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Hazel Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$5k
Granted FY2021
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Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Religion$367kEducation$216kPhilanthropy$80kEnvironment$75kHealth$75kPublic Benefit$50kYouth Development$30kArts & Culture$5kOther$0
02FY2021 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AUSTIN'S HOUSE$5,000
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 (FY21–21, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AUSTIN'S HOUSE: $5k → 8%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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$789k · 13 repeat orgs$64k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2021, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
8

Total granted

$789k
$59k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+20%

Still filing today

62%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
EducationPhilanthropyEnvironmentPublic BenefitHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • SC
    SANTA CATALINA SCHOOL
    4× · 2017–2020 · $60k · revenue +28%
  • TF
    TAHOE FUND
    4× · 2017–2020 · $55k · revenue +336%
  • CI
    CATO INSTITUTE
    4× · 2017–2020 · $50k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue -54%
  • RC
    REDWOOD CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY FUND INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -96%
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
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…

Community Improvement
2
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
3
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
4
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
5
California Baptist University

A private institution of higher education, offering both undergraduate and graduate courses to students.

Education
6
The Scripps Research Institute

The scripps research institute ("tsri") performs high impact basic biomedical research, improves the human condition by fostering translation of its discoveries into useful products and engages in the highest quality graduate scientific…

Health
7
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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8
California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…

Health
9
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
10
Tmt International Observatory Llc

Tmt international observatory (tio) was founded by the members listed below exclusively to further charitable, educational and scientific purposes and, within such limits, to advance scientific knowledge and education through the study,…

Science & Tech
11
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

See schedule ouniversity corporation for atmospheric research (ucar), on behalf of, and in cooperation with its member university members, is engaged in the management of long-term atmospheric and related research and educational…

Science & Tech
12
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Catalina School; the most unlike its peers is Making Waves Foundation Inc Aka Making Waves Education 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 24 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
12/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST STEVEN'S CHURCH: $312,000 · OtherST STEVEN'S CHURCHCOLLEGE OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $107,000 · OtherCOLLEGE OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAHOSPITAL DE LA FAMILIA: $40,000 · OtherHOSPITAL DE LA FAMILIAST JOHNS IN THE WILDERNESS: $20,000 · OtherST ANSELM EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $20,000 · OtherLEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE: $20,000 · Other+6 more: $46,000 · Other+6 moreSANTA CATALINA SCHOOL: $60,000 · EducationSANTA CATALINA SCH…Tahoe Community Foundation: $40,000 · EducationTahoe Community Fo…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $30,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUST…MAKING WAVES FOUNDATION INC AKA MAKING WAVES EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationMAKING WAVES FOUND…MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY INC: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $2,500 · EducationTAHOE FUND: $55,000 · EnvironmentCATO INSTITUTE: $50,000 · Public BenefitFOUNDATION FOR STUDENTS RISING ABOVE: $30,000 · PhilanthropyREDWOOD CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY FUND INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND: $35,000 · HealthHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $30,000 · Youth Development
Other$565,000Education$147,500Environment$55,000Public Benefit$50,000Philanthropy$40,000Health$35,000Youth Development$30,000

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 budgetSANTA CATALINA SCHOOL: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTAHOE FUND: $55,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTahoe Community Foundation: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR STUDENTS RISING ABOVE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKING WAVES FOUNDATION INC AKA MAKING WAVES EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREDWOOD CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE MILITARY ACADEMY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAustin's House: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $2,500 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.

The San Francisco Fou…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The San Francisco FoundationCA15× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Hazel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hazel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%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
    1get no government money at all
    2report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Hazel Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Hazel 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 24 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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