Open Hearts Foundation
Westlake Village, CA · EIN 27-1215063. Reported 50 grants totalling $640,000 to 31 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Open Hearts Foundation, by its IRS classification it raises and distributes funds for youth development (NTEE O125).
- How spread out its giving is. 31 distinct organizations, with 6% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 47% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $7,000 and the largest $25,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solidarity Sandy Springs Inc | Sandy Springs, GA | $37,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Children of Inmates Inc | Hallandale Beach, FL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| City Youth Now | San Francisco, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Foster Angels of South Texas Foundation | Corp Christi, TX | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Manna Conejo Valley Food Distribution Center Inc | Thousand Oaks, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Childrens Life-Saving Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Voices for Children of Tampa Bay Inc | Tampa, FL | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chinle Planting Hope | Chinle, AZ | $32,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lending Hearts | Pittsburgh, PA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Home Again Los Angeles | Burbank, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kids Community Clinic of Burbank | Valencia, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Claires Place Foundation Inc | Redondo Beach, CA | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Volunteer Center South Bay Harbor Long Beach | Torrance, CA | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Creighton Community Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| My Sisters Place Inc | White Plains, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Safe Alliance Inc | Charlotte, NC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bluebird Cultural Initiative | Omaha, NE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Conejo Community Outreach | Newbury Park, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sharias Closet | San Diego, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sonoma Family Meal | Petaluma, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shenandoah Valley Scholars Latino Initiative | Harrisonburg, VA | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stepping Stones Learning Center | Borger, TX | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Assistance League Coachella Valley | Rancho Mirage, CA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| A New Way of Life Reentry Project | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alliance for Childrens Rights | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Association to Benefit Children | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| CASA of El Paso Inc | El Paso, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mending Kids International | Woodland Hls, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| NAMI Central Texas | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Redwood Empire Food Bank | Santa Rosa, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Right Path Riding Academy Incorporated | Drumright, OK | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
15 of 31 (48%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- City Youth Now
CITY YOUTH NOW IS A WELL-RESPECTED BAY AREA ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS TEENS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN FOSTER CARE, WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, OR ARE IN FINANCIAL NEED, IN A REGION THAT HAS BECOME EXTRAORDINARILY EXPENSIVE FOR MOST FAMILIES. THEY FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE - JOBS TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND THE PERSONAL EMPOWERMENTPROGRAM. THEY ARE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT WHILE KEEPING THEIR BUDGET UNDER $500,000 OFTEN BY PARTNERING WITH REGIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, OTHER NONPROFITS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS. UNLIKE MANY SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, MOST OF THEIR REVENUE IS CONTRIBUTED BY INDIVIDUALS AND SMALL FOUNDATIONS. - Chinle Planting Hope
THIS IS A DYNAMIC ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS TO SUPPORT THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY IN MANY AREAS IMPORTANT TO OHF: CHILDREN, HEALTH, ELDERS, HUNGER, ANDEDUCATION. THE ORGANIZATION IS LED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THOSE DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY SERVE - SO MOST HAVE EXPERIENCED THE NEED AND TRAUMA THAT THEN INSPIRED THEM TO WORK FOR CHANGE. AS A SMALL ORGANIZATION, THEY WOULD BE DEEPLY IMPACTED BY THE GRANT. - Manna Conejo Valley Food Bank
THIS ORGANIZATION HAS A STRONG ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAM, SERVING FAMILIES IN COMMUNITIES NEAR THE OHF OFFICE. THEIR WORK NOT ONLY SUPPORTS THOSE IN NEED, ITENCOURAGES OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GATHER AND DONATE FOOD THROUGH FOOD DRIVES (CREATING VOLUNTEERISM OPPORTUNITIES). WHILE THEIR BUDGET HAS GROWN, THE NEED IS INCREASING (DUE TO INFLATION, INCREASING FOOD PRICES, AND FOOD INSECURITY) AND FUNDRAISING IS STILL TIGHT. SO AN UNEXPECTED GRANT WOULD HAVE AN IMPORTANT IMPACT. - Solidarity Sandy Springs
LAUNCHED DURING THE PANDEMIC, THIS ORGANIZATION WAS FORMED BY COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHO SAW THE EXTREME NEED FOR FOOD AND SUPPORT DURING THE COVIDSHUTDOWNS AND RECOVERY PERIOD. THEY HAVE VERY ACTIVE VOLUNTEERISM PROGRAMS, INCLUDING FOR FAMILIES WITH KIDS AND GROUPS. THE ORGANIZATION IS LED BYFOUNDER-VOLUNTEERS WITH MINIMAL STAFF SUPPORT WHICH MEANS MOST OF THEIR FUNDING GOES DIRECTLY TO THE FOOD PANTRY EXPENSES. ALSO NOTE THAT, AS OF THIS WRITING, HURRICANE HELENE IS APPROACHING THE ATLANTA REGION SO THEY MAY SOON BE SERVING HURRICANE AND FLOOD VICTIMS. A GRANT TO THIS ORGANIZATION WOULD GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY IN OUR STORY TO SHOWCASE THE ROLE OF VOLUNTEERISM AND GET IT DONE (BY THE FOUNDERS WHO SAW A NEED). - Children of Inmates
IN MARCH OF 2022, THIS $10,000 EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND GRANT CONTINUES THE SUPPORT OF CHILDREN WITH AN INCARCERATED PARENT THROUGH RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, SHELTER, CLOTHING, EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, AND VISITATION BONDING SESSIONS IN TWENTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT FLORIDA. IN OCTOBER OF 2022, THIS $10,000 GRANT WILL HELP TO PROVIDE HEALTHY MEALS AND SNACKS TO CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DURING THE CHARITY'S SIGNATURE BONDING VISITS. - My Sisters' Place
IN MARCH OF 2022, THIS $10,000 EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND GRANT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS AS WELL AS THEIR CHILDREN IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK WITH CRISIS SUPPORT HOTLINE CALLERS, SAFETY, SHELTER, AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. IN OCTOBER OF 2022, THIS $10,000 MATCHING GRANT SUPPORTS THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES THROUGH THE LAUNCH OF A NEW COMMUNITY BASED "SURVIVOR SAFETY CIRCLES" DURING 2023. THIS NEW INITIATIVE WILL BRING WRAP AROUND SERVICES TO WELCOMING AND TRUSTED COMMUNITY SPACES, IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS AS WELL AS THEIR CHILDREN IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 27 of 31 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | $120,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 15 | $170,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 19 | $250,000 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 4 | $100,000 | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
46% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Open Hearts Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 4 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 2637 Townsgate Rd 200, Westlake Village, CA, 91361.
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