Missouri · Private foundation
Hand Forward Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $4k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2026
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $1,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $37k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 25% of the organizations Hand Forward Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 4 | $4k | 50% |
| FY2025 | 4 | $4k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $13k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $22k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2026.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Down Syndrome Group of the Ozarks | $15,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Least of These Inc | $4,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Abundant Blessings | $2,072 | 4 | n/a |
| Rowley Rescue Ranch | $1,750 | 2 | 8% |
| Doula Foundation of Mid-America Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pregnancy Care Center | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Hand Forward Foundation
- How much does Hand Forward Foundation give?
- Hand Forward Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $3,541 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does Hand Forward Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Health (42%), Recreation & Sports (22%), Animals (13%).
- Who are Hand Forward Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Down Syndrome Group of the Ozarks ($15k), Least of These Inc ($4k), Abundant Blessings ($2k).
- Does Hand Forward Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hand Forward 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 Hand Forward Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Hand Forward Foundation based?
- Hand Forward Foundation is based in MO.
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