· Private foundation
Hayden Freedom 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $5k
- $10k–50k17 grants · $385k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $280k
- $250k+1 grant · $497k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| RETRIEVING FREEDOM | $497,000 |
| OPEN DOOR | $100,000 |
| BROADWAY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $95,000 |
| SHOW ME CHRISTIAN HOME | $85,000 |
| WHISKEY RIDGE RESCUE | $45,000 |
| MO STATE FAIR FOUNDATION | $45,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $30,000 |
| AMERICA'S MIGHTY WARRIORS | $30,000 |
| SACRED HEART FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| CHILD SAFE OF CENTRAL MO | $22,500 |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $22,500 |
| MCKENNA CLAIRE FOUNDATION | $22,500 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS | $22,500 |
| CASA | $22,500 |
| AKC CANINE HEALTH FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $150k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RFRETRIEVING FREEDOM INC5× · 2020–2025 · $2.8M · revenue +11% · 32% of their budget
- MSMISSOURI STATE FAIR FOUNDATION6× · 2020–2025 · $751k · revenue +305% · 27% of their budget
- WRWHISKEY RIDGE RESCUE6× · 2020–2025 · $440k · revenue +6% · 92% of their budget
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $682k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $100k
- SMSHOW ME CHRITIAN HOMEone grant, 2023 · $100k
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.
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.
Our heartfelt mission is to rescue horses from the threat of slaughter, secure loving homes with the distinctive commitment to lifelong follow up and guardianship. we tirelessly promote a universal understanding that horses require a…
The humane society of southwest missouri is one of the largest open admission, no kill shelters in southwest missouri. it is dedicated to helping sick, injured and abandoned dogs and cats find their forever homes. for over 60 years the…
We are a dog rescue organization dedicated to saving homeless, abused and neglected german shepherds and mixes, and to preventing homelessness and cruelty to animals.
As the sisters of mercy before us, we bring to life the healing ministry of jesus through our compassionate care and exceptional service.
As the sisters of mercy before us, we bring to life the healing ministry of jesus through our compassionate care and exceptional service.
To help fund research studies aimed at reducing the incedence of medical conditions in the german shepherd dog and improveing the effectiveness of treatment of many types of medical conditions. we research and fund medical studies to look…
To provide a safe haven for senior dogs that are abandoned, abused, or face euthanasia who are unable to be cared for by their owners.
As the sisters of mercy before us, we bring to life the healing ministry of jesus through our compassionate care and exceptional service.
Through our exceptional health care services, we reveal the healing presence of god.
As the sisters of mercy before us, we bring to life the healing ministry of jesus through our compassionate care and exceptional service.
Through our exceptional health care services, we reveal the health presence of god.
To promote philanthropy and charitable giving and to provide resources to enhance the ability of christus health and related entities in the mission of extending the healing ministry of jesus christ.
How this is measured
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 44 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 RETRIEVING FREEDOM INC ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI STATE FAIR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WHISKEY RIDGE RESCUE ↗
- Who funds OPEN DOOR SERVICE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB CANINE HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICA'S MIGHTY WARRIORS ↗
- Who funds SACRED HEART FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SACRED HEART FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF SEDALIA ↗
- Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds COENS WAY ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI 4-H FOUNDATION ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Edward Jones Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Hayden Freedom Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hayden Freedom Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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