National Council of Jewish WomenLos Angeles, CA$50112024
National Organization for WomenWashington, DC$50112023
Water for PeopleGreenwood Village, CO$50112024
Guardian AngelsBrooklyn, NY$45112024
ACLUNew York, NY$40112024
Natl Council to Preserve Social SecWashington, DC$40112024
Humane SocietyStudio City, CA$38112024
USA for UnhcrWashington, DC$38112023
American Friends of Tel Aviv UnivNew York, NY$36112024
American Israel Relief FundBrentwood, TN$36112024
Christian Appalachian ProjectPaintsville, KY$30112024
Orbis InternationalNew York, NY$30112024
Center for American LibertyPittsburgh, PA$25112023
Oxfam AmericaBoston, MA$25112024
Planned ParenthoodLos Angeles, CA$25112024
ASPCALos Angeles, CA$20112024
NAACPBaltimore, MD$20112023
PcrmWashington, DC$20112024
Partners in HealthBoston, MA$15112023

25 of 81 (31%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 62%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

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 activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 52 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

International Affairs
22 grants
Human Services
8 grants
Civil Rights
6 grants
Arts & Culture
3 grants
Community Improvement
3 grants
Health Care
2 grants
Food & Nutrition
2 grants
Recreation & Sports
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202116$661,000$20,000
202215$521,100$20,000
202342$1,244,745$5,100
202452$1,112,720$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

26% of its giving went to organizations in California. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

California
$930K
Alabama
$915K
Oregon
$430K
New York
$426K
District of Columbia
$208K
Tennessee
$203K
Florida
$150K
Iowa
$145K

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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

American Online Giving Foundation Inc22 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund21 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc21 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program19 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust19 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc19 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,100. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  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 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

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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