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Hamilton Family 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.

$3.0M
Granted FY2018
344
Grants FY2018
198
Organizations funded FY2018
44%
First-time grantees FY2018
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Median grant, FY2018
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2018
$600,000
Organizations funded a year
198 to 242
FY2017 to FY2018
States reached, FY2018
24
Total assets, FY2018
$9.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2018, 44% of the organizations Hamilton Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2018198$3.0M44%
FY2017242$3.9Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$15MEducation$2.6MHealth$1.4MArts & Culture$1.4MYouth Development$314kScience & Tech$191kAnimals$178kHuman Services$157kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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VT
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ID
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MI
NY
MA
WY
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
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NE
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KY
WV
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MD
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LA
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2018, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 273 grantees
All grantees of Hamilton Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Bryn Mawr Hospital Foundation$1,216,50028%
Wilson College$343,33411%
Salve Regina University$256,00010%
Kimberton Waldorf School$201,00023%
Museum of the American Revolution$200,25020%
Avon Old Farms School Inc$196,66620%
Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art$172,00021%
Kipp Administrative Services Corporation$150,00021%
The Franklin Institute$134,50020%
Arden Theatre Company$134,00022%
Walnut Street Theatre Corporation$131,50021%
Elevate 215$125,00011%
Blithewold Inc$122,50016%
Heights Philadelphia$115,00023%
Church Farm School$111,00011%
The Berkshire School Inc$104,00020%
Academy of Notre Dame de Namur$102,0002n/a
Philadelphia Museum of Art$96,00020%
Newport Hospital Foundation$85,00021%
Boys Latin of Philadelphia Charter Schoo$84,50021%
Children's Literacy Initiative$75,00010%
The Rectory School Inc$75,00020%
Inn Dwelling Inc$58,0001n/a
Brooke USA Inc$51,00013%
Southern Chester County Day Care Association$50,00013%
Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$45,00011%
Zoological Society of Philadelphia$41,25020%
Swarthmore College$41,00020%
Xaverian High School Inc$40,0002n/a
Historic Fair Hill Inc$38,40027%
Princeton Prospect Foundation$37,50014%
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia$36,65020%
Iyrs School of Technology & Trades Inc$36,50011%
Peter's Place$36,5002n/a
Need in Deed$34,50025%
Opera Philadelphia$33,00020%
Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia$32,50010%
The Agnes Irwin School$30,50020%
The University of the Arts$30,50020%
International Tennis Hall of Fame Incorporated$30,00020%
The Gesu School Inc$30,00020%
Pomfret School Incorporated$28,50020%
Newport Historical Society$27,50021%
Mighty Writers$27,00022%
The People's Light & Theatre Company$26,50021%
The Barnes Foundation$26,02020%
Philadelphia Orchestra Association$25,70020%
Ccn Historic Building Preservation Foundation$25,000143%
Williamson College of the Trades$25,00010%
Main Line Health Inc$25,00010%
Lyric Fest$25,00029%
Cardigan Mountain School$23,50020%
Whyy Inc$23,00020%
The Preservation Society of Newport County$22,25020%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Newport County Inc$21,20021%
Steppingstone Scholars Inc$20,0001n/a
Friends of Srims Inc Quest Montessori School$20,00011%
Canine Partners for Life$20,0002n/a
Independence Mission Schools$20,00010%
Shipley School$20,00010%
The Trust for Public Land$20,00010%
Tilton School$20,00010%
Purnell School$20,00011%
The Barn at Spring Brook Farm Inc$16,50023%
Vinceremos Riding Center Inc$16,00021%
Springboard Collaborative$15,0001n/a
After School Activities Partnerships$15,00012%
Wissahickon Charter School$15,00010%
National Park Foundation$15,00010%
Kennett After-School Association$15,00016%
Willistown Conservation Trust Inc$15,00020%
Squashsmarts Inc$15,0001n/a
Naval War College Foundation Inc$14,50020%
University of Richmond$13,50020%
La Salle Academy$13,00021%
Mill Reef Fund$12,50012%
Chester County Futures Inc$12,50012%
Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School$12,50010%
Community Coalition$12,00022%
Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia$12,00011%
Cabrini Legacy Corporation$11,00010%
Newport Film Inc$10,50021%
St James School$10,5002n/a
Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island Inc$10,00021%
Discover Dressage Inc$10,00012%
The Garage Community & Youth Center$10,00011%
National Geographic Society$10,00010%
Silver Creek Alliance Inc$10,00016%
Trout Unlimited Inc$10,00010%
Radnor Hunt Foundation$10,000112%
Wagner Free Institute of Science$10,00011%
The Corporation for Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest$10,00011%
Balletx$10,00020%
The Wilma Theater$9,25020%
St Davids Episcopal Church$8,5002n/a
Hospice Foundation of Palm Beach County$8,00010%
Foreign Policy Research Institute$8,00010%
Leadership Philadelphia$7,7001n/a
Mercy Neighborhood Ministries Inc$7,5001n/a
Bike Newport$7,50012%
Mann Center for the Performing Arts$7,50010%
The John Bartram Association$7,5001n/a
Woodmere Art Museum$7,50010%
Simply Smiles Inc$7,50020%
Big Picture Philadelphia$7,5001n/a
Philadelphia Young Playwrights$7,50011%
Philadelphia Police Foundation$7,50011%
Gladwyne Fire Company$7,00021%
Upland Country Day School$7,00010%
JustWorld International Inc$7,00011%
Audrain Automobile Museum Inc$6,7001n/a
Youngmoms$6,00022%
Clagett Sailing$5,50012%
Sail Newport$5,50020%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$5,50020%
Robert Potter League for Animals Inc$5,10020%
Not 4 Gotten Ny Inc$5,0001n/a
Haverford School$5,00020%
1love4animals Inc$5,00011%
Newport Performing Arts Center Inc$5,00010%
Fresh Artists$5,00011%
Boca Grande Health Clinic Fndtn Inc$5,00010%
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts$5,00020%
St Michael's Country Day School$5,00010%
Therapeutic Horseback Riding Inc$5,00010%
Project Home$5,00010%
City Santa Inc$5,00019%
Save the Bay Inc$5,0001n/a
Protect Our Winters$5,00011%
Newport Art Museum and Art Association$5,00020%
Episcopal Academy$5,00010%
The Company of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum$5,00020%
The National Society of Colonial Dames of America in Pa$5,00010%
National Ability Center$5,00010%
College Possible Inc$5,00010%
Disabled Veterans National Foundation$5,00010%
Chester County Family Academy Foundation$5,0001n/a
Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club Inc$5,00010%
Benchmark School$4,90020%
Board of St Francis Inc$4,80021%
Bryn Mawr Theatre Film Institute$4,75020%
Riverbend Environmental Education Center$4,75020%
The Norman Bird Sanctuary Trust$4,50020%
Stroud Water Research Center$4,00020%
Play for Pink Inc$3,90010%
The West Hill School$3,83320%
Christ Lutheran Community Outreach$3,75011%
New York Yacht Club Foundation$3,50020%
Academy in Manayunk$3,50020%
Girls First$3,17612%
Friends of Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries$3,10020%
Caridad Center Inc$3,00020%
World Affairs Council of Philadelphia$3,00010%
Delaware Valley Science Fairs Inc$3,00011%
Scribe Video Center Inc$3,00011%
The Philadelphia Public School Notebook$3,00010%
Artwell Collaborative Inc$3,00010%
Newport Festivals Foundation Inc$3,00020%
Kimmel Center Inc$3,00010%
Philabundance$2,60020%
Chester County Historical Society$2,50010%
Rehabilitation Center for Children and Adults Inc$2,50010%
The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation Inc$2,50011%
Brandywine Valley Summer Sales Series$2,50010%
Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center$2,50010%
The Haley Foundation$2,5001n/a
Breastcancerorg$2,50010%
Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake Inc$2,50010%
The Boat Company Ltd$2,50010%
Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society$2,50010%
French Heritage Society Inc$2,50010%
Ryerss Farm for Aged Equines$2,20020%
Gettysburg Foundation$2,01710%
Educating Communities for Parenting Inc$2,00020%
Scleroderma Research Foundation$2,00010%
The Dressage Foundation$2,00011%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Burlington Vermont Inc$2,00010%
Independence Seaport Museum$2,00020%
Fighting Back Scholarship Program Inc$2,00020%
Aquidneck Island Land Trust$2,00010%
Equestrian Aid Foundation$2,00021%
Foxcroft School$2,00010%
Seamen's Church Institute of Newport$2,0002n/a
North Country Life Flight Inc$2,00011%
Adirondack Medical Center Foundation$2,00010%
The University of Vermont Medical Center$2,00010%
Eastern University$2,00010%
Pennsylvania Hunt Cup Committee$1,50011%
Main Line Animal Rescue Inc$1,50010%
The Garden Conservancy Inc$1,50010%
National Constitution Center$1,25020%
Main Line School Night Association$1,25010%
Andalusia Foundation$1,12520%
Main Line Deputy Dog$1,1001n/a
Bridlewild Trails Association Inc$1,10021%
Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation$1,05020%
Sail to Prevail$1,00010%
City of Philadelphia Trustee Administering Wills Eye Hospital$1,00010%
Ccsa Foundation$1,00010%
Boca Grande Historical Society Inc$1,00011%
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals Inc$1,00010%
Episcopal Community Services of The Diocese of Pennsylvania$1,00010%
The Flower District$1,00010%
Yampa Valley Land Trust Inc$1,00010%
Safety Agriculture Villages & Environment (Save) Inc$1,00019%
Community Clothes Charity$1,00010%
Equus Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Friends of Ballard Park$1,00011%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$1,00010%
Barnstone Art for Kids$1,00011%
Strings Music Festival$1,0001n/a
Citizen Advocacy of Chester County$1,00011%
Puppies Behind Bars Inc$1,00010%
Confetti Foundation$1,00011%
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc$1,00010%
Women Golfers Give Back$1,00011%
United Way of the Yampa Valley$1,00010%
The Pec Foundation$1,00010%
Fractured Atlas Inc$1,00010%
Historical Society of Pennsylvania$1,00010%
Locust Lane Riding Center Inc$1,00011%
Church of the Redeemer$1,0001n/a
Johann Fust Library Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Students Care Inc$1,00011%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$1,00010%
Inglis Foundation$1,00010%
The Fund for Women and Girls$1,00010%
Fairmount Park Conservancy$1,00010%
Women's Resource Center of the Delaware Valley$1,0001n/a
Western Connecticut State University Alumni Association Inc$80011%
Lv Public Telecommunications Corp Wlvt-Tv Channel 39$70020%
Wayne Art Center$5001n/a
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States$50010%
Lower Merion Township Police Pension Association$50010%
The Steeplechase Fund$50011%
National Museum of Racing Inc$50010%
Community Options Inc$50010%
American Angus Auxiliary$50011%
Newport in Bloom$5001n/a
Polly Hill Arboretum Inc$50010%
Friends of Compass Inc$50010%
Friends of Boca Grande Community Center Inc$50010%
St Francis Desales Church$5001n/a
Social Fundraising and Gatherings Inc$5001n/a
The Print Center$50010%
Thevillage Corporation$5001n/a
Greener Partners$50010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$50010%
The Brearley School$50010%
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia$50010%
Villanova University$50010%
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies$50010%
University City Hospitality Coalition Inc$5001n/a
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society$45020%
Cheshire Hunt Conservancy$40010%
Newport Public Library$35010%
Radnor High School Scholarship Fund$30020%
The John J Tyler Arboretum$25010%
Delaware Center for Horticulture Inc$25010%
Stratford Hall$25010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$25010%
The Trustees of Princeton University$20020%
The National World War II Museum Inc$20010%
Radnor Educational Foundation Inc$10010%
Cradle of Liberty Council 525 Boy Scouts of America$10010%
American Heart Association Inc$10010%
United Service Organizations Inc$10010%
Radnor A Better Chance Inc$10010%
Phila Society for the Preservation of Landmarks$10010%
Rose Island Lighthouse and Fort Hamilton Trust Inc$10010%
Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul$1001n/a
The Appleford Committee$7510%
Harriton Association$501n/a

Plus 57 recipients with no EIN on record ($614k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Hamilton Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Bryn Mawr Hospital Foundation: $1,216,500 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetWilson College: $343,334 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSalve Regina University: $256,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKimberton Waldorf School: $201,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetMuseum of the American Revolution: $200,250 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAvon Old Farms School Inc: $196,666 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBrandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art: $172,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetKipp Administrative Services Corporation: $150,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetThe Franklin Institute: $134,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetArden Theatre Company: $134,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetWalnut Street Theatre Corporation: $131,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetElevate 215: $125,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBlithewold Inc: $122,500 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetHeights Philadelphia: $115,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetChurch Farm School: $111,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Berkshire School Inc: $104,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPhiladelphia Museum of Art: $96,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNewport Hospital Foundation: $85,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBoys Latin of Philadelphia Charter Schoo: $84,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetChildren's Literacy Initiative: $75,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Rectory School Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBrooke USA Inc: $51,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetSouthern Chester County Day Care Association: $50,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetPennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $45,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetZoological Society of Philadelphia: $41,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSwarthmore College: $41,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHistoric Fair Hill Inc: $38,400 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetPrinceton Prospect Foundation: $37,500 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetThe Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: $36,650 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIyrs School of Technology & Trades Inc: $36,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNeed in Deed: $34,500 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetOpera Philadelphia: $33,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia: $32,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Agnes Irwin School: $30,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe University of the Arts: $30,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Tennis Hall of Fame Incorporated: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Gesu School Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPomfret School Incorporated: $28,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNewport Historical Society: $27,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetMighty Writers: $27,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetThe People's Light & Theatre Company: $26,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetThe Barnes Foundation: $26,020 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPhiladelphia Orchestra Association: $25,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCcn Historic Building Preservation Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 43% of budgetWilliamson College of the Trades: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMain Line Health Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLyric Fest: $25,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetCardigan Mountain School: $23,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Hamilton Family Charitable TrustPA122.4× affinity58 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hamilton Family Charitable Trust · Connelly Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · The William Penn Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Van Beuren Charitable Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Barra Foundation Inc · Chester County Community Foundation · Wsfs Cares Foundation · The Neubauer Family Foundation

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.

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How do I get to Hamilton Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Hamilton Family 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.

About Hamilton Family Foundation

How much does Hamilton Family Foundation give?
Hamilton Family Foundation reported 344 grants totaling $3,008,875 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 198 and 242 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
What does Hamilton Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2018, its largest causes are Philanthropy (66%), Education (12%), Health (6%).
Who are Hamilton Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2018: The Bryn Mawr Hospital Foundation ($1.2M), Wilson College ($343k), Salve Regina University ($256k).
Does Hamilton Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2018, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Hamilton Family Foundation 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 Hamilton Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hamilton Family Charitable Trust, Connelly Foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation.
Where is Hamilton Family Foundation based?
Hamilton Family Foundation is based in PA.

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 333 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $2.1M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2018, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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