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Hurst Family 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.

$1.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
38
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$381k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$2.8MArts & Culture$2.1MHealth$394kPhilanthropy$380kSocial Science$360kInternational$185kRecreation & Sports$69kEnvironment$13kOther$0
02FY2024 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 38 grants below total $1,522,677, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,696,959 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $174,282 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k21 grants · $57k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $187k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $390k
  • $250k+3 grants · $889k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$81M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Yale University$380,712
Whitney Museum of American Art$258,333
The Aspen Institute$250,000
Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation$200,000
Meridian International Center$75,000
Theatre Aspen$65,000
The Aspen Institute$50,000
Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation$40,000
Aspen Community Foundation$25,000
United States Olympic & Paralympic Fdn$25,000
Georgetown University$25,000
Hospital for Special Surgery$16,666
Meridian International Center$15,000
Colorado Rocky Mountain School$10,000
ACES$10,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.5M · 13 repeat orgs$564k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
15

Total granted

$5.5M
$405k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+10%

Still filing today

85%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $159k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthInternationalEducationSocial ScienceEnvironmentOther
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

  • AS
    ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET
    2× · 2023–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +23% · 43% of their budget
  • WM
    WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
    2× · 2023–2024 · $908k · revenue +90%
  • THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $360k · revenue +91%

Funded once

  • PP
    Planned Parenthood of Rocky Mountains
    one grant, 2023 · $110k
  • GS
    Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fd
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • AF
    ACUMEN FUND INC
    one grant, 2023 · $55k · revenue -13%
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.

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.

1
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
2
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
3
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
4
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…

Community Improvement
5
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco

The asian art museum celebrates, preserves, and promotes asian and asian american art and cultures for local and global audiences. we provide a dynamic forum for exchanging ideas, inviting collaboration, and fueling imagination to deepen…

Arts & Culture
6
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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7
American Society of Civil Engineers Inc

To provide essential value to our members, their careers, our partners, and the public, asce will: facilitate the advancement of technology; encourage and provide the tools for lifelong learning; promote professionalism and the profession;…

Science & Tech
8
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
9
Aspen Center for Physics

Aspen center for physics is a scientific organization which promotes organized research in physics, astrophysics, and related fields through programs of individual and collaborative research, workshops, and conferences, as well as promotes…

Science & Tech
10
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
11
American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Founded in 1780, the american academy of arts and sciences honors excellence and convenes leaders from every field of human endeavor to examine new ideas, address issues of importance to the nation and the world, and work together "to…

Social Science
12
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Aspen Art Museum; the most unlike its peers is The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

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

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 45 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
16/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Yale University: $2,616,837 · OtherYale UniversityPlanned Parenthood of Rocky Mountains: $110,000 · Other+23 more: $328,429 · Other+23 moreASPEN SANTA FE BALLET: $1,005,000 · Arts & CultureASPEN SANTA FE BALLETWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $908,333 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ARTTHEATRE ASPEN: $141,800 · Arts & CultureTHEATRE ASPEN+6 more: $49,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $360,000 · Social ScienceASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $276,000 · PhilanthropyChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $225,000 · HealthASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthMERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER: $114,900 · InternationalACUMEN FUND INC: $55,000 · InternationalFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $15,000 · InternationalTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $92,854 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationCOLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC: $10,000 · Education
Other$3,055,266Arts & Culture$2,104,133Social Science$360,000Philanthropy$276,000Health$266,000International$184,900Education$127,854

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 budgetASPEN SANTA FE BALLET: $1,005,000 over 2y, 43% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $908,333 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $360,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $276,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $225,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHEATRE ASPEN: $141,800 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetMERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER: $114,900 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $92,854 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetACUMEN FUND INC: $55,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Rome Chamber Music Festival Inc: $28,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $25,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASPEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BUDDY PROGRAM INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGLOBAL WARMING MITIGATION PROJECT: $12,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCOLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN ART MUSEUM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTORM KING ART CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FIBROLAMELLAR CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJAPAN SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAspen Wildfire Foundation: $650 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Aspen Community Found…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Aspen Community FoundationCO13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Aspen Community Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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.
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How do I get to Hurst Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Hurst Family 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 45 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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