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Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation at a glance

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Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
45
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$260k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$5.8MHealth$5.8MEducation$3.5MArts & Culture$3.3MYouth Development$2.3MHousing & Shelter$1.9MAnimals$1.5MFood & Nutrition$1.4MOther$0
02FY2024 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k16 grants · $160k
  • $50k–250k26 grants · $3.2M
  • $250k+3 grants · $760k
$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$93M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS$260,000
THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER$250,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION ON BEHALF OF UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO$250,000
JOURNEY OF FLIGHT$200,000
ARBORETUM SAN ANTONIO$200,000
FRIENDS OF CHRISTUS SANTA ROSA FOUNDATION$160,000
GARDOPIA GARDENS$150,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$150,000
VIBRANT WORKS$150,000
SAN ANTONIO CHRISTIAN DENTAL$150,000
THE ECUMENICAL CENTER FOR RELIGION AND HEALTH$142,513
GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO DBA GOOD SAMARITAN COMMUNITY SERVICES$125,000
BE KIND SAN ANTONIO INC$120,000
ALPHA HOME$109,740
YOUNG LIFE SAN ANTONIO$106,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $5.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%MORGAN'S WONDERLAND INCLUSION FOUNDATION: $250k → 16%LOW VISION RESOURCE CENTER: $100k → 16%FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $100k → 16%DAISY FUND: $100k → 16%CONNECT ABILITY: $10k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $250k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $100k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $100k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $20k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $10k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $10k → 16%GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO DBA GOOD SAMARITAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $125k → 16%GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO: $100k → 16%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY INC: $200k → 16%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $150k → 16%HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $100k → 16%HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $100k → 16%GUADALUPE COMMUNITY CENTER: $100k → 16%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY INC: $100k → 16%GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO: $10k → 16%GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO: $10k → 16%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $10k → 16%SA CHRISTIAN HOPE RESOURCE CENTER INC DBA SA HOPE CENTER: $100k → 16%SA CHRISTIAN HOPE RESOURCE CENTER INC: $10k → 16%BOYSVILLE INC: $250k → 16%SA CHRISTIAN HOPE RESOURCE CENTER INC DBA SA HOPE CENTER: $10k → 16%BOYSVILLE INC: $100k → 16%1HOPE FOR KIDS INC: $100k → 16%GIRLS INC OF SAN ANTONIO: $200k → 16%THE DAISY FUND: $100k → 16%CHILDSAFE: $100k → 16%JOURNEY OF FLIGHT: $200k → 16%GUARDIAN HOUSE: $150k → 16%CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER OF SOUTH TEXAS: $150k → 16%GUARDIAN HOUSE: $150k → 16%RESPITE CARE OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $110k → 16%RESPITE CARE OF SAN ANTONIO: $100k → 16%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION: $100k → 16%ANY BABY CAN OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $100k → 16%RESPITE CARE OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $10k → 16%CONNECT ABILITY: $10k → 16%CHILD SAFE: $150k → 16%MEALS ON WHEELS: $300k → 16%MEALS ON WHEELS: $250k → 16%MORNINGSIDE MINISTRIES: $150k → 16%THE SADDLE LIGHT CENTER: $100k → 16%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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$18M · 69 repeat orgs$12M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

69 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 40 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

69
84

Total granted

$18M
$10M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+13%

Still filing today

78%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M 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
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SA
    SAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $680k · revenue +84%
  • SA
    SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK
    4× · 2017–2024 · $650k · revenue +60%
  • MO
    MEALS ON WHEELS
    2× · 2019–2020 · $550k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • HC
    HEMISFAIR CONSERVANCYgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $550k · revenue +59%
  • MI
    Morgan's Inclusion Initiative FKA Morgan's Wonderland Inclusion Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $250k · revenue -81%
  • TP
    TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO
    one grant, 2018 · $250k · revenue -24%
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
San Antonio Medical Foundation

The mission of the san antonio medical foundation is to improvehealth care, advance biomedical science, and enhance communitywell-being by providing leadership & active stewardship of our landand other assets.

Health
2
Greater Satx

The mission of greater:satx is to lead the developemnt and diversification of san antonio regional economy through the recruitment and expansion of qualify employers and job producing investments.

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3
San Antonio Report

Publishing a local online news source. We believe a well informed and connected community is essential to making San Antonio a better place to live, work and play.

Arts & Culture
4
Sa Talent Inc Sa Works

The mission of sa talent, inc. is to educate and develop youth and adults into the talent needs of san antonio's current and future employers and provide services for the regional employers for the retention and growth of their local…

Education
5
San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Inc

The mission of the san antonio hispanic chamber of commerce is to advocate in building a better san antonio through the growth and prosperity of hispanic, small minority, women-owned businesses, and hispanic professional and trade…

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6
San Antonio Foster Care and Adoption and Services

San antonio foster care and adoption services inc. is a licensed child placement agency in the state of texas. the organization cares for children placed in foster care by the state of texas.

Human Services
7
San Anto Cultural Arts

To foster human and community development through community-based arts.

Arts & Culture
8
San Antonio Automobile Dealers Association Foundation Inc
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9
Tennis Officials of San Antonio Association
Recreation & Sports
10
San Antonio Christian School

Partner with families to provide students a christ-centered education while fostering a life of faith and service. the school desires to associate with like-minded teachers, administrators, staff, parents, and students to communicate the…

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11
Symphony Society of San Antonio

The san antonio symphony's mission is to delight, engage, and inspire the entire community through excellent performance, education, and outreach

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12
San Antonio Tennis Association

Develop and promote the lifetime sport

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Antonio Area Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Energy Partnerships Innovation Center. 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

123 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. 123 of the 170 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.

9
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
121/123
Grantees still filing
88/123
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $650,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO: $600,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION ON BEHALF OF UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO: $500,000 · OtherSAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $500,000 · OtherHaven for Hope of Bexar County: $500,000 · OtherHEMISFAIR CONSERVANCY: $550,000 · Other+84 more: $10,665,508 · Other+84 moreMEALS ON WHEELS: $550,000 · Human ServicesMEALS ON WHEELSTHE CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $490,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S SHE…Christian Assistance Ministry: $460,000 · Human ServicesChristian Assistan…BOYSVILLE INC: $350,000 · Human ServicesBOYSVILLE INCGUARDIAN HOUSE: $300,000 · Human ServicesGUARDIAN HOUSEMorgan's Inclusion Initiative FKA Morgan's Wonderland Inclusion Foundation: $250,000 · Human ServicesCHILDSAFE: $250,000 · Human ServicesGOOD SAMARITAN CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO: $245,000 · Human ServicesRespite Care of San Antonio Inc: $220,000 · Human ServicesGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SAN ANTONIO: $200,000 · Human ServicesHouse of Neighborly Service of San Antonio Texas: $200,000 · Human ServicesJourney of Flight Inc: $200,000 · Human ServicesTHE DAISY FUND: $200,000 · Human Services+11 more: $1,140,000 · Human Services+11 moreSOUTH TEXAS BLOOD & TISSUE CENTER: $540,000 · HealthSOUTH TEXAS BL…TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $500,000 · HealthTEXAS BIOMEDIC…Project MEND: $410,000 · HealthProject MENDCLARITY CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER: $350,000 · HealthCLARITY CHILD …RISE RECOVERY: $300,000 · HealthRISE RECOVERYFriends of Santa Rosa Foundation: $265,000 · HealthFriends of San…SAN ANTONIO LIFETIME RECOVERY INC DBA LIFETIME RECOVERY: $250,000 · HealthSAN ANTONIO LI…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $200,000 · HealthUniversity Health Foundation: $150,000 · HealthFORM COMMUNITIES INC: $150,000 · HealthCHRISTUS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $150,000 · Health+8 more: $611,000 · Health+8 moreALAMO PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL DOING BUSINESS AS KLRN: $309,967 · Arts & CultureALAMO PUBL…SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART: $280,400 · Arts & CultureSAN ANTONI…SAN ANTONIO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $280,000 · Arts & CultureSAN ANTONI…NATIONAL WESTERN ART FOUNDATION BRISCOE WESTERN ART MUSEUM: $255,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL W…TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO: $250,000 · Arts & CultureTEXAS PUBL…Remember the Alamo Foundation: $250,000 · Arts & CultureRemember t…Witte Museum: $150,000 · Arts & CultureWitte Muse…MCNAY ART MUSEUM: $150,000 · Arts & CultureMCNAY ART …Villa Finale Museum & Gardens: $140,000 · Arts & CultureSAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $125,000 · Arts & CultureMusical Bridges Around the World Inc: $110,000 · Arts & CultureSAMSAT: $100,000 · Arts & CultureMAGIK CHILDRENS THEATRE OF SAN ANTONIO DBA THE MAGIK THEATRE: $100,000 · Arts & CultureARTPACE INC (AUDIT): $100,000 · Arts & CultureAGARITA CHAMBER PLAYERS: $100,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · EducationALAMO COL…COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SAN ANTONIO: $300,000 · EducationCOMMUNITI…Trinity University: $280,000 · EducationTrinity U…SAN ANTONIO EDUCATION FUND DBA SAN ANTONIO EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $250,000 · EducationSAN ANTON…University of the Incarnate Word: $230,000 · EducationUniversit…HEALY-MURPHY CENTER: $200,000 · EducationHEALY-MUR…BRIGHTON CENTER: $200,000 · EducationBRIGHTON …OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY OF SAN ANTONIO: $150,000 · EducationOUR LADY …BEXAR COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FDN TOBIN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ART: $150,000 · EducationBEXAR COU…SUNSHINE COTTAGE SCHOOL FOR DEAF CHILDREN: $142,075 · EducationSUNSHINE …Teach for America Inc: $130,000 · EducationSAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $680,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF SAN ANTONIO (AUDIT): $350,000 · AnimalsANIMAL DEFENSE LEAGUE OF TEXAS: $193,800 · AnimalsSAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION: $500,000 · PhilanthropyHEALTHY FUTURES OF TEXAS: $200,000 · PhilanthropyRONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER NORTH TEXAS INC: $175,000 · PhilanthropySOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS SAN ANTONIO: $132,000 · PhilanthropyTHE HOLDSWORTH CENTER: $100,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY: $60,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Other$13,965,508Human Services$5,055,000Health$3,876,000Arts & Culture$2,710,367Education$2,532,075Animals$1,223,800Philanthropy$1,177,000

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 budgetSAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $680,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $650,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHEMISFAIR CONSERVANCY: $550,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetSOUTH TEXAS BLOOD & TISSUE CENTER: $540,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $500,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetSAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHaven for Hope of Bexar County: $500,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetTEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $500,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $490,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetChristian Assistance Ministry: $460,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetProject MEND: $410,000 over 4y, 7.6% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS INC: $370,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $370,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBOYSVILLE INC: $350,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SAN ANTONIO (AUDIT): $350,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetCLARITY CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER: $350,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSAN ANTONIO BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC: $310,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetALAMO PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL DOING BUSINESS AS KLRN: $309,967 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES SAN ANTONIO: $300,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetGUARDIAN HOUSE: $300,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetRISE RECOVERY: $300,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SAN ANTONIO: $300,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SAN ANTONIO: $300,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART: $280,400 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetTrinity University: $280,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSAN ANTONIO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $280,000 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $275,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFriends of Santa Rosa Foundation: $265,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetNATIONAL WESTERN ART FOUNDATION BRISCOE WESTERN ART MUSEUM: $255,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetMorgan's Inclusion Initiative FKA Morgan's Wonderland Inclusion Foundation: $250,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTEXAS PUBLIC RADIO: $250,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCHILDSAFE: $250,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetRemember the Alamo Foundation: $250,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSAN ANTONIO EDUCATION FUND DBA SAN ANTONIO EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $250,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetSAN ANTONIO CHRISTIAN DENTAL CLINIC: $250,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetSAN ANTONIO LIFETIME RECOVERY INC DBA LIFETIME RECOVERY: $250,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO: $245,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetUniversity of the Incarnate Word: $230,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRespite Care of San Antonio Inc: $220,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetROY MAAS' YOUTH ALTERNATIVES INC: $210,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SAN ANTONIO: $200,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHEALY-MURPHY CENTER: $200,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetHouse of Neighborly Service of San Antonio Texas: $200,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetJourney of Flight Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 70% of budgetBRIGHTON CENTER: $200,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetArboretum San Antonio: $200,000 over 1y, 13% 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.

San Antonio Area Foun…Faye L & William L Co…Harvey E Najim Charit…Elizabeth Huth Coates…John L Santikos Chari…Marcia & Otto Koehler…Pryor Myra Stafford C…The Charity Ball Asso…The Texas Cavaliers C…Betty Stieren Kelso F…St Luke's Lutheran He…United Way of San Ant…
San Antonio Area FoundationTX165.3× affinity92 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: San Antonio Area Foundation · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation · Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992 · John L Santikos Charitable Foundation · Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation · Pryor Myra Stafford Char Tr F0030100 · The Charity Ball Association of San Antonio Inc · The Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation · Betty Stieren Kelso Foundation · St Luke's Lutheran Health Ministries Inc · United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County

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 Smith Hurd Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nancy Smith Hurd 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
46report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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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How do I get to Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Nancy Smith Hurd 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 170 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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