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Hansen Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
30
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Education$2.4MYouth Development$2.1MReligion$1.6MHuman Services$1.2MHealth$571kRecreation & Sports$410kInternational$360kArts & Culture$328kOther$0
02FY2024 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $257k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.1M
$37,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OPEN FIELD$150,000
DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL$150,000
Individual grant recipient$150,000
ARYSE$100,000
NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY$100,000
URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION$95,000
READING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURGH$75,000
LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSIONS$60,000
SECOND MILE HAITI$60,000
THE CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE FOR INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT$53,300
STRONG WOMEN STRONG GIRLS$50,000
CHRISTIAN IMMIGRATION ADVOCACY CENTER$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
CITY OF ASYLUM$40,000
HILLTOP HORIZONS$37,000
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 (FY17–24, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%DON'T STOP DREAMIN': $8k → 9%STRONG WOMEN STRONG GIRLS: $90k → 11%TEARFUND USA: $100k → 8%STRONG WOMEN STRONG GIRLS: $75k → 11%TEARFUND USA: $75k → 8%STRONG WOMEN STRONG GIRLS: $50k → 11%FAMILY GUIDANCE: $100k → 11%BRIGID ALLIANCE: $5k → 17%STRONG WOMEN STRONG GIRLS: $50k → 11%FAMILY GUIDANCE: $50k → 11%JEREMIAHS PLACE: $10k → 11%URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $250k → 11%URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $100k → 11%URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $95k → 11%URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $75k → 11%URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $75k → 11%CHRISTIAN IMMIGRATION ADVOCACY CENTER: $50k → 11%RUTH'S WAY: $50k → 11%CITY OF ASYLUM: $40k → 11%CITY OF ASYLUM: $10k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $625 → 11%RUTH'S WAY: $50k → 11%RUTHS WAY: $30k → 11%FAMILY WINS: $100k → 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

WA
IL
NY
MA
IA
OH
PA
CA
CO
WV
MD
AZ
DC
AL
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.1M · 37 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

37 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
29

Total granted

$7.1M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+32%

Still filing today

65%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $235k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationInternationalHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • DA
    Development Assoc International
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +8%
  • UI
    URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION
    5× · 2019–2024 · $595k · revenue +125%
  • TN
    THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY
    6× · 2018–2024 · $530k · revenue +422%

Funded once

  • TS
    TRINITY SCHOOL OF MINISTRY
    one grant, 2017 · $500k
  • PU
    PITTSBURGH URBAN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $345k · revenue -24%
  • MV
    MASONIC VILLAGE OF SEWICKLEY
    one grant, 2018 · $150k
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
Young Women's Christian Association Greater Pittsburgh

Ywca greater pittsburgh is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. we envision a community that advances education, opportunity, and equity regardless of gender, race, or…

Human Services
2
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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3
Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation

To create and distribute trusted content, build connections and strengthen our community through public media.

Arts & Culture
4
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
5
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
6
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
7
The Baptist Home of Philadelphia

The mission of the baptist home of philadelphia is dedicated to providing quality continuing care living facilities and support services in a christian environment respecting the dignity and sanctity of all individuals regardless of their…

Human Services
8
Community Action Commission

Commmunity action commission's mission is to build on the strengths and resources available, provide solutions, for complex issues, and empower individuals, families, and communities to move out of poverty.

Human Services
9
Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc

To support education and research at college, university, and research libraries.

Education
10
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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11
Council for Court Excellence

Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.

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12
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Samaritan Counseling Center of W Pa; the most unlike its peers is Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia 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

46 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. 46 of the 79 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/46
Grantees still filing
31/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRINITY SCHOOL OF MINISTRY: $500,000 · OtherTRINITY SCHOOL OF MINISTRYTHE CROSSROADS FOUNDATION: $355,000 · OtherTHE CROSSROADS FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $342,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSIONS: $247,000 · OtherLIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSIONSIndividual grant recipient: $200,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE PGH: $180,000 · OtherSAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE P…MASONIC VILLAGE OF SEWICKLEY: $150,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $135,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherPITTSBURGH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF THE UTD PREBY CHRC UTD STS AMER: $100,000 · Other+36 more: $680,600 · Other+36 moreTHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY: $530,000 · EducationTHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMYREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURGH: $525,000 · EducationREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL PIT…ALLIANCE FOR REFUGEE YOUTH SUPPORT AND EDUCATION: $515,000 · EducationALLIANCE FOR REFUGEE YOUTH…PITTSBURGH URBAN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $345,000 · EducationPITTSBURGH URBAN CHRISTIAN…Wheaton College: $175,000 · EducationWheaton College+2 more: $65,125 · EducationURBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $595,000 · Human ServicesURBAN IMPACT FOUNDA…GIRLS INC OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $265,000 · Human ServicesGIRLS INC OF GREATE…TEARFUND USA INC: $175,000 · Human ServicesTEARFUND USA INCFAMILY GUIDANCE INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY GUIDANCE INCRUTHS WAY INC: $130,000 · Human ServicesRUTHS WAY INCTHE FAMILY WINS: $100,000 · Human ServicesTHE FAMILY WINS+6 more: $126,625 · Human Services+6 moreDevelopment Assoc International: $1,225,000 · ReligionDevelopment Ass…OPEN FIELD: $410,000 · InternationalWORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF PITTSBURGH: $30,000 · InternationalPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $30,000 · International+3 more: $35,000 · InternationalSAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER OF W PA: $175,000 · HealthSECOND MILE HAITI: $90,000 · HealthFOUNDATION FOR CHRISTIAN COUNSELING: $80,000 · HealthHILLTOP HORIZONS INC: $69,500 · HealthPITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $115,000 · Arts & CultureCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $110,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH YOUTH CHORUS: $20,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$2,990,100Education$2,155,125Human Services$1,541,625Religion$1,225,000International$505,000Health$414,500Arts & Culture$245,000

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 budgetDevelopment Assoc International: $1,225,000 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetURBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $595,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetTHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY: $530,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURGH: $525,000 over 6y, 19% of budgetALLIANCE FOR REFUGEE YOUTH SUPPORT AND EDUCATION: $515,000 over 6y, 24% of budgetOPEN FIELD: $410,000 over 5y, 24% of budgetTHE CROSSROADS FOUNDATION: $355,000 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH URBAN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $345,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetGIRLS INC OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $265,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetTEARFUND USA INC: $175,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetWheaton College: $175,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER OF W PA: $175,000 over 3y, 9.7% of budgetFAMILY GUIDANCE INC: $150,000 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetRUTHS WAY INC: $130,000 over 3y, 62% of budgetPITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $115,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $110,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FAMILY WINS: $100,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetSECOND MILE HAITI: $90,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetCOALITION FOR CHRISTIAN OUTREACH: $80,800 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR CHRISTIAN COUNSELING: $80,000 over 2y, 44% of budgetPITCH IN FOR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL: $75,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetHILLTOP HORIZONS INC: $69,500 over 2y, 19% of budgetGREYSTONE THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE: $60,000 over 1y, 67% of budgetCHRISTIAN IMMIGRATION ADVOCACY CENT: $50,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetCITY OF ASYLUM: $50,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetWORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF PITTSBURGH: $30,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALS Association Western Pennsylvania Chapter: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSAMARITAN CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH YOUTH CHORUS: $20,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR FREE ENTERPRISE EDUCATION: $15,125 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetUNRWA USA NATIONAL COMMITTEE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBENDER LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $15,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEREMIAH'S PLACE PITTSBURGH RELIEF NURSERY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDON'T STOP DREAMIN': $8,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetAVIAN CONSERVATION CENTER OF APPALACHIA INC: $5,125 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetTHE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCASA of Allegheny County: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetETTA Projects: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC: $4,625 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $3,625 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $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.

  • Who funds Development Assoc International ↗
  • Who funds URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds READING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR REFUGEE YOUTH SUPPORT AND EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds OPEN FIELD ↗
  • Who funds THE CROSSROADS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH URBAN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INC OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds TEARFUND USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Wheaton College ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER OF W PA ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY GUIDANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds RUTHS WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC ↗
  • Who funds CARNEGIE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds THE FAMILY WINS ↗
  • Who funds SECOND MILE HAITI ↗
  • Who funds COALITION FOR CHRISTIAN OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR CHRISTIAN COUNSELING ↗
  • Who funds PITCH IN FOR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL ↗
  • Who funds HILLTOP HORIZONS INC ↗
  • Who funds GREYSTONE THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN IMMIGRATION ADVOCACY CENT ↗
  • Who funds CITY OF ASYLUM ↗
  • Who funds WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF PITTSBURGH ↗

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 Pittsburgh Founda…Hillman Family Founda…The Heinz EndowmentsEqt FoundationThe Jack Buncher Foun…The United Way of Sou…The Grable FoundationRichard King Mellon F…Pitcairn-Crabbe Found…Massey Charitable Tru…Aj and Sigismunda Pal…Community Foundation …
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA47.7× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · The Heinz Endowments · Eqt Foundation · The Jack Buncher Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Grable Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Pitcairn-Crabbe Foundation · Massey Charitable Trust · Aj and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust · Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Hansen Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Hansen 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 79 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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