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Hawkswaney Foundation at a glance

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Hawkswaney 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.

$12k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$5k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$25kArts & Culture$24kHuman Services$15kEnvironment$4kRecreation & Sports$3kHealth$2kYouth Development$2kFood & Nutrition$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$112k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$5,000
MOVING FOR LIFE$3,125
ST MARKS SCHOOL$2,500
ISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE$1,000
VINEYARD GOLF FOUNDATION$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 (FY25–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%MOVING FOR LIFE: $3k → 17%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.

45%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$31k · 6 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +89% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
17

Total granted

$31k
$34k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+89%
0%

Still filing today

50%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesFood & NutritionOther
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

  • ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF SOUTHBOROUGH INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $15k · revenue -3%
  • MV
    MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY FOUNDAT
    2× · 2020–2021 · $6k
  • NR
    NATIONAL RESOURCE DEFENSE FOUNDATIO
    3× · 2020–2023 · $4k

Funded once

  • FRACTURED ATLAS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • AT
    ATLAS THEATRE CO
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • PE
    PERMANENT ENDOWMENT FOR MARTHA'S VI
    one grant, 2020 · $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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
4
Mitchell College

Mitchell college educates students through a highly individualized educational approach that brings forward each student's potential, reveals their strengths, and fosters personal growth.

Education
5
The Miller School of Albemarle

We create opportunities for discovery and reflection by engaging the minds, hands, and hearts of our students.

Education
6
Manhattanville University

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

Education
7
Proprietors of the Boston Athenaeum

The mission of the boston athenaeum is to engage all who seek knowledge by making accessible our library's collections and spaces, thereby inspiring reflection, discourse, creative expression, and joy.

Education
8
Williams College

Williams College strives to achieve educational excellence by fostering a community of learning in collaboration with students, faculty, staff, devoted alumni and parents.

Education
9
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
10
Maryland Institute

Degree granting college-maryland institute college of art is a private college dedicated to the education of professional artists and the further advancement of art in the community.

Education
11
Maret School Inc

Maret is a vibrant k-12, co-educational, independent school in washington, dc. we ignite our students' potential and foster their academic, artistic, and athletic talents.

Education
12
Williams Memorial Institute

To foster the intellectual, moral, creative, and physical development of students in preparation for college, lifelong learning, and active participation in an evolving world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Mark's School of Southborough Inc; the most unlike its peers is Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. 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

15 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. 15 of the 26 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
7/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY FOUNDAT: $6,000 · OtherMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY FOUNDATATLAS THEATRE CO: $5,000 · OtherATLAS THEATRE COPERMANENT ENDOWMENT FOR MARTHA'S VI: $4,750 · OtherPERMANENT ENDOWMENT FOR MARTHA'S VINATIONAL RESOURCE DEFENSE FOUNDATIO: $4,000 · OtherNATIONAL RESOURCE DEFENSE FOUNDATIOVINEYARD GOLF FOUNDATION: $3,000 · OtherVINEYARD GOLF FOUNDATIONMARTHA'S VINEYARD FILM FESTIVAL: $1,000 · OtherUNION OF MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODSINC: $1,000 · OtherFOUND FOR UNDERWAY EXPERIENTIAL LEA: $1,000 · OtherCT ADVANCEMENT CYCLING PROGRAM: $1,000 · OtherMARTHA'S VINEYARD HOSPITAL ANNUAL F: $1,000 · Other+2 more: $500 · OtherST MARK'S SCHOOL OF SOUTHBOROUGH INC: $15,000 · EducationST MARK'S SCHOOL OF SOUTHBOROUGH INCTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $8,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYL…THE HOLTON ARMS SCHOOL: $1,000 · EducationLANDON SCHOOL: $1,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF CHILMARK PRE-SCHOOL INC: $1,000 · EducationFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureFRACTURED ATLAS INCCIRCUIT ARTS INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureCIRCUIT ARTS INCSAIL MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureSAIL MARTHA'S VINEYARD INCMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC: $1,250 · Arts & CultureMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM I…The Commonwealth Shakespeare Co Inc: $1,000 · Arts & CultureThe Commonwealth Shakespea…GRAMERCY PARK BLOCK ASSOC INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureGRAMERCY PARK BLOCK ASSOC …MOVING FOR LIFE INC: $3,125 · Human ServicesISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE LTD: $1,000 · Food & NutritionYMCA of Martha's Vineyard Inc: $1,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$28,250Education$26,000Arts & Culture$18,250Human Services$3,125Food & Nutrition$1,000Recreation & Sports$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 budgetST MARK'S SCHOOL OF SOUTHBOROUGH INC: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMOVING FOR LIFE INC: $3,125 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCIRCUIT ARTS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSAIL MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNION OF MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODSINC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE LTD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOLTON ARMS SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Commonwealth Shakespeare Co Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLANDON SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA of Martha's Vineyard Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF CHILMARK PRE-SCHOOL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGRAMERCY PARK BLOCK ASSOC INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

The Peter and Elizabe…Vanguard Charitable E…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower FoundationNY13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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 Hawkswaney Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hawkswaney Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Circuit Arts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Sail Martha's Vineyard Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Island Grown Initiative Ltd: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get 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 · 0–10%
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 Hawkswaney Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Hawkswaney 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 26 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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