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Hawkins 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.

$90k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$229kYouth Development$165kHuman Services$155kReligion$58kRecreation & Sports$30kPhilanthropy$17kHealth$15kArts & Culture$14kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $65k
$3,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS$25,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$20,000
BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$10,000
BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$10,000
ST HELEN'S CATHOLIC CHURCH OF VERO$5,000
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION$5,000
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION$3,000
COLLEGE OF ST MARY$2,500
SPECIAL OLYMPICS$2,500
ST JOHN PAUL PARISH$2,500
THE JOSIAH FOUNDATION$1,500
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$1,000
CLEVELAND CLINIC$1,000
SMSU FOUNDATION$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–21, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%NEW HORIZONS: $3k → 13%HOPE FOR FAMILIES CENTER: $500 → 12%GIFFORD YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT CENTER: $5k → 12%GIFFORD YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT CENTER: $5k → 12%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
NY
IA
NJ
CA
NE
NC
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$617k · 22 repeat orgs$83k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
18

Total granted

$617k
$61k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+205%

Still filing today

45%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyPublic BenefitYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • TI
    The Independence Fund Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $112k · revenue +9%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS
    5× · 2020–2025 · $105k · revenue +58%
  • BU
    BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    8× · 2018–2025 · $95k · revenue +398% · 96% of their budget

Funded once

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OMAHA
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
  • WC
    WOMEN'S CARE CENTER
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • LL
    LEIUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
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
Iowa Scholarship Fund Inc

The iowa scholarship fund solicits gifts to provide financial support exclusively for scholarships (tuition, room, board, and fees) to students who participate in intercollegiate athletics at the university of iowa.

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2
St Joseph Endowment Fund

The purpose of the endowment is to strengthen and sustain a rich faith-centered academic experience for all students at st. joseph school for years to come.

Human Services
3
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
4
Minnesota State College Southeast Foundation

Minnesota state college southeast foundation assists the college in achieving excellence in technical education for employment by developing financial and community resources for students, employers, and communities within our service area.

Education
5
Valley City State University Foundation

Valley City State University Foundation aids in the advancement of Valley City State University by awarding scholarships and by promoting the University. Support comes primarily from contributions by individuals and businesses, fundraising…

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6
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc

To advance florida gulf coast university and its students by promoting the institution, securing philanthropy to support the needs of the university, managing and administering assets with a long term perspective, and providing resources…

Education
7
North Dakota University System Foundation

The function of the north dakota university system foundation is to support, enrich, advance and improve higher education in the state of north dakota, and to assist its students, faculty and staff.

Philanthropy
8
North Florida College Foundation Inc

The mission of the north florida college foundation is to identify, acquire and manage assets with the utmost sincerity, honesty, integrity, competence, and transparency and to nurture and assist students in reaching their global,…

Education
9
South Seattle College Foundation

Our mission is to change lives by providing students with scholarships so they can pursue quality academic and vocational education. we do this through relationship building, fundraising and stewarding resources.

Education
10
Jefferson Community College Foundation Inc

The mission of the jefferson community college foundation is to work in partnership with the college, the community and alumni to enhance the educational opportunities provided by the college.

Education
11
State University of New York At Oneonta Foundation Corporation

To support and strengthen the fundraising programs of the state university of new york at oneonta so that gifts and grants are raised for student scholarships, faculty/student research, lectureships, and numerous academic and institutional…

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12
Southwestern Illinois College Foundation

To maintain and enhance the quality of life by developing friends and funds for support of the educational, cultural, and service goals of southwestern illinois college. the foundation promotes excellence by securing gifts for special…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Float Hope of Indian River County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bellevue University Foundation. 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

16 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. 16 of the 43 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
14/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $95,000 · OtherBELLEVUE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OMAHA: $30,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OMAHAMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION: $21,000 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATIONST JOHN PAUL PARISH: $20,100 · OtherST JOHN PAUL PARISHBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS: $20,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBSSPECIAL OLYMPICS: $20,000 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICSST HELEN'S CATHOLIC CHURCH OF VERO: $20,000 · OtherST HELEN'S CATHOLIC CHURCH OF VEROHASTINGS CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: $18,500 · OtherHASTINGS CATHOLIC SCHOOLSFLOAT HOPE OF INDIAN RIVER BLVD: $17,500 · OtherMADONNA SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES: $15,000 · OtherHUNGRY HEARTS OUTREACH: $13,000 · OtherHOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH: $12,500 · Other+16 more: $39,800 · Other+16 moreThe Independence Fund Inc: $112,000 · Public BenefitThe Independence F…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS: $105,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB…KUEMPER CATHOLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $35,500 · EducationKUEMPER CATHOLIC…THE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationTHE CENTRAL HIGH…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER T…COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY: $13,000 · EducationCOLLEGE OF SAINT…+2 more: $1,500 · EducationTHE JOHN'S ISLAND FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE JOSIAH FOUNDATION: $6,500 · PhilanthropyGIFFORD YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesNEW HORIZONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesTHE HOPE FOR FAMILIES CENTER INC: $500 · Human ServicesFLOAT HOPE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsOMAHA MAGICAL SOCIETY: $100 · Arts & Culture
Other$342,400Public Benefit$112,000Youth Development$105,000Education$100,000Philanthropy$16,500Human Services$13,500Recreation & Sports$10,000Arts & Culture$100

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Independence Fund Inc: $112,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS: $105,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBELLEVUE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $95,000 over 8y, 96% of budgetKUEMPER CATHOLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $35,500 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCOLLEGE OF SAINT MARY: $13,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGIFFORD YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE JOHN'S ISLAND FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFLOAT HOPE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetTHE JOSIAH FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetNEW HORIZONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRINCETON NURSERY SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 The Independence Fund Inc ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KUEMPER CATHOLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY ↗
  • Who funds GIFFORD YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JOHN'S ISLAND FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FLOAT HOPE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JOSIAH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEW HORIZONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE HOPE FOR FAMILIES CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PRINCETON NURSERY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds OMAHA MAGICAL SOCIETY ↗

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 Lozier FoundationNE13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lozier Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Hawkins Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hawkins Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Princeton Nursery School: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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 · 0–25%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Hawkins Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Hawkins 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 43 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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