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Robert F Hunsicker Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$30k
Granted FY2020
39
Grants FY2020
6
States reached
$2k
Largest
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 FY20202025.

Environment$5kHousing & Shelter$4kYouth Development$4kFood & Nutrition$3kHuman Services$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kPhilanthropy$2kReligion$1kOther$0
02FY2020 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$600
Median grant
6
States reached
$268k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WILDLAND CONSERVANCY$2,000
LAKE PLACID LAND CONSERVANCY$1,900
SPEAK FOR THE CHILDREN GUARDIAN$1,000
LINN BENTON FOOD SHARE$1,000
FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF$1,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BUCKS$1,000
VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE$1,000
TURNING POINT OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
KIDSPACK HUNGER RELIEF PROGRAM$1,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$1,000
BUCKS COUNTY HOUSING GROUP$1,000
JACKSON STREET YOUTH SERVICES$1,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CORVALLIS$1,000
FINE ARTS MINISTRY$1,000
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:

Your human-services grants (FY20–20, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%A SOLDIER'S HANDS: $1k → 16%TURNING POINT OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY: $1k → 11%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 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
The Adirondack Council Inc

The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…

Environment
2
Wildlands Trust Inc

The wildlands trust works throughout southeastern massachusetts to conserve and permanently protect native habitats, farmland, and lands of high ecologic and scenic value that serve to keep our communities healthy and our residents…

Environment
3
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…

Environment
4
Heartlands Conservancy

The mission of heartlands conservancy is to empower and colaborate with the people of southern illinois to advance and protect the health of our distinctive communities and nationally significant natural and cultural resources.

Environment
5
Heritage Conservancy Inc

We are a community based organization dedicated to the preservation and protection of significant open spaces, natural resources, and our historic heritage.

Arts & Culture
6
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
7
The Montana Land Reliance

The mission of the montana land reliance (mlr) is to partner with landowners to provide permanent protection for private lands that are significant for agricultural production, fish and wildlife habitat, and open space.

Environment
8
Land Trust of Bucks County

To function as a community-based land conservancy for the preservation of farmland and our agricultural heritages, as well as other open spaces, natural resources, wildlife habitats, and scenic features within bedminster township and other…

Environment
9
Tenngreen Land Conservancy

The organization's primary mission is conserving land where people and nature can thrive by creating green corridors linking existing public lands using conservation easments and outright purchase.

Recreation & Sports
10
Land Trust Accreditation Commission

The mission of the land trust accreditation commission is to inspire excellence, promote public trust and ensure permanence in the conservation of open lands by recognizing land trust organizations that meet rigorous quality standards and…

Environment
11
The Clearwater Conservancy of Central Pennsylvania Inc

To conserve and restore the natural resources through land conservation, water resources stewardship and environmental outreach across central pennsylvania.

Environment
12
Minnesota Land Trust

The minnesota land trust protects and restores minnesota's most vital natural lands in order to provide wildlife habitat, clean water, outdoor experiences and scenic beauty for generations to come.

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wildlands Conservancy Inc and the most unlike its peers is A Soldiers Hands Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsYouth Development CentersVeteran Support ServicesHomeless Services & ShelterChild and Family ServicesDomestic Violence Crisis Se…Urban Agriculture & Food Ac…Land Conservation Organizat…Food Pantries & AssistanceAnimal Rescue and Adoption
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 50 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%14%10–20yr19%23%20–35yr14%36%35–55yr14%27%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%12%10–20yr19%19%20–35yr14%44%35–55yr14%25%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 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/25
the rest of the field
11%
4,714/42,333

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

24 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 39 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
21/24
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

LAKE PLACID LAND CONSERVANCY — $1,900 · OtherLAKE PLACID LAND CONSERVANCYBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BUCKS — $1,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BUCKSFAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF — $1,000 · OtherFAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OFKIDSPACK HUNGER RELIEF PROGRAM — $1,000 · OtherKIDSPACK HUNGER RELIEF PROGRAMFINE ARTS MINISTRY — $1,000 · OtherFINE ARTS MINISTRYSPEAK FOR THE CHILDREN GUARDIAN — $1,000 · OtherSPEAK FOR THE CHILDREN GUARDIANPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA A CORP — $1,000 · OtherPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA A CORPBUCKS COUNTY HOUSING GROUP INC — $1,000 · OtherBUCKS COUNTY HOUSING GROUP INCIndividual grant recipient — $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientVALLEY YOUTH HOUSE — $1,000 · OtherVALLEY YOUTH HOUSEBIG BROTHERS & SISTER OF — $600 · OtherMASHPEE WAMPANOAG TRIBE — $600 · Other+12 more — $5,700 · Other+12 moreA SOLDIERS HANDS INC — $1,000 · Human ServicesA SOLDIERS …TURNING POINT OF LEHIGH VALLEY INC — $1,000 · Human ServicesTURNING POI…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $1,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Na…JACKSON STREET YOUTH SHELTER INC — $1,000 · Housing & ShelterJACKSON ST…ROSIE'S PLACE INC — $600 · Housing & ShelterROSIE'S PL…FAMILY PROMISE METROWEST INC — $600 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY PRO…ALLENTOWN RESCUE MISSION INC — $500 · Housing & ShelterALLENTOWN …WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY INC — $2,000 · EnvironmentWILDLANDS…ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN CLUB INC — $500 · EnvironmentADIRONDAC…LINN BENTON FOOD SHARE — $1,000 · Food & NutritionTHE NATICK COMMUNITY ORGANIC FARM INC — $500 · Food & NutritionBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CORVALLIS INC — $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ALLENTOWN INC — $500 · Youth DevelopmentCommunity Foundation for MetroWest Inc — $500 · PhilanthropyLEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $500 · Philanthropy
Other$17,800Human Services$3,000Housing & Shelter$2,700Environment$2,500Food & Nutrition$1,500Youth Development$1,500Philanthropy$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetWILDLANDS CONSERVANCY INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE PLACID LAND CONSERVANCY — $1,900 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetJACKSON STREET YOUTH SHELTER INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLINN BENTON FOOD SHARE — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUCKS COUNTY HOUSING GROUP INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT OF LEHIGH VALLEY INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CORVALLIS INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC — $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE METROWEST INC — $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLENTOWN RESCUE MISSION INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LEHIGH CONFERENCE OF CHURCHES — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF THE ADIRONDACKS — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWatson Clinic Foundation Inc — $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLEHIGH VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Foundation for MetroWest Inc — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATICK COMMUNITY ORGANIC FARM INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ALLENTOWN INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN CLUB INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVETERANS INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NURTURE NATURE CENTER — $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEARTLAND HUMANE SOCIETY — $400 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.

The Century Fund TrustPA17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Century Fund Trust · Harry C Trexler Estate · Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Ppl Foundation · Butz Foundation · Ross J Born and Wendy G Born Charitable Trust · Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation · Air Products Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Knights Baseball Club

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 F Hunsicker 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, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 16%
  • Jackson Street Youth Shelter Inc59% of income from government
  • Veterans Inc58% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis Inc16% of income from government
  • Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc4% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY2025

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.

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How do I get to Robert F Hunsicker Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Robert F Hunsicker 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 39 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $28k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2020, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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