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Hcd Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$693k
Granted FY2024still arriving
144
Grants FY2024still arriving
29
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Youth Development$2.4MInternational$265kHealth$99kEnvironment$66kAnimals$44kFood & Nutrition$33kEducation$29kPhilanthropy$29kOther$0
02FY2024 · 144 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k124 grants · $296k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $347k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$2,300
Median grant
29
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HAITIAN HEALTH FOUNDATION$50,000
TECHNO SERVE$35,000
ALZHEIMER ASSOCIATION$31,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$27,500
MAP INTERNATIONAL$25,000
FINCA INTERNATIONAL$25,000
UNITED WAY OF METRO CHICAGO$25,000
SHEDD AQUARIUM$25,000
POPULATION CONNECTION$20,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$17,500
CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES$15,000
SMILE TRAIN$13,000
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA$12,500
MERCY CORPORATION$12,500
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$11,880
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 (FY24–24, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 52% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%BEAU BIDEN FOUNDATION: $4k → 10%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $500 → 26%LITTLE BROTHERS - FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY: $1k → 14%NIGHT MINISTRY: $2k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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MT
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CA
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OK
AL
GA
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FL
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.

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Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
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Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
3
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
4
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
5
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
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Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
7
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
8
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
9
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
10
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
11
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
12
International Life Sciences Institute

Ilsi is a global, nonprofit federation dedicated to generating and advancing emerging science and groundbreaking research to ensure foods are safe, nutritious and sustainable, and that they improve planetary and human health and well-being…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc; the most unlike its peers is Meals On Wheels. 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

103 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 103 of the 145 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
102/103
Grantees still filing
48/103
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCH ATTACHED: $1,080,097 · OtherSCH ATTACHED+87 more: $294,133 · Other+87 moreHAITIAN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $50,000 · InternationalHAITIAN HEALTH …TECHNOSERVE INC: $35,000 · InternationalTECHNOSERVE INCInternational Rescue Committee INC: $27,500 · InternationalInternational R…FINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $25,000 · InternationalFINCA INTERNATI…MAP International Inc: $25,000 · InternationalMAP Internation…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $11,880 · InternationalCATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC: $10,250 · InternationalHEIFER INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $10,000 · International+13 more: $30,775 · International+13 moreSHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $25,000 · AnimalsDefenders of Wildlife: $7,725 · AnimalsJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $5,400 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $2,500 · AnimalsGREEN AMERICA: $2,000 · Animals+2 more: $2,250 · AnimalsTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $10,000 · EnvironmentSAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE: $5,163 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $5,134 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $3,500 · EnvironmentYELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $2,500 · EnvironmentAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $2,500 · EnvironmentInfact DBA Corporate Accountability: $2,250 · EnvironmentRainforest Action Network: $2,000 · Environment+2 more: $1,500 · EnvironmentUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $3,500 · PhilanthropyMARA ELEPHANT PROJECT USA INC: $1,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $7,500 · EducationREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $5,000 · EducationNORTH PARK UNIVERSITY: $4,000 · EducationALICE LLOYD COLLEGE: $4,000 · EducationMINNEHAHA ACADEMY: $2,500 · EducationMIKVA CHALLENGE GRANT FOUNDATION: $2,500 · EducationTHE HARRY S TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: $1,000 · EducationAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $1,000 · EducationBEREA COLLEGE: $1,000 · EducationFeeding America: $10,500 · Food & NutritionGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $8,500 · Food & NutritionBEMIDJI COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF INC: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,374,230International$235,405Animals$44,875Environment$39,547Philanthropy$30,000Education$28,500Food & Nutrition$20,500

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 budgetHAITIAN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTECHNOSERVE INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $27,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAP International Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOPULATION CONNECTION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $13,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $11,880 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $10,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC: $10,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEIFER INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $8,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $7,725 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $5,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE: $5,163 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $5,150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $5,134 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS ILLINOIS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC CITIZEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $4,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH PARK UNIVERSITY: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALICE LLOYD COLLEGE: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEED THE CHILDREN INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEAU BIDEN FOUNDATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBread For The World Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPaul Carlson Medical Program Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNEHAHA ACADEMY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNOURISHING HOPE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIKVA CHALLENGE GRANT FOUNDATION: $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 Pfizer Foundation…AbbVie FoundationVanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Verizon FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …Raymond James Charita…Charities Aid Foundat…
The Pfizer Foundation IncNY13.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Verizon Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Hcd Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hcd 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%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Lutheran World Relief Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Infact Dba Corporate Accountability: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
21report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 Hcd Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Hcd 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 145 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home