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Hampshire Foundation Inc at a glance

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Hampshire 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.

$17M
Granted FY2024still arriving
52
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$26MInternational$7.3MPhilanthropy$3.5MArts & Culture$2.6MCommunity Improvement$1.9MEducation$1.6MHuman Services$1.6MFood & Nutrition$1.5MOther$0
02FY2024 · 52 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $1k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $85k
  • $50k–250k18 grants · $2.7M
  • $250k+27 grants · $14M
$250,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$122M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WINDWARD FUND$2,000,000
MELIORE FOUNDATION$1,150,000
CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE$1,060,000
CLIENTEARTH$1,005,762
Individual grant recipient$665,000
NAMATI INC$600,000
SPARK MICROGRANTS$531,290
FLORESTA USA INC$500,000
VISIONSPRING INC$500,000
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS$500,000
OUR COMMON HOME ASSOCIATION$500,000
Individual grant recipient$489,676
MONGABAY$400,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$400,000
SUSTAINABLE CT$355,270
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.

US giving: 72% of grant dollars ($39M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 28% that went abroad ($15M) is mapped below.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 86% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%VILLAGE ENTERPRISE: $250k → 7%RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK: $250k → 10%FLORESTA USA INC: $500k → 11%PROXIMITY DESIGNS: $250k → 14%FLORESTA PROJECT INC: $500k → 16%FRIENDS OF RAISING THE VILLAGE INC: $250k → 17%THE NUDGE FOUNDATION: $250k → 14%GREENPEACE LTD: $400k → 14%OUR COMMON HOME: $250k → 13%SUSTAINABLE CT: $725k → 12%BRIDGES TO PROSPERITY INC: $250k → 12%RARE: $500k → 7%BOMA FOUNDATION: $250k → 11%TREES FOR THE FUTURE: $375k → 8%VILLAGE ENTERPRISE: $250k → 7%RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK: $250k → 10%RAINFOREST FOUNDATION UK: $300k → 20%CIEL: $350k → 14%SUSTAINABLE CT: $562k → 12%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $400k → 7%CIEL: $350k → 14%SUSTAINABLE CT: $505k → 12%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $350k → 7%CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE: $1.1M → 16%CIEL: $350k → 14%SUSTAINABLE CT: $355k → 12%CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE: $1.1M → 16%CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE: $560k → 16%MONGABAY: $400k → 7%MONGABAY: $400k → 7%VISIONSPRING INC: $500k → 17%VISIONSPRING INC: $350k → 17%WINDWARD FUND: $2.0M → 14%WINDWARD FUND: $1.0M → 14%POTENTIAL ENERGY COALITION INC: $750k → 17%WINDWARD FUND: $1.0M → 14%POTENTIAL ENERGY COALITION INC: $500k → 17%WINDWARD FUND: $1.0M → 14%SPARK MICROGRANTS: $531k → 17%NAMATI INC: $600k → 14%NAMATI INC: $400k → 14%TENURE FACILITY: $665k → 17%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $564k → 17%GLOBAL FOREST WATCH: $500k → 14%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $500k → 17%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $500k → 17%GLOBAL FOREST WATCH: $500k → 14%GLOBAL FOREST WATCH: $500k → 14%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

ME
VT
WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
KS
DC
TX

Beyond the US: 28% of all-years giving ($15M)

14 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
United Kingdom$5.0M · 17 grants
Netherlands$2.9M · 4 grants
Belgium$2.4M · 3 grants
Sweden$1.2M · 3 grants
Mali$1.1M · 5 grants
France$794k · 3 grants
Switzerland$500k · 1 grant
Indonesia$450k · 2 grants
Norway$375k · 2 grants
Peru$318k · 6 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 12% of Hampshire Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Hampshire Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 28% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$40M · 50 repeat orgs$7.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

50 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
30

Total granted

$40M
$4.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+30%

Still filing today

62%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentInternationalEducationPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementAnimalsOther
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

  • CA
    CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $2.7M · revenue +59%
  • SUSTAINABLE CT INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.4M · revenue +18% · 41% of their budget
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    3× · 2021–2023 · $1.6M · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • FP
    FLORESTA PROJECT INC
    one grant, 2023 · $500k · revenue -62%
  • R
    RAREgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $500k · revenue +69%
  • EC
    EUROPEAN CLIMATE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $500k
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
Global Forest Generation

Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…

Environment
2
Climate Catalyst Inc

Climate catalyst sparks collective action to tackle the biggest climate challenges we face today: cutting emissions in heavy industries.

Environment
3
Eden Peopleplanet

To offer the dignity of fair employment to people living in impoverished communities, who become transformational agents of global forest restoration.

International
4
E3G Third Generation Environmentalism

E3g is a leading international not-for-profit think tank specialising in climate diplomacy harnessing expertise in the politics and economics of climate change.

Environment
5
Partnership for Policy Integrity

Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI) uses data-driven advocacy and litigation to fight for forests, communities and the climate.

Environment
6
Environment Next Inc

Environment next supports individuals, nonprofits and businesses around the world on solutions to complex climate issues. we provide leadership, outreach and communication support, grants, and investments to empower leaders and their ideas…

Environment
7
Climate Foundation

To research and develop healthy climate solutions comprising global food security, ecosystem regeneration and carbon balance in seas and soils.

Science & Tech
8
Terraset

Terraset uses philanthropic capital to purchase permanent, high-quality carbon removal. we pool donations from individuals, foundations, family offices, and donor advised funds, and make strategic purchases of high-quality carbon removal…

Environment
9
Grist Magazine Inc

Grist is an independent, non profit media organization dedicated to reporting on climate change.

Environment
10
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
11
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
12
Nature for Justice

To empower frontline communities to lead nature-based solutions that advance climate justice, ecosystem restoration, and resilient livelihoods through connecting locally-led initiatives to funding, markets, and technical support.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mongabay Org Corp; the most unlike its peers is Great Mountain Forest Corporation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

48 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. 48 of the 98 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/48
Grantees still filing
34/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STICHTING EUROPEAN CLIMATE FOUNDATION: $2,177,438 · OtherSTICHTING EUROPEAN CLIMATE FOUNDATIONMELIORE FOUNDATION: $2,150,000 · OtherMELIORE FOUNDATIONCLIENTEARTH: $1,951,800 · OtherCLIENTEARTHIndividual grant recipient: $1,830,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNAMATI INC: $1,550,000 · OtherNAMATI INCGLOBAL FOREST WATCH: $1,500,000 · OtherGLOBAL FOREST WATCHPotential Energy Coalition Inc: $1,250,000 · OtherMYAGRO FARMS: $1,125,000 · OtherCIEL: $1,050,000 · OtherCO-IMPACT (NEW VENTURE FUND): $1,000,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $987,838 · Other+47 more: $10,026,149 · Other+47 moreWINDWARD FUND: $5,000,000 · EnvironmentWINDWARD FUNDCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $2,700,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INCENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $1,564,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND…MONGABAY ORG CORP: $800,000 · EnvironmentMONGABAY ORG CORPFLORESTA PROJECT INC: $500,000 · EnvironmentRARE: $500,000 · EnvironmentRainforest Action Network: $500,000 · Environment+8 more: $1,071,250 · Environment+8 moreSPARK MICROGRANTS INC: $1,081,290 · InternationalSPARK MICROGRAN…Educate: $1,050,000 · InternationalEducateThe Nudge Foundation: $1,000,000 · InternationalThe Nudge Found…VILLAGE ENTERPRISE FUND: $950,000 · InternationalVILLAGE ENTERPR…BRIDGES TO PROSPERITY INC: $725,000 · InternationalBRIDGES TO PROS…ONE ACRE FUND: $685,034 · InternationalONE ACRE FUNDENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY: $600,000 · InternationalENVIRONMENTAL I…FLORESTA USA INCORPORATED: $500,000 · InternationalFLORESTA USA IN…EDUCATE GIRLS: $250,000 · International+4 more: $445,000 · International+4 moreROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $1,500,000 · PhilanthropyVISIONSPRING INC: $1,500,000 · PhilanthropyFriends Of Raising The Village Incorporated: $950,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropySUSTAINABLE CT INC: $2,394,765 · EducationHARTFORD PROMISE INC: $475,000 · EducationBellingcat US Inc: $340,000 · EducationMedha Corp: $225,000 · EducationAMERICANS FOR OXFORD INC: $200,000 · EducationBOMA FOUNDATION: $250,000 · Community ImprovementGROUNDWORK BRIDGEPORT INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementOUR COMMON HOME: $250,000 · Religion
Other$26,598,225Environment$12,635,250International$7,286,324Philanthropy$3,960,000Education$3,634,765Community Improvement$260,000Religion$250,000

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 budgetWINDWARD FUND: $5,000,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $2,700,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetSUSTAINABLE CT INC: $2,394,765 over 5y, 41% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $1,564,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $1,500,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVISIONSPRING INC: $1,500,000 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetPotential Energy Coalition Inc: $1,250,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetSPARK MICROGRANTS INC: $1,081,290 over 5y, 6.9% of budgetEducate: $1,050,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetThe Nudge Foundation: $1,000,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetVILLAGE ENTERPRISE FUND: $950,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetFriends Of Raising The Village Incorporated: $950,000 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetMONGABAY ORG CORP: $800,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $750,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGES TO PROSPERITY INC: $725,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetONE ACRE FUND: $685,034 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGREENPEACE INC: $600,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY: $600,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetRARE: $500,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetFLORESTA USA INCORPORATED: $500,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $500,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetHARTFORD PROMISE INC: $475,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetTREES FOR THE FUTURE INC: $375,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetBellingcat US Inc: $340,000 over 2y, 36% of budgetSAVE THE SOUND: $307,250 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetRESOURCES LEGACY FUND: $300,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEDUCATE GIRLS: $250,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPRECISION DEVELOPMENT INC: $225,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetMedha Corp: $225,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetAMERICANS FOR OXFORD INC: $200,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE HUMANE LEAGUE: $150,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUPAYA SOCIAL VENTURES: $110,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetINSIDE CLIMATE NEWS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetKHEYTI INC: $100,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetCT LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC: $80,500 over 4y, 10% of budgetFAMILY SUMMITS INC: $60,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetCONNECTICUT CITIZEN RESEARCH GROUP INC: $47,500 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetTHE CONNECTICUT FORUM INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $29,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPANORAMA GLOBAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreat Mountain Forest Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGROUNDWORK BRIDGEPORT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetGREEN SCHOOLS ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetSUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthcoast Environmental Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

  • Who funds WINDWARD FUND ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC ↗
  • Who funds SUSTAINABLE CT INC ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ↗
  • Who funds VISIONSPRING INC ↗
  • Who funds Potential Energy Coalition Inc ↗
  • Who funds SPARK MICROGRANTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Educate ↗
  • Who funds The Nudge Foundation ↗
  • Who funds VILLAGE ENTERPRISE FUND ↗
  • Who funds Friends Of Raising The Village Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds MONGABAY ORG CORP ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGES TO PROSPERITY INC ↗
  • Who funds ONE ACRE FUND ↗
  • Who funds GREENPEACE INC ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds FLORESTA PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds RARE ↗
  • Who funds FLORESTA USA INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Rainforest Action Network ↗
  • Who funds HARTFORD PROMISE INC ↗

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.

Silicon Valley Commun…ImpactassetsincMulago FoundationRippleworks IncWellspring Philanthro…The West Foundation I…Follow Your Dream Fou…Sall Family FoundationThe Ray and Tye Noord…Marin Community Found…Greater Houston Commu…Amalgamated Charitabl…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA19.8× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Mulago Foundation · Rippleworks Inc · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · The West Foundation Inc · Follow Your Dream Foundation Inc · Sall Family Foundation · The Ray and Tye Noorda Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 37%
  • Groundwork Bridgeport Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Save the Sound: 37% of income from government
  • Connecticut Citizen Research Group Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.

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 98 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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