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Hanau Family Foundation at a glance

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Hanau 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.

$84k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$20k
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.

Health$302kEducation$81kInternational$65kCrime & Legal$47kFood & Nutrition$10kArts & Culture$7kEnvironment$6kAnimals$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $51k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL$20,000
SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION$11,000
CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE$10,000
NOVA UKRAINE$10,000
ST JUDE'S CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$6,000
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$5,000
PETSMART CHARITIES$5,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF JAMAICA$5,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$5,000
RAINN$3,000
AVON THEATER FILM CENTER$2,000
THE MARITIME MUSEUM$1,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 66% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%PETSMART CHARITIES: $5k → 11%NOVA UKRAINE: $10k → 8%UNICEF USA: $10k → 17%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $5k → 14%NORWLK LAND TRUST: $1k → 9%CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE: $10k → 12%ST JUDE'S CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $6k → 17%JOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY: $1k → 10%SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY: $25k → 8%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $15k → 17%RAINN: $3k → 14%SILVER HILL HOSPITAL: $35k → 9%ST JUDE'S CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $1k → 17%SANTA CLARA SCHOOL OF LAW: $20k → 8%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $1k → 17%WOODWAY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $2k → 9%ST JUDE'S CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $1k → 17%SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL: $20k → 8%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $1k → 17%SILVER HILL HOSPITAL: $35k → 9%ST JUDE'S CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $1k → 17%SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL: $10k → 8%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $1k → 17%WOODWAY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $1k → 9%SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL: $10k → 8%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $1k → 17%SILVER HILL HOSPITAL: $30k → 9%SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL: $10k → 8%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $1k → 17%THE WOODWAY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $1k → 9%NOVA UKRAINE: $10k → 8%INTERNATIONAL RESECUE COMMITTEE: $10k → 17%SILVER HILL HOSPITAL: $30k → 9%SANTA CLARA SCHOOL OF LAW: $1k → 8%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF JAMAICA: $5k → 17%AVON THEATRE FILM CENTER: $3k → 9%NOVA UKRAINE: $10k → 8%ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $2k → 17%AVON THEATER FILM CENTER: $2k → 9%CONNECTICUT LEGAL SERVICES: $1k → 9%SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $12k → 9%CONNECTICUT LEGAL SERVICES: $1k → 9%THE MARITIME MUSEUM: $1k → 9%SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $11k → 9%CONNECTICUT LEGAL SERVICES: $1k → 9%DOMUS ACADEMY: $1k → 9%STEPPING STONES MUSEUM: $1k → 9%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.
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$445k · 12 repeat orgs$83k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
7

Total granted

$445k
$49k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+32%

Still filing today

58%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k 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
InternationalHealthCrime & LegalEducationEnvironmentAnimalsOther
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

  • NH
    Norwalk Hospital Foundation
    6× · 2017–2022 · $146k · revenue +6%
  • SH
    SILVER HILL HOSPITAL INC
    4× · 2017–2022 · $130k · revenue +54%
  • SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $23k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • PO
    PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +32%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEFgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +76%
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
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
2
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
3
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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4
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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5
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
6
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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7
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
8
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
9
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
10
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
11
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
12
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is World Wildlife Fund 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

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 26 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Norwalk Hospital Foundation: $146,000 · HealthNorwalk Hospital FoundationSILVER HILL HOSPITAL INC: $130,000 · HealthSILVER HILL HOSPITAL INC+1 more: $3,000 · HealthSANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL: $50,000 · OtherSANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY L…SANTA CLARA SCHOOL OF LAW: $21,000 · OtherSANTA CLARA SCHOOL OF LA…ST JUDE'S CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $11,000 · OtherST JUDE'S CHILDRENS HOSP…Individual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipie…CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $10,000 · OtherCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE IN…WOODWAY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $4,000 · Other+5 more: $6,000 · Other+5 moreNOVA UKRAINE: $30,000 · InternationalNOVA UKRAINEMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $20,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS F…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $10,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES F…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL K…American Friends of Jamaica Inc: $5,000 · InternationalAmerican Friend…PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $25,000 · EducationJOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · EducationSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $23,000 · Crime & LegalCONNECTICUT LEGAL SERVICES INC: $3,000 · Crime & LegalWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentPETSMART CHARITIES INC: $5,000 · AnimalsAVON THEATRE FILM CENTER INC: $4,500 · Arts & Culture
Health$279,000Other$112,000International$70,000Education$26,000Crime & Legal$26,000Environment$5,000Animals$5,000Arts & Culture$4,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorwalk Hospital Foundation: $146,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSILVER HILL HOSPITAL INC: $130,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNOVA UKRAINE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $23,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $20,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPETSMART CHARITIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Jamaica Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAVON THEATRE FILM CENTER INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT LEGAL SERVICES INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORWALK LAND TRUST INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY: $1,000 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.

The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Pfizer Foundation IncNY11.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Hanau Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hanau Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Connecticut Legal Services Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Silver Hill Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 26 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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