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Hwl Family Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$8k
Granted FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$5k
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, FY2017 to 2023.

Animals$118kHuman Services$53kReligion$32kArts & Culture$31kHealth$23kYouth Development$21kInternational$20kEducation$16kOther$0
02FY2023 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOOVES & PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE$5,000
THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES$3,275
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 (FY17–20, $42k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%BOYS REPUBLIC: $1k → 14%HAND TO HAND: $20k → 14%HAND TO HAND: $1k → 14%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER: $20k → 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

WA
IL
NY
CA
CO
VA
DC
OK
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.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$168k · 8 repeat orgs$150k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2023, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
14

Total granted

$168k
$147k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+69%

Still filing today

50%
93%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’23
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationInternationalOther
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

  • LF
    LIVING FREE NON-PROFIT ANIMAL SANCTUARY
    3× · 2017–2020 · $61k · revenue +19%
  • PO
    PET ORPHANS FUND
    2× · 2017–2018 · $31k
  • HT
    HAND TO HAND
    2× · 2017–2020 · $21k

Funded once

  • SM
    ST MARGARETS EPISCOPAL CHURCH PALM DESERT
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • WV
    West Valley Boys & Girls Club Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +197%
  • PF
    PULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +6%
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
Pet Orphans of Southern California

In addition to rescue and adoption, pet orphans provides a wide range of services including education, medical/financial, spay/neuter, and training assistance.

Animals
2
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover

To bring animals out of crisis and strengthen the bond between people and animals through emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial assistance and education. redrover accomplishes its mission by engaging volunteers and…

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3
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
4
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
5
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
6
International Biomedical Research Alliance

Our mission is to invest in and accelerate the development of the most promising future leaders in biomedical research with global impact.

Health
7
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
8
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
9
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
10
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
11
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
12
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Dumb Friends League; the most unlike its peers is Hand to Hand. 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

21 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. 21 of the 25 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
16/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LIVING FREE NON-PROFIT ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $61,000 · OtherLIVING FREE NON-PROFIT ANIMAL SANCTUARYPET ORPHANS FUND: $31,000 · OtherPET ORPHANS FUNDST MARGARETS EPISCOPAL CHURCH PALM DESERT: $20,000 · OtherST MARGARETS EPISCOPAL CHURCH PALM DESERTWest Valley Boys & Girls Club Inc: $20,000 · OtherWest Valley Boys & Girls Club IncIndividual grant recipient: $12,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSALVATION ARMY: $10,500 · OtherSALVATION ARMYNATIONAL REPERTORY ORCHESTRA INC: $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL REPERTORY ORCHESTRA INCDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+1 more: $5,000 · OtherHAND TO HAND: $21,000 · Human ServicesHAND TO HANDASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER: $20,000 · Human ServicesASSISTANCE LEA…+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $11,500 · AnimalsDENVER DU…Hooves & Paws Animal Rescue Inc: $10,000 · AnimalsHooves & …Humane World for Animals Inc: $3,275 · AnimalsHumane Wo…MORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $1,500 · AnimalsMORRIS AN…PULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $3,000 · HealthSHELTER FROM THE STORM INC: $1,000 · HealthOrcas Island Chamber Music Festival: $11,000 · Arts & CultureDENVER LYRIC OPERA GUILD: $10,000 · Arts & CultureBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · InternationalUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $500 · Education
Other$179,500Human Services$42,000Animals$26,275Health$24,000Arts & Culture$21,000International$20,000Education$15,500

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 budgetLIVING FREE NON-PROFIT ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $61,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetHAND TO HAND: $21,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetWest Valley Boys & Girls Club Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DENVER: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $11,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHooves & Paws Animal Rescue Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL REPERTORY ORCHESTRA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDENVER LYRIC OPERA GUILD: $10,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPAL COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $3,275 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys Republic: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $500 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.

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.

National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Hwl Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hwl Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s 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 · 0–15%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Hwl Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Hwl 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 25 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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