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Hawkins Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$49k
Granted FY2023
5
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Education$394kArts & Culture$35kHuman Services$750Environment$250Other$0
02FY2023 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k2 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $41k
$10,750
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS$15,000
MARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL$15,000
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA$10,750
WATERLOO ROTARY TOL$5,531
CINEMA ST LOUIS$2,500
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 (FY17–19, $750) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%YMCA OF GREATER ST LOUIS: $250 → 21%YMCA OF GREATER ST LOUIS: $250 → 21%GATEWAY REGION YMCA: $250 → 21%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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$390k · 11 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against -10% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2023, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
6

Total granted

$390k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
-10%

Still filing today

55%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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

  • MM
    MARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
    6× · 2017–2023 · $170k · revenue +50%
  • TS
    THE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS
    6× · 2017–2023 · $120k · revenue +99%
  • CS
    CINEMA ST LOUIS
    6× · 2017–2023 · $33k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • LS
    LINDBERGH SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -25%
  • SL
    ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -10%
  • MS
    MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $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
Saint Martin's University

Saint martin's students learn to make a positive difference in their lives and in the lives of others through the interaction of faith, reason, and service. the university honors both the sacredness of the individual and the significance…

Education
2
Webster University

Founded in 1915, webster is a private non-profit and global university that is committed to delivering high-quality learning experiences that transform students for global citizenship and individual excellence.

Education
3
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
4
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
5
Sarah Lawrence College

At sarah lawrence college, our mission is to graduate citizens of the world who are diverse in every definition of the word, who take intellectual and creative risks, and who are able to focus exceptional intellectual discipline (continued…

Education
6
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
7
Columbia College

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

Education
8
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College

Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.

Education
9
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
10
Lafayette College

Chartered in 1826, lafayette college is dedicated to excellence in undergraduate education. students are engaged in a transformative educational experience that bridges the liberal arts, engineering, and interdisciplinary study. the…

Education
11
Washington University

The washington university is a co-educational, nondenominational university with a long and distinguished history of teaching, research and (cont'd on schedule o)

Education
12
Thomas Jefferson School

Thomas jefferson school engages its students in the education necessary to live as responsible citizens of the world. through the strongest possible college-prepatory program and within a nurturing community, students develop a…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Scholarship Foundation of St Louis; the most unlike its peers is Gateway Region Young Men's Christian Association. 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 19 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL: $170,000 · EducationMARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOLTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $14,500 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NE…LINDBERGH SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Education+3 more: $11,000 · Education+3 moreTHE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS: $120,000 · OtherTHE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUISUniversity of Missouri: $20,000 · OtherUniversity of MissouriWATERLOO ROTARY TOL: $18,031 · OtherWATERLOO ROTARY TOLUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA: $15,832 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI COLUMBIAUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA: $10,000 · Other+2 more: $6,000 · OtherCINEMA ST LOUIS: $32,500 · Arts & CultureCINEMA ST…THE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS: $1,250 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,250 · Arts & CultureGATEWAY REGION YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $750 · Human ServicesMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES: $250 · Environment
Education$205,500Other$189,863Arts & Culture$35,000Human Services$750Environment$250

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL: $170,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetTHE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS: $120,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCINEMA ST LOUIS: $32,500 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $14,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLINDBERGH SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS: $1,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRADIO ARTS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGATEWAY REGION YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES: $250 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.

St Louis Community Fo…Commerce Bancshares F…St Louis Community Fo…Leon and Mary Strauss…Trio Foundation of St…William T Kemper Foun…Moneta Group Charitab…Edward Jones Foundati…Centene FoundationUnited Way of Greater…Edward Jones Foundati…Pershing Charitable T…
St Louis Community FoundationMO17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Leon and Mary Strauss Charitable Foundation · Trio Foundation of St Louis · William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Centene Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · Pershing Charitable Trust

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%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
    0get no government money at all
    3report 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 19 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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