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Hagedorn Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$533k
Granted FY2018
1
Grants FY2018
1
States reached
$533k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
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01What you fund
0189% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$2.1MCivil Rights$2.0MHuman Services$555kYouth Development$464kEducation$330kCrime & Legal$248kPublic Benefit$225kCommunity Improvement$80kOther$0
02FY2018 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$532,776
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LI COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$532,776
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–17, $386k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 7% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%KRIPALU CENTER FOR YOGA & HEALTH: $250 → 12%COLOKI: $70k → 6%THE CHILDREN'S AGENDA INC: $25k → 14%THE RETREAT: $500 → 7%CHILD CARE COUNCIL OF NASSAU INC: $40k → 6%CHILD CARE COUNCIL OF SUFFOLK INC: $155k → 7%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION: $60k → 6%FARMINGVILLE RESIDENTS ASSN: $35k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MI
NY
MA
OR
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation

To defend and promote civil rights and civil liberties.

Civil Rights
2
Long Island Association Inc

Lia is a business membership group that supports economic development on long island.

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3
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
4
Women Empowerment Coalition of Nyc

Wecnyc builds unity and power among communities of diverse immigrant women through education, collective support, direct services and practicing civic engagement.

Human Services
5
Legal Services Nyc

Legal services nyc is a non-profit organization that provides free civil legal assistance to low-income people in new york city. a community-based organization serving more than 100,000 people annually, lsnyc is the nation's largest…

Crime & Legal
6
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Inc

Nylpi's mission is to advance equality and civil rights, with a focus on health justice, disability rights and environmental justice, through the power of community lawyering and partnerships with the private bar.

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7
Latino U College Access Inc

Luca's mission is to increase college enrollment and completion among low-income, first-generation students. through our comprehensive six-year program, we provide individualized guidance and culturally relevant, bilingual support from…

Education
8
Aclu Foundation of Massachusetts Inc

Aclu foundation of ma was established to defend freedoms guaranteed in the constitution and bill of rights through public education and litigation.

Civil Rights
9
Co-Counsel Nyc Inc

To transform our collective capacity to navigate complex legal systems and support safe, thriving, and engaged immigrant communities.

Crime & Legal
10
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
11
Advocacy Institute Inc

Advocacy institute supports social justice organizations to build the advocacy skills, knowledge and power they need to shape government policy for a more just and equitable new york.

Civil Rights
12
Center for Constitutional Rights

Ccr is a non-profit legal and educational organization dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the united states constitution the universal declaration of human rights. ccr stands with social justice movements…

Civil Rights

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Immigration Law Center and the most unlike its peers is New York Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr14%3%5–10yr20%20%10–20yr19%28%20–35yr13%30%35–55yr14%20%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%25%10–20yr19%36%20–35yr13%26%35–55yr14%13%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/43
the rest of the field
11%
5,420/49,689

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 41 of the 64 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/41
Grantees still filing
29/41
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

LI COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $1,710,274 · OtherLI COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient — $400,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNEW YORK IMMIGRATION COALITION INC — $390,000 · OtherNEW YORK IMMIGRATION COALITION INCLONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY — $250,000 · OtherLONG ISLAND UNIVERSITYIndividual grant recipient — $215,000 · OtherNEW YORK FOUNDATION — $180,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $165,000 · Other+30 more — $1,109,381 · Other+30 moreCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS — $231,250 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR …AMERICA'S VOICE EDUCATION FUND — $230,000 · Civil RightsAMERICA'S V…NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER — $210,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL IM…UNITED WE DREAM NETWORK INC — $30,000 · Civil RightsLONG BEACH LATINO CIVIC ASSOC — $25,000 · Civil Rights+1 more — $10,000 · Civil RightsMake the Road New York — $500,000 · Crime & LegalMake the R…LATINOJUSTICE PRLDEF — $85,000 · Crime & LegalLATINOJUST…EMPIRE JUSTICE CENTER — $75,000 · Crime & LegalEMPIRE JUS…CHOICE FOR ALL — $404,169 · Community ImprovementHISPANIC FEDERATION INC — $30,000 · Community ImprovementNEO Philanthropy Inc — $195,000 · Public BenefitWESTERN STATES CENTER — $120,000 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC — $105,000 · Public BenefitChild Care Council of Suffolk Inc — $155,000 · Human ServicesCOLOKI INC — $70,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY AND CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION INC — $60,000 · Human ServicesChild Care Council of Nassau Inc — $40,000 · Human ServicesFARMINGVILLE RESIDENTS ASSOC INC — $35,000 · Human ServicesThe Children's Agenda Inc — $25,000 · Human Services+2 more — $750 · Human ServicesHOFSTRA UNIVERSITY — $50,000 · EducationMOLLOY UNIVERSITY — $15,000 · EducationResearch Foundation of the City University of New York — $10,000 · Education+2 more — $2,750 · Education
Other$4,419,655Civil Rights$736,250Crime & Legal$660,000Community Improvement$434,169Public Benefit$420,000Human Services$385,750Education$77,750

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMake the Road New York — $500,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetCHOICE FOR ALL — $404,169 over 1y, 37% of budgetNEW YORK IMMIGRATION COALITION INC — $390,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetLONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY — $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS — $231,250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICA'S VOICE EDUCATION FUND — $230,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER — $210,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc — $195,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChild Care Council of Suffolk Inc — $155,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION FORUM — $135,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC — $105,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSojourners Inc — $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSEPA MUJER INC — $99,500 over 1y, 24% of budgetLATINOJUSTICE PRLDEF — $85,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetEMPIRE JUSTICE CENTER — $75,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetRESIDENTS FOR EFFICIENT SPECIAL DISTRICTS INC — $72,500 over 1y, 55% of budgetCOLOKI INC — $70,000 over 1y, 79% of budgetFAMILY AND CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION INC — $60,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOFSTRA UNIVERSITY — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Sustainable Business Council — $50,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetOLA OF EASTERN LONG ISLAND INC — $40,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetChild Care Council of Nassau Inc — $40,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetFARMINGVILLE RESIDENTS ASSOC INC — $35,000 over 1y, 89% of budgetHISPANIC FEDERATION INC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WE DREAM NETWORK INC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEARLY CARE AND LEARNING COUNCIL — $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetThe Children's Agenda Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetMOLLOY UNIVERSITY — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetResearch Foundation of the City University of New York — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHERSTORY WRITERS NETWORK INC — $3,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTeachers College Columbia University — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARIBBEAN MEDICAL AND HUMANITARIAN RELIEF CORP — $1,320 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetRetreat Inc — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPECONIC LAND TRUST INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKRIPALU CENTER FOR YOGA & HEALTH — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The New York Communit…Freedom Together Foun…Mother Cabrini Health…Alpern Family Foundat…Unbound PhilanthropyThe Rauch Foundation …New York Community Ba…New York Immigration …Amalgamated Charitabl…New York State Health…The Ford FoundationCarnegie Corporation …
The New York Community TrustNY23.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The New York Community Trust · Freedom Together Foundation · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Alpern Family Foundation Inc · Unbound Philanthropy · The Rauch Foundation Inc · New York Community Bank Foundation · New York Immigration Coalition Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · New York State Health Fdn D/B/A New York Health Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Carnegie Corporation of New York

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Hagedorn Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Sacred Heart University Incorporated — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
11report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to Hagedorn Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Hagedorn Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 64 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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