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Michael and Ericka Hynansky Family Foundation at a glance

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Michael and Ericka Hynansky 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.

$194k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$72k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$1.1MReligion$577kHuman Services$195kEducation$98kPhilanthropy$22kArts & Culture$18kEnvironment$15kHousing & Shelter$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $109k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $72k
$13,930
Median grant
4
States reached
$720
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST NICHOLAS UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH$71,500
CHILD INC$41,500
CHRIST CHURCH CHRISTIANA HUNDRED$28,500
LEGACY$15,000
SUBARU SHARE THE LOVE CHARITY$13,930
Individual grant recipient$10,010
LONGWOOD GARDEN$5,000
DELAWARE ART MUSEUM$5,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$2,500
TOWER HILL SCHOOL$600
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $180k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHILD INC: $52k → 10%CHILD INC: $42k → 10%CHILD INC: $32k → 10%CHILD INC: $19k → 10%CHILD INC: $17k → 10%CHILD INC: $12k → 10%CHILD INC: $4k → 10%CHILD INC: $2k → 10%BEAU BIDEN FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%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

PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
DE
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 17 repeat orgs$140k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +75% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
26

Total granted

$2.1M
$115k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+75%
+38%

Still filing today

53%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CI
    CHILD INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $177k · revenue +40%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $50k · revenue +33%
  • TH
    TOWER HILL SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2017–2024 · $32k · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • TF
    THE FLAG FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • DT
    DELAWARE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER DELAWARE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +39%
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
Delaware Museum of Nature and Science Inc

The museum is an educational corporation formed to ignite a life-long passion for exploring, discovering, and valuing nature and science.

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2
Delaware Agricultural Museum Association

The organization's mission is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret the history and technology of delaware and the delmarva peninsula's farm life/culture and to offer public education programs and services related to aspects of the…

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3
University of Delaware

The university of delaware is a major research university dedicated to cultivating learning, advancing knowledge, and fostering the exchange of ideas through teaching, research and public service.

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4
Better Business Bureau of Delaware Foundation
Community Improvement
5
Medical Society of Delaware

To guide, serve and support delaware physicians, promoting the practice and profession of medicine to enhance the health of our communities.

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6
Catholic Scholars of De
Unclassified
7
Delaware Dreams Inc
Philanthropy
8
The Arc of Delaware Inc

The arc of delaware promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and actively supports full inclusion and participation in the community through advocacy and services to individuals and…

Housing & Shelter
9
Children's Advocacy Center of Delaware

To reduce the devastating long-term effects that child abuse has on children, their families and society through immediate, coordinated, child focused services, education, and advocacy.

Human Services
10
Delaware Bioscience Association Inc

To promote and strengthen the bioscience industry in the state of delaware.

Community Improvement
11
Springboard Delaware

To build affordable housing communities that foster well-being for all delawareans in need.

Housing & Shelter
12
Delaware Center for Justice

The delaware center for justice, inc. seeks to ensure an effective, efficient, and equitable system of justice in delaware through advocacy, direct services, research and public education.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Child Inc; the most unlike its peers is Longwood Gardens 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

22 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. 22 of the 46 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL: $1,010,000 · OtherNEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITALST NICHOLAS UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH: $443,045 · OtherST NICHOLAS UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHURCHCHRIST CHURCH CHRISTIANA HUNDRED: $129,500 · OtherCHRIST CHURCH CHRISTIANA HUNDREDIndividual grant recipient: $120,010 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+26 more: $187,105 · Other+26 moreCHILD INC: $177,002 · Human ServicesCHILD INC+1 more: $2,600 · Human ServicesAmerican Heart Association Inc: $50,000 · HealthUnite for HER: $20,000 · HealthDELAWARE BREAST CANCER COALITION INC: $5,000 · HealthTHE ANDREW MCDONOUGH B FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthTOWER HILL SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $32,100 · EducationTHE TATNALL SCHOOL INC: $10,000 · EducationBrandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art: $6,000 · Arts & CultureDELAWARE ART MUSEUM INC: $5,000 · Arts & CulturePRESERVATION DELAWARE: $2,000 · Arts & CultureFIRST STATE BALLET THEATRE INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureOPERADELAWARE INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureLEGACY INC: $15,000 · EnvironmentLONGWOOD GARDENS INC: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,889,660Human Services$179,602Health$80,000Education$42,100Arts & Culture$15,500Environment$15,000Philanthropy$5,000

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 budgetCHILD INC: $177,002 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $50,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTOWER HILL SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $32,100 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUnite for HER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLEGACY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTHE TATNALL SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER DELAWARE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWEST END NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBrandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDELAWARE BREAST CANCER COALITION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDELAWARE ART MUSEUM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT OF DELAWARE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetLONGWOOD GARDENS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ANDREW MCDONOUGH B FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBEAU BIDEN FOUNDATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN INC: $2,600 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPRESERVATION DELAWARE: $2,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetHOLLY BALL FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetFIRST STATE BALLET THEATRE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOPERADELAWARE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $250 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 CHILD INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds TOWER HILL SCHOOL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE FLAG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Unite for HER ↗
  • Who funds LEGACY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TATNALL SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER DELAWARE INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST END NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art ↗
  • Who funds DELAWARE BREAST CANCER COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds DELAWARE ART MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT OF DELAWARE INC ↗
  • Who funds LONGWOOD GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ANDREW MCDONOUGH B FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BEAU BIDEN FOUNDATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds PRESERVATION DELAWARE ↗
  • Who funds HOLLY BALL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FIRST STATE BALLET THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERADELAWARE INC ↗
  • Who funds HMS SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY ↗

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.

Delaware Community Fo…Longwood Foundation I…Welfare Foundation IncLaffey-McHugh Foundat…Chichester Dupont Fou…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Chubb Charitable Foun…Wsfs Cares FoundationThe Anthony & Catheri…Incyte Charitable Giv…The Sykora Family Cha…United Way of Delaware
Delaware Community Foundation IncDE33.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Longwood Foundation Inc · Welfare Foundation Inc · Laffey-McHugh Foundation · Chichester Dupont Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Wsfs Cares Foundation · The Anthony & Catherine Fusco Foundation · Incyte Charitable Giving Foundation · The Sykora Family Charitable Foundation · United Way of Delaware

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 Michael and Ericka Hynansky Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michael and Ericka Hynansky Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Child Inc: 71% of income from government
  • West End Neighborhood House Inc: 36% of income from government
  • Preservation Delaware: 22% of income from government
  • Operadelaware Inc: 9% of income from government
  • First State Ballet Theatre Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Delaware Art Museum Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Tower Hill School Association: 0% of income from government
  • The Tatnall School Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Michael and Ericka Hynansky 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 46 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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