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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
24
States reached
$600k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% 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
02FY2018 · 344 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k285 grants · $662k
  • $10k–50k47 grants · $731k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $683k
  • $250k+2 grants · $933k
$2,500
Median grant
24
States reached
$9.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$600,000
WILSON COLLEGE$333,334
KIMBERTON WALDORF SCHOOL$100,000
KIMBERTON WALDORF SCHOOL$100,000
AVON OLD FARMS SCHOOL$83,333
KIPP ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES CORPORATION$75,000
BRANDYWINE CONSERVANCY & MUSEUM OF ART (& RIVER MUSEUM)$75,000
SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY DAY CARE ASSOCIATION (TICK TOCK EARLY LEARNING CENT$50,000
WALNUT STREET THEATRE CORP$50,000
BROOKE USA$50,000
WALNUT STREET THEATRE CORP$50,000
LA NAPOULE ART FOUNDATION$50,000
PHILADELPHIA FUTURES$45,000
Individual grant recipient$37,500
NOLS (NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL)$30,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $137k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 32% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SIMPLY SMILES INC: $5k → 9%COMMUNITY OPTIONS INC: $500 → 11%SIMPLY SMILES INC: $3k → 9%SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY DAY CARE ASSOCIATION (TICK TOCK EARLY LEARNING CENT: $50k → 6%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $1k → 17%FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 → 11%HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $5k → 11%HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $2k → 11%HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $1k → 11%CANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $10k → 6%CARIDAD CENTER INC: $1k → 11%CARIDAD CENTER INC: $1k → 11%CARIDAD CENTER INC: $1k → 11%CHESTER COUNTY FUND FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS: $1k → 6%CANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $10k → 6%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $5k → 7%COMMUNITY CLOTHES CHARITY: $1k → 10%PROJECT HOME: $5k → 22%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $500 → 7%MERCY NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRIES INC: $8k → 22%MAIN LINE DEPUTY DOG INC: $1k → 6%RADNOR A BETTER CHANCE INC: $100 → 6%MAIN LINE DEPUTY DOG INC: $100 → 6%YOUNGMOMS: $5k → 6%YOUNGMOMS: $1k → 6%INGLIS FOUNDATION: $1k → 22%EDUCATING COMMUNITIES FOR PARENTING: $1k → 22%EDUCATING COMMUNITIES FOR PARENTING: $1k → 22%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1k → 22%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $15k → 22%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

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VT
NH
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PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
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MD
DE
NC
SC
DC
LA
GA
FL
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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.5M · 110 repeat orgs$2.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +50% for those funded once.

110 repeat relationships: 110 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 88 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

110
132

Total granted

$4.5M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+50%

Still filing today

77%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $959k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • TB
    THE BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $1.2M · revenue +101%
  • KW
    KIMBERTON WALDORF SCHOOL
    2× · 2017–2018 · $201k · revenue +16%
  • AO
    AVON OLD FARMS SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $197k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $256k · revenue +52%
  • E2
    Elevate 215
    one grant, 2017 · $125k · revenue -66%
  • BI
    BLITHEWOLD INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $123k · revenue +66%
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.

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The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
The Public School of Germantown

Germantown academy inspires students to be independent in thought; confident in expression; compassionate in spirit; collaborative in action; and honorable in deed. germantown academy is a private school educating students from pre-k…

Education
4
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
5
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.

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6
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
7
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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8
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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9
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
10
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…

Environment
11
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.

Community Improvement
12
Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation

Glen foerd stewards an eclectic riverfront estate for the enjoyment and educational benefit of the community. drawing from the estate's architecture, art, material culture, and history-as well as its gardens and waterways-glen foerd…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Rectory School Inc; the most unlike its peers is Andalusia Foundation. 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

266 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. 266 of the 333 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)
79
Early backer (in before they grew)
258/266
Grantees still filing
205/266
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WILSON COLLEGE: $343,334 · EducationWILSON COLLEGESALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY: $256,000 · EducationSALVE REGINA UNIVERSITYKIMBERTON WALDORF SCHOOL: $201,000 · EducationKIMBERTON WALDORF SCHOOLAVON OLD FARMS SCHOOL INC: $196,666 · EducationAVON OLD FARMS SCHOOL INCKIPP ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES CORPORATION: $150,000 · EducationKIPP ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES CORPORATIONElevate 215: $125,000 · EducationHEIGHTS PHILADELPHIA: $115,000 · EducationChurch Farm School: $111,000 · EducationTHE BERKSHIRE SCHOOL INC: $104,000 · EducationBOYS LATIN OF PHILADELPHIA CHARTER SCHOO: $84,500 · Education+40 more: $759,426 · Education+40 moreTHE BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,216,500 · HealthTHE BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL…Newport Hospital Foundation: $85,000 · HealthNewport Hospital Found…+6 more: $65,000 · HealthMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $200,250 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN…Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art: $172,000 · Arts & CultureBrandywine Conservancy…THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE: $134,500 · Arts & CultureTHE FRANKLIN INSTITUTEARDEN THEATRE COMPANY: $134,000 · Arts & CultureARDEN THEATRE COMPANYWALNUT STREET THEATRE CORPORATION: $131,500 · Arts & CultureWALNUT STREET THEATRE …BLITHEWOLD INC: $122,500 · Arts & CultureBLITHEWOLD INCPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $96,000 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF…+24 more: $345,170 · Arts & Culture+24 moreISLAND ACADEMY INC: $105,000 · OtherISLAND ACADEMY INCACADEMY OF NOTRE DAME DE NAMUR: $102,000 · OtherACADEMY OF NOTRE DAME…TEACH FOR AMERICA: $75,000 · OtherTEACH FOR AMERICAINN DWELLING INC: $58,000 · OtherLA NAPOULE ART FOUNDATION: $56,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $55,000 · Other+82 more: $819,383 · Other+82 moreBROOKE USA INC: $51,000 · AnimalsPennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $45,000 · AnimalsZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA: $41,250 · AnimalsTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $10,000 · Animals+4 more: $17,100 · AnimalsSOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY DAY CARE ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · Human ServicesCANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $20,000 · Human ServicesSPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $15,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE FOUNDATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY: $8,000 · Human ServicesMERCY NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRIES INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesSIMPLY SMILES INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesYOUNGMOMS: $6,000 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $5,500 · Human ServicesPROJECT HOME: $5,000 · Human ServicesCITY SANTA INC: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $3,000 · Human ServicesPETER'S PLACE: $36,500 · Youth DevelopmentNEED IN DEED: $34,500 · Youth DevelopmentBoys and Girls Clubs of Newport County Inc: $21,200 · Youth DevelopmentAFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES PARTNERSHIPS: $15,000 · Youth Development
Education$2,445,926Health$1,366,500Arts & Culture$1,335,920Other$1,270,383Animals$164,350Human Services$132,500Youth Development$107,200

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

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
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.

Hamilton Family Chari…Connelly FoundationThe Philadelphia Foun…Lindback Cr & Mf Foun…The William Penn Foun…Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…Van Beuren Charitable…United Way of Greater…The Barra Foundation …Chester County Commun…Wsfs Cares FoundationThe Neubauer Family F…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Hamilton Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hamilton Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 170%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The University of Vermont Medical Center: 1% of income from government
  • The Rectory School Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Caridad Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
17get no government money at all
42report 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
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.
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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.

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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