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Hammel Family Foundation at a glance

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Hammel Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$68k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.8MArts & Culture$277kInternational$264kReligion$195kPhilanthropy$116kHealth$76kFood & Nutrition$45kHousing & Shelter$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IMPACT ISRAEL$25,000
PHILABUNDANCE$15,000
CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF BERKS COUNTY$10,000
AIM ACADEMY$5,000
THE GRADUATE CENTER FOUNDATION INC$5,000
BROOKLYN FRIENDS SCHOOL$5,000
CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE$1,800
INNOCENCE PROJECT$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $5k → 17%THE INNOCENCE PROJECT: $1k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $1k → 17%SOUTH MOUNTAIN YMCA: $2k → 11%SOUTH MOUNTAIN YMCA: $500 → 11%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

IL
NY
MA
PA
CT
MD
DC
LA
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 31 repeat orgs$136k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
17

Total granted

$2.7M
$136k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+5%

Still filing today

68%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationInternationalHuman ServicesHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • II
    IMPACTISRAEL INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $248k · revenue +35%
  • RH
    READING HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2021 · $75k · revenue +683%
  • AI
    ACADEMY IN MANAYUNK
    8× · 2017–2025 · $43k · revenue +156%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -29%
  • SA
    SUFFIELD ACADEMYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $7k · revenue +35%
  • RA
    READING AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
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.

1
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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2
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
3
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
4
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
5
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
6
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
7
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
8
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
9
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
10
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
11
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
12
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Facing History & Ourselves Inc; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. 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

36 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. 36 of the 50 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
28/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $870,000 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYPENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $660,000 · OtherPENN STATE UNIVERSITYCHABAD LUBAVITCH OF BERKS COUNT INC: $118,000 · OtherCHABAD LUBAVITCH OF BERKS COUNT INC+26 more: $327,400 · Other+26 moreGOGGLE WORKS: $275,000 · Arts & CultureGOGGLE WORK…+2 more: $2,054 · Arts & CultureIMPACTISRAEL INC: $247,552 · InternationalIMPACTISRA…+4 more: $16,000 · International+4 moreACADEMY IN MANAYUNK: $43,000 · EducationPACKER COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE: $30,000 · EducationLANCASTER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $15,750 · EducationSUFFIELD ACADEMY: $6,500 · EducationALBRIGHT COLLEGE: $5,000 · EducationTrustees of Tufts College: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $2,850 · EducationUNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY INC: $100,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyREADING HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Health+2 more: $1,250 · HealthPhilabundance: $35,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,975,400Arts & Culture$277,054International$263,552Education$108,100Philanthropy$101,000Health$76,250Food & Nutrition$35,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGOGGLE WORKS: $275,000 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetIMPACTISRAEL INC: $247,552 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetREADING HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetACADEMY IN MANAYUNK: $43,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPhilabundance: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALVERNIA UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPACKER COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOPPORTUNITY HOUSE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GRADUATE CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBLUE SCHOOL: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwestern University: $24,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOLIVET BOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB OF READING AND BERKS COUNTY PA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLANCASTER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $15,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHELPING HARVEST FRESH FOOD BANK: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRO HISPANO DANIEL TORRES INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHAWK MOUNTAIN COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA REVOCABLE TRUST: $8,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSUFFIELD ACADEMY: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALBRIGHT COLLEGE: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF READING PA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF ISRAEL SCOUTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WINDWARD SCHOOL: $2,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH MOUNTAIN YMCA: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE FOUNDATION INC: $1,054 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBROOKLYN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREFUGEES INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNTAIN HOUSE INC: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDWIGHT SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Penn Entertainment Fo…Berks County Communit…The Breidegam Family …The Cynthia and Jim B…Henry Janssen Foundat…Firstenergy FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…Marlin Miller Jr Fami…Berkshire Charitable …The Wyomissing Founda…Jewish Communal FundThe Kindness Coalition
Penn Entertainment FoundationPA28.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Penn Entertainment Foundation · Berks County Community Foundation Inc · The Breidegam Family Foundation · The Cynthia and Jim Boscov Family Foundation · Henry Janssen Foundation · Firstenergy Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Marlin Miller Jr Family Foundation · Berkshire Charitable Foundation · The Wyomissing Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · The Kindness Coalition

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 Hammel Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hammel Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.

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 50 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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