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Hastings 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.

$16k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$13k
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 2025.

Religion$98kEducation$27kHealth$14kPhilanthropy$7kHuman Services$5kAnimals$4kEnvironment$1kInternational$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $3k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
$500
Median grant
4
States reached
$11k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EPIPHANY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$13,000
HIGHLAND COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$1,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$650
CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER$500
CITY GOSPEL MISSION$485
WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY$250
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$151
GLOBAL BRIGADES$100
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 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 20% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%ST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $1k → 17%CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER: $500 → 9%ASHLAND UNIVERSITY: $25k → 11%WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY: $250 → 15%RMHC GREATER CINCINNATI: $5k → 16%ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION: $200 → 14%HIGHLAND COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $1k → 13%ST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $1k → 17%CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER: $500 → 9%RMHC GREATER CINCINNATI: $2k → 16%ST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $1k → 17%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES: $1k → 16%ST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $1k → 17%CITY GOSPEL MISSION: $500 → 16%ST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $1k → 17%EPIPHANY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $14k → 9%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES: $1k → 16%ST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $500 → 17%EPIPHANY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $13k → 9%CITY GOSPEL MISSION: $485 → 16%ST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $500 → 17%EPIPHANY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $13k → 9%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES: $1k → 16%EPIPHANY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $11k → 9%CITY GOSPEL MISSION: $350 → 16%EPIPHANY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $11k → 9%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES: $1k → 16%EPIPHANY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $10k → 9%CITY GOSPEL MISSION: $300 → 16%EPIPHANY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $10k → 9%RMHC GREATER CINCINNATI: $700 → 16%EPIPHANY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $8k → 9%EPIPHANY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $6k → 9%SPCA CINCINNATI: $500 → 16%NEST COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER: $1k → 9%SPCA CINCINNATI: $500 → 16%SPCA CINCINNATI: $500 → 16%SPCA CINCINNATI: $500 → 16%SPCA CINCINNATI: $500 → 16%SPCA CINCINNATI: $250 → 16%IMPACT 100: $1k → 16%IMPACT 100 INC: $1k → 16%IMPACT 100 INC: $1k → 16%IMPACT 100 INC: $1k → 16%IMPACT 100 INC: $1k → 16%IMPACT 100 INC: $1k → 16%IMPACT 100: $1k → 16%THE SALVATION ARMY: $650 → 16%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
IN
OH
KY
VA
TN
FL
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$128k · 11 repeat orgs$28k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
5

Total granted

$128k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+34%

Still filing today

64%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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
EducationHealthAnimalsPhilanthropyEnvironmentInternationalOther
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

  • I1
    IMPACT 100 INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $7k · revenue +18%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $6k · revenue +145%
  • CG
    CITY GOSPEL MISSION AND AFFILIATES
    5× · 2018–2025 · $2k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • AU
    ASHLAND UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +7%
  • NC
    NEST COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +34%
  • HO
    HAVEN OF HOPE INTERNATIONAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +328%
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.

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Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
2
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
3
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
4
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
5
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
6
Highmark Health

As the parent entity of a blended health organization, highmark health seeks to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities it serves by providing affordable, accessible and high-quality healthcare.

Health
7
Hilbert College

Hilbert college is an independent institution of higher learning that embraces its catholic franciscan heritage and values. students from diverse backgrounds are educated in liberal arts and professional programs to become informed…

Education
8
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
9
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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10
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
11
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
12
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is World Vision Inc; the most unlike its peers is Nest Community Learning Center. 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

13 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. 13 of the 20 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
11/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EPIPHANY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $95,750 · OtherEPIPHANY UNITED METHODIST CHURCHRMHC GREATER CINCINNATI: $7,200 · OtherRMHC GREATER CINCINNATIRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES: $4,000 · Other+5 more: $3,985 · OtherASHLAND UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationASHLAND UNIVERSITY+2 more: $350 · EducationIMPACT 100 INC: $7,000 · PhilanthropyST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $351 · HealthTHE HAMILTON COUNTY SPCA INC DBA SPCA CINCINNATI: $2,750 · AnimalsHIGHLAND COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,100 · AnimalsCINCINNATI NATURE CENTER: $1,164 · EnvironmentHAVEN OF HOPE INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $50 · InternationalNEST COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$110,935Education$25,350Philanthropy$7,000Health$6,351Animals$3,850Environment$1,164International$1,050Food & Nutrition$1,000

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 budgetASHLAND UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACT 100 INC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HAMILTON COUNTY SPCA INC DBA SPCA CINCINNATI: $2,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCITY GOSPEL MISSION AND AFFILIATES: $1,835 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI NATURE CENTER: $1,164 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHIGHLAND COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,100 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNEST COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHAVEN OF HOPE INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $351 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WITTENBERG COLLEGE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRILOGY HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $50 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.

American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH9.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · 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 Hastings Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hastings 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Hastings Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Hastings Family 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 20 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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