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HF Foundation Inc

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.

$3.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$750k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through 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, FY2018 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$11MEducation$5.0MReligion$1.1MHealth$800kYouth Development$410kSocial Science$400kHuman Services$375kCommunity Improvement$250kOther$0
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k19 grants · $1.4M
  • $250k+4 grants · $2.0M
$50,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
St Marcus School$750,000
Big Shoulders Fund$650,000
Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation$350,000
Aim Higher Foundation$250,000
Keystone Church$200,000
American Heart Association$100,000
High Jump$100,000
After School Matters$100,000
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research$100,000
Phoenix Art Museum$100,000
Competitive Enterprise Institute$100,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation$75,000
St Mary's Springs Academy$60,000
PAWS Chicago$50,000
Paul's Pantry Inc Fund Drive$50,000
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 (FY22–25, $275k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Father Carr's Place 2B: $25k → 11%SecureFutures: $100k → 17%SecureFutures: $50k → 17%SecureFutures: $50k → 17%SecureFutures: $50k → 17%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

MN
IL
WI
NY
VA
AZ
DC
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$16M · 24 repeat orgs$3.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
19

Total granted

$16M
$2.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+11%

Still filing today

83%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $740k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthReligionHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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

  • TT
    TWYLA THARP DANCE FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2018–2025 · $1.6M · revenue +310% · 88% of their budget
  • MC
    MIAMI CITY BALLET INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +13%
  • AH
    AIM HIGHER FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $625k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • BARD COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $1.2M · revenue +241%
  • BN
    BARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $350k · revenue +44%
  • NF
    NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS INC
    one grant, 2019 · $250k · revenue +17%
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
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Mcad provides a transformative education within a community of support for creative students of all backgrounds to work, collaborate, and lead with confidence in a dynamic, interconnected world.

Education
4
Chicago Theatre Group Inc

The chicago theatre group is committed to producing both classic and contemporary works giving full voice to a wide range of artists and visions. by dedicating itself to three guiding principles - quality, equity, and community - the…

Arts & Culture
5
Chicago Opera Theater

Chicago opera theater expands the tradition of opera as a living art form by engaging lovers of music and storytelling through innovative experiences, predominantly of new and rarely performed works.

Arts & Culture
6
Music Institute of Chicago

The music institute of chicago ("music institute") leads people toward a lifelong engagement with music, by providing widely accessible resources for high quality music teaching, performing, and service activities.

Arts & Culture
7
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
8
Cleveland Institute of Music

The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.

Education
9
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
10
New York Academy of Art

The new york academy of art is a unique graduate school that combines intensive technical training in the fine arts with active critical discourse. we believe that rigorously trained artists are best able to realize their artistic vision.…

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11
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
12
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc

The milwaukee institute of art and design's mission is to ignite curious minds through art, design and service. we value courage to seek our own path, integrity to pursue our lives and work with meaning, kindness to thoughtfully engage…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Inc; the most unlike its peers is Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation Inc. 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

43 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. 43 of the 55 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/43
Grantees still filing
24/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC: $5,675,000 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INCTWYLA THARP DANCE FOUNDATION INC: $1,650,000 · Arts & CultureTWYLA THARP DANCE FOUNDATION INCMIAMI CITY BALLET INC: $1,500,000 · Arts & CultureMIAMI CITY BALLET INCNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $425,000 · Arts & Culture+12 more: $861,000 · Arts & Culture+12 moreBig Shoulders Fund: $1,300,000 · EducationBig Shoulders FundBARD COLLEGE: $1,200,000 · EducationBARD COLLEGEUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $375,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONS…AFTER SCHOOL MATTERS INC: $350,000 · EducationAFTER SCHOOL MATTERS …THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $300,000 · EducationTHE ART INSTITUTE OF …THE BE KIND PEOPLE PROJECT FOUNDATION: $175,000 · Education+1 more: $100,000 · EducationKEYSTONE CHURCH: $1,000,000 · OtherKEYSTONE CHURCHST MARCUS LUTHERAN CHURCH: $950,000 · OtherST MARCUS LUTHERAN C…UDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC: $300,000 · OtherUDT - SEAL MUSEUM AS…ST MARYS SPRINGS ACADEMY: $275,000 · OtherST MARYS SPRINGS ACA…CIA OFFICERS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $190,000 · OtherMMAC COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · Other+16 more: $782,500 · Other+16 moreBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $350,000 · HealthMIDWEST ATHLETES AGAINST CHILDHOOD CANCER INC: $300,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100,000 · HealthBlandine House Inc: $35,000 · Health+1 more: $15,000 · HealthAIM HIGHER FOUNDATION: $625,000 · ReligionHILLEL FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN INC: $50,000 · ReligionMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $450,000 · Public BenefitSECUREFUTURES FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 · Human ServicesFATHER CARRS PLACE 2-B LTD: $25,000 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$10,111,000Education$3,800,000Other$3,647,500Health$800,000Religion$675,000Public Benefit$450,000Human Services$275,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC: $5,675,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetTWYLA THARP DANCE FOUNDATION INC: $1,650,000 over 5y, 88% of budgetMIAMI CITY BALLET INC: $1,500,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetBig Shoulders Fund: $1,300,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetBARD COLLEGE: $1,200,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAIM HIGHER FOUNDATION: $625,000 over 4y, 8.3% of budgetMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $450,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $425,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $375,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAFTER SCHOOL MATTERS INC: $350,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $350,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMIDWEST ATHLETES AGAINST CHILDHOOD CANCER INC: $300,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $300,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC: $300,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetSECUREFUTURES FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS INC: $250,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCIA OFFICERS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $190,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTHE BE KIND PEOPLE PROJECT FOUNDATION: $175,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetMMAC COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetINSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART MIAMI INC: $116,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPHOENIX ART MUSEUM: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHIGH JUMP: $100,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ART FUND: $75,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF COVENT GARDEN THE ROYAL BALLET INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetWINGS PROGRAM INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHILLEL FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTEN CHIMNEYS FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetBlandine House Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetJOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER DELAFIELD COMMUNITY FUND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 43% of budgetUNIQUE PROJECTS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetTALL PINES CONSERVANCY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetChicago West Community Music Center: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF WOMEN IN RECOVERY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.4% 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 David Herro Chari…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Curt and Sue Culver F…Milwaukee Jewish Fede…National Philanthropi…Greater Milwaukee Fou…Baird Foundation IncJewish Communal FundGs Donor Advised Phil…The Ford FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…
The David Herro Charitable FoundationFL22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The David Herro Charitable Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Curt and Sue Culver Family Foundation Inc · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ford Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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

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How do I get to HF Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to HF Foundation Inc 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 55 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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