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Hdr Foundation at a glance

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Hdr Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
90
Grants FY2025still arriving
29
States reached
$343k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Youth Development$2.3MFood & Nutrition$2.1MEducation$1.5MEnvironment$1.2MHuman Services$1.1MHealth$726kInternational$687kPublic Benefit$566kOther$0
02FY2025 · 90 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k35 grants · $210k
  • $10k–50k45 grants · $944k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $986k
  • $250k+1 grant · $343k
$10,000
Median grant
29
States reached
$5.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FEEDING AMERICA$343,000
STRIDER EDUCATION FOUNDATION$198,000
ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION$180,000
ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS$120,000
UNIVERSITY OF GUAM$104,317
OMAHA DISCOVERY TRUST$100,000
SURGE FOR WATER$95,000
YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC$79,983
ASPIRE AFTERSCHOOL LEARNING$57,312
BLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY$50,987
PARKS ALLIANCE OF LOUISVILLE$48,230
RIVERS OF STEEL HERITAGE CORPORATION$48,000
THE KITA CENTER$46,200
INDIAN CENTER INC$40,838
OPEN ARCHITECTURE COLLABORATIVE INC$39,709
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 63% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SPUDSTATE CARES INC: $6k → 11%MOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA: $85k → 9%NEW MORNING YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 8%ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $20k → 11%ESPERANZA DE TEJAS INC: $10k → 17%BIG RED BARN RETREAT: $45k → 16%URBAN STRATEGIES INC: $24k → 21%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $24k → 8%CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES CENTER INC: $15k → 10%THE MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD INC: $88k → 11%REEB AVENUE CENTER: $22k → 15%RENEWAL FOOD BANK: $39k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF ALASKA: $10k → 10%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CHICAGOLAND & NW INDIANA: $5k → 7%FOOD FOR OTHERS INC: $10k → 6%EDDY HOUSE: $20k → 10%LIVING GRACE HOMES: $35k → 13%HOSPICE OF THE BLUEGRASS INC: $18k → 15%THRIVE YOUTH CENTER: $10k → 16%BEYOND BASIC LIFE SKILLS: $15k → 11%BIG RED BARN RETREAT: $11k → 16%REFUGEE CARE COLLECTIVE: $5k → 8%THE RELATIVES: $5k → 10%EDDY HOUSE: $12k → 10%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY: $10k → 6%CHILDRENS RESPITE CARE CENTER INC: $5k → 12%INDIAN CENTER INC: $41k → 13%FAMILY ADVOCACY CENTER AND EDUCATION SERVICES: $10k → 8%MACDONALD TRAINING CENTER: $15k → 13%SARAH BELLUM'S BAKERY & WORKSHOP: $7k → 12%ALIMENANDO AL PUEBLO: $10k → 9%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY: $9k → 6%FAMILY ADVOCACY CENTER AND EDUCATION SERVICES: $9k → 8%ALIMENANDO AL PUEBLO: $10k → 9%ASPIRE AFTERSCHOOL LEARNING: $71k → 7%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY: $6k → 6%ASPIRE AFTERSCHOOL LEARNING: $57k → 7%WOMENS INITIATIVES THAT STRENGTHEN & EMPOWER: $20k → 11%ASIAN YOUTH CENTER: $10k → 14%HOPE SUPPLY: $5k → 14%SERTOMA: $10k → 15%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $35k → 12%CHILDRENS RESPITE CARE CENTER INC: $15k → 12%PARTNERSHIP4HOPE INC: $8k → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $11k → 12%YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC: $80k → 12%YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC: $37k → 12%YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC: $10k → 12%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

AK
ME
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
SC
HI
OK
LA
GA
TX
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 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.
$5.7M · 61 repeat orgs$6.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

61 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2025, 32 since wound down; 61 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

61
285

Total granted

$5.7M
$5.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+20%

Still filing today

87%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEnvironmentEducationFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
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

  • Feeding America
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +40%
  • SF
    Surge for Water Inc
    2× · 2023–2025 · $190k · revenue ×39
  • AA
    ASPIRE AFTERSCHOOL LEARNING
    2× · 2017–2025 · $129k · revenue +148%

Funded once

  • CO
    CITY OF CREVE COEUR
    one grant, 2024 · $400k
  • OC
    OKLAHOMA CONNECTIONS ACADEMY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $212k · revenue +20%
  • DIRECT RELIEF
    one grant, 2020 · $150k · revenue +20%
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
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
2
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
3
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
4
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc

The mission of denver botanic gardens is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the rocky mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.

Environment
5
Cultivate Kansas City Inc

Grow food, farms and community in support of a sustainable, healthy and local food system.

Food & Nutrition
6
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
7
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
8
Youthbuild Global Inc

With love and respect, we partner with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. youthbuild strives to create a world where all young people are seen for their…

Employment
9
Pathways Kitchen

Pathways kitchen helps justice-impacted youth thrive over survive by providing training, work opportunities and individualized support to ensure they can chart their own path forward

Crime & Legal
10
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
11
Alternatives Inc

Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…

Health
12
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Treasure Valley Inc; the most unlike its peers is Jackson Purchase Resource Conservation & Development Foundat. 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

295 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. 295 of the 409 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
83
Early backer (in before they grew)
293/295
Grantees still filing
205/295
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF CREVE COEUR: $400,000 · OtherCITY OF CREVE COEURENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS: $155,738 · Other+103 more: $3,714,844 · Other+103 moreSTRIDER EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $1,038,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTRIDER EDUCATION …BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS: $106,361 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS…YOUNG BLACK AND LIT: $104,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG BLACK AND LI…Partnership 4 Kids Inc: $98,381 · Youth DevelopmentPartnership 4 Kids…GIRLS INC: $71,637 · Youth DevelopmentSPECIAL CHEERS: $65,000 · Youth Development+10 more: $332,682 · Youth Development+10 moreFeeding America: $1,397,100 · Food & NutritionFeeding AmericaFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $60,868 · Food & Nutrition+5 more: $99,864 · Food & Nutrition+5 moreOKLAHOMA CONNECTIONS ACADEMY INC: $212,374 · EducationOKLAHOMA C…THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $100,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTE…OMAHA DISCOVERY TRUST: $100,000 · EducationOMAHA DISC…IURBAN TEEN: $75,122 · EducationIURBAN TEE…BILLION OYSTER PROJECT INC: $74,664 · EducationBILLION OY…BIO-MED SCIENCE ACADEMY STEM SCHOOL: $72,211 · EducationBIO-MED SC…TURN THE PAGE KC INC: $60,000 · EducationTURN THE P…ENGINEERS IN ACTION INC: $57,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · EducationTHRIVE SCHOLARS: $50,000 · EducationAUSTIN EXPLORE INC: $45,650 · Education+8 more: $181,804 · Education+8 moreASPIRE AFTERSCHOOL LEARNING: $128,512 · Human ServicesASPIRE AFT…YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC: $126,968 · Human ServicesYOUTH EMER…CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $95,666 · Human ServicesCANINE COM…THE MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD INC: $87,678 · Human ServicesTHE MASONI…MOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA INC: $85,000 · Human ServicesMOUNTAIN H…BIG RED BARN RETREAT: $55,839 · Human ServicesHEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $46,771 · Human ServicesINDIAN CENTER INC: $40,838 · Human ServicesRenewal Food Bank: $38,850 · Human Services+16 more: $353,296 · Human Services+16 moreNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $180,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL …WATERSHED COMMITTEE OF THE OZARKS INC: $125,555 · EnvironmentWATERSHED…DENVER URBAN GARDENS: $115,000 · EnvironmentDENVER UR…TREES ATLANTA INC: $100,931 · EnvironmentTREES ATL…ALLEGHENY LAND TRUST: $58,000 · EnvironmentALLEGHENY…PARKS ALLIANCE OF LOUISVILLE INC: $48,230 · EnvironmentCALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL: $43,000 · EnvironmentKANSAS CITY COMMUNITY GARDENS INC: $42,414 · EnvironmentLAND TRUST OF THE TREASURE VALLEY: $36,000 · Environment+10 more: $171,264 · Environment+10 moreSurge for Water Inc: $190,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $150,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $63,000 · InternationalDRINK LOCAL DRINK TAP INC: $56,050 · InternationalBRIDGES TO PROSPERITY INC: $36,000 · InternationalWELL AWARE INC: $29,850 · International+3 more: $44,991 · International
Other$4,270,582Youth Development$1,816,061Food & Nutrition$1,557,832Education$1,078,825Human Services$1,059,418Environment$920,394International$569,891

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFeeding America: $1,397,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSTRIDER EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $1,038,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetOKLAHOMA CONNECTIONS ACADEMY INC: $212,374 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSurge for Water Inc: $190,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $180,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASPIRE AFTERSCHOOL LEARNING: $128,512 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetYOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC: $126,968 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetWATERSHED COMMITTEE OF THE OZARKS INC: $125,555 over 2y, 14% of budgetDENVER URBAN GARDENS: $115,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS: $106,361 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetYOUNG BLACK AND LIT: $104,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetTREES ATLANTA INC: $100,931 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetWATERLOO VOLUNTEER FIRE AND RESCUE INC: $100,257 over 1y, 53% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOMAHA DISCOVERY TRUST: $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPartnership 4 Kids Inc: $98,381 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $95,666 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOWLITZ COUNTY CHILD ADVOCATES: $88,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetTHE MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD INC: $87,678 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTable Urban Farm: $85,000 over 2y, 33% of budgetMOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA INC: $85,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetGOOD GRIEF INC: $80,100 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetROSE BROOKS CENTER INC: $80,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE KITA CENTERINC: $76,200 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetIURBAN TEEN: $75,122 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetBILLION OYSTER PROJECT INC: $74,664 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBIO-MED SCIENCE ACADEMY STEM SCHOOL: $72,211 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGIRLS INC: $71,637 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAPPLIED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE: $68,675 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetSPECIAL CHEERS: $65,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $63,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMETROSQUASH NFP: $62,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetInternational We Love U Foundation East Coast Region Inc: $61,668 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetAMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION: $61,081 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $60,868 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTURN THE PAGE KC INC: $60,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF SAN GORGONIO COUNCIL: $59,685 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetALLEGHENY LAND TRUST: $58,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetENGINEERS IN ACTION INC: $57,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetDRINK LOCAL DRINK TAP INC: $56,050 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetBIG RED BARN RETREAT: $55,839 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN INTERNATIONAL INC: $55,760 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCREIGHTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $55,434 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetBLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $55,261 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetKinetic Kids Inc: $53,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetIMPROVE YOUR TOMORROW INC: $52,500 over 1y, 0.7% 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 Lozier FoundationUnion Pacific Foundat…The Sherwood Foundati…Robert B Daugherty Fo…Suzanne & Walter Scot…The Hawks FoundationThe Charles and Mary …Leland J & Dorothy H …United Way of the Mid…Parker Family Foundat…Weitz Family Foundati…Dixon Family Foundati…
The Lozier FoundationNE32× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lozier Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable Foundation · United Way of the Midlands · Parker Family Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · Dixon Family 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 Hdr Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hdr Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 42%
  • Imagine Possibilities Inc: 77% of income from government
  • Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Hubbard House Inc: 42% of income from government
  • The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology: 12% of income from government
  • The Street Trust Community Fund: 6% of income from government
  • Macdonald Training Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
81report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 409 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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