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David C Hawley Foundation at a glance

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David C Hawley Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$45k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$60kInternational$59kFood & Nutrition$45kEnvironment$33kHealth$26kHuman Services$23kAnimals$11kCivil Rights$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$5,051
Median grant
3
States reached
$750k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RAINN$10,102
THE JUNIPER FUND$7,578
INVEST IN YOUTH$7,577
THE GATHERING PLACE$5,051
ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOR KIDS$5,051
FOOD FOR THOUGHT$5,051
CONNECTIONS$5,051
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%RIVER FUND: $4k → 13%PROJECT WORTHMORE: $4k → 8%CANINE PARTNERS OF THE ROCKIES: $5k → 10%EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA: $6k → 9%SOS VENEZUELA-DENVER: $7k → 9%CANINE PARTNERS OF THE ROCKIES: $3k → 10%UPLIFT ORGANIZATION INC: $3k → 15%REAL CHANGE: $6k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
NY
CO
MO
MD
DC
GA
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$188k · 12 repeat orgs$106k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
24

Total granted

$188k
$86k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+21%

Still filing today

75%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentInternationalHealthOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • INVEST IN YOUTH
    7× · 2017–2024 · $37k · revenue +60%
  • TJ
    THE JUNIPER FUND
    7× · 2017–2024 · $35k · revenue +122%
  • EL
    ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOR KIDS
    7× · 2017–2024 · $33k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • SV
    SOS VENEZUELA - DENVER
    one grant, 2023 · $7k
  • RC
    REAL CHANGE HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT
    one grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue -10%
  • EC
    EL CENTRO DE LA RAZAgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue +57%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Colorado Food Cluster Inc

Provide opportunities for all to thrive by offering free food resources to communities.

Food & Nutrition
2
Food Bank of the Rockies

Food bank of the rockies ignites the power of community to nourish people facing food insecurity.

Food & Nutrition
3
The Food Bank for Larimer County

To provide food to all in need through community partnerships and hunger relief programs. Our vision is a hunger-free Larimer County.

Food & Nutrition
4
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
5
Metro Caring

Metro caring works with our community to meet people's immediate need for nutritious food while building a movement to address the root causes of hunger. (continued on sch o)metro caring, in partnership with our community, understands that…

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6
Community Food Share Inc

To eliminate hunger in boulder and broomfield counties through engagement, collaboration and leadership.

Food & Nutrition
7
Boulder Food Rescue

Food redistribution- rescue food that would otherwise go to waste and distribute it to low-income communities across Boulder.

Food & Nutrition
8
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
9
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
10
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Inc

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

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11
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
12
Colorado Uplift Inc

Building long-term, life-changing relationships with urban youth.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mile High United Way Inc; the most unlike its peers is Project One Forty Three Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 39 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
23/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INVEST IN YOUTH: $36,653 · Youth DevelopmentINVEST IN YOUTHENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOR KIDS: $32,681 · Youth DevelopmentENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOR…THE GATHERING PLACE: $10,202 · OtherTHE GATHERING PLACEDELTA FOUNDATION: $6,000 · OtherDELTA FOUNDATIONCONNECTIONS: $5,051 · OtherCONNECTIONSFOOD FOR THOUGHT: $5,051 · OtherFOOD FOR THOUGHTNEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN INC: $4,464 · OtherNEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDRE…Individual grant recipient: $4,197 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $4,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $3,889 · OtherTHE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS …BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA TROOP 1084: $3,067 · OtherHALO: $3,000 · OtherIMPACT ON EDUCATION INC: $2,916 · OtherABILITY KC: $2,672 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherMercer Island Center for the Arts: $7,973 · OtherMercer Island Center for the…WAYSIDE WAIFS INC: $2,673 · Other+3 more: $5,150 · Other+3 moreHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $21,024 · Food & NutritionHARVESTERS - THE…FEEDING COLORADO: $14,068 · Food & NutritionFEEDING COLORADOCare and Share Inc: $3,889 · Food & NutritionCare and Share I…DENVER FOOD RESCUE: $2,916 · Food & NutritionDENVER FOOD RESC…THE JUNIPER FUND: $35,153 · InternationalTHE JUNIPER FU…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,917 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL …CANINE PARTNERS OF THE ROCKIES INC: $7,842 · Human ServicesCANINE PARTNER…SOS VENEZUELA - DENVER: $6,679 · Human ServicesSOS VENEZUELA …REAL CHANGE HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT: $5,833 · Human ServicesREAL CHANGE HO…EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA: $5,833 · Human ServicesEL CENTRO DE L…THE RIVER FUND NEW YORK INC: $4,453 · Human ServicesTHE RIVER FUND…PROJECT WORTHMORE: $4,197 · Human ServicesPROJECT WORTHM…UPLIFT ORGANIZATION INC: $2,672 · Human ServicesUPLIFT ORGANIZ…English in Action: $6,473 · EducationOPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC: $5,740 · EducationTOP HONORS INCORPORATED: $5,151 · EducationFood For Thought Denver: $2,917 · EducationRape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): $10,102 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $3,750 · Health
Youth Development$69,334Other$72,805Food & Nutrition$41,897International$38,070Human Services$37,509Education$20,281Health$13,852

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetINVEST IN YOUTH: $36,653 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetTHE JUNIPER FUND: $35,153 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOR KIDS: $32,681 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $21,024 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING COLORADO: $14,068 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetRape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): $10,102 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANINE PARTNERS OF THE ROCKIES INC: $7,842 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSOS VENEZUELA - DENVER: $6,679 over 1y, 11% of budgetEnglish in Action: $6,473 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetREAL CHANGE HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT: $5,833 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEL CENTRO DE LA RAZA: $5,833 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC: $5,740 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTOP HONORS INCORPORATED: $5,151 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN INC: $4,464 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RIVER FUND NEW YORK INC: $4,453 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT WORTHMORE: $4,197 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCare and Share Inc: $3,889 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $3,889 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $3,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,917 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFood For Thought Denver: $2,917 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDENVER FOOD RESCUE: $2,916 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIMPACT ON EDUCATION INC: $2,916 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWAYSIDE WAIFS INC: $2,673 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetABILITY KC: $2,672 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT ONE FORTY THREE INC: $1,700 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

The Denver FoundationColorado Gives Founda…Anschutz Family Found…The Colorado Health F…Mile High United Way …The Anschutz Foundati…Trailhead InstituteRose Community Founda…ImpactassetsincMorgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Raymond James Charita…
The Denver FoundationCO18.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · The Anschutz Foundation · Trailhead Institute · Rose Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization David C Hawley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David C Hawley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 39 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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