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Hasso Serrano Foundation at a glance

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Hasso Serrano 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.

$194k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$53k
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$837kHealth$468kHuman Services$76kCommunity Improvement$76kReligion$22kCrime & Legal$12kRecreation & Sports$12kHousing & Shelter$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $107k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $53k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION$52,500
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY$25,000
EANES EDUCATION FOUNDATION$25,000
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$20,000
ASCENSION SETON FOUNDATION$15,000
OPERATION HOPE$12,100
DELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$10,000
BRIDGEPOINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$9,000
TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$9,000
THIRD OPTION FOUNDATION$5,000
BREAKTHROUGH T1D$5,000
BRIAN PICCOLO CANCER RESEARCH FUND$3,000
THE WESTLAKE CHAP CLUB$2,500
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES$500
02The need
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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 (FY18–25, $62k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FAMILY ACCESS NETWORK: $5k → 10%THIRD OPTION FOUNDATION: $50k → 6%VISION MEXICO: $2k → 7%THIRD OPTION FOUNDATION: $5k → 6%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $350 → 10%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

MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
CA
VA
NC
SC
GA
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 62% of Hasso Serrano Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 42% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 8%.

Hasso Serrano Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$853k · 17 repeat orgs$210k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +3% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
26

Total granted

$853k
$173k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
0%

Still filing today

76%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k 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

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HealthEducationHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterReligionYouth 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

  • DC
    DELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $50k · revenue +39%
  • MB
    MANHATTAN BEACH EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $30k · revenue +28%
  • CC
    CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $25k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • PI
    PEDIATRIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $40k · revenue +102% · 51% of their budget
  • FF
    Foundation for a Globally Competitive Texasgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +208%
  • DC
    DELL CHILDREN'S TRUST
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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
Children's Hospital Pathology Foundation Inc

The Foundation's mission is to provide pathology services primarily to patients at Boston Children's Hospital and at satellite locations. The Foundation carries on and promotes basic and applied medical research and education in the field…

Health
2
Texas Children's Health Plan

To create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education, and research.

Health
3
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.

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4
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
5
Texas Children's Hospital Foundation

To create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and research.

Health
6
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
7
Johns Hopkins All Children's Foundation Inc

Johns hopkins all children's foundation, inc. supports the mission of johns hopkins all children's hospital, inc., all children's health system, inc., all children's research institute, inc. and other 501(c)(3) organizations through…

Health
8
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
9
The Carle Foundation Hospital

To be the trusted partner in all healthcare decisions and to improve health by providing highly accessible, world-class care and services.

Health
10
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
11
Unc Health Foundation Inc

At unc health foundation, we inspire philanthropic support for unc health and unc school of medicine that transforms healthcare and provides hope to the people of north carolina and communities around the world.

Education
12
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Moss Pieratt Foundation. 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

30 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. 30 of the 48 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
13/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UCLA FOUNDATION: $450,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONEanes Education Foundation: $170,000 · EducationEanes Education FoundationMANHATTAN BEACH EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationFoundation for a Globally Competitive Texas: $25,000 · Education+2 more: $31,500 · EducationMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $145,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $77,500 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INCMAKE A WISH FOUNDATION: $65,000 · OtherMAKE A WISH FOUNDATIONASCENSION SETON FOUNDATION: $60,250 · OtherASCENSION SETON FOUNDATIONDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONOPERATION HOPE INC: $45,800 · OtherOPERATION HOPE INCGOOD SHEPHERD: $30,000 · OtherBRIDGEPOINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $28,000 · Other+18 more: $75,274 · Other+18 morePEDIATRIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · HealthPEDIATRIC…CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · HealthCROHN'S &…The Blake King Corp: $25,000 · HealthThe Blake…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $10,000 · HealthBLOOD CAN…Texas Children's Hospital: $9,000 · HealthTexas Chi…BREAKTHROUGH T1D: $6,000 · HealthCOLON CANCER COALITION INC: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthTHIRD OPTION FOUNDATION: $55,000 · Human ServicesFamily Access Network Foundation: $5,000 · Human Services+2 more: $2,350 · Human ServicesHIRSHBERG FOUNDATION FOR PANCREATIC CANC: $8,750 · PhilanthropyBETHLEHEM INN: $8,000 · Housing & ShelterMoss Pieratt Foundation: $5,000 · Community Improvement
Education$731,500Other$576,824Health$120,500Human Services$62,350Philanthropy$8,750Housing & Shelter$8,000Community Improvement$5,000

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 budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $450,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEanes Education Foundation: $170,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $77,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASCENSION SETON FOUNDATION: $60,250 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHIRD OPTION FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION HOPE INC: $45,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPEDIATRIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 1y, 51% of budgetMANHATTAN BEACH EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Blake King Corp: $25,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for a Globally Competitive Texas: $25,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetROESSLER-CHADWICK FOUNDATION: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWESTLAKE CHAP CLUB INC: $10,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIRSHBERG FOUNDATION FOR PANCREATIC CANC: $8,750 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBETHLEHEM INN: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLON CANCER COALITION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMoss Pieratt Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetOneWorld Health: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Access Network Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBRIAN PICCOLO CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $3,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetVISION MEXICO DBA CENTRO FOX: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - AUSTIN: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE AUSTIN: $350 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.

America's CharitiesUnited Way WorldwideMorgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…AbbVie FoundationThe US Charitable Gif…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Shell USA Company Fou…Ge Aerospace Foundati…American Endowment Fo…
America's CharitiesVA12.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: America's Charities · United Way Worldwide · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · AbbVie Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · American Endowment 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 Hasso Serrano Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hasso Serrano Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Bethlehem Inn: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 48 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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