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Fred and Charlotte Hubbell Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Fred and Charlotte Hubbell Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$471k
Granted FY2018
43
Grants FY2018
11
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Arts & Culture$219kRecreation & Sports$200kEnvironment$130kEducation$66kReligion$50kPhilanthropy$50kHuman Services$34kFood & Nutrition$31kOther$0
02FY2018 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k36 grants · $76k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $45k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $350k
$2,500
Median grant
11
States reached
$716k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DES MOINES WATER WORKS PARK FDTN$100,000
DES MOINES METRO OPERA$100,000
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA$50,000
DES MOINES COMMINITY FDTN$50,000
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & POLICY CENTER$50,000
Individual grant recipient$30,000
COMMUNITY FDTN OF GREATER DES MOINES$15,000
SIMPSON COLLEGE$5,000
FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH$5,000
Individual grant recipient$4,000
DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE$3,000
ROCKY MOUNTAIN YOUTH MEDICAL$3,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DENVER$3,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$3,000
FOUNDATION FOR ANGELMAN SYNDROME THER$3,000
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 (FY17–18, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE RIVER FUND: $5k → 13%THE RIVER FUND: $2k → 13%THE RIVER FUND: $2k → 13%APOPO US: $2k → 14%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

IL
NY
MA
IA
CA
CO
VA
TN
NC
DC
LA
TX
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$771k · 29 repeat orgs$158k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
14

Total granted

$771k
$91k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+67%

Still filing today

48%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
Arts & CultureEducationAnimalsEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • DM
    DES MOINES METRO OPERA INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $200k · revenue +23%
  • EL
    ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER OF THE MIDWEST
    2× · 2017–2018 · $100k · revenue +72%
  • TF
    The Foundation for Tomorrow Inc
    2× · 2017–2018 · $17k · revenue +98%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +72%
  • TY
    THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER DES MOINES
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue -46%
  • AH
    ANAWIM HOUSING LEGACY CIRCLE
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
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
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
2
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
4
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
5
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

—
6
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
7
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
8
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
9
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
10
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
11
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Metropolitan Museum of Art. 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

31 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. 31 of the 54 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
27/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DES MOINES WATER WORKS PARK FDTN: $200,000 · OtherDES MOINES WATER WORKS PARK FDTNIndividual grant recipient: $60,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientDES MOINES COMMINITY FDTN: $50,100 · OtherDES MOINES COMMINITY FDTNUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA: $50,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWACOMMUNITY FDTN OF GREATER DES MOINES: $30,200 · OtherCOMMUNITY FDTN OF GREATER DES MOINESTHE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER DES MOINES: $20,000 · Other+30 more: $86,700 · Other+30 moreDES MOINES METRO OPERA INC: $200,000 · Arts & CultureDES MOINES METRO OPERA IN…+4 more: $10,300 · Arts & CultureENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER OF THE MIDWEST: $100,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL…THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $6,100 · EnvironmentTHE CONSERVAT…+1 more: $3,000 · EnvironmentTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $50,000 · EducationTHE ADMINI…The Foundation for Tomorrow Inc: $16,700 · EducationThe Founda…Simpson College: $10,000 · EducationSimpson Co…THE WASHINGTON MARKET SCHOOL INC: $6,000 · EducationTHE WASHIN…FOUNDATION FOR ANGELMAN SYNDROME THERAPEUTICS: $6,100 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 · HealthSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $2,000 · HealthTHE RIVER FUND NEW YORK INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesAPOPO US INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesCARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON: $6,100 · Science & Tech
Other$497,000Arts & Culture$210,300Environment$109,100Education$82,700Health$13,100Human Services$11,000Science & Tech$6,100

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDES MOINES METRO OPERA INC: $200,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER OF THE MIDWEST: $100,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER DES MOINES: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Foundation for Tomorrow Inc: $16,700 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetSimpson College: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RIVER FUND NEW YORK INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $6,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR ANGELMAN SYNDROME THERAPEUTICS: $6,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetColorado Museum of Natural History: $6,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON: $6,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WASHINGTON MARKET SCHOOL INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDES MOINES COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $3,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAPOPO US INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF SIOUXLAND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF CONSERVATION - FRIENDS OF THE MASAI MARA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE AMANDA FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLANK PARK ZOO FOUNDATION INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDES MOINES SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEdmundson Art Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL IOWA: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Community Fdn of Grea…Meredith Corporation …Krause Gentle Foundat…Brenton FoundationGartner Family Founda…William C Knapp Chari…Bookey Family Foundat…EMC Insurance Foundat…The Merchants Bonding…GreenState Credit Uni…The Blackbaud Giving …Prospice
Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community FdnIA20.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Meredith Corporation Foundation · Krause Gentle Foundation · Brenton Foundation · Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner · William C Knapp Charitable Fdn · Bookey Family Foundation · EMC Insurance Foundation · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · GreenState Credit Union · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Prospice

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 Fred and Charlotte Hubbell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fred and Charlotte Hubbell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 54 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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