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Robert and Soledad 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.

$334k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$196
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0186% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2024.

Education$3.7MArts & Culture$307kSocial Science$286kHealth$276kPhilanthropy$81kEnvironment$40kRecreation & Sports$25kCrime & Legal$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 1 grants below total $196 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $334,196 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $334,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

$196
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$196
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 14% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $100k → 17%WHEDCO: $15k → 28%THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $33k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF OREGON: $25k → 15%THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $750k → 9%YALE LAW SCHOOL: $25k → 12%ANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER: $10k → 6%ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $55k → 7%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO FOUNDATION: $50k → 10%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $50k → 12%SEE ATTACHMENT G-1: $334k → 9%HIGH JUMP: $3k → 14%THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $25k → 9%YALE LAW SCHOOL: $10k → 12%VALLEY SETTLEMENT: $10k → 6%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO FOUNDATION: $50k → 10%NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $1k → 12%From Partnerships: $626 → 9%THEATRE ASPEN: $113k → 6%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%From Partnerships: $232 → 9%THEATRE ASPEN: $57k → 6%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%From Partnerships: $196 → 9%ASPEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $50k → 6%From Partnerships: $70 → 9%ASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $40k → 6%ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $26k → 6%ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET: $25k → 6%ASPEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $3k → 6%ASPEN WORDS: $3k → 6%ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET: $2k → 6%ASPEN COMMUNITY CHURCH: $500 → 6%GLOBAL WARMING MITIGATION: $10k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.4M · 12 repeat orgs$299k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +45% since the first grant, against +28% for the ones you funded once.

12 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
16

Total granted

$4.4M
$299k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+28%

Still filing today

67%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureEducationEnvironmentSocial ScienceCrime & LegalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TH
    THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL
    4× · 2019–2023 · $2.1M · revenue +52%
  • THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC
    3× · 2019–2023 · $286k · revenue +192%
  • TA
    THEATRE ASPEN
    2× · 2018–2019 · $170k · revenue +103%

Funded once

  • WM
    WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ARTgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +183%
  • RM
    ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +20%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
    one grant, 2021 · $25k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Aspen Prep Academy

We edify and inspire students and educators to grow, learn and lead.

Education
2
Aspen Public Schools Incorporated

Aspen public schools was formed to serve some of central fresno's most "at-risk" children. since 2004, the organization has served economically disadvantaged students, specifically targeting foster and homeless youth and those living in…

Education
3
Aspen Valley Land Trust

Protecting the open land and special places of the roaring fork and middle colorado river valleys for wildlife, agriculture, and community forever.

Environment
4
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
5
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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6
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
7
Ashland University

Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…

Education
8
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

To improve patient care by advancing the science & practice of clinical nutrition & metabolism.

Food & Nutrition
9
Aspen Art Museum

The aspen art museum is a non-collecting institution committed to advancing contemporary art and driving cultural change through exhibitions, critical dialogues, and community engagement. inspired by its alpine surroundings and aspen's…

Arts & Culture
10
The Aspen Group

The aspen group is a non-partisan, by invitation only, healthcare forum. our members, with a track record of leadership in both the public and private sectors, share ideas, make recommendations, and serve as a resource to policy makers,…

Philanthropy
11
Aspen Science Center

To advance the public understanding of science through lifelong discovery, exploration and education.

Education
12
American Astronomical Society

The american astronomical society (aas), established in 1899, is the major organization of professional astronomers in north america. the basic objective of the aas is to promote the advancement of astronomy and closely related branches of…

Science & Tech

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Aspen Institute Inc and the most unlike its peers is Whitney Museum of American Art. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 42 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr14%5%5–10yr19%14%10–20yr18%10%20–35yr13%48%35–55yr16%24%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%4%10–20yr18%0%20–35yr13%16%35–55yr16%80%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/21
the rest of the field
12%
1,148/9,564

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
18/21
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL — $2,080,000 · EducationTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL+2 more — $12,500 · EducationYale University — $775,000 · OtherYale UniversityYALE UNIVERSITY — $750,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITY+11 more — $179,124 · Other+11 moreTHEATRE ASPEN — $170,400 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — $100,000 · Arts & CultureASPEN SANTA FE BALLET — $27,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — $285,833 · Social ScienceChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation — $120,000 · HealthASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $80,000 · HealthROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC — $50,000 · HealthSTEADMAN PHILIPPON RESEARCH INSTITUTE — $25,000 · Health+1 more — $1,000 · HealthASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $81,000 · PhilanthropyASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES — $30,000 · EnvironmentGLOBAL WARMING MITIGATION PROJECT — $10,000 · Environment
Education$2,092,500Other$1,704,124Arts & Culture$307,400Social Science$285,833Health$276,000Philanthropy$81,000Environment$40,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL — $2,080,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — $285,833 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHEATRE ASPEN — $170,400 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation — $120,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $81,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $80,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE ASPEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC — $52,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES — $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetASPEN SANTA FE BALLET — $27,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSTEADMAN PHILIPPON RESEARCH INSTITUTE — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVALLEY SETTLEMENT — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL WARMING MITIGATION PROJECT — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE BUDDY PROGRAM INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALPINE LEGAL SERVICES INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetASPEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHIGH JUMP — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Aspen Community Found…The Hire Family Found…Jewish Community Foun…The Denver FoundationNational Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Aspen Community FoundationCO17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Aspen Community Foundation · The Hire Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · The Denver Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Robert and Soledad Hurst Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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