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Hunter Charitable Trust at a glance

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Hunter Charitable Trust

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.

$5k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$65kArts & Culture$43kEnvironment$39kCivil Rights$36kReligion$24kRecreation & Sports$21kHealth$3kInternational$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Teatown Lake Reservation$1,000
Olivet College$1,000
Bryn Mawr College$1,000
Simmons University$1,000
Main Line Unitarian Church$995
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 18% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Unitarian Universalist Service Committe: $5k → 8%Mainline Unititarian Church: $5k → 6%Bryn Mawr College: $5k → 10%Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Inc: $3k → 9%Meadville Lombard Theological School: $2k → 14%Unitarian Universalist Service Committe: $5k → 8%Mainline Unititarian Church: $5k → 6%Bryn Mawr College: $5k → 10%Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Inc: $3k → 9%Meadville Lombard Theological School: $2k → 14%Unitarian Universalist Service Committe: $5k → 8%Bryn Mawr College: $5k → 10%Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Inc: $3k → 9%Dobbs Ferry Historical Society: $4k → 9%Unitarian Universalist Service Committe: $5k → 8%Bryn Mawr College: $5k → 10%Dobbs Ferry Historical Society: $3k → 9%Unitarian Universalist Service Committe: $5k → 8%Bryn Mawr College: $5k → 10%Dobbs Ferry Historical Society: $3k → 9%Unitarian Universalist Service Committe: $5k → 8%Bryn Mawr College: $5k → 10%Dobbs Ferry Historical Society: $3k → 9%Unitarian Universalist Service Committe: $4k → 8%Bryn Mawr College: $3k → 10%Dobbs Ferry Historical Society: $3k → 9%Dobbs Ferry Historical Society: $3k → 9%Lyndhurst: $3k → 9%Lyndhurst: $3k → 9%Lyndhurst: $3k → 9%Lyndhurst: $3k → 9%Lyndhurst: $3k → 9%Lyndhurst: $3k → 9%Teatown Lake Reservation: $3k → 9%Teatown Lake Reservation: $3k → 9%Untermeyer Gardens Conservancy: $3k → 9%Untermeyer Gardens Conservancy: $3k → 9%Untermeyer Gardens Conservancy: $3k → 9%Untermeyer Gardens Conservancy: $3k → 9%Untermeyer Gardens Conservancy: $3k → 9%Hudson River Museum: $3k → 9%Untermeyer Gardens Conservancy: $3k → 9%Hudson River Museum: $3k → 9%Untermeyer Gardens Conservancy: $3k → 9%Hudson River Museum: $3k → 9%Hudson River Museum: $3k → 9%Hudson River Museum: $3k → 9%Hudson River Museum: $3k → 9%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

IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
AL
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$248k · 24 repeat orgs$2k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
2

Total granted

$248k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+16%

Still filing today

58%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationEnvironmentInternationalArts & CultureRecreation & SportsPublic BenefitOther
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

  • UU
    Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $35k · revenue +27%
  • BM
    BRYN MAWR COLLEGE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $34k · revenue +37%
  • UG
    UNTERMYER GARDENS CONSERVANCY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $21k · revenue +117%

Funded once

  • SP
    SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC
    one grant, 2024 · $1k · revenue +16%
  • ED
    Environmental Doctors Fund
    one grant, 2021 · $1k
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
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
2
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
3
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
4
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
5
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
6
President and Fellows of Harvard College

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

Education
7
Science Museum of Minnesota

The museum's mission statement is "turn on the science: inspire learning. inform policy. improve lives."

Arts & Culture
8
The Architectural League of New York

The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…

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9
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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10
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
11
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
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Dobbs Ferry Historical Society. 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

17 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. 17 of the 27 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DOBBS FERRY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $19,950 · OtherDOBBS FERRY HISTORICAL SOCIETYLyndhurst: $18,000 · OtherLyndhurstMainline Unititarian Church: $12,000 · OtherMainline Unititarian ChurchMEADVILLE THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL OF LOMBARD COLLEGE: $11,000 · OtherMEADVILLE THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL OF LOMBAR…STARR KING SCHOOL FOR THE MINISTRY: $6,000 · OtherSTARR KING SCHOOL FOR THE MINISTRYPrinceton Unniversity: $4,000 · OtherPlanned Parenthood: $3,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $3,000 · Other+5 more: $7,995 · Other+5 moreBRYN MAWR COLLEGE: $34,000 · EducationBRYN MAWR COLLEGEOLIVET COLLEGE: $6,000 · EducationOLIVET COLLEGESIMMONS UNIVERSITY: $6,000 · EducationSIMMONS UNIVERSITYWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $4,000 · EducationWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENT…Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc: $35,000 · InternationalUnitarian Univers…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRO…HUDSON RIVER MUSEUM OF WESTCHESTER: $17,500 · Arts & CultureHUDSON RIV…THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $5,500 · Arts & CultureTHE DETROI…HUDSON RIVER SLOOP CLEARWATER INC: $17,000 · EnvironmentHUDSON RI…NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $2,300 · EnvironmentNATURAL R…ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $2,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONME…UNTERMYER GARDENS CONSERVANCY INC: $21,000 · Recreation & SportsUNTERMYER…TEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION INC: $14,000 · Public BenefitSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $1,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$84,945Education$50,000International$38,000Arts & Culture$23,000Environment$21,300Recreation & Sports$21,000Public Benefit$14,000Crime & Legal$1,000

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 budgetUnitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc: $35,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBRYN MAWR COLLEGE: $34,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUNTERMYER GARDENS CONSERVANCY INC: $21,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetDOBBS FERRY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $19,950 over 9y, 11% of budgetHUDSON RIVER MUSEUM OF WESTCHESTER: $17,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHUDSON RIVER SLOOP CLEARWATER INC: $17,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION INC: $14,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetOLIVET COLLEGE: $6,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSIMMONS UNIVERSITY: $6,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $5,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $2,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc ↗
  • Who funds BRYN MAWR COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds UNTERMYER GARDENS CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds DOBBS FERRY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HUDSON RIVER MUSEUM OF WESTCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds HUDSON RIVER SLOOP CLEARWATER INC ↗
  • Who funds TEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OLIVET COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SIMMONS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗

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.

Ibm International Fou…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Ibm International FoundationNY12.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ibm International Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Hunter Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hunter Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Simmons University: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report 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.

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 27 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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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home