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Hawthorn Leadership School Foundation

Hawthorn Leadership School Foundation supports the Hawthorn Leadership School for Girls.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$984k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through 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.

Education$4.9MYouth Development$38kFood & Nutrition$10kHuman Services$10k
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k9 grants · $144k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $300k
  • $250k+1 grant · $984k
$28,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Friends of Friendly$983,700
Rosati Kain Academy$75,000
College Bound$75,000
St Louis Public Schools Foundation$75,000
Marian Middle School$75,000
North Side Community School$28,000
Girls Inc of St Louis$28,000
The Scholarship Foundation of St Louis$28,000
Create A Loop$10,000
Green St Louis Machine$10,000
Safe Connections$10,000
City Academy$10,000
Building Futures$10,000
Biome School$10,000
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 (FY25–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Safe Connections: $10k → 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 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
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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2
Siue Charter School

The mission of the siue east st. louis charter high school is to prepare sudents, who are career - and college - ready, upon graduation.

Education
3
Momentum Academy Inc

Momentum academy is an open enrollment public charter school. momentum academy pursues academic excellence in a safe, supportive and loving learning environment.

Education
4
La Salle Charter Schools Inc

La salle middle school is a public charter school located in st. louis. la salle is committed to transforming children and our community through innovative education. students at la salle are pushed to achieve excellence academically,…

Education
5
Gateway Science Academy of St Louis

Teachers, parents, and students work together to develop young people who are confident and achieve academic excellence in a powerful college prep curriculum. students do not question "whether" they will go to college but, instead, ask…

Education
6
San Francisco Girls' School

To educate and inspire girls to become innovators and leaders in stem.

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7
Saint Louis Sudbury School

Saint Louis Sudbury School offers self-directed education for ages 5-18. Our mission: "We believe that children are born with the drive and skills to create a meaningful and successful life and learn best when given the opportunity to…

Education
8
Hogan Preparatory Academy Inc

Hogan preparatory academy is an exceptional k-12 public charter school where students become compassionate leaders who are college and career ready with a distinct competitive advantage.

Education
9
The Soulard School

The mission of the school is to be a school that reflects the rich diversity of the neighborhood and surrounding communities; a school that actively involves families in their children's educational life; a school committed to developing…

Education
10
Louisville Collegiate School

Louisville collegiate school inspires academic excellence, extraordinary character and global citizenship.

Education
11
Capitol Hill Day School

Capitol Hill Day School is a co-educational independent school serving students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. Capitol Hill Day School deeply engages a diverse community of students in connecting the classroom with the larger…

Education
12
Atlas Public Schools

Atlas public schools nurtures a thriving community by educating the whole child through a rigorous academic program enriched with real-world experiences, while prioritizing the support, growth, and sustainability of our dedicated educators.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Louis Public Schools Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Create a Loop. 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

14 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. 14 of the 15 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
2/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HAWTHORN LEADERSHIP SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $3,518,096 · OtherHAWTHORN LEADERSHIP SCHOOL FOR GIRLSFRIENDS OF FRIENDLY FOUNDATION: $983,700 · OtherFRIENDS OF FRIENDLY FOUNDATION+1 more: $28,000 · OtherRosati-Kain Academy: $75,000 · EducationMARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL: $75,000 · EducationPROGRESS IN EDUCATION INC: $28,000 · EducationCITY ACADEMY INC: $10,000 · EducationTHE BIOME SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationCREATE A LOOP: $10,000 · EducationA MILLION STARS INC DBA COLLEGE BOUND: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INCORPORATED OF ST LOUIS: $28,000 · Youth DevelopmentBuilding Futures Inc: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $75,000 · PhilanthropySAFE CONNECTIONS: $10,000 · Human ServicesGREEN ST LOUIS MACHINE: $10,000 · Public Benefit
Other$4,529,796Education$208,000Youth Development$113,000Philanthropy$75,000Human Services$10,000Public Benefit$10,000

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 budgetHAWTHORN LEADERSHIP SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $3,518,096 over 8y, 27% of budgetST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetRosati-Kain Academy: $75,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetMARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL: $75,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetTHE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS: $28,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPROGRESS IN EDUCATION INC: $28,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCITY ACADEMY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BIOME SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREEN ST LOUIS MACHINE: $10,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetCREATE A LOOP: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBuilding Futures Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% 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…St Louis Community Fo…Moneta Group Charitab…Pott FoundationTrio Foundation of St…Employees Community F…Commerce Bancshares F…The US Charitable Gif…Norman J Stupp Founda…St Louis Philanthropi…Youthbridge Community…United Way of Greater…
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO23.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · St Louis Community Foundation · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Pott Foundation · Trio Foundation of St Louis · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Norman J Stupp Foundation · St Louis Philanthropic Organization · Youthbridge Community Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc

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

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no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Hawthorn Leadership School Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Hawthorn Leadership School 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 15 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 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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