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Nancy and Alan Hamm Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Nancy and Alan Hamm 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.

$189k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$155k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$712kHealth$223kPublic Benefit$77kReligion$50kFood & Nutrition$41kCrime & Legal$37kPhilanthropy$30kCommunity Improvement$29kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $155k
$8,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$155,000
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION N TX$12,500
METROPORT MEALS ON WHEELS$8,500
BURLESON OPPORTUNITY FUND$8,500
TEXAS EXES$4,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%METROPORT MEALS ON WHEELS: $15k → 8%HAPPY HILL FARM ACADEMYHOME: $13k → 10%BURLESON HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORT: $18k → 10%UNIVERSITY TEXAS AUSTIN-PHARMACY: $125k → 10%NLF EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $22k → 11%MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION N TX: $13k → 14%FIRST UNITED METHODIST FOUNDATION: $13k → 22%METROPORT MEALS ON WHEELS: $10k → 8%HAPPY HILL FARM ACADEMYHOME: $11k → 10%BURLESON HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORT: $18k → 10%UNIVERSITY TEXAS AUSTIN-PHARMACY: $60k → 10%NLF EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $22k → 11%MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION N TX: $13k → 14%HEB ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10k → 22%METROPORT MEALS ON WHEELS: $9k → 8%BURLESON HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORT: $15k → 10%TEXAS EXES: $4k → 10%NLF EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $22k → 11%METROPORT MEALS ON WHEELS: $8k → 8%BURLESON HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORT: $15k → 10%JORDAN ELIZABETH HARRIS FOUNDATION: $12k → 11%ARGYLEUNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $13k → 8%BURLESON HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORT: $13k → 10%NLF EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%ARGYLEUNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $13k → 8%BURLESON HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORT: $12k → 10%JORDAN ELIZABETH HARRIS FOUNDATION: $12k → 11%DEPRESSION CONNECTION FOR RECOVERY: $5k → 8%BURLESON HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORT: $12k → 10%FORT WORTH SISTER CITIES: $5k → 11%ARGYLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $3k → 8%FORT WORTH SISTER CITIES: $5k → 11%HUMANE SOCIETY OF N TEXAS: $12k → 11%FORT WORTH SISTER CITIES: $5k → 11%HUMANE SOCIETY OF N TEXAS: $12k → 11%FORT WORTH SISTER CITIES: $5k → 11%ONE SAFE PLACE: $12k → 11%ONE SAFE PLACE: $10k → 11%6 STONES: $5k → 11%ONE SAFE PLACE: $10k → 11%6 STONES: $5k → 11%ONE SAFE PLACE: $5k → 11%RECOVERY RESOURCE COUNCIL: $7k → 11%TEXANS CAN ACADEMIES: $3k → 11%TEXANS CAN ACADEMIES: $3k → 11%UNITED WAY OF TARRANT COUNTY: $30k → 11%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.
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.
$1.2M · 18 repeat orgs$74k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
7

Total granted

$1.2M
$61k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+46%

Still filing today

39%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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
EducationHealthAnimalsCrime & LegalPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • NL
    Northeast Leadership Forum Inc
    3× · 2021–2023 · $77k · revenue +31% · 36% of their budget
  • NE
    NLF Education Foundation Inc Attention Randy Clinton
    4× · 2018–2021 · $71k · revenue +155% · 99% of their budget
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $55k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF TARRANT COUNTY
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue -2%
  • FU
    FIRST UNITED METHODIST FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $13k
  • RR
    Recovery Resource Councilgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $7k · revenue +46%
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
Texans for Lawsuit Reform Foundation
Philanthropy
2
Greater Texas Foundation
Education
3
Transformation Foundation of Texas Inc
Crime & Legal
4
Trauma Support Services of North Texas

The mission of Trauma Support Services is to provide healing and resilience for individuals and communities affected by trauma through accessible mental health therapy and trauma-informed education.

Public Safety & Disaster
5
North Central Texas Medical Foundation
Health
6
Nami Texas Inc

To help improve the quality of life for people affected by mental illness through education.

Health
7
Good News Foundation of Texas
Philanthropy
8
North Texas Christian Foundation

National Christian Foundation North Texas (NCFNT) was created to facilitate smarter Christian giving with sophisticated charitable techniques.

Philanthropy
9
Progress Texas Institute

The Progress Texas Institute provides research and strategic communications on issues with the ultimate goal of increasing civic engagement.

Civil Rights
10
Progress Texas

Progress Texas is a non-profit media organization advocating for progressive ideals and policies in our state.

Civil Rights
11
UnBound North Texas

Unbound North Texas exists to support survivors and resource the community to fight human trafficking through Survivor Advocacy, a 24/7 Drop-In Center, and Prevention and Awareness.

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12
Texas Trust Gives
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Recovery Resource Council; the most unlike its peers is Nlf Education Foundation Inc Attention Randy Clinton. 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

14 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. 14 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: $424,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINUNIVERSITY TEXAS AUSTIN-PHARMACY: $185,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY TEXAS AUSTIN-PHARMACYBURLESON HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORT: $102,500 · OtherBURLESON HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTNortheast Leadership Forum Inc: $77,000 · OtherNortheast Leadership Forum IncNLF Education Foundation Inc Attention Randy Clinton: $71,000 · OtherNLF Education Foundation Inc Attention Randy ClintonTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $55,000 · OtherMETROPORT MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $41,000 · Other+12 more: $182,000 · Other+12 moreSafe City Commission: $37,000 · Crime & LegalUNITED WAY OF TARRANT COUNTY: $30,000 · PhilanthropyJordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation: $24,000 · HealthDepression Connection for Recovery: $5,000 · HealthHumane Society of North Texas: $24,000 · AnimalsEX-STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION OF UT: $4,000 · EducationPASTORS FOR TEXAS CHILDREN: $2,000 · EducationDAY RESOURCE CENTER FOR HOMELESS: $2,500 · Community Improvement
Other$1,137,500Crime & Legal$37,000Philanthropy$30,000Health$29,000Animals$24,000Education$6,000Community Improvement$2,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNortheast Leadership Forum Inc: $77,000 over 3y, 36% of budgetNLF Education Foundation Inc Attention Randy Clinton: $71,000 over 4y, 99% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPORT MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $41,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetSafe City Commission: $37,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF TARRANT COUNTY: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHumane Society of North Texas: $24,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation: $24,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetRecovery Resource Council: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEX-STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION OF UT: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAY RESOURCE CENTER FOR HOMELESS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPASTORS FOR TEXAS CHILDREN: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFort Worth Teen Challenge Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 Northeast Leadership Forum Inc ↗
  • Who funds NLF Education Foundation Inc Attention Randy Clinton ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds METROPORT MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
  • Who funds Safe City Commission ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF TARRANT COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Humane Society of North Texas ↗
  • Who funds Jordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Recovery Resource Council ↗
  • Who funds Depression Connection for Recovery ↗
  • Who funds EX-STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION OF UT ↗
  • Who funds DAY RESOURCE CENTER FOR HOMELESS ↗
  • Who funds PASTORS FOR TEXAS CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds Fort Worth Teen Challenge 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.

Community Foundation …Bnsf Railway Foundati…Communities Foundatio…Sid W Richardson Foun…Thomas M Helen McKee …Paul E Andrews Jr Fou…Textron Charitable Tr…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Community Foundation of North Texas (TaxTX21.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Paul E Andrews Jr Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Nancy and Alan Hamm Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nancy and Alan Hamm Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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