Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Hacks Hackers
The organization exists to bring together journalists (hacks) and technologists (hackers) who are leaders in their sectors to advance media innovation and foster public trust in the information ecosystem. We do that by a)convening summits, hackathons, ideathons and workshopsthat bring together talent from cross-disciplinary backgrounds,…
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $45,146
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $723,688
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Hacks Hackers funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $284k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $1.1M | 57% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $1.0M | 44% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $244k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $285k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $122k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $201k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $11k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $35k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Washington | $1,427,707 | 4 | n/a |
| Knowledge Futures Inc | $223,250 | 2 | 14% |
| Social Science Research Council | $220,111 | 3 | 1% |
| Colab Inc | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $186,221 | 1 | 0% |
| Meedan Inc | $138,128 | 3 | 3% |
| Codingscape | $111,863 | 1 | n/a |
| Discourse Labs Inc | $100,200 | 1 | 100% |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | $77,455 | 2 | n/a |
| President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Washington | $1,427,707 | 4 | n/a |
| Knowledge Futures Inc | $223,250 | 2 | 14% |
| Social Science Research Council | $220,111 | 3 | 1% |
| Colab Inc | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $186,221 | 1 | 0% |
| Meedan Inc | $138,128 | 3 | 3% |
| Codingscape | $111,863 | 1 | n/a |
| Discourse Labs Inc | $100,200 | 1 | 100% |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | $77,455 | 2 | n/a |
| President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The George Washington University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hintsai | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $32,976 | 3 | 0% |
| Hacks Hackers | $26,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Marvelous Inc | $26,000 | 2 | n/a |
| National Public Health Information Coalition Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Mozilla Foundation | $11,373 | 1 | 0% |
| Plympton | $11,316 | 1 | n/a |
| Hexlabs Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Art Feminism Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Muckrock Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Kensho Technologies | $7,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Wiki Society of Washington DC Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 4% |
Where it is load-bearing
Hacks Hackers supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: John S and James L Knight Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Hacks Hackers
- How much does Hacks Hackers give?
- Hacks Hackers reported 7 itemized grants totaling $1,053,224, out of $1,078,336 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Hacks Hackers fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (53%), Science & Tech (17%), Health (8%).
- Who are Hacks Hackers's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Washington ($1.4M), Knowledge Futures Inc ($223k), Social Science Research Council ($220k).
- Does Hacks Hackers fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Hacks Hackers?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John S and James L Knight Foundation, The Ford Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- Where is Hacks Hackers based?
- Hacks Hackers is based in DC.
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