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Craig and Christine Hughes Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$193k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2024
30
Organizations funded FY2023
60%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$4,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
4 to 30
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$4.3M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 60% of the organizations Craig and Christine Hughes Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationAnimalsArts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving33$191k48%
FY202330$138k60%
FY202214$36k36%
FY202113$48k69%
FY20208$21k100%
FY20194$41k0%
FY20187$67k43%
FY201721$202kn/a
88% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$270kEducation$118kHousing & Shelter$115kReligion$55kYouth Development$37kHealth$23kInternational$23kArts & Culture$14kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
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MI
NY
MA
OR
CA
AZ
TN
DC
OK
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 40 grantees
All grantees of Craig and Christine Hughes Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Homeward Bound$132,50061%
Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona$80,00030%
Phoenix Collegiate Academy Inc$50,00011%
Hope Ignites Phoenix$35,00041%
Diocesan Council for the Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocese Phoenix$33,00040%
Save the Family Foundation of Arizona$32,50011%
A New Leaf$30,00010%
Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us$15,00020%
Forest Highlands Foundation$11,00021%
Missions for Orphans Inc$7,55831%
Villa Montessori Inc$7,00030%
Fortissimo$5,00010%
Lost Our Home Pet Foundation$3,50040%
Phoenix Art Museum$3,50040%
Charity Global Inc$3,00010%
Life Choices Women's Clinic$2,50010%
Tempe Community Council Inc$2,00020%
Pro Publica Inc$2,00020%
Climate Justice Alliance$2,00020%
Montessori Academy Inc$2,00020%
Curepsp Inc$1,75030%
The Arizona Animal Welfare League$1,50020%
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation$1,50010%
United States Breastfeeding Committee Inc$1,00010%
St Mary's Food Bank Alliance$1,00010%
Artlink Inc$1,00010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$1,00010%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$1,00010%
1n10 Inc$1,00010%
Orchard Community Learning Service$1,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$75010%
Community Food Bank Inc$55010%
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum$50010%
Hospice of the Valley$50010%
350org$50010%
Desert Botanical Garden Inc$50010%
Rags to Riches Animal Rescue Inc$50010%
Friends of the World Food Program Inc$50010%
Phoenix Rpgs$5001n/a
Cosanti Foundation$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($267k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Craig and Christine Hughes Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHomeward Bound: $132,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetHabitat for Humanity Central Arizona: $80,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPhoenix Collegiate Academy Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHope Ignites Phoenix: $35,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetDiocesan Council for the Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocese Phoenix: $33,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSave the Family Foundation of Arizona: $32,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetA New Leaf: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOpportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetForest Highlands Foundation: $11,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetMissions for Orphans Inc: $7,558 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetVilla Montessori Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFortissimo: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLost Our Home Pet Foundation: $3,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPhoenix Art Museum: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Global Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLife Choices Women's Clinic: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTempe Community Council Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPro Publica Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetClimate Justice Alliance: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMontessori Academy Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCurepsp Inc: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Arizona Animal Welfare League: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Breastfeeding Committee Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSt Mary's Food Bank Alliance: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArtlink Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Network of Abortion Funds Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget1n10 Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOrchard Community Learning Service: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Inc: $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArizona-Sonora Desert Museum: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of the Valley: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget350org: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDesert Botanical Garden Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRags to Riches Animal Rescue Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the World Food Program Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCosanti Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 39.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Arizona Community FoundationAZ21.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Phoenix Community Development and Investment Corporation · American Express Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · Valley of the Sun United Way · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · The Yelp Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Craig and Christine Hughes Family Foundation

How much does Craig and Christine Hughes Family Foundation give?
Craig and Christine Hughes Family Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $193,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Craig and Christine Hughes Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (36%), Education (16%), Housing & Shelter (15%).
Who are Craig and Christine Hughes Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Homeward Bound ($133k), Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona ($80k), Phoenix Collegiate Academy Inc ($50k).
Does Craig and Christine Hughes Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Craig and Christine Hughes Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Craig and Christine Hughes Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, Phoenix Community Development and Investment Corporation, American Express Foundation.
Where is Craig and Christine Hughes Family Foundation based?
Craig and Christine Hughes Family Foundation is based in AZ.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 81 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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