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Robert and Soledad Hurst Family Foundation at a glance

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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $196, the rows itemized in this filing. The $334,196 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $334,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$196
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$196
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 14% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its 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 WORDS: $3k → 6%ASPEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $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
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.
$4.4M · 12 repeat orgs$274k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

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

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
14

Total granted

$4.4M
$274k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+32%

Still filing today

67%
86%

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
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

  • 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 INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +32%
  • SP
    STEADMAN PHILIPPON RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +2%
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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Aspen Institute Inc; 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.
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 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
18/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $2,080,000 · EducationTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL+2 more: $12,500 · EducationYale University: $1,525,000 · OtherYale University+10 more: $179,124 · Other+10 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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL WARMING MITIGATION PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetVALLEY SETTLEMENT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALPINE LEGAL SERVICES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetASPEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BUDDY PROGRAM INC: $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
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.

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

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 Robert and Soledad Hurst Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert and Soledad Hurst 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.

    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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