Florida · Private foundation
Hamel Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $26,700
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations Hamel Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $167k 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 | 16 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $536k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $319k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $618k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $173k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $298k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $300k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Posse Foundation Inc | $1,200,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Sonoma County Vintners Foundation | $525,000 | 6 | 5% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $264,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | $220,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Come to Believe Foundation | $185,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Loyola University of Chicago | $98,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sonoma Volunteer Firefighters Association | $71,500 | 2 | 35% |
| California Trout Inc | $68,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Valley of the Moon Natural History Association | $55,500 | 2 | 3% |
| The National Film Preserve Ltd | $39,900 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Posse Foundation Inc | $1,200,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Sonoma County Vintners Foundation | $525,000 | 6 | 5% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $264,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | $220,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Come to Believe Foundation | $185,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Loyola University of Chicago | $98,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sonoma Volunteer Firefighters Association | $71,500 | 2 | 35% |
| California Trout Inc | $68,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Valley of the Moon Natural History Association | $55,500 | 2 | 3% |
| The National Film Preserve Ltd | $39,900 | 2 | 0% |
| Foundation for Children in Need | $33,220 | 3 | 2% |
| La Luz Center | $31,000 | 2 | 1% |
| North Beach Citizens | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Sonoma Valley Education Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Farm Bureau Foundation of Sonoma Co | $12,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance | $12,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Saint Josephs Arts Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Giant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($928k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Hamel Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 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: Sonoma County Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Vadasz Family Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · National Philanthropic Trust · Barlow Family Foundation · John Christopher Bunting Foundation · Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Foundation · Arizona Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
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About Hamel Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Hamel Family Foundation Inc give?
- Hamel Family Foundation Inc reported 16 grants totaling $1,560,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Hamel Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (46%), Human Services (18%), Community Improvement (14%).
- Who are Hamel Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: The Posse Foundation Inc ($1.2M), Sonoma County Vintners Foundation ($525k), University of Wisconsin Foundation ($264k).
- Does Hamel Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hamel Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Hamel Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sonoma County Community Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is Hamel Family Foundation Inc based?
- Hamel Family Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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