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Hinnant Foundation Incorporated

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$260k
Granted FY2022
32
Grants FY2022
15
States reached
$133k
Largest
01What you fund
0183% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202022.

Religion$189kInternational$35kHealth$21kEducation$17kYouth Development$10kPublic Benefit$6kPhilanthropy$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$500Other$0
02FY2022 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k27 grants · $72k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $133k
$2,056
Median grant
15
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WASHINGTON AVE CHISTIAN CHURCH$133,272
CHRISTIAN RELIEF FUND$18,808
Care-net$15,200
CITYCHURCH MINISTRY$10,500
HUNTSVILLE DREAM CENTER BRIDGE BUILDER$10,000
Excellent Fellowship Class WAsh ave Christian church$8,015
Jews for Jesus$7,000
Sharing Hope mINISTRY$6,600
Les Feldwick Ministry$6,100
Hillsdale College$5,615
Heritage Foundation$5,600
Piney Wood School$5,500
University of the Cumberlands$5,100
Sierra Community Church$5,000
AMARILLO AREA FOUNDATION$2,750
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY22–22, $200) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%meals on wheels: $200 → 20%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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CA
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

21%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$59k · 12 repeat orgs$226k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships — 8 still active in FY2022, 4 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
19

Total granted

$59k
$24k

Still filing today

42%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $202k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22
EducationHealthReligionArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TC
    THE CHRISTIAN RELIEF FUND
    3× · 2020–2022 · $24k · revenue +35%
  • THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2020–2022 · $6k · revenue +12%
  • PW
    Piney Woods School
    3× · 2020–2022 · $6k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • CA
    CHRISTIAN AID MINISTRIE
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $4k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
2
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
3
Houston Christian University

The mission of houston christian university is to provide a learning experience that instills in students a passion for academic, spiritual, and professional excellence as a result of our central confession, "jesus christ is lord."

4
Arizona Christian University

Arizona christian university provides a biblically-integrated, liberal arts education equipping graduates to serve the lord jesus christ in all aspects of life, as leaders of influence and excellence.

Education
5
Houghton University

Houghton university provides an academically challenging, christ-centered education in the liberal arts and sciences to students from diverse traditions and economic backgrounds and equips them to lead and labor as scholar-servants in a…

Education
6
Howard Payne University

Howard payne university is a christ-centered academic community dedicated to excellence by developing and equipping the whole person for intellectual inquiry, personal and professional integrity, and service to god and humanity.

Education
7
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
8
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
9
Ashland University

Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…

Education
10
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
11
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
12
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation and 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

11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 55 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
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Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

WASHINGTON AVE CHISTIAN CHURCH — $133,272 · OtherWASHINGTON AVE CHISTIAN CHURCHCare-net — $15,200 · OtherCare-netCITYCHURCH MINISTRY — $13,000 · OtherCITYCHURCH MINISTRYCHRISTIAN AID MINISTRIE — $10,000 · OtherHUNTSVILLE DREAM CENTER BRIDGE BUILDER — $10,000 · OtherExcellent Fellowship Class WAsh ave Christian church — $8,015 · Other+40 more — $46,904 · Other+40 moreTHE CHRISTIAN RELIEF FUND — $23,980 · InternationalTHE CHRIS…HILLSDALE COLLEGE — $6,015 · EducationPiney Woods School — $5,800 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS INC — $5,100 · EducationSHARING HOPE MINISTRY INC — $6,600 · ReligionTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION — $5,950 · Public BenefitAMARILLO AREA FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 · PhilanthropyST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $1,700 · HealthARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC — $325 · Health
Other$236,391International$23,980Education$16,915Religion$6,600Public Benefit$5,950Philanthropy$3,000Health$2,025

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE CHRISTIAN RELIEF FUND — $23,980 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSHARING HOPE MINISTRY INC — $6,600 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE — $6,015 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION — $5,950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPiney Woods School — $5,800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS INC — $5,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMARILLO AREA FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $1,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC — $325 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS — $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE CHRISTIAN RELIEF FUND
  • Who funds SHARING HOPE MINISTRY INC
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Piney Woods School
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS INC
  • Who funds AMARILLO AREA FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
  • Who funds AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC
  • Who funds ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

American Endowment FoundationOH10.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Hinnant Foundation Incorporated funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Hinnant Foundation Incorporated?

    Find your warmest path to Hinnant Foundation Incorporated 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 55 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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